After school
| After school | |
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| General information | |
| origin | South Korea |
| Genre (s) | K-pop , dance-pop |
| founding | 2009 |
| resolution | 2019 |
| Website | a-school.co.kr |
| Last occupation | |
| Jung-ah Uee Raina Nana Lizzy E-Young Gaeun |
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| former members | |
| Soyeong Bekah Kahi Jooyeon |
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After School ( 애프터 스쿨 ) was founded in 2009, South Korean girl group that the record company Pledis Entertainment was under contract.
Chart successes
After first appearances at the end of 2008, the first single Ah! the initially five-member group in January 2009, which advanced to number 13 in the Korean singles charts in February. Several personnel changes and single releases followed in the course of 2009.
Several of these singles, which were also released on EPs, reached the top of the official GAON charts again. So the single Bang! At the end of March 2010 advance to number two on the GAON charts after the previous single Neo Ddaemunae (너 때문에, "Because of You") even reached the top position in December 2009. Together with the Japanese artist Namie Amuro , they recorded the song Make it Happen .
Awards
In January 2010, the band received the K-pop New Artist of the Year 2009 award for best Korean newcomer band at the Billboard Japan Music Awards ceremony in Tokyo . In February 2010 they were named the best newcomer of the year at the High1 Seoul Music Awards 2010 together with the groups T-ara and Beast .
Division and other activities
Since July 6, 2010, the members of the group can be seen on the reality show Play Girlz School , which is broadcast on the MBC cable channel every1 .
In July 2011, the management of the eight-piece band announced that the singers would be split into AS Red & Blue , two units of four members. In the same month the singles In The Night Sky (Red) and Wonder Boy (Blue) were released.
outlook
Although no new singles or LPs from After School have been released since 2012, the group is still considered active and has not been officially disbanded to this day. This limbo was confirmed by the record company in 2017, which stated in a statement that the band still exists, but no new projects or promotions were planned. Clearer signs of disintegration became apparent in May 2017 when the band member Uee decided to leave the "Zombie Idol Group".
Members
- Jung-ah: maiden name: Kim Jung-a (Hangeul: 김정아), born August 2, 1983
- Jooyeon: Birth name: Lee Joo-yeon (Hangeul: 이주연), born March 19, 1987
- Uee: Birth name: Kim Yu-jin (Hangeul: 김유진), born April 9, 1988
- Raina: Birth name: Oh Hye-rin (Hangeul: 오 혜린), * May 7, 1989
- Nana: Birth name: Im Jin-a (Hangeul: 임진아), born September 14, 1991
- Lizzy: Birth name: Park Su-young (Hangeul: 박수영), * July 31, 1992
- E-Young: Birth name: No I-young (Hangeul: 노 이영), * August 16, 1992
- Kaeun: Birth name: Sin Ga-eun (Hangeul: 신가은), * August 20, 1994
Former
- Soyoung: Birth name: Yoo So Young (Hangeul: 유소영), born March 29, 1986
- Bekah: Birth name: Rebekah Kim (Hangeul: 레베카 김), born August 11, 1989
- Kahi: Birth name: Park Ji-young (Hangeul: 박지영), born December 25, 1980
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title | Charts | Remarks |
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| 2011 | Virgin | 2 | First published: April 29, 2011 |
| 2012 | Playgirlz | - | First published: March 14, 2012 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Website of the official charts of the Korean music industry (drop-down fields for individual weeks and months, cannot be directly linked)
- ↑ see screenshot there and in the corresponding week on the official GAON page http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/ (no direct link possible)
- ↑ Japan Music Awards ( Memento of February 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ daum.net , February 3, 2010 (Korean)
- ↑ Announcement ( Memento from August 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), June 29, 2010, and at MBC every1 ( Memento from July 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Korean)
- ↑ [ 뮤직 톡톡 ] " 유이 도 졸업" .. 애프터 스쿨 남은 5 人 의 행보 . ( naver.com [accessed August 17, 2017]).
- ↑ UEE is done with After School, but Pledis is still holding the group hostage. In: Asian Junkie. Retrieved August 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Chart sources: KR , JP