South Korean girl groups refer to the all-female idol groups who are part of the K-pop industry. ...
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- BLACKPINK. K-pop, EDM, Hip-hop. 43,936 votes. Bursting onto the K-pop scene in 2016, this powerhouse quartet has since become a global phenomenon, taking the world by storm with their unique blend of fierce rap verses and infectious pop hooks.
- Twice. K-pop, J-pop. 37,420 votes. Since their debut in 2015, this nine-member ensemble has been dazzling fans with their colorful concepts, catchy tunes, and energetic live shows, earning them the title "Nation's girl group" in South Korea.
- ITZY. K-pop. 13,235 votes. Making waves since their explosive debut in 2019, this quintet has quickly established themselves as a formidable force in the K-pop industry, known for their confident messages of self-love and empowerment.
- Red Velvet. K-pop. 31,452 votes. Often cited as one of the most versatile girl groups in K-pop, this quintet has captivated fans with their two contrasting concepts: the bold, edgy "red" side and the mellower, more sophisticated "velvet" side.
South Korean girl groups refer to the all-female idol groups who are part of the K-pop industry. Korean girl groups have aided in the globalization of Korean culture. First generation girl groups S.E.S. and Fin.K.L are cited to have laid the groundwork for the Hallyu wave in the 2000s.
- Mamamoo
- Baby Vox
- Diva
- Gfriend
- Pearl Sisters
- Apink
- T-Ara
- Red Velvet
- Fin.K.L
- Blackpink
MAMAMOO debuted in 2014 with the single “Mr. Ambiguous”. Though their album sales didn’t even reach 20k per album until they released Meltingin 2016, they have pretty steadily increased their sales since then. Their best-selling album is Travel, released in November 2020, with 170k sales. They’ve sold 803.4k albums in South Korea and 24.5k in Japan...
Baby VOX first debuted in 1997 with the album Equalizeher (Voice of Xpression). They are still, to this day, considered to be one of the most prominent female K-Pop groups of the first generation, up until their disbandment in 2006. Their best-selling album was their Special Album, a compilation album released in 2002 that made 240k+ sales, and in ...
DIVA was a hip-hop girl group that also debuted in 1997 with the album Funky Diva. The group started out with three members, and went through gradual member changes until their disbandment in 2005. Their best-selling album was Snappy Diva, released in 1998 with over 230k sales. In total, they sold about 928.8k units in South Korea.
GFRIEND debuted in 2015 with the mini-album Season of Glass. Despite coming from a small company at the time — Source Music— they won several rookie awards in 2015, and have continued to become increasingly successful since then. Their best-selling album is their Time for Usstudio album released in 2019, with over 96k sales. Overall, they’ve had 91...
The Pearl Sisters was a pair of sisters — Bae Insook and Bae Insoon — that debuted all the way back in 1968! Their mother, Yi Nanyŏng, was an actress and singer during the Korean War that helped get them started in the music industry, and their producer was Korea’s “father of Rock ‘n Roll” Shin Junghyun. They released several albums until the two s...
Apink first debuted in 2011 with the album Seven Springs of Apink. While originally starting as a seven-member group, Yookyung left in 2013 to complete her studies, and they’ve remained a six-member group since then. They won their first music show award in 2012 with “My My”, and they’ve also been quite successful in Japan! Their best-selling album...
T-ARA debuted in 2009 with the single “Lie”, releasing their debut album, Absolute First Album, a few months later. In 2011 they had the best-selling song of the year with “Roly-Poly”, and they also became incredibly successful in Japan after they signed onto the Japanese management agency J-Rockfor $4.7 million USD. Their best-selling album was ac...
Red Velvet debuted in 2014 with the digital single “Happiness”, and didn’t release their first album, Ice Cream Cake, until 2015 after Yeri had joined the group earlier that year. Out of their 13 Korean language albums, 11 of them have reached the top of the GaonAlbum Chart, and they’ve been called one of the most popular and “powerful” K-Pop group...
Fin.K.L was a girl group trio that debuted in 1998 with the album Blue Rain. Like Baby VOX, they were known as one of the most popular K-Pop girl groups in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and they were active until they released their single album Fine Killing Liberty in 2005. However, they did actually end up reuniting in 2019 to release their Fin...
BLACKPINK debuted in 2016 with the two songs “BOOMBAYAH” and “Whistle” off of their first single album, Square One. They were pretty much immediately successful, with both songs taking the #1 place on the Gaon Digital Chart and Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart, and they also have the highest-charting female K-Pop song on Billboard Hot 100 w...
Twice (Korean: 트와이스; RR: Teuwaiseu; Japanese: トゥワイス, Hepburn: Tuwaisu; commonly stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment. The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu.
List of South Korean idol groups. Idol groups on stage at KCON 2012. The following is a list of South Korean idol musical bands. This includes a list of boy bands and girl groups, organized by year of debut.