And I will write the first half of the year 2018 first.
January
At Jan 2018, after a long time and hard work, Oh My Girl got their first ever won since their debut for single "secret garden"
Also, Momoland starts getting very popular after the famous "bboom bboom" song, they even won M!CountDown as an rookie relatively unknown group.
Speaking of popularity, Red Velvet got promoted with their single "Bad Boy". The album topped the Gaon Album Chart upon its release while "Bad Boy" debuted at #1 on Gaon's Download Chart and at #2 on the Gaon Digital Chart. The Perfect Red Velvet also charted at #3 on Billboard's World Albums chart while "Bad Boy" debuted at #2 on its World Digital Songs chart.
So girl group of the Jan is Red Velvet
Also, Momoland starts getting very popular after the famous "bboom bboom" song, they even won M!CountDown as an rookie relatively unknown group.
Speaking of popularity, Red Velvet got promoted with their single "Bad Boy". The album topped the Gaon Album Chart upon its release while "Bad Boy" debuted at #1 on Gaon's Download Chart and at #2 on the Gaon Digital Chart. The Perfect Red Velvet also charted at #3 on Billboard's World Albums chart while "Bad Boy" debuted at #2 on its World Digital Songs chart.
So girl group of the Jan is Red Velvet
February
Not many big comeback for this month, Gugudan and Cosmic Girls tried to break through, but not quite successful. It is CLC who stand out from the rest, with their single "Black Dress" with its well known dance version.
So girl group of the Feb is CLC
March
Only April and Mamamoo came back this month, without much competition, Mamamoo won with their new style in MV " Starry Night".
So girl group of the March is Mamamoo
April
After Feb and March those two month, April is one of the most intense competition month at 2018, 4 of the big girl groups Twice, APink and Gfriend, EXID choose to come back around the same time.
Speaking of GFriend, title track "Time for the Moon Light" debuts at No. 17 on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart. Also APink complete their 7th anniversary single, "Miracle.
Even GFriend and APink have strong comeback, it is Twice who released their fifth EP with a same lead name single title track, What Is Love? on April 9. So how popular is exactly this song? TWICE's MV for "What is Love?" reached 20 million views at around 5:30 AM KST on April 11, about 35 hours since its release! This breaks the previous record held by Black Pink's "As If It's Your Last", which held the record at about 47 hours. The JYP Entertainment girl group took the trophy home with a dominating score of 10,527. 10,527 is the highest score set on 'Inkigayo's current system
So girl group of the April is Twice
May
Follow the girl groups comeback wave at April, all the relatively new girl groups follow the trend. Pristin and DreamCatcher are getting more popular than before. AOA's Bingle Bangle also got popular as well after they return as 6 members.
However, all the fans attention attract to the new coming girl group (G)I-DLE. (G)I-DLE achieved combined views of 2.2 million for the "Latata" music video within two days of its release. The mini-album debuted at number 13 on the Gaon Album Chart issued on April 29, 2018.I Am also debuted at number seven and has since peaked at number five on Billboard's World Albums chart on May 9, 2018. "Latata" debuted at number thirty-five on the Gaon Digital Chart on May 17, 2018. (G)I-DLE received their first-ever music show win on SBS MTV's The Show on May 22, twenty days after their debut. Two days later, on May 24, the group received their second music show win for "Latata" on Mnet's M Countdown and followed by their third win on The Show.
So girl group of the May is (G)I-DLE
June
The girl groups comeback still hold strong at June. Few new girl groups debut this month, one of them called Elris got great potentials. Momoland drop another single called "Baam" , it has become a hot topic among K-pop fans due to its similarities to the group's last hit, "Bboom Bboom."
Speaking of popularity, BlackPink definitely won for this month. On June 15, the group released their debut EP titled Square Up. The single “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” debuted at number 17 on the Official Trending Chart in the United Kingdom, making them the first female K-pop group to enter the chart since its launch in 2016. The single also debuted as the highest-charting Hot 100 hit ever by an all-female K-pop act, opening at number 55 with 12.4 million U.S. streams and 7,000 downloads sold in the tracking week ending June 21, 2018, In South Korea, Square Up debuted at number one on Gaon Albums Chart. The single “Ddu-Du Ddu-Du” peaked at number one on the Digital, Download, Streaming and Mobile charts on Gaon in its second week, while “Forever Young” also managed to peak under top five.YouTube's official tally saw the music video for "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" garner a total of 36.2 million views within 24 hours after its release and became the most viewed online video in the first 24 hours by a Korean act and second most watched music video of all time, surpassing lable-mate Psy's "Gentleman" and behind only Taylor Swift's "Look What You Made Me Do.
So girl group of the June is BlackPink
From here, we can see both Blackpink and Twice are super big groups in kpop right now.
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