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.
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 singleHakuna 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)"
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.’
Ok, since I was busy with all kinds of stuff, I will write the first blog for 2019 today.
January is the month for a lot of important girl groups comeback, which includes APink, GFriend , CLC and few others.
APink - Eung Eung
The first Monday of 2019 saw a new release from girl group APink! 'Percent' contains 6 fresh tracks, including the title track "%%." This is their eighth EP, a follow-up to last July's 'One & Six.' In a press conference, they revealed that they've been retooling their sound, starting with "I'm So Sick." This release is just the next step to a more mature-sounding A Pink.
The lead single is "%%," (응응 or eung eung) which means, essentially, "okay." When angled it looks like percent signs, hence the song's title. It sounds a lot different than a traditional A Pink song.
Its use of snapping beats, and slapping percussion as the members sing about the type of person one should love' make %%(Eung Eung) another song that is a departure from much of Apink's earlier work.
Gfriend - Sunrise
On January 14, GFriend released their second studio album, Time for Us, with the title track "Sunrise". Time for Us became the group's highest selling Korean album with more than 86,000 copies sold based on Gaon Chart. Time for Us is GFriend's second studio album, released two years and six months after their first studio album, LOL. Time for Us was released on January 14 in 3 versions: "Daybreak", "Daytime" and "Midnight", following this, a limited version of the album was then released on January 25. GFriend started their promotions with Mnet's M Countdown on January 17, where they performed "Sunrise" and "Memoria (Korean ver.)". On January 19, they performed their side track "A Starry Sky" on MBC's Show! Music Core as part of their comeback stage. During the 2nd week of promotions, GFriend took 1st place on all music shows, making them the first artist in 2019 to achieve a grand slam.
CLC - No
On January 30, 2019, CLC released their eighth EP, No.1, with the title track "No"."No" is co-produced and co-written by label-mate Jeon So-yeon and co-written by member YeEun. No.1 debuted at No. 5 on Billboard's World Albums chart. On February 12, CLC earned their first music show win on The Show with the title track "No".
The blonde hair member YeEun from CLC wrote the title track No.
WJSN - La La Love
On January 8, 2019, Cosmic Girls released their sixth mini album WJ Stay?, which consists of seven tracks including the lead single "La La Love". The group continued to promote as ten members, with the Chinese members, Cheng Xiao, Mei Qi and Xuan Yi, unable to participate in the comeback due to prior commitments
Favorite - LOCA
I have mentioned this group twice before. So Favorite is a 6 member kpop girl groups debut at July 2017 under Astory Entertainment. Like most other kpop girl groups, they failed to become famous, but they still exist until today. Favorite made their second comeback on January 15, 2019, with Loca
Cherry Bullet - Q&A
So this is the new group. I will briefly introduce them here. Cherry Bullet is a 10 member kpop girl group formed by FNC Entertainment(same as AOA). They debuted on January 21, 2019 with their debut single album Let's Play Cherry Bullet. They were also models for Korean uniform brand Smart for 2018, alongside BTS. The members were also selected to represent the brand in 2019
NeonPunch - TicToc
So this group actually not brand new, but I will briefly introduce them here as well. Neon Punch is a 5 member kpop girl group formed by A100 Entertainment. They debuted on June 27, 2018 with their 1st Mini Album "Moonlight". On January 16, 2019, A100 had revealed that Terry would permanently leave the group for health reasons. Instead, new member Dohee joined the group prior to the group's January comeback. On January 30, NeonPunch released their 2nd mini album "Watch Out" and its lead single "TicToc"
It's pretty much around the same as April. The big three Twice, APink and Gfriend all came back at the same time again. Also the best girl group of March Mamamoo joined the competition.
Unlike the previous very strong comeback, Twice came back with the single Dance the night away, which was written by former YG artist Wheesung.
Also in early July, GFriend released the new album for fans entitled Sunny Summer.The album contains five songs, including the title track, "Sunny Summer," It was considered a strong
comeback for Gfriend at early July.
Compare to Twice and GFriend, it is Apink released their seventh mini album One & Six. The title track, "I'm So Sick". "I'm So Sick" topped several music charts in South Korea after its release. The album itself topped the Gaon chart and led Apink to reach their highest-ever position on Billboard's World Albums chart at No. 11.The success of the song and album further led to Apink making their debut on Billboard's Social 50 chart, opening at No. 39
And Until July 17th 2018, APink got 4 wins already for various music program.4
So girl group of the July is APink:
August
Red Velvet also had a summer cameback, but SM Entertainment being smart, avoid comeback around the same time with Twice, APink, GFriend those big girl groups last month.
There are few new girl groups also debut or comeback at August, but less well known than July. e.g: DIA, Berry Good, Loona, Nature. One thing to notice is that the lead dancer of DIA
Eunjin quit the group, which limit the popularity of the group.
Commercial Success of Red Velvet.
Now I will talk about the commercial success of Red Velvet. their second special "summer" EP following The Red Summer, which was released on August 6, 2018. the EP contains seven tracks, including the lead single "Power Up" and the English version of "Bad Boy" as a bonus track,
They The EP was a commercial success domestically and internationally, topping South Korea's Gaon chart's Album Chart, Single Chart and Download Chart. Elsewhere, it debuted at number three on the US Billboard World Albums chart. It also charted on the website's Heatseekers Albums chart at number 3, the Digital Albums at number 21, and became the group's first release to enter the Top Album Sales chart at number 91. The lead single "Power Up" also debuted at number 6 on its World Digital Songs chart. In France, the album charted at number 42 on the French Album Downloads Chart. The EP is also the group's first release to chart in the UK and Australia, debuting at number 38 on the UK Album Downloads Chart and at 31 on the Australian Top 50 Digital Albums Chart
So girl group of the August is Red Velvet:
September
Compare to August, there are even more girl groups comeback, but most are even less well known. Oh My Girl, WJSN, and Dream Catcher are 3 relatively well known ones among them.
It is obvious Oh My Girl's Remember Me is the most well known comeback.
So girl group of the September is Oh My Girl:
October
After July, August, September 3 month with massive kpop girl groups comeback, there are fewer comeback at October last year. April changed their style and evolved after release "Oh! My Mistake".
Weki Meki's crush has some unique style, the rap portions on the album written by member Yoo-jung
Speaking of the popularity, the new Korean-Japanese girl group IZ*ONE quickly becomes a hot topic right after their debut.Iz One is a Korean-Japanese kpop girl group formed through the Mnet reality competition show Produce 48. In its first day of release, the EP sold over 34,000 units reported by Hanteo Chart, setting a new record for the highest number of albums sold on the first day of a Korean girl group's debut release.The music video for the lead single "La Vie en Rose" achieved more than 4.5 million views within 24 hours of its release on YouTube, making it the most-watched debut music video by a Korean act in 24 hours. On November 8, Iz One garnered their first music program win for "La Vie en Rose" on M Countdown. This was the fastest music program win for a girl group, just 10 days after their official debut
So girl group of the October is IZ*ONE:
November
November is a huge month for kpop girl groups comeback. Not only new girl groups like Nature, DreamNote, also LovelyZ and GuguDan join the competition. Also at the same time, EXID and Mamamoo also made the comeback.
Speaking of EXID, member Solji rejoin the group after 2 years, all five members of EXID released a song entitled "I Love You". The song entered Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart at number 5
The biggest competition this month was none of above. In terms of sales and popularity, bot Twice and Red Velvet going very strong.
On November 9th, SM Entertainment announced that Red Velvet will release their third album in the year and their fifth EP in total. The EP, titled Really Bad Boy, was released on November 30. It has six tracks including the lead single "RBB (Really Bad Boy)" and its English version.
The album was a commercial success overseas, withRBB and its lead single debuting atop Billboard's Top Heatseekers Album chart and World Digital Songs chart for the first time. The EP became the group's fourth consecutive album to earn a new best sales week in the United States. RBB also charted in France, Japan and the United Kingdom. It received generally positive reviews from critics who praised all of the album's tracks, with Caitlin Kelley of Forbes noting that all of the songs on the album "are strong enough to stand on their own".
But this time, Red Velvet cannot avoid to compete at the same time with Twice from JYP Entertainment. Twice released their sixth EP Yes or Yes on November 5, 2018 by JYP Entertainment and is distributed by Iriver. It contains seven tracks, including the lead single of the same name and the Korean version of "BDZ". In early October 2018, advertisements with the phrase "Do you like Twice? Yes or Yes" were put up on subway billboards, drawing attention online.On October 11, JYP Entertainment confirmed that Twice planned to release their third Korean album of the year on November 5.
In South Korea, the album topped the Gaon Album Chart while the title track topped the Gaon Digital Chart. Yes or Yes was also Twice's first Korean album to rank number 1 on Japan's Oricon Albums Chart and Digital Albums Chart
So girl group of the November is Twice
December
Because too many girl groups debut or comeback last month, Laboum is the only girl group who did comeback this month. Laboum's sixth single album was released on December 5, 2018 with the title track "Turn It On."
So girl group of the December is Laboum
Now, just a summary of the whole year 2018: Girl group of Jan is Red Velvet, Feb is CLC
March is Mamamoo, April is Twice ,May is G-Idol, June is Blackpink, July is APink,
August is Red Velvet, Sept is Oh My Girl, October is IZone, November is Twice, December is Laboum.
Overall, Red Velvet and Twice both got twice, then is BlackPink,APink, Mamamoo those well known girl groups got once. Oh My Girl, Laboum, CLC those less well known girl groups also got once. New girl groups such as G-Idol and IZone both got once as well.
So it's time to write year review again. Same as last year, basically I will give a quick review about what happened each month last year , pick one girl group from each of my blog last year, the girl group of the month.(one group per month). And we will see the result....
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
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.
It's time to update the blog again. For November 2018, the number of girl group comeback is twice more than October 2018, and also more well known ones such as Twice and Red Velvet.
Twice - Yes or Yes
Twice released their sixth EP Yes or Yes on November 5, 2018 by JYP Entertainment and is distributed by Iriver. It contains seven tracks, including the lead single of the same name and the Korean version of "BDZ". Twice members Jeongyeon, Chaeyoung, and Jihyo also took part in writing lyrics for three songs on the EP. In early October 2018, advertisements with the phrase "Do you like Twice? Yes or Yes" were put up on subway billboards, drawing attention online.On October 11, JYP Entertainment confirmed that Twice planned to release their third Korean album of the year on November 5. In South Korea, the album topped the Gaon Album Chart while the title track topped the Gaon Digital Chart. Yes or Yes was also Twice's first Korean album to rank number 1 on Japan's Oricon Albums Chart and Digital Albums Chart
Red Velvet - Really Bad Boy
SM Entertainment revealed in October that the group will release another album in the next month. On November 9, the company announced that Red Velvet will release their third album in the year and their fifth EP in total. The EP, titled RBB, was released on November 30. It has six tracks including the lead single "RBB (Really Bad Boy)" and its English version. The album was a commercial success overseas, withRBB and its lead single debuting atop Billboard's Top Heatseekers Album chart and World Digital Songs chart for the first time. The EP became the group's fourth consecutive album to earn a new best sales week in the United States. RBB also charted in France, Japan and the United Kingdom. It received generally positive reviews from critics who praised all of the album's tracks, with Caitlin Kelley of Forbes noting that all of the songs on the album "are strong enough to stand on their own".
EXID - I love you
In November 2018, all five members of EXID released a song entitled "I Love You". The song entered Billboard's World Digital Song Sales chart at number 5.Even better, Solji's part of it. After nearly two years, Solji's back in the spotlight. She rejoined the group in August for their Japanese debut, and now, finally, she's back with them for a Korean release.
Mamamoo - Wind Flower
Mamamoo are back with a music video for their new single “Wind Flower.”
On the track, released Nov 29th, as the single off of their their Blue;S EP
Blue;S is Mamamoo’s third album of the year themed around a color, after March's Yellow Flower and July's Red Moon.
Gugudan - Not that Type
On November 6, Gugudan released their third EP Act. 5 New Action containing six tracks, including the lead single "Not That Type". It's the title song of their 3rd mini-album 'Act.5 New Action', and it's about telling someone how you feel with confidence
Lovelyz - Lost N Found
Lovelyz released their fifth EP, Sanctuary, with the lead single "Lost N Found", on November 26, 2018. Lovelyz held their comeback showcase at Yes24 Live Hall on November 26, 2018, the same day as the album's release.
Nature - Some
To be hoenst, I don't know this group as well. So I will briefly introduce this one. Nature is a 9 member kpop girl group formed by CH Entertainment. The group debuted on August 3, 2018, with the single album Girls and Flowers, accompanied by the lead single "Allegro Cantabile.On November 4, Nature via their Naver officially announced a new member, Loha as part of the group and introduced her through a live greeting. The next day, the group began teasing their second single album on Facebook, Some & Love, which was released on November 22, 2018. On the same day, the music video for the lead single, "Some (You'll Be Mine)", was released as well.
Dreamnote -Dreamnote
Ok, so this is group is actually brand new. DreamNote, is a 8 member kpop girl group formed by iMe KOREA. They debuted on November 7, 2018 with their debut single album Dreamlike.
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