One of the most popular South Korean girl bands is Mamamoo. Success was destined, since the first album was already called the best debut of the year by critics. At their concerts, the girls demonstrate excellent vocal abilities and choreography. Performances are accompanied by performances. Every year the group releases new compositions, which wins the hearts of new fans.
Mamamoo members
The team has four members who have a stage name.
- Sola (real name Kim Young-song). She is considered the unofficial leader of the group and the main vocalist.
- Wheein (Jung Hwi In) is the main dancer.
- Moonbyul writes songs.
- Hwasa (Ahn Hye Jin) is the youngest member. He also sometimes writes lyrics and music for songs.
The beginning of the creative path
Members of the Mamamoo team are different from many colleagues on stage. The girls immediately declared themselves as strong singers with images thought out to the smallest detail. In performances, the group combines jazz, retro and modern popular tunes. Maybe that's why fans like them so much.
The group debuted in June 2014 when they officially released songs from their first mini album Hello. He was reinforced by a performance in a music show, where the girls sang along with other musicians. However, even before the release of the album, the singers managed to work with many famous Korean musicians.
The second album was released in the same year, after only a few months. "Fans" and critics took it warmly. A lot of good reviews followed about the quality of the performance of the songs. At the end of the year, one of the South Korean music hit parades summed up. According to the results, the new Mamamoo album took a leading position in the music ranking.
The rise of Mamamoo's popularity
The group's popularity continued to skyrocket. This was facilitated by the release of the third mini-album. Another well-known performer Esnoy took part in its creation. For girls, this was not the first collaboration, but more global.
The songs took leadership positions in the music charts and did not leave them for a long time. The singers gave several concerts, and in the summer of 2015 the first big meeting with the "fans" took place. The success can be judged by the fact that thousands of tickets were sold within a minute of the start of sales. Even the performers were not ready for this. They decided to hold another meeting that same day.
In the fall of 2015, the Mamamoo group performed in America, where they also pleased the "fans" with a fan meeting. As the artists said, it was definitely one of the best events of their entire career.
Over the next few years, the singers became participants in many important events. For example, they performed at many official holidays. The group took part in song contests and programs. Especially often they were invited to television after the release of their debut studio album in 2016. The thing is that one of the tracks took the 1st position in the music chart.
Singers currently
In 2019, the band released another album. Thanks to the main song, the girls won several music shows at once. However, they decided not to stop and soon announced the preparation of a big concert. The performance took place in April of the same year. It was attended by a significant number of spectators. Then there were several months of calm. As it turned out, the Mamamoo group was preparing the release of the Gleam track and a new studio album.
Despite the cessation of concert activity, 2020 was a successful year for the band. The team released another song in Japanese and a new mini-album.
Interesting facts about the team
One of the group's most popular songs is HIP. In it, girls are encouraged to accept themselves and not pay attention to the opinions of others. The topic is relevant both for Korea as a whole and for the girls from the team. The fact is that the appearance of the singers was regularly criticized.
Sometimes the "fans" were the designers of the group's stage costumes. The singers admitted that they really like to perform in such outfits. This brought them even closer to their fans.
Girls devote considerable time to training in choreography. All in order to perfectly dance during concerts. In most cases, each dance is a complex multi-stage production, the performance of which requires good physical preparation.
Each member of the team has its own color - red, blue, white and yellow. They symbolize a certain stage of maturity and relationships.
In many photographs, you can see that the singers stand in a certain sequence, depending on their height. The manager thinks they look better this way.
Each member of the group has solo songs. It is not surprising that they all occupied leading positions in the music charts, because the girls are very talented.
The production agency Mamamoo recently announced that they are going to court. Since there were impartial statements about the members of the team.
There was a scandal in the history of the group. In 2017, the girls recorded a remix of the song. When filming the video, they applied dark make-up to their faces. As a result, they were accused of racism. The singers admitted that they did wrong and publicly apologized.
Musical awards and group achievements
Beautiful young singers have been captivating the public for several years. They regularly participate in competitions, get into music charts, including foreign ones. In total they have 146 nominations and 38 awards. The main ones are:
- "Artist of 2015";
- "Best Artist of 2018";
- "Musical group from the top 10";
- "Best K-pop Girl Group"
Discography and film roles of Mamamoo
Since the creation of the team, the girls have released a significant number of hits. They have:
- 2 Korean studio albums;
- Japanese studio compilation;
- 10 mini-albums;
- 18 Korean singles;
- 2 Japanese singles;
- 4 movie soundtracks;
- 7 big concert tours.
In addition to their musical career, the singers tried their hand at the film industry. They starred in three reality shows and one drama.
