AOA Black
AOA Black | |
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 AOA Black at Gimpo Airport, Seoul in October 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2013 – 2016 (Inactive) |
| Labels | |
| Members | |
| Past members | |
AOA Black is a subgroup of the South Korean girl group AOA, formed by FNC Entertainment in 2013. It is currently composed of three AOA members: Jimin, Yuna, Mina and former member Youkyung, as the guest member. Youkyung left the agency of the group in October 2016, but she is still part of the group as a guest member. Choa left the group and sub-unit on June 30, 2017.[1] The group is notable for their debut single album, "Moya".
History
During the early year of 2013, FNC Entertainment officially announced the formation of the subgroup.[2] In early July of the same year, the label began providing teasers of the members on their upcoming debut.[3]
Their debut single album, "Moya", was released on July 26, 2013. Download sales were up to 171,475+ with physical CD sales at 2,692+ according to Gaon Music Chart.[4]
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.[2] The band made their second appearance on the October 12 broadcast of Music Bank.[2]
In an interview made by FNC on January 2016, it was announced that the group will most likely to have their comeback.[5]
On June 22, Choa announced her departure from AOA.[6] FNC Entertainment later denied the statement.[7] On June 30, they confirmed Choa left the group.[8]
Discography
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| KOR Gaon[9] |
KOR Hot 100[10] | |||
| "Moya" | 2013 | 33 | 21 | Moya |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
References
- ^ http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0000661346
- ^ a b c "AOA to Promote ′Get Out′ in First Week with Five Member Band Unit, AOA Black". enewsworld.mnet.com. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
- ^ "AOA's band unit, AoA Black, put on their thinking caps for a new teaser image". allkpop.com. July 11, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
- ^ 2012년 10월 (October 2012) Album Chart. Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Invalid|script-title=: missing prefix (help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ http://www.soompi.com/2016/01/01/aoa-shares-plans-for-new-album-in-2016-and-aoa-black-comeback/
- ^ "초아, 팀 탈퇴…에이오에이(AOA)는 초아의 빈자리를 채울 수 있을까?" (in Korean). Top Star News. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ "초아 "AOA 탈퇴" VS FNC "결정된 사안 아냐"… 엇갈린 의견" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
- ^ "[단독] AOA 초아, 사실상 팀 탈퇴 확정" (in Korean). eNews24.
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- ^ "Korea K-Pop Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
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