Kpop Girl Groups update August 2020

  Compared to July, there are more kpop girl groups debut or comeback at August.

Blackpink(with Selena Gomez)  - Ice Cream

On July 23, YG Entertainment announced that a new single, "Ice Cream", with American singer Selena Gomez, would be released on August 28. "Ice Cream" debuted and peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Blackpink's first single to peak inside the top-twenty of the chart. The song debuted in top-ten charts of Singapore and Hungary, the top-twenty in Australia, Canada and New Zealand and also entered the top-forty in Ireland, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom. It reached number 8 in its second week in South Korea. An official music video for the song was released on August 28, 2020. The video shows Gomez and Blackpink in a number of colorful, pastel sets and outfits.

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".

Kpop Girl Groups update July 2020

 Compared to June, there are far less kpop girl groups debut or comeback at July, which leads to less competition.

GFriend - Apple

On June 17, it was announced that the group would make a comeback with their ninth EP:Song of the Sirens. It was released on July 13 with the lead single "Apple". On June 17, 2020, a source reported that: "GFriend recently wrapped up filming the music video for their title track. Throughout the filming, the staff on set were surprised by GFriend’s shocking transformation. The song debuted and peaked at number 54 on the Gaon Digital Chart for the week ending July 18, 2020. The song also placed at number 7 on the componing Download Chart and number 74 the week of the release of the song on the componing Streaming Chart.

April - Now or Never

On July 14, 2020, DSP Media announced that April would make a summer comeback with the special single album Hello Summer on July 29, with the title track "Now or Never"

S.I.S - Don't Wait

If you read my blog post in the past, S.I.S. looks very similar to GFriend, from members look, their style and dance all very similar. They even chose to comeback around same time with GFriend as well.

Also they used to have 6 members before as well. But On 13th July, Double X Entertainment revealed "S.I.S will be promoting as a 4-member group with Minji, Gaeul, Anne and Sebin from now on.". Double X added on, "our contract with member Jihye recently came to an end"Dal, on the other hand, will be taking a hiatus from her promotions due to personal reason. 

 Pink Fantasy - Shadow Play

This group is actually not new, but I will briefly introduce them again since they are not popular. PinkFantasy is a 7 member girl group under Mydoll Entertainment who debuted with the song Iriwa on October 24, 2018, consisting of SeeA, Yechan, SangA, Yubin, and Harin, and Arang as well as a hidden member Daewang. (I have no clue about the hidden member thing, maybe they just try to be different from all the other groups)

                                                     hidden member Daewang

 They didn't really get any popularity, but also came back last month to join the competition as well.

Kpop Girl Groups update June 2020

So there are more kpop girl groups come back at June this year.

                                     Twice - more&more

The group's ninth Korean EP, More & More, was released on June 1 with a lead single of the same name. The EP recorded over 550,000 sales on Gaon, making it not only Twice's best selling album to date but also the best-selling girl group album in South Korea in 20 years. The EP debuted at number 200 on the Billboard 200, making Twice the fourth South Korean girl group to enter the chart, after Girls' Generation, 2NE1 and Blackpink. Twice also entered the Billboard Artist 100 for the first time, debuting at number 96

what is more?
On May 27, it was reported that the pre-order sales of More & More had surpassed 500,000. With over 260,000 copies sold on Hanteo on the first day, Twice broke the record for the highest first-day sales for a Korean girl group. They also became the first Korean girl group to surpass 200,000 albums sold on the first day of release. On June 9, Gaon confirmed that More & More reached 550,000 copies sold in shipments, making it not only Twice's best-selling album to date, but also the best-selling girl group album in South Korea since S.E.S's album A Letter from Greenland in 2000

                       I*Zone - Secret Story of the Swan

On May 19, it was confirmed that the group would release their third mini-album Oneiric Diary on June 15. On June 15, the company announced that the music video release will be postponed to June 16, while the performance video and album will be released on the original schedule given. The group held the comeback showcase for their album on Mnet's second channel M2.
On June 22, it was reported that the album broke the record of first week sales on Hanteo among girl groups, with 389,334 copies sold on its first 7 days

 

                                  Momoland - TIKI TAKA

On May 15, 2020, it was confirmed that Momoland would make a comeback in early June.  It was later revelead that the release would be a non-promoted special album titled Starry Night, which was released on June 11.

                                  Cosmic Girls - Butterfly

Cosmic Girls released their eighth mini album Neverland, including the title track "Butterfly", on June 9, 2020.The EP debuted at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart, while the lead single "Butterfly" debuted at number 118 on the Gaon Digital Chart on the chart issue dated June 7–13, 2020. The single also peaked at number 81 on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100

                                      Weki Meki - Oopsy

On May 29, Fantagio released a teaser image for the group’s third EP, Hide and Seek, which was released on June 18.[ It consists of five songs, including the title track "Oopsy" and the previously released single "Dazzle Dazzle".

                                    Weeekly - Tag Me

This is a brand new girl group, so I will introduce them here briefly. Weeekly  is a seven-member kpop girl group launched by Play M Entertainment. The group is Play M Entertainment's second girl group in 10 years, after Apink.  The group debuted on June 30, 2020 with their debut EP, We Are

                                        DIA - Hug You

On May 25, 2020, it was revealed that DIA would make a comeback with their sixth EP Flower 4 Seasons on June 10.  MBK later confirmed that the group will promote with five members as a unit without Chaeyeon & Somyi.

                                     Nature - Girls

I introduced them before, so won't do again.   On June 1, the group was confirmed to make their comeback on June 17 with their third single album Nature World: Code M. Loha will not participate due to health reasons, while Aurora will also not participate. They seem change style quite a bit in this new song.

               

                                    3YE - YESSIR

This is also a new girl group, so I will introduce them briefly here. 3YE  is a  kpop girl group formed by GH Entertainment in 2019. The group debuted on May 21, 2019, with the digital single "DMT", and  their first EP, Triangle, on June 29.

Kpop Girl Groups Update May 2020

        It's time to write a new blog again. After April this year, it's all different new girl groups either debut or come back within 2 or 3 month. In this blog, I will introduce few new kpop girl groups, keep people update the new trend.   

                                   Secret number - who dis

SECRET NUMBER  is a five member multinational kpop  girl group formed by Vine Entertainment. The group debuted on May 19, 2020 with their single album "Who Dis?
It has one Korean member  Soodam, two Korean-American members Jinny, Denise, one Japanese member Lea, and one Indonesian member, Dita, they gained netizens attention with their stage presence, vocal, and dancing skills.

Dita is the first Indonesian woman to debut as an idol in the K-pop industry and develop her dance skills in renowned 1MILLION DANCE Studio. (So when the readers have a chance, please drop by 1MILLION studio , I learnt a lot even I only went there once)

After their debut, the rookie groups popularity skyrocketing, The music video got 3.5 million views on youtube, and it's trending at #2 on youtube in Indonesia just within 2 days.

            

 

BVNDIT - "JUNGLE"

       

I have introduced this group before, please check my previous blog for more information about them. I do like their debut single. And On May 13, the group released their second EP Carnival with the title track "Jungle", got some degree of success.

Fanatics - V.A.V.I Girl

I also talked them quite a bit in my previous blog, so I won't repeat here. I did like their last comeback, the dance is amazing. On April 13, 2020, the group has announced the addition of 2 new members, Via and Rayeon, while at the same time also announcing that current members Chaelin and Yoonhye will be resting for their upcoming comeback with their 2nd mini album Plus Two on May 4

Busters - Paeonia

Busters is a six-member kpop  girl group formed by Marbling E&M Inc. and JTG Entertainment in 2017.
They add 2 members Takara and Minji before releasing their music video for "Paeonia".

RedSquare - ColorFull

This is a new kpop girl group, so I will briefly introduce them here. Red Square is a five-member kpop girl group formed by About Entertainment. The group debuted on May 19, 2020, with their single album Prequel with lead single "ColorFull". ( I don't understand why their debut MV, they all cover their eyes)

Woo!ah! - woo!ah! 

This is a new group as well, so I will introduce them briefly here. WOO!AH! is a 6 member  kpop girl group produced by Han Jiseok and Kim Kyusang under nv Entertainment consisting of members Nana, Wooyeon, Sora, Lucy, Minseo, and Songyee. They debut on May 13th, 2020 with 1st Single Album ‘’Exclamation”. ( I don't know why they are called WOO!AH!, just a name)

Kpop Girl Groups March/April 2020

                  Duo to Corona Virus, there are fewer groups comeback each month, so I combined March and April two month together in one blog, and the number of girl groups comeback is not as many as before as well.

                                     APink - Dumhdurum

On March 13, 2020, Play M Entertainment announced that Apink would be making a comeback some time in April.  On April 13, Apink released their ninth mini-album Look, as well as the single, "Dumhdurum". "Dumhdurum" was composed and written by Black Eyed Pilseung and Jeon Goon, who worked on their previous songs “I’m So Sick” and “%%(Eung Eung)”. Upon release, the song topped four major realtime charts in South Korea and became their first song to reach number one on Melon in 5 years, since "Remember". To promote the new album, Apink performed "Dumhdurum" on various music shows, along with B-side tracks "Be Myself", "Love is Blind" and "Moment" for a period of two weeks beginning on April 17. "Look" debuted at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart while "Dumhdurum" peaked at number 2 on the Digital Chart, giving the group their ninth top 10 single.

Until May 3rd, APink already took 8th Win For “Dumhdurum” On “Inkigayo”, this comeback is so strong that their score is much higher than second place for their competitors at the same time. Also marked APink's 9th year anniversary.

                                      

                                      ITZY - Wanna Be

On March 9, 2020, Itzy released their second EP, It'z Me, and its lead single "Wannabe".  The album debut at No. 5 on Billboard's World Albums chart and was the group's best position on the chart at the time. Within 24 hours, the music video accumulated over 11 million views and has, as of May 2020, accumulated more than 110 million views on the platform making their fastest music video to reach that. Commercially, the single reached the charts in eight countries, peaking at number six in South Korea. The group received eight music show wins for the song, tied with APink, but they promote at different period.

G-idle - Oh My God

                                               

On April 6, 2020 the group released their third EP titled I Trust with "Oh my god" as its lead single.
 In conjunction with the release of I Trust, (G)I-dle had signed with Republic Records to help highlight and push their individuality into the U.S. marketplace.[The album had over 91,311 pre-orders, making it their most pre-ordered EP, and became their highest selling album by selling 100,000 physical copies in three days.[I Trust debuted atop the Gaon Album Chart becoming (G)I-dle's first number-one album in South Korea and achieved their highest-ever position on Billboard's World Albums chart at No. 4. The music video for "Oh my god" broke their personal record by amassing 17 million views within its first day of release. The song also marked the first time the group has appeared on the Scottish Singles Chart and charted at number 97, becoming only the third K-pop artist and the second female act to appear on the chart. (G)I-dle's live promotions for "Oh My God" won four music show awards including their first grand slam public broadcast win on KBS's Music Bank, SBS's Inkigayo and MBC's Show! Music Core.
G-dile comeback around the same time with APink, and there's a big competition between these two groups on various music program. G-idle still managed to get 4 wins under this APink dominates period.

Oh My Girl -NonStop

On April 13, 2020, WM Entertainment confirmed that Oh My Girl would make a comeback as a full group on April 27, with Jiho returning from her hiatus. Subsequently, the group released a teaser announcing that their return will be with their seventh EP Nonstop with a game-themed concept.The EP and the music video for the lead single "Nonstop" were released on April 27.  Oh My Girl was considered one of the girl group followed APink style and they comeback slightly after APink. Until today, they  took 2 Win For “NONSTOP” On “Show Champion”;

GWSN - BAZOOKA!

On April 3, 2020, it was reported that GWSN was moved to a new sub-label from Kiwi Media Group known as MILES. The group made their comeback on April 28 with their 4th mini album the Keys and its title track "Bazooka!", without member Soso.

APRIL - LALALILALA

On April 10, it was revealed that April would make a comeback with their 7th EP titled Da Capo on April 22. According to DSP Media, "Da Capo" is a musical term which means "from the beginning". On April 22, Da Capo and its title track "LALALILALA" were released. Both the EP and the single became their most successful releases to date.

Kpop Girl Groups Jan/Feb 2020

          Ok, so this will be the first new blog for 2020. Since there's only one girl group comeback for Jan, I will combine Jan and Feb. There are 7 girl groups debut or comeback at Feb and one from Jan in total.

Izone - Fiesta

Early this year, there is rumor that IZone will disband due to contract. However on January 6, 2020, the members' agencies and CJ ENM reached an agreement to resume the group's activities.The group subsequently released their first studio album Bloom*Iz on February 17. On February 23, Bloom*Iz broke the current record of girl group's first week sales on Hanteo with 356,313 copies sold on its first 7 days; being also the first girl group in the history of Hanteo charts to surpass the 300,000 copies sold mark. Iz*One's first win for the title song "Fiesta" was on "The Show" on February 25

GFriend - CrossRoad

On February 3, GFriend released their eighth EP:Labyrinth, with the lead single "Crossroads".This marked the group's first Korean comeback after the acquisition of Source Music by Big Hit Entertainment in 2019. The music video for this song is referring to the group's previous music videos. No choreography is included which highlights the storyline of the single. "Crossroads" is a sentimental song that shares similarities with their previous single "Time for the Moon Night".

Everglow - Dun Dun

On February 3, 2020, the group released their first mini-album Reminiscence with the lead single "Dun Dun".  Everglow was supposed to hold a live fan showcase on February 3 but it was canceled for the public because of coronavirus prevention concerns. They held the showcase without audience where they performed "Dun Dun" and "Salute".

Loona - So What

On February 5, 2020, Loona released their second EP titled #, along with the title track "So What".

The EP debuted at number 2 on South Korea's Gaon Album Chart and sold 79,797 copies in the month of February, becoming the group's best selling work to date, while "So What" was the group's highest-charting song on one of Gaon's singles charts, reaching number 68 on the Download Chart. The EP also charted at number 28 on the UK Digital Albums Chart, surpassing their previous EP which charted at number 48. also reached number 1 on iTunes charts in 56 countries, breaking the record for the most number 1 positions of an album on iTunes for a k-pop girl group.

Dream Catcher - Scream

On February 3, Dreamcatcher revealed their teaser schedule for their first Korean studio album. This first studio album—Dystopia: The Tree of Language—was released on February 18, together with the music video for "Scream", an uptempo EDM song. Although this was the first promotion since debut where the group performed as six members (Handong was not present due to an ongoing overseas commitment), the dance for "Scream" was nevertheless choreographed for seven members in order to enable full-member participation in the future.

Rocket Punch - Bouncy

The group made their comeback on February 10, 2020 with their second EP Red Punch and its lead single "Bouncy".  The dance version is kinda well know for this song.

Elris - Jackpot

On February 12, 2020, Hunus Entertainment confirmed that the group has added two new members,
EJ and Chaejeong.  The group came back on February 26 with their fourth mini album titled Jackpot, which is the group's first release as seven members. (This group is also the one I predict will get famous later on).

DreamNote- Wish

Dreamnote is the only kpop girl group who has comeback in Jan this year, with the single  "Wish", but not quite successful even no competitors.

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.

 

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.

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 chart. On September 30, 2019, Twice broke their own first week album sales record with Feel Special, previously holding the record with Fancy You

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

       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'.

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

        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.”

 

           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

     

                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.