Korean girl group making K-pop



K-pop girl group is the biggest topic and most important element of this blog.

We're going to talk about a girl group that is active in various ways, including pretty and cool performances and good songs.






A group of female singers in Korea. It's a female version of a boy band. The term refers to a girl idol group that mainly focuses on external performances along with a boy group called Boy Group. Girl groups are also a music genre that is one of the pillars of the K-pop music market.


In similar terms, there is a girl band. In general, a girl group is a group that can only perform choreography and songs, while a girl band is a group that can even compose music or play musical instruments. However, there are not many cases in which they are separated.

World-famous girl groups include Spice Girls, All Saints, Atomic Keaton, Pushcat Dolls, Destiny's Child and TLC. Recently, Pepsi Harmony has emerged as a new world girl group powerhouse.

Recently, K-pop girl groups are also gaining huge popularity around the world. Famous girl groups include BLACKPINK, IZ*ONE, TWICE and Dreamcatcher.

As of 2017, as many as 180 girl groups were active. Now there are girl group teams that are disappearing, and there are also girl groups that are emerging, so there are a little more.

There are many girl groups that don't appear on TV. There are so many girl groups that appear and disappear in events and various fields.

The fact that there are so many girl groups can be seen from the PRODUCE program that made IZ*ONE a while ago, and you can see that there are a lot of female trainees and unpopular girl group members.

There was a jinx that girl groups would never be No. 1 on the airwaves if they failed to win the top spot in three years (1095 days) due to the three-year rule. This law is applicable since the 2nd and 3rd generation girl groups, and Girl's Day, which had the longest record except for Jewelry (or 1.5th generation), cut off its terrestrial ignorance on the day three years before its debut, so this law is more official than the boy group.

So far, only one team of OH MY GIRL has broken the law. OH MY GIRL topped the music show for the first time at THE SHOW, which aired on January 23, 2018, and has topped the cable music program several times since then, and achieved the first top spot on SBS' popular song terrestrial broadcasting in 1,581 days since its debut on August 18, 2019. This is the longest time it took to achieve the top spot in terrestrial broadcasting among girl groups in history, and is the first girl group to break the three-year rule as of 2020. Such a case is a very meaningful record that gives hope to girl groups who have not seen the light on the terrestrial channels for a long time.

Among the girl groups, WJSN is the girl group that has never topped a terrestrial music broadcast only for the currently active team. In order for girl groups, which have not yet ranked No. 1 in terrestrial broadcasting, to be ranked No. 1 in terrestrial broadcasting, they need to secure some high-quality music, SNS (such as YouTube music video views), number of broadcasts (Music Bank, authorization), as well as some fandom to secure the purchasing power of albums. However, the problem is that it becomes difficult to top the charts when you meet a boy group whose music score is above the median at the same time.

I heard there are girl groups overseas, not K-pop.
British and American girl groups include Spice Girls, All Saints, Atomic Keaton, Pushcat Dolls, Destiny's Child and TLC. Recently, Peps Harmony and X Factor UK season 8 winner Little Mix have appeared.

However, there is a big difference in vocal structure between British and American girl groups. In the case of the British and American regions, when the main vocalist leads the song, the rest of the members were often only in charge of the chorus.

Examples include "Supremez," "Push Cat Dolls," and "Destiny's Child," which became the motif of the movie Dream Girls. In many cases, the official position of other members besides the main vocalist is stated as a backup vocalist. In Japan, the structure of one or two main vocal members and chorus members is often seen, such as SPEED and BABYMETAL.

It is quite different from Korean girl groups, which have a thorough division of roles by assigning a line of solo parts to all members and entrusting dance breaks or rap parts even if their vocals are weak.