Kpop Girl Groups Update August 2019

There are quite a few kpop girl groups comeback in August this year.

                           Red Velvet - Umpah Umpah

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.

                                   

                                        Everglow - Adio

On August 5, 2019, it was revealed that Everglow will 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. Hush debuted at number five on the Gaon Album Chart.The songs "Adios", "Hush" and "You Don't Know Me" debuted at number 2, number 8 and respectively at number 10 on the Billboard World Digital Songs.

Oh My Girl - Bungee

On July 30, it was confirmed by WM Entertainment that the group would come back on August 5 with a summer special album.  The album, Fall In Love a reissue of their first album, The Fifth Season, was released on August 5 along with the music video for the lead single "Bungee (Fall In Love)" The album debuted at number 4 on South Korea's Weekly Gaon Album Chart and at number 16 on the Monthly Gaon Album Chart, selling 21,203 by the end of May.

FANATICS - SUNDAY

This group is still relatively new, so I will briefly introduce them here. The group was originally introduced as a three-member sub-unit called Fanatics–Flavor , debuted on November 26, 2018 with the single "Milkshake". The full ensemble, consisting of members Sika, Doi, Chaelin, Chiayi, Yoonhye and Doah, debuted on August 6, 2019, with the release of EP The Six.

Rocket Punch - BIM BAM BUM

This is a brand new girl group, so I will briefly introduce them here.Rocket Punch is a six-member South Korean girl group under Woollim Entertainment. The group consists of members Juri, Yeonhee, Suyun, Yunkyoung, Sohee and Dahyun. The group was announced in July 2019 and debuted on August 7, 2019 with their first extended play Pink Punch.

Kpop Girl Groups Update July 2019

There are quite a few kpop girl groups comeback in July this year.

ITZY- Icy

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. In Japan, It'z Icy debuted at number 12 and 32 on Oricon Albums Chart and Japan Hot Albums chart. It'z Icy also entered at number 10 on Oricon Digital Albums chart

GFriend- Fever

On July 1, GFriend released their seventh mini-album, Fever Season, with title track "Fever". The mini-album consists of eight tracks, including an instrumental version of their title track. It debuted at number 10 on the Billboard World Albums chart.It topped the Gaon Album Chart.

GWSN - RED-SUN(021)

GWSN released their third EP The Park in the Night Part Three along with the lead single "Red-Sun (021)" on July 23. The MV is huge success with over 21 million viewers so far.

Nature - I'm so pretty

I introduce this group before, so I won't repeat again.On June 24, it is confirmed that Nature will make their comeback on July 10 with their first mini album I'm So Pretty. Member Gaga will not be involved due to her currently being on hiatus to focus on her studies.  The music video for I'm So Pretty was released on July 10, 2019. A Performance Version of the music video was released on July 24.

Honey Popcorn - De-aeseohsta

I already introduced this girl group, so I won't repeat again. All the members are Japanese AV Idols in this group, and the group is funded by Mikami herself as a passion project, which causes some controversy in Korea.

Busters - Pinky Promise

Busters  is a five-member South Korean girl group formed by Monstergram Inc. and JTG Entertainment in 2017.They released their first extended play "Pinky Promise" on July 31, 2019

Kpop Girl Groups Update June 2019

There are not many kpop girl groups comeback in June this year.

Red Velvet - Zimzalabim

On June 19, Red Velvet released their sixth EP, titled The ReVe Festival: Day 1, which features the lead single "Zimzalabim" and is the first entry of The ReVe Festival trilogy.

The CD version of the EP debuted atop the Gaon Weekly Album Chart, and sold 182,210 copies in June 2019 in South Korea, placing second for the month, while the kihno version of the EP placing forty-ninth in the monthly chart with 3,611 copies. Together, this EP has sold 185,821 copies in the first month, become Red Velvet's best selling album, surpassing Summer Magic.

he lead single, "Zimzalabim", has additionally been described as an "addictive electro pop with rhythmic drums and cool melodies".

Cosmic Girls - Boogie Up

Cosmic Girls released their special album For the Summer on June 4, 2019, which consists of five tracks including the lead single "Boogie Up". It gets Gaon South Korean album Rank 1st place for that month.

Fromis_9 - FUN

On June 4, Fromis 9 released their first single album Fun Factory, featuring the title track "FUN!".The album reached number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart, a new high for the group

Kpop Girl Groups Update May 2019

There are quite a few girl groups comeback in May this year, but not many famous ones comeback.

EXID - Me and You

In early May, members Hani and Junghwa had decided to not renew their contracts with Banana Culture Shortly after, it was announced that the group will release an extended play on May 15. It was agreed that all the members will participate in promotion activities and after the conclusion of this, the group will enter an indefinite hiatus so each member could focus on individual activities.Banana Culture later clarified that the group would continue activities as five in Japan for another year, with a Japanese tour entitled "2019 EXID Summer Live Tour" beginning in August.

Oh My Girl- The fifth season

On May 8, they released their first Korean studio album, The Fifth Season, alongside its lead single, "The Fifth Season (SSFWL)". The album debuted at number 4 on South Korea's Weekly Gaon Album Chart and at number 16 on the Monthly Gaon Album Chart, selling 21,203 by the end of May.The title track also peaked at number 26 on the Gaon Digital Chart and at number 7 on the Gaon Download Chart.

LovelyZ - Beautiful Days

On May 20, 2019, they released their sixth EP Once Upon a Time with the lead single "Beautiful Days. The title track "Beautiful Days" was revealed with the release of the album's tracklist on May 16. The next day, Lovelyz released a longer version of the music video teaser for "Beautiful Days". Their EP officially released online and physically on May 20 along with their comeback showcase

The lead single "Beautiful Days (When We Were Us)" described as bright and airy synth-pop track with quirky retro synths by Tamar Herman of Billboard. Lyrically it tell the story of the most beautiful time

Weki Meki - Picky Picky

The group released their second single album Lock End LOL on May 14, 2019, including the lead single "Picky Picky".

The single album debuted at number 6 on the Gaon Album Chart for the week ending May 18. In its second week, the single fell to number 40. In its third week, the single rose to number 18 and fell to number 27 in its fourth week.

Berry Good - Oh, Oh.

They released their third mini-album, Fantastic, on May 25, 2019 as a five-member group, with Daye resting due to health issues. They started comeback promotions that same day on Show! Music Core,but, two days later, Taeha announced her contract had expired and she would no longer be in the group. Berry Good therefore discontinued the album's promotional activities.

Cherry Bullet - Really Really

On May 9, it was revealed that Cherry Bullet will comeback on May 22 with their second single Love Adventure with title track "Really Really".  Cherry Bullet collaborated with LG U+ to establish an AR / VR experience zone and actively introduce it. LG U+ will set up an AR / VR experience zone on the scene of the Cherry Bullet comeback showcase

Kpop Girl Groups Update April 2019

There are not many girl groups comeback at april this year, but all famous groups like BlackPink, Twice and Izone.

Blackpink - Kill This Love

As of 2019, Blackpink is the highest-charting female K-pop act on both Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, peaking at number 41 with "Kill This Love", and peaking at number 24 with Kill This Love, respectively. They are also the first and only K-pop girl group to enter and top Billboard's Emerging Artists chart. They are also the first female K-pop group to have four number-one singles on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart..Blackpink's second EP, Kill This Love, was released on April 5, 2019. Blackpink performed at the 2019 Coachella Festival on April 12 and 19, 2019, the first female K-pop group to perform at Coachella.

                          

Twice - Fancy

Twice made history as the first female K-pop girl group to hold a Japanese dome tour, named Twice Dome Tour 2019 "#Dreamday", with a total audience of 220,000 during five shows in Osaka, Tokyo and Nagoya was held in March and April 2019.On April 22, they released their seventh EP Fancy You. The music video of "Fancy", which garnered over 42.1 million views in a single day, also reached the seventh position in the list of YouTube's biggest debuts during the first 24 hours.The release of Fancy You made Twice the best-selling Korean girl group of all time with a total of 3,750,000 copies sold from their twelve Korean releases, surpassing the twenty-year-old record of S.E.S.Twice has also sold over approximately six million albums worldwide

IZone - Violeta

 On April 1, the group released their second EP, Heart*Iz, with "Violeta" as the album's lead single.Heart*Iz sold 132,109 copies in the first week which is a new record for girl groups at the time.Off the Record released a special video in commemoration of achieving 40 million views for "Violeta" music video.

Kpop Girl Groups Update March 2019

           Not like Feb , many groups comeback at March this year.

Mamamoo -gogbebe

Mamamoo released their ninth EP, White Wind, on March 14, 2019, with its lead single "Gogobebe"

This EP is the fourth and final album under the 4 Seasons, 4 Colors project. During that time, Mamamoo won 6 times in various music program such as Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, made them a strong comeback.

 

Momoland - I'm so hot

Right now, Momoland became the top girl group, not ranked much behind other famous girl groups anymore. Momoland held promotional events in Tokyo and Osaka from February 28 until March 4, 2018. The group garnered 25,000 spectators at an event held in Japan over four days. Approximately 100 media also participated in the showcase held at Tower Records in Shibuya. Momoland also performed songs such as "JJan! Koong! Kwang", "Freeze", "Wonderful Love" (EDM version), and "Bboom Bboom". Momoland also signed with King Records to release their debut in Japan on June 13, 2018, as well as a Japanese version of their single "Bboom Bboom".

DIA - Woowa

On March 19, 2019, DIA released their fifth mini-album titled Newtro, after previous reports of a release on March 28 and 21.When it comes to girl group DIA, each comeback feels like a minor miracle. 

EverGlow - Bon Bon Chocolate

I never mentioned this group before because they are new, so I will briefly introduce them here.

Everglow  is a six member kpop girl group under Chinese company Yuehua Entertainment. The group consists of 5 Korean members  E:U, Sihyeon, Mia, Onda, Aisha and one Chinese member Yiren. They made their debut on March 18, 2019, with the album Arrival of Everglow.

Their songs actually got popular when it just came out.

S.I.S - Always Be your girl

I mentioned this group before, their style is very similar to GFriend, with same number of members and similar look. And this song is a non-album single.

       

DreamNote - Hakuna matata

DreamNote is not a brand new girl group, I mentioned about them last year. They released their second album Dream:us on March 12th, with the single Hakuna Matata.

GWSN - Pinky Star

  This group is not new as well, I mentioned about them last year. On March 13, 2019, GWSN released their second EP The Park in the Night Part Two, with the lead single "Pinky Star (Run)"

Kpop Girl Groups Update Feb 2019

      Since many groups comeback at Jan. So very few made a comeback at Feb this year.




       

 (G)I-DLE - Senorita

            

(G)I-DLE is becoming more famous since early this year. And since not many strong comeback at Feb, so they become the most popular girl group at that time.

(G)I-dle released their second EP, I Made, on February 26, 2019. The EP contains five songs, including the lead single "Senorita", written and composed by member Soyeon and Big Sancho

                                

 The lead rapper of G-Idol Soyeon.

 

Dream Catcher- Piri

On February 13th, Dreamcatcher released their fourth EP, The End of Nightmare. As with the title, the album heralds the end of the 'Nightmare' concept. This overarching theme the group has been promoting in their past title songs since their debut single "Chase Me" has finally ended and culminated in their new single - "PIRI", a song showcasing Dreamcatcher's signature rock acoustics and incorporation of music from its namesake musical instrument. On the same day, Dreamcatcher's agency, HappyFace Entertainment, also announced that they will henceforth be renamed as DreamCatcher Company.

Loona - Butterfly

on February 19, 2019, they had six additional tracks, including a new single, "Butterfly". The music video was shot in France, Hong Kong, China, the United States, Iceland and Korea. LOONA’s visual director DIGIPEDI toured around 5 countries from 3 continents for LOONA’s Butterfly effects to capture the freedom and courage of girls worldwide in the music video of ‘Butterfly.’