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AOA promoting Heart Attack (2015)

AOA (에이오에이) or Ace of Angels is an 8 member Korean pop girl group that debuted in 2012 under FNC ENTERTAINMENT. The 8 member group can be divided into a band (5 members, known as AOA Black) and a dance group (7 members, all minus Youkyoung), depending on the performance. The group debuted in Japan in 2014 under Universal Music Japan's sub label Delicious Deli Records.

Members

  • Jimin (Leader, Vocal, Main Rapper) (AOA Black) (Leader, Main Rapper, Guitar - AOA Black)
  • Choa (Main Vocal) (AOA Black) (Main Vocal, Guitar - AOA Black)
  • Yuna (Lead Vocal) (AOA Black) (Lead Vocal, Keyboard - AOA Black)
  • Youkyoung (Drums) (AOA Black)
  • Mina (Vocal, Rapper) (AOA Black) (Rapper, Bass - AOA Black)
  • Hyejeong (Vocal, Visual) (AOA White)
  • Seolhyeon (Vocal, Visual, Lead Dancer) (AOA White)
  • Chanmi (Vocal, Lead Rapper, Main Dancer, Maknae) (AOA White)

Sub-Units

Information

AOA promoting "Angels' Story" (2012)

2012: Debut and Wanna Be

The eight members were introduced individually through teaser photos from July 16 to 23 (in order: Seolhyun, Choa, Hyejeong, Chanmi, Yuna, Mina, Jimin , & Youkyoung). AOA was revealed to be a dance group, with some members also playing instruments. Explaining the concept of their debut FNC revealed that seven members are "full angels": Seolhyunari(Seolhyun), Choaya (Choa), Hyejeong.Linus (Hyejeong), Chanmi T.T(Chanmi), Yunaria (Yuna), Minaring (Mina), and leader Jiminel (Jimin). Youkyoung (or "Y") is listed as a "half-angel/half-mortal", because she is only a member of the band half, playing the drums, resulting in AOA saying they are a "7+1" group. "Angel's Story" leaked on July 28, two days before the official release. The music video for the title track "Elvis" was released on July 30. AOA had their debut stage on August 9 on M! Countdown and then Music Bank on August 10.

AOA promoting "Wanna Be" (2012)

FNC confirmed that the group would be making a comeback with a second single album "Wanna Be" on October 10. The album cover was released along with the announcement, depicting the eight members as different fictional characters. Hyejeong, Jimin, Choa, Yuna, Chanmi, Mina, Seolhyun and Youkyung dressed as characters from Kill Bill, Léon, Legally Blonde, Tomb Raider, Harry Potter, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Romeo and Juliet, and The Fifth Element respectively. It was confirmed that five-member band unit, AOA Black, would perform a stage in the first week of promotions for "Get Out". AOA Black made their first comeback appearance on the October 10 broadcast of KM's Music Triangle and performed the band version of "Get Out" for the first time. The band made their second appearance on the October 12 broadcast of Music Bank.

2013: AOA Black and Red Motion

AOA Black promoting "MOYA" (2013)
AOA promoting "RED MOTION" (2013)

On July 11, it was announced that the band sub-unit, AOA Black (which consists of Jimin, Choa, Yuna, Youkyung, and Mina) would be making a comeback with their third single album with the title song "MOYA". The third single album and "MOYA" music video were released on July 26 and AOA Black had their first comeback stage on KBS Music Bank on the same day.

On October 9, the music video for "Confused" was released. The full album, Red Motion, was released on the October 13, along with an "eye contact version" dance practice clip.

2014: Miniskirt, Short Hair, and Like A Cat

AOA promoting "Jjalbeun Chima (짧은 치마; Miniskirt)" (2014)
AOA promoting "Danbal Meori (단발머리; Short Hair))" (2014)
AOA promoting "Sappeun Sappeun (사뿐사뿐; Like a Cat)" (2014)

On January 16, AOA came back with another sexy concept and released their fifth single album (along with a music video) entitled 'Miniskirt,' produced by Brave Brothers, ElephantKingdom, and Galactika. On February 9, AOA celebrated their first music show win on Inkigayo with "Miniskirt".

AOA released their title song, "Short Hair" in their first mini album on June 19. The Album ranked #1 on different charts and also topped the M!Countdown chart in July. "Short Hair"'s music video ranked eighth on Billboard's "Most Viewed K-pop Videos Around the World" for June.[20] AOA performed the Girls' Generation song "Mr.Mr." with groups BESTie and Girl's Day for the "Half-Year Special" Edition of Music Bank on June 27.[21]

On November 11, 2014, the group released their second mini-album, Like a Cat. On November 19, AOA had their second win on Show Champion with title song "Like A Cat".

2015: Second Japanese single and Heart Attack

AOA released a Japanese version of Like a Cat on February 25, 2015; the single also contains Japanese versions of "Elvis" and "Just the Two of Us". On February 2, FNC released the short version music video of "Like a Cat",[23] and it ranked number 1 on Gyao! views daily and weekly ranking. Like a Cat ranked #6 on Oricon Daily Chart and ranked #1 on Tower Records Shibuya on the first day of its release; it also ranked #3 as their peak on Oricon Daily Chart. On June 2, 2015 AOA confirmed their comeback for mid-June and also their comeback showcase will be held on June 22, 2015 on AX-Hall Seoul

Discography

Korean Discography:

Mini-Albums

Singles

Japanese Discography:

Albums

Singles

Awards

  • [2015.01.14] 29th Golden Disk Awards - "Digital Single Bonsang (Jjalbeun Chima)"
  • [2015.01.22] 24th Seoul Music Awards: Bonsang

TV Music Shows

Jjalbeun Chima
Sappeun Sappeun
Simkunghae (Heart Attack)

External Links

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Korean Discography
Albums
Mini-Albums
Singles
Japanese Discography
Albums
Singles
Digital Singles
Official Korean Website · Official Japanese Website
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