Compared to July, there are more kpop girl groups debut or comeback at August.
Blackpink(with Selena Gomez) - Ice Cream
The music video for "Ice Cream" was directed by frequent director and collaborator Seo Hyun-seung. It garnered 79.08 million views in its first 24 hours, marking the third biggest 24-hour debut for a music video on the platform, and a second personal best for the group behind their June 2020 single "How You Like That", which received 86.3 million views in its first 24 hours. The video debuted at number one on the Global YouTube Music Videos Chart
ITZY - Not Shy
On August 17, 2020, Itzy released their third EP Not Shy as well as the music video for the lead single of the same name. The album received positive reviews from critics, who commended Itzy's departure from themes of independence and self-love to the theme of love. Upon its release, Not Shy debuted at the top spot of the Gaon Albums Chart and went on to sell almost 206,280 copies on its first month of release in South Korea. The album also charted in Japan, Poland and the United States, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard World Albums chart.
Not Shy was released as the lead single from the album on August 17, 2020. With total of 5 wins, 1 wins in The Show and Music Bank, and 3 in the MCountdown, joining Blackpink as the girl group with most Music Show wins (13 wins) and Triple Crowns (3) in 2020. "Not Shy" also reached the top-ten in South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. Itzy also became with Blackpink the first and only girl groups to chart both on Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl.
G-dile - Dumi Dumi
On August 3, (G)I-dle released its first single album Dumdi Dumdi, with a lead single of the same name. With this release, Dumdi Dumdi ranked second best selling girl group single album in history with 94,587 initial sales. However, the song had a slow rising on the Gaon and Billboard charts. It debuted at number 27 and 15 on the Gaon Digital Chart and the US Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, and later peaked at number 8 and 13, respectively.On iTunes, the song became their most-number-one song in 42 regions around the world. The music video for "Dumdi Dumdi" garnered over 17.6 million views in a single day, breaking their previous record with "Oh My God". The group ended the promotions winning first place for two weeks in a row on Show Champion, M Countdown and Inkigayo, becoming the group's most-winning title track
Dreamcatcher - BOCA
The fifth EP, Dystopia: Lose Myself was released on August 17. The music video for the title track 'BOCA' from their fifth mini-album Dystopia: Lose Myself was released at 6 pm on the 18th. The video exceeded 6 million views as of the morning of the 19th. "Dystopia: Lose Myself" become fastly their best selling album to date, having sold 86.874 copies in South Korea during its first two weeks.
Rocket Punch - Juicy
On August 4, the group returned with their third EP Blue Punch and its lead single "Juicy"
Saturday - D.B.D.B.DIB
I have introduced this group before, so not gonna introduce again. The members have good dance foundation in this group. D.B.D.B.DIB" is the second single album (labeled as their fourth) by SATURDAY. It was released on August 3, 2020.
BOTOPASS - Flamingo
This is brand new girl group, so I will introduce them here briefly. BOTOPASS is an eight-member kpop girl group under WKS ENE and XX Entertainment. They made their debut on August 26, 2020 with the single album "Flamingo". Their name stands for "BOrn TO be PASSion".
