List of South Korean girl groups

Last updated May 28, 2024

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. The Jeogori Sisters and The Kim Sisters have been noted as the origins of South Korean girl groups, the latter being the first South Korean group to succeed in the United States.^[1]^[2] First generation girl groups such as S.E.S. and Fin.K.L, are cited to have laid the groundwork for the Korean Wave in the 2000s.^[1] In 2009, Wonder Girls' "Nobody" became the first K-pop song to enter the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] The growth of South Korean girl groups has led to more opportunities for female idols to have more creative input and control, such as (G)I-dle being directly involved in the creative process, in comparison to Girls' Generation receiving their first writing credit in 2011, four years into their career.^[4]

Generation 1

South Korean girl groups that debuted in 1997 to 2002, arranged in alphabetical order.

Best selling girl groups

Best-selling generation 1 South Korean girl groups
Group and years active	Notable singles
Baby Vox (1997–2006)	"Ya Ya Ya" (1998) "Get Up" (1999) "Killer" (1999) "Why" (2000) "Betrayal" (2000) "DDoll" (2001) "Coincidence" (2002) "What Should I Do" (2003)
Fin.K.L (1998–2005, 2019)	"Blue Rain" (1998) "To My Boyfriend" (1998) "Eternal Love" (1999) "Now" (2000) "You Will Never Know" (2001)
S.E.S. (1997–2002, 2016–17)	"('Cause) I'm Your Girl" (1997) "Dreams Come True" (1998) "I Love You" (1998) "Twilight Zone" (1999) "Love" (1999) "Be Natural" (2000) "Just in Love" (2001) "U" (2002)

Other girl groups

As One (1999–2017, 2019)
Chakra (2000–06)
Cleo (1999–2005)
Diva (1997–2005)
Isak N Jiyeon (2002–04)
Jewelry (2001–15, 2018)
Kiss (2001–02, 2016)
Luv (2002–03)
M.I.L.K. (2001–03)
Papaya (2000–01)
Shinvi (2002–03)
Sugar (2001–06)
T.T.Ma (1999–2002)

Generation 2

South Korean girl groups that debuted in 2003 to 2011, arranged in alphabetical order.

Best selling girl groups

Best-selling generation 2 South Korean girl groups
Group and years active	Notable singles
2NE1 (2009–15)	"Fire" (2009) "I Don't Care" (2009) "Clap Your Hands" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Go Away" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Can't Nobody" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "It Hurts (Slow)" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Lonely" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "I Am the Best" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Hate You" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Ugly" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "I Love You" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Falling in Love" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Do You Love Me" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Missing You" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Come Back Home" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Gotta Be You" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4Minute (2009–16)	"Hot Issue" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Muzik" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "What a Girl Wants" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "HuH" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "I My Me Mine" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Heart to Heart" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Mirror Mirror" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Volume Up" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "What's Your Name" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Is It Poppin'?" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Gain Weight" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Whatcha Doin' Today" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Crazy" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
After School (2009–15, 2021)	"Because of You" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Bang!" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Love Love Love" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Shampoo" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "In the Night Sky" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Rambling Girls" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Lady Luck" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Dilly Dally" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "First Love" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Heaven" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Apink (since 2011)	"NoNoNo" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Good Morning Baby" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Mr. Chu" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Luv" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Remember" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Sunday Monday" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Old One" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Five" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "I'm So Sick" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Dumhdurum" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Brave Girls (2011–13, 2016–18, 2020–23)	"Rollin'" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "We Ride" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Chi Mat Ba Ram" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Brown Eyed Girls (2006–15, 2019)	"Hot Shot" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Sixth Sense" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Cleansing Cream" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "One Summer Night" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Recipe" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Kill Bill" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Brave New World" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Davichi (since 2008)	"Time, Please Stop" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "From Me to You" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Wonder Woman" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Don't Say Goodbye" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "We Were in Love" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "I'll Think of You" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Do Men Cry" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Turtle" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Just Two of Us" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Be Warmed" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Missing You Today" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "The Letter" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Again" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Cry Again" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Sorry, I'm Happy" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Two Lovers" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "White" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Beside Me" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "You Call It Romance" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Unspoken Words" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Dear." (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Just Hug Me" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Everyday Christmas" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
f(x) (2009–16, 2019)	"La Cha Ta" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Chu~♡" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Nu ABO" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Pinocchio (Danger)" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Hot Summer" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Electric Shock" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Rum Pum Pum Pum" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Red Light" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "4 Walls" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Girl's Day (2010–15, 2017–18)	"Twinkle Twinkle" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Expect" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Female President" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Please Tell Me" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Something" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Darling" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "I Miss You" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Ring My Bell" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "I'll Be Yours" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Girls' Generation (2007–17, 2021–22)	"Into the New World" (2007) "Girls' Generation" (2007) "Kissing You" (2008) "Gee" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Genie" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Oh!" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 4]} "Run Devil Run" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Hoot" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Mr. Taxi" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 5]} "The Boys" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Paparazzi" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "All My Love is for You" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 6]} "Flower Power" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Dancing Queen" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "I Got a Boy" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Love & Girls" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Galaxy Supernova" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Mr.Mr." (2014)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Catch Me If You Can" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Party" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Lion Heart" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Forever 1" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Kara (2007–15, 2022–23)	"Pretty Girl" (2008) "Honey" (2009) "Wanna" (2009) "Mister" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Lupin" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Jumping" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Jet Coaster Love" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 6]} "Go Go Summer!" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Step" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Winter Magic" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Pandora" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Runaway" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Damaged Lady" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Mamma Mia!" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Summer☆Gic" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Sunshine Miracle" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Sunny Days" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Miss A (2010–13, 2015)	"Bad Girl Good Girl" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Breathe" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Love Alone" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Good-bye Baby" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Touch" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "I Don't Need a Man" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Hush" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Only You" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Secret (2009–14)	"Magic" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Madonna" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Shy Boy" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Starlight Moonlight" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Love Is Move" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Poison" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Talk That" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Yoohoo" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Sistar (2010–17)	"Push Push" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Shady Girl" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "How Dare You" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "So Cool" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Alone" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Loving U" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Give It to Me" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Touch My Body" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "I Swear" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Shake It" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "I Like That" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Lonely" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 2]}
T-ara (2009–17, 2020–22)	"TTL (Time to Love)" (2009) "Bo Peep Bo Peep" (2009)^{[lower-alpha 6]}^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Like the First Time" (2009) "You Drive Me Crazy" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "What's Wrong" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Yayaya" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Roly-Poly" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 5]} "Cry Cry" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "We Were in Love" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Lovey-Dovey" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Day by Day" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Sexy Love" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 5]} "Bunny Style!" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Number Nine" (2013)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Lead the Way" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "La'boon" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Wonder Girls (2007–17)	"Tell Me" (2007) "So Hot" (2008) "Nobody" (2008) "2 Different Tears" (2010)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Be My Baby" (2011)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "The DJ Is Mine" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Like This" (2012)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "I Feel You" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Why So Lonely" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Other girl groups

2NB (2006–12, since 2016)
Big Mama (2003–12, since 2021)
Black Pearl (2007–12)
Blady (2011–17)
C-REAL (2011–14)
Chocolat (2011–17)
Dal Shabet (2011–16, 2019)
F-ve Dolls (2011–15)
Gavy NJ (2005–22)
Girl Friends (2006–07)
GP Basic (2010–15)
The Grace (2005–10)
JQT (2009–12)
LPG (2005–16)
Miss S (2008–16)
Nine Muses (2010–19)
Rainbow (2009–16, 2019)
Rania (2011–15)
SeeYa (2006–11, 2020)
Skarf (2011–14)
Stellar (2011–18)
Sorea Band (2005–14)
Sunny Hill (2007–20)

Generation 3

South Korean girl groups that debuted in 2012 to 2017, arranged in alphabetical order.

Best selling girl groups

Best-selling generation 3 South Korean girl groups^{[lower-alpha 7]}
Group and years active	Notable singles	Platinum-certified albums^[5]
AOA (2012–19)	"Short Hair" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Like a Cat" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Heart Attack" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Give Me the Love" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Good Luck" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Bingle Bangle" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Blackpink (2016–23)	"Whistle" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Boombayah" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Playing with Fire" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Stay" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "As If It's Your Last" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 9]} "Kiss and Make Up" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 10]} "Kill This Love" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 11]} "How You Like That" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 12]} "Ice Cream" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 13]}^{[lower-alpha 14]} "Lovesick Girls" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 13]}^{[lower-alpha 15]} "Pink Venom" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 16]}^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 17]} "Shut Down" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 16]}^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 17]}	Square Up (2018) Kill This Love (2019) How You Like That (2020) The Album (2020) Born Pink (2022)
Bolbbalgan4 (2016–20)^{[lower-alpha 18]}	"Galaxy" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Tell Me You Love Me" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Some" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Lost Without You" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Mohae" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "To My Youth" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "#First Love" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Travel" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Born" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Stars Over Me" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Workaholic" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Leo" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
EXID (2012–20, 2022, 2024)	"Up & Down" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Ah Yeah" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Hot Pink" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "L.I.E." (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Night Rather than Day" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "DDD" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
GFriend (2015–21)	"Me Gustas Tu" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Rough" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Navillera" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Fingertip" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Love Whisper" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Time for the Moon Night" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Sunny Summer" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 19]} "Memoria" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Sunrise" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 19]} "Flower" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
I.O.I (2016–17)	"Dream Girls" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Whatta Man" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Very Very Very" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Downpour" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Mamamoo (2014–23)	"Peppermint Chocolate" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Um Oh Ah Yeh" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "I Miss You" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Taller Than You" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "You're the Best" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "New York" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Décalcomanie" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Yes I Am" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Starry Night" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Rainy Season" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Egotistic" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Wind Flower" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Gogobebe" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Hip" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Dingga" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Momoland (2016–23)	"Bboom Bboom" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 20]}^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Baam" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 19]}^{[lower-alpha 3]} "I'm So Hot" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Oh My Girl (since 2015)	"Secret Garden" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 19]} "Nonstop" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 20]} "Dolphin" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 20]} "Dun Dun Dance" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 20]}
Red Velvet (since 2014)	"Happiness" (2014)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Ice Cream Cake" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Dumb Dumb" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "One of These Nights" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Russian Roulette" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Rookie" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Red Flavor" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Peek-a-Boo" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Bad Boy" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 20]} "Power Up" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 20]} "RBB (Really Bad Boy)" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Psycho" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 20]} "Queendom" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Feel My Rhythm" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	The ReVe Festival: Day 1 (2019) The ReVe Festival: Finale (2019) Queendom (2021) The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm (2022) The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday (2022) Chill Kill (2023)
Twice (since 2015)	"Like Ooh-Ahh" (2015)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Cheer Up" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "TT" (2016)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Knock Knock" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 21]} "Signal" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "One More Time" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 6]}^{[lower-alpha 22]} "Likey" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Heart Shaker" (2017)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Candy Pop" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 6]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "What Is Love?" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 23]} "Wake Me Up" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 6]}^{[lower-alpha 22]} "Dance the Night Away" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 20]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "BDZ" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Yes or Yes" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 23]} "Fancy" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 23]} "Happy Happy" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 22]} "Breakthrough" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 22]} "Feel Special" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 22]} "More & More" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 22]} "Fanfare" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 6]}^{[lower-alpha 22]} "I Can't Stop Me" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 24]} "Better" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Cry for Me" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Kura Kura" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Alcohol-Free" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Perfect World" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 8]} "The Feels" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 24]} "Scientist" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Doughnut" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Celebrate" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Talk That Talk" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 22]} "Moonlight Sunrise" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Hare Hare" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 3]}^{[lower-alpha 8]}	What Is Love? (2018) Summer Nights (2018) Yes or Yes (2018) The Year of "Yes" (2018) Fancy You (2019) Feel Special (2019) More & More (2020) Eyes Wide Open (2020) Taste of Love (2021) Formula of Love: O+T=＜3 (2021) Between 1&2 (2022) Ready to Be (2023) With You-th (2024)

Other girl groups

2Eyes (2013–18)
15& (2012–15)
4L (2014–16)
4Ten (2014–16)
April (2015–22)
Alice ^{[lower-alpha 25]}(since 2017)
Badkiz (2014–20)
The Barberettes (2012–19)
Berry Good (2014–21)
Bestie (2013–16)
Busters (since 2017)
Bob Girls (2014–15)
CLC (2015–22)
Crayon Pop (2012–17)
D-Unit (2012–13)
D.Holic (2014–17)
DIA (2015–22)
Dreamcatcher (since 2017)
EvoL (2012–15)
Favorite (2017–20)
Fiestar (2012–18)
Gangkiz (2012–14)
GI (2013–16)
Glam (2012–15)
Good Day (2017–19)
Gugudan (2016–20)
HashTag (2017–19, 2023)
Hello Venus (2012–19)
Hi Suhyun (2014)
I.B.I (2016)
Laboum (2014–22)
Ladies' Code (2013–20)
Laysha (2015–19, since 2023)
Lip Service (2014–17)
Loona (2016–23)
Lovelyz (2014–21)
MyB (2015–16)
Melody Day (2012–18)
P.O.P (2017–18)
Playback (2015–17)
Pristin (2016–19)
Pungdeng-E (2013–19)
Puretty (2012–14)
Rubber Soul (2015–17)
Sonamoo (2014–21)
Spica (2012–17)
S.I.S (2017–21)
She'z (2012–14)
Sunny Days (2012–16)
Tahiti (2012–18)
Tiny-G (2012–15)
Two X (2012–17)
Unicorn (2015–17)
Wassup (2013–19)
Weki Meki (since 2017)
WJSN (since 2016)
Year 7 Class 1 (2014–18)

Generation 4

South Korean girl groups that debuted since 2018, arranged in alphabetical order.

Best selling girl groups

Best-selling generation 4 South Korean girl groups^{[lower-alpha 26]}
Group and years active	Notable singles	Platinum-certified albums^[5]
(G)I-dle (since 2018)	"Hann (Alone)" (2018)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Dumdi Dumdi" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Hwaa" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Tomboy" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 20]} "Nxde" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Queencard" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Super Lady" (2024)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	I Burn (2021) I Never Die (2022) I Love (2022) I Feel (2023) 2 (2024)
Aespa (since 2020)	"Next Level" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 20]} "Savage" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Dreams Come True" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Girls" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Spicy" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Drama" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Supernova" (2024)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Savage (2021) Girls (2022) My World (2023) Drama (2023)
Itzy (since 2019)	"Dalla Dalla" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 20]} "Icy" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 21]} "Wannabe" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 27]} "Not Shy" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "In the Morning" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Voltage" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Sneakers" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Blah Blah Blah" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Algorhythm" (2024)^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Not Shy (2020) Guess Who (2021) Crazy in Love (2021) Checkmate (2022) Cheshire (2022) Kill My Doubt (2023) Born to Be (2024)
Ive (since 2021)	"Eleven" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 8]} "Love Dive" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 20]} "After Like" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Kitsch" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "I Am" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Either Way" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Baddie" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Heya" (2024)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Eleven (2021) Love Dive (2022) After Like (2022) I've Ive (2023) I've Mine (2023)
Iz*One (2018–21)	"Suki to Iwasetai" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Bueno Aires" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 6]} "Vampire" (2019)^{[lower-alpha 6]} "Fiesta" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Secret Story of the Swan" (2020)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	ColorIz* (2018) HeartIz* (2019) BloomIz* (2020) Oneiric Diary (2020) One-reeler / Act IV (2020)
Kep1er (since 2022)	"Wing Wing" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "I Do! Do You?" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 3]} "Grand Prix" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 3]}	First Impact (2022) Doublast (2022) Troubleshooter (2022)
Le Sserafim (since 2022)	"Fearless" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Antifragile" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Unforgiven" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard's Wife" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Perfect Night" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Easy" (2024)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Smart" (2024)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Fearless (2022) Antifragile (2022) Unforgiven (2023) Easy (2024)
NewJeans (since 2022)	"Attention" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "Hype Boy" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Cookie" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Ditto" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 28]} "OMG" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 13]} "Super Shy" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 2]} "ETA" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	New Jeans (2022) OMG (2023) Get Up (2023)
Nmixx (since 2022)		Ad Mare (2022) Entwurf (2022) Expérgo (2023) A Midsummer Nmixx's Dream (2023) Fe3O4: Break (2024)
STAYC (since 2020)	"ASAP" (2021)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Run2U" (2022)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Teddy Bear" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 1]} "Lit" (2023)^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Young-Luv.com (2022) We Need Love (2022) Teddy Bear (2023) Teenfresh (2023)

Other girl groups

3YE (since 2019)
Ariaz (2019–22)
BabyMonster (since 2023)
BB Girls (since 2023)
Billlie (since 2021)
Blackswan (since 2020)
Botopass (2020)
BugAboo (2021–22)
Bvndit (2019–22)
Candy Shop (since 2024)
Celeb Five (2018–19)
Cherry Bullet (2019–24)
Cignature (since 2020)
Classy (since 2022)
Craxy (since 2020)
CSR (since 2022)
DreamNote (since 2018)
El7z Up (since 2023)
Eternity (since 2021)
Everglow (since 2019)
Fanatics (2019–21)
Fifty Fifty (since 2022)
Fromis 9 (since 2018)
Geenius (since 2024)
Girlkind (2018–22)
Golden Girls (since 2023)
GWSN (2018–21)
H1-Key (since 2022)
Hinapia (2019–20)
Honey Popcorn (2018–20)
Hot Issue (2021–22)
Ichillin' (since 2021)
Illit (since 2024)
ILY:1 (since 2022)
Irris (since 2022)
Kiss of Life (since 2023)
Lapillus (since 2022)
Lightsum (since 2021)
LimeLight (since 2022)
Loossemble (since 2023)
Lunarsolar (2020–22)
Mave: (since 2023)
Maywish (2018–19)
Mimiirose (since 2022)
Nature (2018–24)
NeonPunch (2018–20)
Odd Eye Circle ^{[lower-alpha 29]}(since 2023)
Pink Fantasy (2018–23)
Pixy (since 2021)
Primrose (since 2023)
Purple Kiss (since 2020)
Purplebeck (2019–20)
QWER (since 2023)
Redsquare (2020–22)
Rescene (since 2024)
Rocket Punch (since 2019)
Saturday (since 2018)
Secret Number (since 2020)
Tri.be (since 2021)
TripleS (since 2022)
Uni.T (2018)
Unis (since 2024)
Viviz (since 2022)
Weeekly (since 2020)
We Girls (2018–22)
Wooah (since 2020)
Young Posse (since 2023)

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 Top-ten song on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Number-one song on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Top-ten song on Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.
↑ Number-one song on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart and Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.
1 2 3 Top-ten song on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart and Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Number-one song on Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.
↑ Girl groups that have a million-seller single on Gaon Digital Chart or Circle Digital Chart.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 The song is certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
↑ The song is certified 2× Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association; Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association; Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, Recording Industry Association of America, France's Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, and the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry; and Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
↑ The song is certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association and the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry, Gold by Italy's Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana and Portugal's Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa, and Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
↑ The song is certified Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association, the Australian Recording Industry Association, and the Recording Industry Association of Japan; Gold by France's Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, Portugal's Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa, and the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry; and Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
↑ The song is certified 2× Platinum by Music Canada; Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association, the Australian Recording Industry Association, and the Recording Industry Association of Japan; Gold by France's Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, Portugal's Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa, and the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry; and Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.
1 2 3 Top-ten song on the Billboard Global 200 and South Korea's Circle Digital Chart.
↑ The song is certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association and Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, Music Canada, and IFPI Norway.
↑ The song is certified Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association and the Recording Industry Association of Japan, and Gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
1 2 Number-one song on the Billboard Global 200.
1 2 The song is certified Platinum by Music Canada, and Gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association and the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
↑ Since Woo Ji-yoon's departure from the group in April 2020, Ahn Ji-young promotes as Bolbbalgan4 as a solo act.^[6]
1 2 3 4 Top-ten song on the K-pop Hot 100.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The song is certified Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association.
1 2 The song is certified Silver by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The song is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
1 2 3 The song is certified Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association and the Recording Industry Association of Japan.
1 2 The song is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan and Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.
↑ Formerly known as Elris.
↑ Girl groups that have multiple platinum-certified albums from Korea Music Content Association.
↑ The song is certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan and the Recording Industry Association of America.
↑ Top-ten song on the Billboard Global 200.
↑ Originally a sub-unit group of Loona in 2017.

References

1 2 Park, Jin-hai (May 22, 2018). "History of Korean girl groups revisited". The Korea Times . Retrieved May 16, 2024.
↑ "A Brief History of K-pop". The Los Angeles Film School. April 7, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
↑ Bell, Crystal (May 24, 2022). "2NE1 to BlackPink: How K-Pop's Girl Groups Took Over The World". Nylon . Retrieved May 16, 2024.
↑ Daly, Rhian (August 18, 2022). "New generations: SNSD, NewJeans and the evolution of K-pop girl groups". NME . Retrieved May 16, 2024.
1 2 "Circle Chart Album Certifications". Circle Chart . Retrieved May 16, 2024.
↑ Yeon-soo, Kwak (April 3, 2020). "Woo Ji-yoon quits K-pop duo BOL4". The Korea Times . Retrieved May 16, 2024.

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[jp10-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Top-ten song on Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.

[skjp1-8] Number-one song on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart and Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.

[skjp10-9] 1 2 3 Top-ten song on South Korea's Circle Digital Chart and Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.

[jp1-10] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Number-one song on Japan's Oricon Singles Chart.

[11] Girl groups that have a million-seller single on Gaon Digital Chart or Circle Digital Chart.

[goldjapan-13] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 The song is certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

[14] The song is certified 2× Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association; Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association; Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, Recording Industry Association of America, France's Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, and the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry; and Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.

[15] The song is certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association and the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry, Gold by Italy's Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana and Portugal's Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa, and Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.

[16] The song is certified Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association, the Australian Recording Industry Association, and the Recording Industry Association of Japan; Gold by France's Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, Portugal's Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa, and the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry; and Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.

[17] The song is certified 2× Platinum by Music Canada; Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association, the Australian Recording Industry Association, and the Recording Industry Association of Japan; Gold by France's Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, Portugal's Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa, and the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry; and Silver by the British Phonographic Industry.

[glo-sk10-18] 1 2 3 Top-ten song on the Billboard Global 200 and South Korea's Circle Digital Chart.

[19] The song is certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association and Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan, Music Canada, and IFPI Norway.

[20] The song is certified Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association and the Recording Industry Association of Japan, and Gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

[glo-21] 1 2 Number-one song on the Billboard Global 200.

[PlatinumCANGoldAUSJPN-22] 1 2 The song is certified Platinum by Music Canada, and Gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association and the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

[24] Since Woo Ji-yoon's departure from the group in April 2020, Ahn Ji-young promotes as Bolbbalgan4 as a solo act.^[6]

[skh100-25] 1 2 3 4 Top-ten song on the K-pop Hot 100.

[platinumkorea-26] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 The song is certified Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association.

[silverjapan-27] 1 2 The song is certified Silver by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

[platinumjapan-28] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The song is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

[platinumkoreajapan-29] 1 2 3 The song is certified Platinum by the Korea Music Content Association and the Recording Industry Association of Japan.

[platinumjapangoldusa-30] 1 2 The song is certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Japan and Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

[31] Formerly known as Elris.

[32] Girl groups that have multiple platinum-certified albums from Korea Music Content Association.

[goldjapangoldusa-33] The song is certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan and the Recording Industry Association of America.

[glo10-34] Top-ten song on the Billboard Global 200.

[35] Originally a sub-unit group of Loona in 2017.

[:0-1] 1 2 Park, Jin-hai (May 22, 2018). "History of Korean girl groups revisited". The Korea Times . Retrieved May 16, 2024.

[2] "A Brief History of K-pop". The Los Angeles Film School. April 7, 2021. Retrieved May 16, 2024.

[3] Bell, Crystal (May 24, 2022). "2NE1 to BlackPink: How K-Pop's Girl Groups Took Over The World". Nylon . Retrieved May 16, 2024.

[4] Daly, Rhian (August 18, 2022). "New generations: SNSD, NewJeans and the evolution of K-pop girl groups". NME . Retrieved May 16, 2024.

[Certifications-12] 1 2 "Circle Chart Album Certifications". Circle Chart . Retrieved May 16, 2024.

[23] Yeon-soo, Kwak (April 3, 2020). "Woo Ji-yoon quits K-pop duo BOL4". The Korea Times . Retrieved May 16, 2024.

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List of South Korean girl groups

Contents

Generation 1

Best selling girl groups

Other girl groups

Generation 2

Best selling girl groups

Other girl groups

Generation 3

Best selling girl groups

Other girl groups

Generation 4

Best selling girl groups

Other girl groups

See also

Notes

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References