Miss A (Korean: 미쓰에이), commonly stylized as miss A, is a four member South Korean and Chinese girl group based in South Korea. They were formed by JYP Entertainment and are managed by AQ Entertainment. The group consists of Fei, Jia, Min and Suzy.
Fei and Jia are considered two of the four best recognized female celebrities of Chinese origin active in the South Korean entertainment scene, along with f(x)'s Victoria Song and fashion model Wei Sun. Fans of Miss A are called Say A
History
Pre-debut, JYP Sisters: Early activities in China
Members Fei and Jia were selected in 2007 (Fei was scouted on her way to dance school, while Jia's school held auditions). Before their debut, members Fei and Jia appeared in 2PM's "My Color" music video. Suzy Bae was also a model for an online shopping center.
Originally, Miss A were a 5-member group in training in 2009. While still in training, the group flew to China where they appeared in numerous variety shows performing dance routines and songs to showcase themselves to the Chinese audience. As the group had no official name they were widely known to the Chinese audiences as JYP Sisters or simply as "Sisters (시스터즈)" and was dubbed by JYP as the "Chinese Wonder Girls". However the group had gone through several changes during this period, most notably the exit of Hyerim who was re-grouped to join the Wonder Girls, while two other girls decided to withdraw from the group. JYPE then decided to group the two remaining girls, Fei and Jia with JYPE South Korean trainee 15-year old, Suzy Bae.
The girls began their first official promotional activities in China as a group by signing up with Samsung China and released a commercial song called "Love Again" for the Samsung Beat Festival. The song has a strong Korean team/influence behind it, as it was written by Korean composer, Super Changddai while the music video was directed by Hong Won Ki. Lee Min Young, a solo artist and a long-time JYPE trainee in America, also made a cameo appearance in the music video. She had auditioned when she was in the 6th grade, and traveled to the U.S., where she trained for 6 years, but came back in 2008 to continue activities in Korea. During her time in New York, she studied at the Repertory Company High School in Manhattan. It was later announced she would be joining the group under her stage name, Min, and will be debuting with the group in South Korea.
2010: Debut in South Korea with "Bad Girl Good Girl" and "Step Up"
Miss A made their official debut in South Korea as a four-member group on June 30 with their single "Bad Girl Good Girl" which was taken from their debut mini-album called "Bad but Good". Their single topped various music charts and eventually earned the group their first Mutizen award on M.net M! Countdown and the following day Miss A became number #1 on KBS Music Bank. On August 1 they had their number #1 on SBS Inkigayo. The song went to #1 on M.net M! Countdown, KBS Music Bank and SBS Inkigayo for one week.
The group later on made their comeback with their first mini-album called "Step Up" on September 26. The group promoted "Breathe" as the lead single for the album and showed an "exotic and a doll-like transformation" that was completely different from their debut single's concept. They made their first comeback on M.net M! Countdown and the following day on KBS Music Bank, MBC Show! Music Core and SBS Inkigayo. The song went to #1 on M.net M! Countdown staying for one week.
2011: Solo activities, Comeback and Chinese debut
Fei appeared in the music video of the song "I Love You" from the singers Huh Gong & Hoony Hoon. Jia appeared in M&D's music video for "Close Your Mouth". Min was a fixed student on KBS's variety show Oh! My School, also known as 100 Out of 100. And she starred in the movie Countdown as Jang Hyeon-ji. Suzy starred in Dream High as the main character Go Hye-mi.
In July 2011, Miss A announced their comeback with their first full album called A Class which was released on July 18, 2011. A Class consists of a mix of previously released hits and four new tracks, including the single, "Good Bye Baby". The album has a total of 13 songs. They released their album digitally on July 18, 2011. They started promoting the title song "Good Bye Baby" on July 21, 2011 on Mnet's M! Countdown followed by KBS's Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core, and SBS's Inkigayo. On the following week of promotions they won all awards from the shows.
On September 30, Miss A debuted in Chinese with the release of a special edition of their first full album, containing a DVD with music videos, as well as Chinese versions of "Bad Girl Good Girl", "Breathe", "Goodbye Baby" and "Love Again".
After the Chinese album release, its ranked first on several charts. "Good Bye Baby" ranked first on Taiwan's biggest music portal, ‘Ezpeer‘, alongside ‘A Class‘ topping their weekly Korea/Japan chart. On ‘G-MUSIC‘, the girls have ranked in third.
2012: Comeback with "Touch"
Miss A announced their comeback in Korea with a new mini-album called "Touch", that is confirmed to be released on February 20, 2012. The first music video teaser featuring their youngest member Suzy, for their song "Touch", was uploaded on their official YouTube channel, on February 13. The second teaser featuring their rapper Jia was released on February 14. The third teaser featuring their elder member Fei was released on February 15. The final music video teaser featuring their 4th member Min was released on February 16. On February 19, 2012, the music video was uploaded to YouTube through Miss A's official channel and gained over one million views in two days. Miss A would be starting their promotions for Touch on February 23 on M.net M! Countdown and on other music shows respectively. On February 29, miss A won the Champion Song on MBC Music Show Champion with the song Touch. On March 1, Touch also went to #1 on M.net M! Countdown. On March 4 they won Mutizen on SBS Inkigayo with Touch.
Members
| Stage name | Birth name | Date of birth | Height | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Hangul | Romanized | Hangul/Hanja | ||
| Fei | 페이 | Wang Fei Fei | 왕페이페이/王霏霏 | April 27, 1987 | 164 |
| Jia | 지아 | Meng Jia | 맹지아/孟佳 | February 3, 1989 | 164 |
| Min | 민 | Lee Min Young | 이민영/李玟暎 | June 21, 1991 | 158 |
| Suzy | 수지 | Bae Soo Ji | 배수지/裴秀智 | October 10, 1994 | 168 |
Trivia
- Official Fanclub : Say A
Discography
Main article: Miss A discography
Korean Discography
| Chinese Discography
|
Tours
Concert participation
- 2010 JYP Nation Team Play Concert (2010)
- 2011 JYP Nation in Japan (2011)
- Jakarta FantastiKpop Festival (2011)
- K-Pop Music Fest in Sydney (2011)
- M LIVE by CJ, Most Amazing 2011 (2011)
Awards
| Year | Awards |
|---|---|
| 2010 |
|
| 2011 |
|
| 2012 |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_A
Wins on Music Programs
miss A's wins on Korea's televised music shows:
| Year | Date | Song | Music Program |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | July 22 | Bad Girl Good Girl | Mnet M! Countdown |
| July 23 | KBS Music Bank | ||
| August 1 | SBS Inkigayo | ||
| October 21 | Breathe | Mnet M! Countdown | |
| 2011 | July 28 | Good Bye Baby | Mnet M! Countdown |
| July 29 | KBS Music Bank | ||
| July 31 | SBS Inkigayo | ||
| 2012 | February 28 | Touch | MBC Music 'Show Champion' |
| March 1 | Mnet M! Countdown | ||
| March 4 | SBS Inkigayo | ||
| March 6 | MBC Music 'Show Champion' | ||
| March 7 | jTBCMusic On Top |
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar