(G)I-dle
(G)I-dle (Korean: (여자)아이들; RR: Yeoja Aideul; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean girl group formed by Cube Entertainment in 2018. The group consists of five members: Miyeon, Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi, and Shuhua. The group was originally a sextet, until Soojin left the group on August 14, 2021. (G)I-dle debuted on May 2, 2018, with the single "Latata" from their first extended play (EP) I Am. They debuted in Japan under U-Cube with Latata on July 31, 2019. Since their debut, they have been considered one of the most successful South Korean girl groups outside of the "big four" record labels.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
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| Website | Official website |
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| Hanja | 女子아이들 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeoja Aideul |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏja Aidŭl |
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| Katakana | ジー アイドゥル |
| Revised Hepburn | Ji Aiduru |
| Kunrei-shiki | Zi Aidoxuru |
(G)I-dle are directly involved in the creation of their music; in particular, Soyeon who has written and produced the majority of the group's songs. Members Minnie and Yuqi have also co-written and produced numerous album tracks. The group's single album, Dumdi Dumdi (2020), became the second best-selling single album by a girl group at the time. (G)I-dle rose to domestic fame with their next single "Tomboy", from their first full-length album, I Never Die (2022); it topped the Circle charts and was certified platinum by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA). Their next single, "Nxde", also topped the Circle Chart and made (G)I-dle the only artist to have two songs achieve a perfect all-kill in 2022.
(G)I-dle's next extended play, I Feel (2023), produced the single "Queencard" and marked the group's third number-one single in South Korea. It became their first record to sell over one million copies in the country, and sold two million copies worldwide in 2023 according to the IFPI. During the same year, they became the first act from an independent label to appear on Mediabase Top 40 Radio airplay charts and to debut on the US Billboard Pop Airplay chart with a non-English song. The group's second studio album, 2 (2024), was also met with commercial success and sold over one million copies in South Korea. It produced top-ten lead single "Super Lady" and yielded the number-one song "Fate", which found success despite not being released as a single.