XG
Group XG flourished in 2023 with the demonstration of its infinite growth value.
XG (Jurin, Chisa, Cocona, Hinata, Maya, Juria, Harvey), which debuted in 2023 with its third single “SHOOTING STAR” in January, expanded its global presence by achieving a remarkable career a year after its debut.
XG continued to work hard from January to December last year. The group released “SHOOTING STAR“, its first mini-album “NEW DNA” and its first winter song “Winter with you” and topped the world charts.
“SHOOTING STAR” and its new song “Winter with you” ranked first in 18 and 13 countries respectively upon release. The track “left right“, which has been very popular since its release with “SHOOTING STAR“, set the first record for an Asian girl group by appearing on the US radio chart “Mediabase’s Top 40 Radio Airplay Chart” for 13 consecutive weeks.
Building on this momentum, Ciara and Jackson Wang proved their great popularity by releasing the remix albums of “SHOOTING STAR” and “LEFT RIGHT”.
Their debut mini album “NEW DNA” topped the Oricon and Billboard JAPAN album charts in Japan, while their track “GRL GVNG” topped the US Billboard “Hot Trending Songs Powered by Twitter” charts. The title tracks of their first mini album, “Puppet show“, “New dance” and “TGIF”, have proven their popularity both at home and abroad by achieving remarkable results in the QQ Music Week video .
Last year, XG was also seen on major global stages such as “KCON JAPAN”, “KCON LA”, “Head In The Clouds New York Music & Arts Festival” in New York and Los Angeles, Singapore “F1” , “South by Southwest” in Sydney and Hyperound K-Fest 2023 in Abu Dhabi.
XG, who realized the power of the musical messages delivered by “seven young bosses” through different stages, even achieved significant feats by decorating the covers of Billboard Magazine in the United States, Forbes Japan and Vogue Japan, and, in particular , Billboard magazine ranked it as “the best photos of 2023”.
At the end of the year, “Shooting star” exceeded 100 million streams on Spotify, and “Left right” was selected as the “Best Song 2023” published by Rolling Stone, Elle Magazine and Tidal. “NEW DNA” was also selected in second place in the “Best Music 2023” selected by the directors of Rolling Stone.
Additionally, XG, which held its first showcase in November, proved its immense popularity with around 200,000 live apps, and also took to the global stage on the 31st, the last day of 2023. XG even captivated fans of the continent by appearing at the 2023最美的夜 bilibili晚会, a major event that marked the year of China.
As if to prove its ambition to support the world through music, XG announced that it would organize a world tour in 2024. While XG showed scary momentum as a global artist last year, we’re more excited about their performance in 2024.
Journalist: Shawn
Translator: Shawn
Source: XGALX
