Nine Muses (band)
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| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels | Star Empire Entertainment |
| Associated acts | 9Muses A, ZE:A, IMFACT |
| Website | 9muses |
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Nine Muses (Korean: 나인뮤지스, often stylized as 9MUSES or NINE MUSES) is a South Korean girl group formed by Star Empire Entertainment in 2010 with an admissions and graduation concept. The group derives its name from the nine Muses of Greek Mythology. The group currently consists of five members: Sungah, Kyungri, Hyemi, Sojin, and Keumjo.
The formation of Nine Muses was announced on March 26, 2010. Their first single album Let's Have a Party on August 12, 2010. The lead single No Playboy was produced by composers Rainstone and Park Jin Young. In October, Jaekyung withdraw from the group to focus on her modeling career and was replaced by Hyuna. To advance into the Japanese market, on December 26, 2010, Nine Muses performed six songs on Seoul Train, an event in which K-pop artists and groups perform for their Japanese fans, alongside V.O.S. and ZE:A.
In January 2011 it was announced that members Bini and Rana would leave the group to pursue other areas, and that they will not receive replacements. However, three months later Euaerin joining the group again. Nine Muses returned as 7 member group with release their digital single Figaro and its music video on August 18, 2011. During Figaro promotion period started, Star Empire announced that the group named would be change to 'Sweet Candy', as it would confuse people if Nine Muses was a group with only 7 members. A Months later, Star Empire confirmed that the group name was not changing since that in the future Star Empire would add two new members to become 9 girls.
Nine Muses introduced a new member, Kyungri, during the group's performance in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Nine Muses released music video for their digital single News on January 10 and the single was official released on January 11, 2012. The song was produced by Sweetune, who was also behind their "Figaro" single.
On March 8, Nine Muses released their first extended play Sweet Rendezvous with lead single Ticket. On May 25, they released two music videos for their new military campaign song "My Youth's Allegiance" On December 12, Star Empire introduced new member, Sungah.
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