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International Girl Groups

Today's post is all about the girls! While most of the girl groups I know are Western (mainly British and American) and Korean), last year I came across a couple of groups from different countries. So, I thought it would be fun to feature them in a post. :) 


Afrikanas-  Põe mais açúcar

First up is Angolan girl band Afrikanas. The group is made up of Cilana, Serafina, Clyde and Jandira, and they sing in Portuguese.

They started out in 2012 with the album Sonhos e Verdades (Dreams and Truths in English).  One of their most successful singles is Esse Som. 

I don't really know any African girl groups (mainly solo singers), so I was pleased to find Afrikanas. I originally found their video on the PlatinaLine YouTube channel. 

 I couldn't find much info about Afrikanas online and translated this from Portuguese with Google Translate, so I hope it's accurate! Please let me know if you have more information about them. :)

This is Põe mais açúcar  (Put more sugar), a sultry R'n'B song which was released back in November 2015.



I'm not sure if Afrikanas are still active, but you can follow their YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTXrCqW_Qt2kC_0cZsrNdrQ

And find more videos on PlatinaLine: https://www.youtube.com/user/platinaline/search?query=afrikanas


G-TWENTY- Unspoken Word

This is G-TWENTY, a Thai girl group launched by Mono Music. They released their debut single in 2011 and their debut album in 2012. 

In 2013 the line-up consisted of 7 girls- Sugu, Spatchi, Mint, Nisha, Gift, Tisha and Prae. As with the Arikinaas post, I translated this into English, so I hope that it's right! :) 

Unspoken Word was released in October 2013. 

Update 4/3/22: The video has English subtitles! Either I forgot to mention this before or they've added them. :) 


I'm unsure if G-TWENTY is still active either, but you can check out the page below for more about them:

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/G20club/

 

Update 13/3/25: G-TWENTY rebranded as G-ERA last summer. Follow them at the links below:

Official FB page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552323118883 

Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/g_era_official/

Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@G-ERA_official

 

For more girl groups check out these posts:

The Saturdays (British/Irish), also features boyband The Wanted: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/04/girls-vs-boys-ukireland.html

Atomic Kitten (British): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/08/weekly-music-video.html

FAKY (Japanese), includes a Jay Park video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/10/weekly-music-video_28.html

Includes E-girls (Japanese):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/11/more-j-pop-acts.html

BananaLemon (Japanese): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/08/weekly-music-video_8.html

Features BananaLemon and E-girls: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/10/j-pop-round-up-2018.html

Features Korean girl groups including Girl's Day, EXID and Momoland: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/11/k-pop-faves.html  

Features BananaLemon's #Slayasian: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/05/new-music-releases.html 

Includes FAKY's NEW AGE: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/04/new-ish-j-pop-videos.html

 

Hope you enjoyed the post! I'm only sharing two new groups today, but I'll post about any more I come across in future :) Do you have any favourite girl groups?

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