List of South Korean girl groups

1. First generation

The term "first generation" refers to South Korean idol groups which debuted from 1996 to 2002.^[31]

2. Second generation

The term "second generation" refers to South Korean idol groups which debuted from 2003 to 2011.^[33]

2.1. Best-selling girl groups

Best-selling generation two South Korean girl groups

Group and years active	Notable singles	Platinum-certified albums[34]
2NE1 (2009–15, 2024–25)	"Clap Your Hands" (2010)[1] "Go Away" (2010)[2] "Can't Nobody" (2010)[1] "It Hurts (Slow)" (2010)[1] "Lonely" (2011)[2] "I Am the Best" (2011)[2][3] "Hate You" (2011)[1] "Ugly" (2011)[2] "I Love You" (2012)[2][4] "Falling in Love" (2013)[2] "Do You Love Me" (2013)[1] "Missing You" (2013)[2] "Come Back Home" (2014)[2] "Gotta Be You" (2014)[1]	—N/a
4Minute (2009–16)	"HuH" (2010)[1] "I My Me Mine" (2010)[1] "Heart to Heart" (2011)[1] "Mirror Mirror" (2011)[1] "Volume Up" (2012)[1] "What's Your Name" (2013)[2] "Is It Poppin'?" (2013)[1] "Gain Weight" (2014)[1] "Whatcha Doin' Today" (2014)[2] "Crazy" (2015)[1]	—N/a
After School (2009–15, 2021)	"Because of You" (2009)[2][4] "Bang!" (2010)[1][4] "Love Love Love" (2010)[1] "Shampoo" (2011)[1] "In the Night Sky" (2011)[1] "Rambling Girls" (2012)[4] "Lady Luck" (2012)[4] "Dilly Dally" (2012)[4] "First Love" (2013)[1] "Heaven" (2013)[4]	—N/a
Apink (since 2011)	"NoNoNo" (2013)[1][4] "Good Morning Baby" (2014)[1] "Mr. Chu" (2014)[1][4] "Luv" (2014)[1][4] "Remember" (2015)[1] "Sunday Monday" (2015)[4] "Only One" (2016)[1] "Summer Time" (2016)[4] "Five" (2017)[1] "Bye Bye" (2017)[4] "More Go! Go!" (2017)[4] "Orion" (2017)[4] "I'm So Sick" (2018)[1] "Dumhdurum" (2020)[1]	—N/a
Brave Girls (2011–13, 2016–18, 2020–23)	"Rollin'" (2017)[2] "We Ride" (2020)[1] "Chi Mat Ba Ram" (2021)[1]	—N/a
Brown Eyed Girls (2006–15, 2019)	"Hot Shot" (2011)[1] "Sixth Sense" (2011)[2] "Cleansing Cream" (2011)[1] "One Summer Night" (2012)[1] "Recipe" (2013)[1] "Kill Bill" (2013)[1] "Brave New World" (2015)[1]	—N/a
Davichi (since 2008)	"Time, Please Stop" (2010)[2] "From Me to You" (2010)[1] "Wonder Woman" (2010)[1] "Don't Say Goodbye" (2011)[2] "We Were in Love" (2011)[2] "I'll Think of You" (2012)[1] "Do Men Cry" (2012)[1] "Turtle" (2013)[2] "Just Two of Us" (2013)[1] "Be Warmed" (2013)[2] "Missing You Today" (2013)[1] "The Letter" (2013)[2] "Again" (2014)[1] "Cry Again" (2015)[2] "Sorry, I'm Happy" (2015)[1] "Two Lovers" (2015)[1] "White" (2015)[1] "Beside Me" (2016)[1] "You Call It Romance" (2016)[1] "Unspoken Words" (2019)[1][5] "Dear." (2019)[1] "Just Hug Me" (2021)[1] "Everyday Christmas" (2021)[1] "Time Capsule" (2025)[1]	—N/a
f(x) (2009–16, 2019)	"Nu ABO" (2010)[2] "Pinocchio (Danger)" (2011)[2] "Hot Summer" (2011)[1] "Electric Shock" (2012)[2] "Rum Pum Pum Pum" (2013)[2] "Red Light" (2014)[1] "4 Walls" (2015)[1]	—N/a
Girl's Day (2010–15, 2017–18)	"Twinkle Twinkle" (2011)[1] "Expect" (2013)[1] "Female President" (2013)[1] "Please Tell Me" (2013)[1] "Something" (2014)[1] "Darling" (2014)[2] "I Miss You" (2014)[1] "Ring My Bell" (2015)[1] "I'll Be Yours" (2017)[1]	—N/a
Girls' Generation (2007–17, 2021–22)	"Gee" (2009)[4][6] "Genie" (2009)[4][6] "Oh!" (2010)[2][7][3][6] "Run Devil Run" (2010)[2][4][6] "Hoot" (2010)[2] "Mr. Taxi" (2011)[1][4][6] "The Boys" (2011)[2] "Paparazzi" (2012)[4][6] "All My Love is for You" (2012)[7] "Flower Power" (2012)[4] "Dancing Queen" (2012)[2] "I Got a Boy" (2013)[2] "Love & Girls" (2013)[4] "Galaxy Supernova" (2013)[4][3] "Mr.Mr." (2014)[2] "Catch Me If You Can" (2015)[4] "Party" (2015)[2] "Lion Heart" (2015)[1] "Forever 1" (2022)[1]	Girls' Generation (2011)[35] Girls & Peace (2012)[35] Forever 1 (2022)
Kara (2007–15, since 2022)	"Mister" (2009)[4][6] "Lupin" (2010)[2] "Jumping" (2010)[1][4][6] "Jet Coaster Love" (2011)[7][6] "Go Go Summer!" (2011)[4][6] "Step" (2011)[1] "Winter Magic" (2011)[4][6] "Speed Up" (2012)[4][6] "Girl's Power" (2012)[4][6] "Pandora" (2012)[1] "Electric Boy" (2012)[4][6] "Bye Bye Happy Days!" (2013)[4] "Thank You Summer Love" (2013)[4] "Runaway" (2013)[1] "Damaged Lady" (2013)[1] "French Kiss" (2013)[4] "Mamma Mia!" (2014)[1][4] "Summer☆Gic" (2015)[4] "Sunshine Miracle" (2015)[4] "Sunny Days" (2015)[4] "I Do I Do" (2024)[4]	Kara Best 2007–2010 (2010)[35] Girl's Talk (2010)[35] Super Girl (2011)[35] Girls Forever (2012)[35]
Miss A (2010–13, 2015)	"Bad Girl Good Girl" (2010)[2] "Breathe" (2010)[1] "Love Alone" (2011)[1] "Good-bye Baby" (2011)[2] "Touch" (2012)[1] "I Don't Need a Man" (2012)[1] "Hush" (2013)[1] "Only You" (2015)[2]	—N/a
Secret (2009–14, 2026)[36]	"Magic" (2010)[1][4] "Madonna" (2010)[2] "Shy Boy" (2011)[1] "Starlight Moonlight" (2011)[1] "Love Is Move" (2011)[1] "Poison" (2012)[1] "Talk That" (2012)[1] "Yoohoo" (2013)[1]	—N/a
Sistar (2010–17)	"Push Push" (2010)[1] "Shady Girl" (2010)[1] "How Dare You" (2010)[1] "So Cool" (2011)[2] "Amazed" (2011)[1] "Alone" (2012)[2] "Loving U" (2012)[2] "Give It to Me" (2013)[2] "Touch My Body" (2014)[2] "I Swear" (2014)[2] "Shake It" (2015)[2] "I Like That" (2016)[2] "Lonely" (2017)[2]	—N/a
T-ara (2009–17, 2020–22, since 2024)[37]	"Bo Peep Bo Peep" (2009)[7][1][3][6] "Like the First Time" (2009)[1] "You Drive Me Crazy" (2010)[2] "Why Are You Being Like This?" (2010)[1] "Yayaya" (2010)[1][4] "Roly-Poly" (2011)[1][4] "Cry Cry" (2011)[2] "We Were in Love" (2011)[2] "Lovey-Dovey" (2012)[2][4] "Day by Day" (2012)[1] "Sexy Love" (2012)[1][4] "Bunny Style!" (2013)[4] "Number Nine" (2013)[1] "Lead the Way" (2014)[4] "La'boon" (2014)[4]	Jewelry Box (2012)[35]
Wonder Girls (2007–17)	"2 Different Tears" (2010)[2] "Be My Baby" (2011)[2] "The DJ Is Mine" (2012)[1] "Like This" (2012)[1] "I Feel You" (2015)[1] "Why So Lonely" (2016)[2]	—N/a

2.2. Other girl groups

3. Third generation

The term "third generation" refers to South Korean idol groups which debuted from 2012 to 2017.^[40]

3.1. Best-selling girl groups

Generation three South Korean girl groups that have a million-seller single on Circle Digital Chart, formerly Gaon Digital Chart.

Best-selling generation three South Korean girl groups

Group and years active	Notable singles	Platinum-certified albums[34]
AOA (2012–19)	"Short Hair" (2014)[1] "Like a Cat" (2014)[1] "Heart Attack" (2015)[1] "Give Me the Love" (2016)[4] "Good Luck" (2016)[1] "Bingle Bangle" (2018)[1]	—N/a
Blackpink (since 2016)	"Whistle" (2016)[2] "Boombayah" (2016)[1][3] "Playing with Fire" (2016)[1] "Stay" (2016)[1] "As If It's Your Last" (2017)[1][3] "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" (2018)[2][4][9][5][10][11] "Kill This Love" (2019)[1][5][12] "How You Like That" (2020)[2][5][13] "Ice Cream" (2020)[1][14][15] "Lovesick Girls" (2020)[1][14][5][16] "Pink Venom" (2022)[17][1][5][18] "Shut Down" (2022)[17][1][5][18] "Jump" (2025)[17][1] "Go" (2026)[1]	Square Up (2018) Kill This Love (2019) How You Like That (2020) The Album (2020) Born Pink (2022) Deadline (2026)
Bolbbalgan4 (2016–20)[19]	"Galaxy" (2016)[1] "Tell Me You Love Me" (2016)[1] "Some" (2017)[2] "Lost Without You" (2017)[1] "Mohae" (2017)[1] "To My Youth" (2017)[1] "#First Love" (2018)[1] "Travel" (2018)[2][9] "Born" (2019)[2][5] "Stars Over Me" (2019)[1] "Workaholic" (2019)[1] "Leo" (2020)[1]	—N/a
EXID (2012–20, 2022, 2024–25)	"Up & Down" (2014)[2] "Ah Yeah" (2015)[1] "Hot Pink" (2015)[1] "L.I.E." (2016)[1] "Night Rather than Day" (2017)[1] "DDD" (2017)[1]	—N/a
GFriend (2015–21, 2024–25)	"Me Gustas Tu" (2015)[1] "Rough" (2016)[2] "Navillera" (2016)[2] "Fingertip" (2017)[1] "Love Whisper" (2017)[1] "Time for the Moon Night" (2018)[1] "Sunny Summer" (2018)[20] "Memoria" (2018)[4] "Sunrise" (2019)[20] "Flower" (2019)[4]	—N/a
I.O.I (2016–17, 2026)[42]	"Dream Girls" (2016)[1] "Whatta Man" (2016)[1] "Very Very Very" (2016)[2] "Downpour" (2017)[1] "Suddenly" (2026)[2]	—N/a
Mamamoo (2014–24, 2026)[43]	"Peppermint Chocolate" (2014)[1] "Um Oh Ah Yeh" (2015)[1] "I Miss You" (2016)[1] "Taller Than You" (2016)[1] "You're the Best" (2016)[2] "New York" (2016)[1] "Décalcomanie" (2016)[1] "Yes I Am" (2017)[1] "Starry Night" (2018)[1][9][5] "Rainy Season" (2018)[1] "Egotistic" (2018)[1] "Wind Flower" (2018)[1] "Gogobebe" (2019)[1] "Hip" (2019)[1][5][3] "Dingga" (2020)[1]	—N/a
Momoland (2016–23, since 2025)	"Bboom Bboom" (2018)[1][9][5][4] "Baam" (2018)[20][4] "I'm So Hot" (2019)[4]	—N/a
Oh My Girl (since 2015)	"Secret Garden" (2018)[20] "Nonstop" (2020)[1][5] "Dun Dun Dance" (2021)[2][5]	—N/a
Red Velvet (since 2014)	"Happiness" (2014)[1] "Ice Cream Cake" (2015)[1] "Dumb Dumb" (2015)[1] "One of These Nights" (2016)[1] "Russian Roulette" (2016)[1] "Rookie" (2017)[1] "Red Flavor" (2017)[2] "Peek-a-Boo" (2017)[1] "Bad Boy" (2018)[1][9] "Power Up" (2018)[2][9] "RBB (Really Bad Boy)" (2018)[1] "Psycho" (2019)[1][5] "Queendom" (2021)[1] "Feel My Rhythm" (2022)[1][5]	The ReVe Festival: Day 1 (2019) The ReVe Festival: Finale (2019) Queendom (2021) The ReVe Festival 2022 – Feel My Rhythm (2022) The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday (2022) Chill Kill (2023)
Twice (since 2015)	"Like Ooh-Ahh" (2015)[1][3] "Cheer Up" (2016)[2][3] "TT" (2016)[2][3] "Knock Knock" (2017)[2][3] "Signal" (2017)[2][3] "One More Time" (2017)[7][21][3] "Likey" (2017)[2][22] "Heart Shaker" (2017)[2][3] "Candy Pop" (2018)[7][21][3] "What Is Love?" (2018)[2][9][5][22] "Wake Me Up" (2018)[7][23] "I Want You Back" (2018)[3] "Dance the Night Away" (2018)[2][9][5][22] "BDZ" (2018)[3] "Yes or Yes" (2018)[2][9][5][22] "Fancy" (2019)[1][5][22] "Happy Happy" (2019)[4][21] "Breakthrough" (2019)[4][21][3] "Feel Special" (2019)[1][24] "More & More" (2020)[1][22] "Fanfare" (2020)[7][21][22] "I Can't Stop Me" (2020)[1][24][10] "Better" (2020)[4][6][3] "Cry for Me" (2020)[3] "Kura Kura" (2021)[4][3][6] "Alcohol-Free" (2021)[1][3] "Perfect World" (2021)[3] "The Feels" (2021)[24][10] "Scientist" (2021)[3] "Doughnut" (2021)[4][6] "Celebrate" (2022)[22] "Talk That Talk" (2022)[22] "Moonlight Sunrise" (2023)[3] "Set Me Free" (2023)[3] "Hare Hare" (2023)[4][6][3] "One Spark" (2024)[3] "Strategy" (2024)[10]	#Twice (2017)[35] What Is Love? (2018) Summer Nights (2018) BDZ (2018)[35] Yes or Yes (2018) The Year of "Yes" (2018) #Twice2 (2019)[35] Fancy You (2019) Feel Special (2019) &Twice (2019)[35] More & More (2020) Eyes Wide Open (2020) Taste of Love (2021) Formula of Love: O+T=<3 (2021) Between 1&2 (2022) Ready to Be (2023) With You-th (2024) Strategy (2024) This Is For (2025) Enemy (2025)[35] Ten: The Story Goes On (2025)

3.2. Other girl groups

4. Fourth generation

The term "fourth generation" refers to South Korean idol groups which debuted from 2018 to present day.^[44][45]

4.1. Best-selling girl groups

Generation four South Korean girl groups that have multiple platinum-certified albums from Korea Music Content Association.

Best-selling generation four South Korean girl groups

Group and years active	Notable singles	Platinum-certified albums[34]
Aespa (since 2020)	"Black Mamba" (2020)[3] "Next Level" (2021)[1][5][3] "Savage" (2021)[1][5][3] "Dreams Come True" (2021)[1][3] "Girls" (2022)[1] "Spicy" (2023)[1][5][3] "Drama" (2023)[1][5][3] "Supernova" (2024)[2][5] "Armageddon" (2024)[1] "Hot Mess" (2024)[4][6] "Whiplash" (2024)[1] "Dirty Work" (2025)[1] "Rich Man" (2025)[1] "Lemonade" (2026)[1]	Savage (2021) Girls (2022) My World (2023) Drama (2023) Armageddon (2024) Whiplash (2024) Dirty Work (2025) Rich Man (2025) Lemonade (2026)
Babymonster (since 2023)	"Sheesh" (2024)[1] "Drip" (2024)[1]	Babymons7er (2024) Drip (2024) We Go Up (2025) Choom (2026)
I-dle[26] (since 2018)	"Hann (Alone)" (2018)[1] "Dumdi Dumdi" (2020)[1] "Hwaa" (2021)[1] "Tomboy" (2022)[2][5][3] "Nxde" (2022)[2] "Queencard" (2023)[2][5][3] "Super Lady" (2024)[1] "Klaxon" (2024)[1]	I Burn (2021) I Never Die (2022) I Love (2022) I Feel (2023) 2 (2024) I Sway (2024) We Are (2025) We Made (2026)
Hearts2Hearts (since 2025)	"Rude!" (2026)[2] "Lemon Tang" (2026)[1]	The Chase (2025) Focus (2025) Lemon Tang (2026)
Illit (since 2024)	"Magnetic" (2024)[2][5][22] "Toki Yo Tomare" (2025)[4] "Not Cute Anymore" (2025)[1] "It's Me" (2026)[1]	Super Real Me (2024) I'll Like You (2024) Bomb (2025) Not Cute Anymore (2025) Mamihlapinatapai (2026)
Itzy (since 2019)	"Dalla Dalla" (2019)[1][5][27] "Icy" (2019)[1][27] "Wannabe" (2020)[1][22][10] "Not Shy" (2020)[1][3] "In the Morning" (2021)[1] "Voltage" (2022)[4] "Sneakers" (2022)[1] "Blah Blah Blah" (2022)[4] "Algorhythm" (2024)[4]	Not Shy (2020) Guess Who (2021) Crazy in Love (2021) Checkmate (2022) Cheshire (2022) Kill My Doubt (2023) Born to Be (2024) Gold (2024) Girls Will Be Girls (2025) Tunnel Vision (2025) Motto (2026)
Ive (since 2021)	"Eleven" (2021)[1][5][6] "Love Dive" (2022)[2][5] "After Like" (2022)[2][5] "Kitsch" (2023)[2][5] "I Am" (2023)[2][5] "Either Way" (2023)[1] "Baddie" (2023)[2] "Heya" (2024)[1] "Rebel Heart" (2025)[2] "Attitude" (2025)[1] "XOXZ" (2025)[1] "Bang Bang" (2026)[1] "Blackhole" (2026)[1]	Eleven (2021) Love Dive (2022) After Like (2022) I've Ive (2023) I've Mine (2023) Ive Switch (2024) Ive Empathy (2025) Ive Secret (2025) Revive+ (2026)
Iz*One (2018–21)	"La Vie en Rose" (2018)[3] "Suki to Iwasetai" (2019)[4][21] "Bueno Aires" (2019)[7][21] "Vampire" (2019)[7][6] "Fiesta" (2020)[1][27] "Secret Story of the Swan" (2020)[1] "Panorama" (2020)[27]	Color*Iz (2018) Heart*Iz (2019) Bloom*Iz (2020) Oneiric Diary (2020) One-reeler / Act IV (2020)
Kep1er (since 2022)	"Wa Da Da" (2022)[22] "Wing Wing" (2022)[4][6] "I Do! Do You?" (2023)[4][6] "Grand Prix" (2023)[4][6]	First Impact (2022) Doublast (2022) Troubleshooter (2022) Kep1going (2024)[35]
Le Sserafim (since 2022)	"Fearless" (2022)[1][4][5][22][21] "Antifragile" (2022)[1][5][22] "Unforgiven" (2023)[1][5][4][22][21] "Eve, Psyche & the Bluebeard's Wife" (2023)[1][3] "Perfect Night" (2023)[2][5][22] "Easy" (2024)[1] "Smart" (2024)[1] "Crazy" (2025)[4] "Hot" (2025)[1] "Different" (2025)[4] "Spaghetti" (2025)[1]	Fearless (2022) Antifragile (2022) Unforgiven (2023) Easy (2024) Crazy (2024) Hot (2025) Spaghetti (2025) Pureflow Pt. 1 (2026)
NewJeans (2022–25)	"Attention" (2022)[2][5][22] "Hype Boy" (2022)[1][5][22] "Cookie" (2022)[1][5][3] "Ditto" (2022)[2][28][5][24] "OMG" (2023)[1][28][5][24] "Super Shy" (2023)[2][5][28][22] "ETA" (2023)[1][5][22] "How Sweet" (2024)[1][4][3] "Supernatural" (2024)[1][4][3]	New Jeans (2022) OMG (2023) Get Up (2023) How Sweet (2024) Supernatural (2024)
Nmixx (since 2022)	"Blue Valentine" (2025)[2] "Heavy Serenade" (2026)[1]	Ad Mare (2022) Entwurf (2022) Expérgo (2023) A Midsummer Nmixx's Dream (2023) Fe3O4: Break (2024) Fe3O4: Stick Out (2024) Fe3O4: Forward (2025) Blue Valentine (2025) Heavy Serenade (2026)
STAYC (since 2020)	"ASAP" (2021)[1][5] "Run2U" (2022)[1] "Teddy Bear" (2023)[1][4] "Lit" (2023)[4] "Cheeky Icy Thang" (2024)[4] "Meow" (2024)[4]	Young-Luv.com (2022) We Need Love (2022) Teddy Bear (2023) Teenfresh (2023)

4.2. Other girl groups

For generation five, South Korean girl groups – discuss it in the talk page first and gather a consensus, before creating a separate section for generation five. There's no official announcement for the start of a new generation in K-pop. It is for the best to discuss it in the talk page, before declaring generation five has already commenced in the K-pop industry.