Rise of the Girl Groups [TIMELINE]

[ethereal-limbo.livejournal.com]

(t/n: imagine these as the first four members, kaii)

DEBUT: March 2001 (Jewelry)




DEBUT: March 2006 (Brown Eyed Girls)




DEBUT: February 2007 (Wonder Girls)




DEBUT: March 2007 (KARA)




DEBUT: August 2007 (SNSD)




DEBUT: January 2008 (Davichi)




DEBUT: November 2008 (Miss $)




DEBUT: January 2009 (After School)



with sub-unit Orange Caramel coming into existence during June 2010.




DEBUT: March 2009 (2NE1)




DEBUT: April 2009 (T-ara)




DEBUT: June 2009 (4Minute)




DEBUT: September 2009 (f(x))




DEBUT: September 2009 (HAM)




DEBUT: October 2009 (JQT)




(t/n: this picture was too kawaii to not use it)

DEBUT: October 2009 (Secret)




DEBUT: November 2009 (Rainbow)




DEBUT: June 2010 (Sistar)




DEBUT: July 2010 (Miss A)




DEBUT: July 2010 (Girls' Day)




DEBUT: August 2010 (Nine Muses)




DEBUT: September 2010 (Bebe Mignon)




DEBUT: November 2010 (VNT)




DEBUT: January 2011 (Dal★shabet)




DEBUT: January 2011 (5Dolls: sub-unit of Coed which debuted in Sept. 2010)




DEBUT: February 2011 (Coin Jackson)




DEBUT: March 2011 (Chi-chi)




DEBUT: March 2011 (Bella)


UPCOMING GROUPS




DEBUT: March 2011 (Swincle)


DEBUT: March 2011 (some 7-membered group by TGN Entertainment called "Leaders" (리더스) or something...)




DEBUT: March 2011 (INY)




DEBUT: TBA (A Pink)

Glam (Big Hit: label of 2AM, 8eight, etcetera)

Brave Girls (Brave Entertainment)

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before anyone asks where csjh is only groups on "active duty" were included.

@mods: the other data in the article are the group members and their hit songs, but i couldn't be bothered to put them here as well, since everyone knows those, anyways. this is informative/interesting, so thought i'd share w/ the comm.

cr: donga.com, translation by me, pics uploaded by me.

Comments

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

donga should have added in everyone who debuted regardless of activity so we can see how many nugus there are.

[ethereal-limbo.livejournal.com]

yeah. black pearl & 7size come to mind.

[girlknees.livejournal.com]

asdfghjkl; this post ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
i love girlgroups so much it doesn't even make sense.
lately i've really started liking rainbow and girl's day, and am so excited for APink's debut. and VNT need to come back /now/!

[bmo.livejournal.com]

girlgroup r the best, most kawaii, amazing, immaculate, etc.

[bmo.livejournal.com]

so qt girl's day ;~;
i didnt know kara debuted before snsd.

that's such a weird pic of orange caramel.

[ethereal-limbo.livejournal.com]

if you have a better small-ish horizontal picture, you can link it to me.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

That Coin Jackson group is prettier than in their MV.

There's also supposed to be a girl group from TOPClass ent. or something..I think they're related to Teen Top in some way ._.

[jela-ow.livejournal.com]

Wow, didn't know Kara debuted before SNSD. Also, that BEG debuted almost a year before WG!

[hopeandmemory.livejournal.com]

yeah, KARA had some member shuffling and didn't really hit their groove until mister came out.

BEG are such fierce bitches, it's so awesome that they formed on their own before going to a label.

[taecish.livejournal.com]

i am glad u included the most relevant girl group of our times girl's day!

[icedevil0289.livejournal.com]

among these snsd and and beg are my favorites, though I'm starting to like girl's day as well.

[violetrosie.livejournal.com]

I didn't know KARA debuted before Soshi. Huh.

[flumpool-shinee.livejournal.com]

lol i don't even know more than half of these girl groups. and whoa, i always though after school were like the veterans in the biz or something. davichi too.

ah, so 2008 was a year for boy groups while 2009-10 for many girl group debuts.

[flumpool-shinee.livejournal.com]

*thought

BEST GIRL GROUP DEBUT SONG HANDS FUCKING DOWN HATERS TO THE LEFT, STAY BALD, ETC.

[gyuri.livejournal.com]

Re: BEST GIRL GROUP DEBUT SONG HANDS FUCKING DOWN HATERS TO THE LEFT, STAY BALD, ETC.

[spread.livejournal.com]

I love this vid sooooo fucking much.
Made me fall in love with Rainbow back in the day.
:)

[hosnaps.livejournal.com]

girl groups > boy groups imo.

[gyuri.livejournal.com]

pretty much.

[hergracious.livejournal.com]

talk about saturation. can't wait to see who'll make it past 2011.

oh and Raina and that Lotus pan-asian group should be listed under debut: TBA.

[gyuri.livejournal.com]

they still exist?

[nortonamo.livejournal.com]

CANNOT WAIT FOR GLAM

Also Rainbow <3333333
INY too, they are going to be so big I know it.

I love this post n_n

[lightframes.livejournal.com]

I miss them!

[meelisch.livejournal.com]

4minute is looking so fierce in that picture ~!

[spin.livejournal.com]

failure was not included in this post

confessions of a kara stan

[gyuri.livejournal.com]

i actually don't like kara's debut song, break it, all that much.

Re: confessions of a kara stan

[hyunaepark.livejournal.com]

If You Wanna was better imo.

[hyunaepark.livejournal.com]

LOL, I assumed a lot of people wouldn't know my Kara bbs debuted before soshi :c
Oh I miss Sunghee TT____TT Y U GO GET MARRIED D;

[lightspeedsquid.livejournal.com]

oh, i was expecting more nugus. VNT really needs to make a comeback, i keep forgetting that they exist
and that INY group looks cute even with their excess of fringe, i'm going to be looking out for them 8)

[mycolorisacolor.livejournal.com]

VNT seriously has the potential to be an A-group, they just need a good hit

[soheefan.livejournal.com]

I had no idea Kara and T-ara were so old. Girl Groups are really the best thing about Kpop

[flyingmemory.livejournal.com]

The picture for Secret is so cute!

[jennyjukes.livejournal.com]

lol no piggy dolls or w/e

[itendtoflail.livejournal.com]

mte.

[nortonamo.livejournal.com]

Everyone should really check them out, they are so perfect *0*

[ethereal-limbo.livejournal.com]

whoa, 4 members. i thought they were with 3.

[bmo.livejournal.com]

fx is def. the most boring girl group ever.

[iznanassi.livejournal.com]

Nah that's 4minute for me, as much as I love Hyuna's raps.

[bmo.livejournal.com]

nvm, i forgot 5dolls.

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, I think everyone else did too considering they needed to bring t-ara members to perform with them in order to get someone to watch.