Sunday, January 12, 2020

Kpop Girl Groups 2019 Review (Second Half).

Continue from the the previous blog, from July to Dec.




July

         Few other girl groups like Nature, Honey Popcore, and Busters also made comeback as well, but not quite successful. GWSN's lead single "Red-Sun (021)" on July 23. The MV is huge success with over 21 million viewers so far.
        
   In the mean time,  GFriend released their seventh mini-album, Fever Season, with title track "Fever". It debuted at number 10 on the Billboard World Albums chart.It topped the Gaon Album Chart.

The biggest news about kpop girl group in July is definitely the debut of JYP girl group 'ITZY', the next Twice. Itzy's debut EP, titled It'z Icy was released on July 29, 2019 along with an accompanied music video for its lead single titled "Icy".On August 5, It'z Icy debuted and peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard World Albums chart and at number 19 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums, making it their first entry on both charts. Even from the same company, ITZY might be very different style from Twice.
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So girl group of the July is ITZY






August

There are quite a few kpop girl groups comeback in August this year. Oh My Girl, FANATICS, Rocket Punch
EverGlow have a comeback on August 19 with their second single album Hush and lead single "Adios". On September 24, 2019, Everglow won their first music program broadcast award on The Show

The ReVe Festival: Day 2 is the seventh Korean extended play by kpop girl group Red Velvet, released on August 20, 2019 through SM Entertainment. The EP was announced on August 12, this EP is the second release of The ReVe Festival trilogy. It is No 1 on Gaon South Korean Albums ranking.

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So girl group of the August is Red Velvet








September

There are also 5 girl groups comeback or debut at September this year, same as August. Laboum, Saturday, We Girls didn't make much success.
Dreamcatcher made a major comeback at September with Deja Vu with a sequence of teasers and trailers.


On September 23, 2019, Twice released their eighth EP, Feel Special, along with the music video for the lead single of the same name produced by Park Jin-young. The lead single scored group's second number 1 on the Billboard's World Digital Song Sales which previously hit the top spot in 2017 with "Likey". "Feel Special" also stretching group's dominance across North America as the single debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 chart at number 82—the group's first entered on the chart, making Twice the third K-pop girl group and ninth K-pop act to appear on the chartOn September 30, 2019, Twice broke their own first week album sales record with Feel Special, previously holding the record with Fancy You
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So girl group of the September is Twice







October

      There are only 4 girl groups comeback or debut at October this year. Ladies Code, Sunny Hill comeback didn't draw much attention with their own group issues. Ariaz is still new. 

                                                           Sulli Suicide

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       At October 13/14th the f(x) member Sulli commited suicide due to hate comment, which shocked the kpop world.
      Sulli's death was linked by various media outlets to depression caused by cyberbullying. Following her death, it was revealed that Sulli had repeatedly asked her agency, SM Entertainment, to take strong measures against the malicious comments and cyberbullying. A total of seven petitions were posted at the South Korean presidential office website demanding tougher punishment for cyberbullying and strengthening use of the real-name system when posting comments and creating accounts


      Yes, the famous older generation girl group Brown Eyed Girls are back. Many fans thought they stop activity or retired, but they are actually still active, and made a comeback.Fans are holding their breath as they count down the days to legendary girl group Brown Eyed Girls' comeback album 'Re:vive'.

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So girl group of the October is Brown Eyed Girls






November  
            There are 6 girl groups comeback or debut at November last year. Nature, Rainbow, WJSN was not quite successful. 
            The new kpop girl group Bvndit debut single Dumb is considered really good as new group.
          AOA also comeback at this time as well,  AOA also made their presence known at the international iTunes charts.  Their new album NEW MOON climbed to the top of K-Pop charts of eight countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Russia


                                                    Goo Hara suicide

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        Following Sulli's suicide, former KARA member Goo Hara also commited suicide On November 24, 2019 Following her death, a petition was submitted to the Blue House with over 200,000 signatures demanding a more severe punishment for filming sexual acts without consent and distributing it
                 
          Since rise to fame, Mamamoo  released their second full album, Reality in Black, on November 14, 2019, with its lead single "Hip". Over the years, Mamamoo has grown prominent in South Korea for their powerful flouting of convention when it comes to stereotypical K-pop idol performance and fashion styles, resulting in both praise and hatred aimed at the group.  Until the most recent "Show Champion", Mamamoo already got 5 wins with their latest track “HIP.”
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           girl group of the November is Mamamoo




December
     
          JusticeForAPink hashtag:
APink were performing their song "% %" at the annual music festival, one of the country's biggest music shows, which is broadcast live on South Korea's KBS television channel. Their performance was abruptly cut short before they could perform the ending of the number they prepared. The band members were left lost and confused before they were forced to head backstage. As one of the most senior girl group, it is very disrespect for APink.

           Red Velvet Wendy Injury:
 Wendy suffered from an 8-foot fall off stage while the K-pop group was prepping for SBS's annual Gayo Daejun event, she broke multiple bones, including her right pelvis and wrist, while also sustaining a cracked cheekbone, as well as multiple bruises. She will reportedly require six weeks of healing time, which result in lawsuit between SM Entertainment and SBS.
  There is only one girl group Red Velvet came back, so  The final release of the trilogy, The ReVe Festival: Finale, was released on December 23, which lead single "Psycho".

           The single "Psycho" topped all of South Korea's realtime music charts upon its release, being Red Velvet's second song to achieve a "realtime all-kill" after their 2018 single, "Power Up".The song has also achieved the "certified all-kill" status, where a song is topping all the charts, both realtime and daily, simultaneously.
The album went on to sell over 30,000 units on the first day of availability according to Hanteo, their second-best, just next to The ReVe Festival Day 1, released June earlier that year, selling over 45,000 units on the first day of availability
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                girl group of the December is Red Velvet.


As usual, I will do a summary  a summary of the whole year 2019: Girl group of  Jan is APink, Feb is (G)I-DLE, March is  Mamamoo,  April is BlackPink, May is EXID,  June is Red Velvet, July is ITZY,  August is Red Velvet, September is Twice, October is Brown Eyed Girls,  November is Mamamoo, December is Red Velvet.

Overall, Red Velvet got 3 times, then Mamamoo got 2 times, then is BlackPink, APink, Twice those well known girl groups got once. Older girl groups Brown Eyed Girls got once, EXID got once, new girl groups ITZY , (G)I-DLE got once.






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