AOA Black

AOA Black
AOA Black at Gimpo Airport, Seoul in October 2013
Background information
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active 2013–2014
Labels
Associated acts AOA
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

List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
Gaon[9]		 KOR
Hot 100[10]
"Moya" 2013 3321 Moya
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

References

  1. ↑ http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=311&aid=0000661346
  2. 1 2 3 "AOA to Promote ′Get Out′ in First Week with Five Member Band Unit, AOA Black". enewsworld.mnet.com. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ http://www.soompi.com/2016/01/01/aoa-shares-plans-for-new-album-in-2016-and-aoa-black-comeback/
  6. ↑ "초아, 팀 탈퇴…에이오에이(AOA)는 초아의 빈자리를 채울 수 있을까?" (in Korean). Top Star News. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  7. ↑ "초아 "AOA 탈퇴" VS FNC "결정된 사안 아냐"… 엇갈린 의견" (in Korean). Ten Asia.
  8. ↑ "[단독] AOA 초아, 사실상 팀 탈퇴 확정" (in Korean). eNews24.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "Korea K-Pop Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2015.



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