generasia:Featured article for 2019 week 20
ANGERME
ANGERME (アンジュルム), formerly known as S/mileage (スマイレージ), is a Japanese pop girl group managed by Up-Front Promotion and part of Hello! Project. The group's name derives from the French words ange ("angel") and larme ("tears"), and was rebranded in December 2014 to mark a new start after adding its third generation of members.
In 2010, the group won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. Since then, ANGERME's combined CD and DVD sales have exceeded one million copies sold in Japan alone, with their highest selling single "Tsugitsugi Zokuzoku / Itoshima Distance / Koi Nara Tokku ni Hajimatteru" selling 56,865 copies and their lowest selling single "Koi ni Booing Buu!" selling 20,954 copies.
Since the formation of the group, there has been four more generations and three more graduations. As of now, there are a total of 12 members with one member graduation announced.
Their third full-length album, Rinnetenshou ~ANGERME Past, Present, and Future~, is released this week on May 15th.
