Apink
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Apink at the 2014 KBS Song Festival
(From left to right: Oh Ha-young, Jung Eun-ji, Yoon Bo-mi, Son Na-eun, Park Cho-rong and Kim Nam-joo) |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | K-pop |
| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Website |
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Apink (Korean: 에이핑크, Japanese: エーピンク; also written as A Pink) is a South Korean girl group formed by Plan A Entertainment (formerly A Cube Entertainment) in 2011. The group consists of Park Cho-rong, Yoon Bo-mi, Jung Eun-ji, Son Na-eun, Kim Nam-joo and Oh Ha-young. Hong Yoo-kyung left the group in April 2013 to focus on her studies. Apink made their official debut on April 19th, 2011, with the mini-album, Seven Springs of Apink, along with the title track "I Don't Know" (몰라요; "Mollayo"). In October 2014, Apink released their first Japanese-language single, "NoNoNo". To date Apink has released five Korean mini-albums, three Korean studio albums and one Japanese studio album.
In February 2011, Cube Entertainment announced the first trainee for its new girl group, Apink, was Son Na-eun, who was featured in label mate Beast's "Soom" (숨; "Breath"), "Beautiful" and "Niga Jeil Joha" (니가 제일 좋아; "I Like You the Best") music videos in late 2010. Park Cho-rong, who appeared at the end of Beast's "Shock" Japanese music video, joined next, as the group's leader. A sub-division of Cube Entertainment, A Cube Entertainment is the group's manager. Still in February, A Cube announced Oh Ha-young as the third member. In March, Jung Eun-ji was introduced as the fourth member on A Cube's Twitter account through a video of her singing a rendition of Jennifer Hudson's "Love You I Do". Hong Yoo-kyung was similarly announced through an online video where she was playing the piano. The last two members, Yoon Bo-mi and Kim Nam-joo, were introduced through the group's reality show, Apink News.
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