The girl group, which was in the dark ages, was loved by the entire nation by “Tell Me” released by Wonder Girls in September 2007. JYP’s Wonder Girls were a four-member girl group. The ripple effect of “Tell Me” was so great that many related videos were produced and recognized as national songs.
JYP was one of the three major music agencies. The three major agencies are SM, JYP, and YG.’, and ‘YG’. Currently, all three agencies are listed companies.
2007
In 2007, Wonder Girls, Kara and Girls’ Generation debuted. Among them, Wonder Girls, who released “Tell Me,” stood out and was loved by the entire nation.
During this period, girl groups mainly selected dance songs as their title songs. Was it influenced by the success of “Tell Me”? The Wonder Girls made a series of hits with their subsequent ‘So Hot’ and ‘Nobody’. The early days of the second-generation girl group were led by “Wonder Girls.”
For your information, ‘JYP’ is a company named after the initials of composer Park Jin-young. The first verse of a song composed by Park Jin-young always has “jyp”. The sound is small, so you have to listen carefully. There is also a video that collects only the introduction of songs composed by JYP.
2009
Girls’ Generation, which debuted at SM after Wonder Girls, was loved by the people by making a hit with Gee. Due to the Gee craze, skinny jeans fashion was also popular nationwide. In 2009, Girls’ Generation was selected as this year’s K-pop song by releasing ‘Gee’ and ‘Tell Me Your Wish’.
“Kara” is a notable girl group in 2009. Kara made consecutive hits with “Pretty Girl” and “Honey,” and won first place on a music show for the first time since her debut with “Honey.” And in July 2009, we will release ‘Mr.’
Thanks to ‘Mr.’ famous for his hip dance, Kara even made it to Japan. This is when Kara’s heyday begins.
Most of the hit songs were dance songs as the girl group was reorganized from the vocal group to dance.
Brown Eyed Girls’ “Abracadabra”.
2NE1 ‘Fire’, ‘I don’t care’
4MINUTE ‘Hot Issue’, ‘Muzik’
The girl group above had something in common that they had dance songs as hit songs. And another thing in common is that they pursued a girl crush image instead of the innocent girl image that the previous girl group advocated.
In addition, girl groups that debuted in 2009 are as follows.
T-ARA, After School, f(x), Secret, Rainbow.
f(x) is a girl group that debuted at SM. If Girls’ Generation is a pure girl concept of an existing girl group, f(x) is a girl crush form. SM had all the trendy concepts at the time.
2010
In 2010, T-ara topped the music show in the new year with her dance song “Bo Peep Bo Peep”. Kara also changes her concept from a pure girl concept to a cold city woman as “Mr.” succeeds in Korea and Japan.
Girls’ Generation is also active in 2010, releasing ‘Oh!’, ‘Run Devil Run’ and ‘Hoot’. Wonder Girls were also consistently loved when they released ‘2 Different Tears’. Kara, After School, 2NE1, and T-ARA also remained popular. Miss A, who debuted at JYP, made a spectacular appearance with her debut song ‘Bad Girl Good Girl’.
Other girl groups that debuted in 2010 include Sistar, Girl’s Day, and Nine Muses.
Is it because the heyday of the 2nd generation girl group has begun? Wonder Girls, who had been at the top of the country, suddenly announced their entry into the U.S. in 2009 and temporarily suspended their domestic activities. In the end, this choice fails and Wonder Girls will return to Korea in 2010.
2011
2011 can be said to be the heyday of the second-generation girl group. Many girl groups have released hit songs, and a huge competition has begun. The hit songs of the time are listed below.
Orange Caramel. – “Bangkok City”.
4Minute – “Mirror Mirror”
f(x) – “Pinocchio”.
Girl’s Day – “Twinkle Twinkle”, “Hug Me Once”.
2NE1 – ‘Lonely’
SISTAR – “Ma Boy”.
Secret – “Starlight Moonlight”.
f(x) – ‘Hot Summer’
2NE1 – “I’m the Best”.
T-ARA – “Roly-Poly”.
miss A – ‘Good-bye Baby’
Hyuna – “Bubble Pop!”
2NE1 – ‘Ugly’
SISTAR – “So Cool”.
Davichi – “Don’t Say Goodbye”
KARA – “Step”
Brown Eyed Girls – “Sixth Sense”
Girls’ Generation – “The Boys”.
Secret – “Love is Move”.
Orange Caramel – “Shanghai Romance”.
Wonder Girls – “Be My Baby”
T-ARA – “Cry Cry”.
In addition, many girl groups such as Dalshabet, Rania, Apink, Brave Girls, Swinkle, Stella, Chocolat, CoinJackson, Leaders, Bella, Aini, Aisher, Chocolate, and Tangel debuted in 2011.
2012
Now there are many girl groups and they became Red Ocean. However, girl groups still made many debuts. The debuting girl groups all wanted to be like Secret and Sistar, who made their debut in a not-so-large agency and achieved success. Numerous girl groups made their debut, but Crayon Pop, AOA, and EXID were the only girl groups in the top 10 music programs.
The girl group that topped the family list in 2012 was SISTAR. “Alone” and “Loving You” became big hits. Wonder Girls made a comeback with ‘like this’, and Girls’ Generation released ‘Twinkle’ under the name of ‘Tatticeo’ in 2012. After 2012, the girl group market will enter a recession again.
If you are curious about the first generation of KPOP girl groups, please refer to the link below.
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