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Origin | Romania |
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Years active | 2016–2017 |
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G Girls was a Romanian girl supergroup, which was created by their label Global Records. It initially consisted of Inna, Antonia, Loredana Ciobotaru (Lori) and Alexandra Stan; the latter one later departed and was replaced with Lariss. The group experienced commercial success with their debut single, "Call the Police" (2016), [3] which peaked at number six in Poland.
G Girls started in 2016 through the suggestion of record label Global Records. [2] For their debut single, "Call the Police" (2016), the group consisted of Inna, Alexandra Stan, Antonia, and Lori. [2] The song was commercially successful, peaking at number 64 on Romania's Airplay 100 and at number six in Poland. [4] [5] The band released the music video for their second single, "Milk & Honey", on 3 March 2017. [6] Stan was replaced with Romanian singer Lariss. [7] The song peaked at number 67 in their native country. [8]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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ROM [9] | POL [10] | POL Dance [11] | ||||||||||||
"Call the Police" [12] | 2016 | 64 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||
"Milk & Honey" [6] | 2017 | 67 | — | — | ||||||||||
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. |
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