Southeast Asian Girl Groups Battle: MNL48 vs SGO48 vs JKT48 vs BNK48
If Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam have rising boy groups of their own, will the girls be left behind? When it comes to girl groups, these are the same four countries in Southeast Asia that can represent in the global idol scene.
In 2005, Yasushi Akimoto formed a girl group with “idols you can meet” concept and it became a phenomenon in Japan when it comes to record and concert ticket sales. Because of its success, Akimoto has expanded the AKB48 concept to 8 countries including four in Southeast Asia namely MNL48 of the Philippines, BNK48 of Thailand, JKT48 of Indonesia, and SGO48 of Vietnam. These four girl groups are currently making waves in their respective countries. Let’s meet each group.
BNK48, Thailand
BNK48 debuted on June 2, 2017 with the single “Yak Cha Dai Phop Thoe.” The group, which was named after the capital city of Bangkok, currently has 43 active members. Their biggest hit was “Koisuru Fortune Cookie” with 182,680,673 views on YouTube. They recently formed a sister group called CGM48 which represents the city of Chiang Mai.
BNK48, “Koisuru Fortune Cookie”
JKT48, Indonesia
JKT48 was formed in 2011 making it the first AKB48 sister group outside Japan. They released their first official single “River” on Sep 7, 2013. To date, this girl group has 38 individual team members, with one of them performing in two teams. It also has 35 Class A Academy members.
JKT48 – “River” MV
MNL48, Philippines
MNL48 is dubbed as the first-ever Filipino Idol group in the Philippines named after the capital city of Manila. Among the “48” girl groups in Asia, this is the only one that has the exact number of 48 members. MNL48 debuted on August 13, 2018 with the single “Aitakatta Gustong Makita.” Their biggest hit so far is “Pag-ibig Fortune Cookie” which got 2,101,980 views on YouTube as of this posting.
MNL48 – “Pag-ibig Fortune Cookie” MV
SGO48, Vietnam
SG048 debuted on December 22, 2018 with the single “Heavy Rotation.” The group, which was named after the city of Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh), currently has 26 active members. Their biggest hit was “Koisuru Fortune Cookie” with 3,813,724 views on YouTube as of this posting.
SGO48 – “Koisuru Fortune Cookie”
https://youtu.be/otBUFwB46K0
Now that you met the 4 rising girl groups in Southeast Asia, we are starting a poll on who do you think is the BEST GIRL GROUP in the region?
Here are the mechanics for this poll:
- You can choose only 1 from the nominees below when you cast your vote(s).
- You must complete the captcha challenge before you will be able to click “vote.” The captcha protection feature prevents the usage of bots and other artificial voting generator/apps.
- This is an unlimited poll. You will be allowed to vote again after you cast your vote(s).
- Simply refresh the browser and you will be allowed to vote again.
- This poll will be closed on April 30, 2020 at 12:00noon HKG/TPE time.
- The group with the highest number of votes will be the winner.
VOTE HERE:
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lez go MNL48 🇵🇭
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Captcha ka lang. MNLoves kami.
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Thank you po A’tin na mga tumulong :> maghelp din kami sa poll nyo eheh. Ipanalo natin parehas ng magkasama :>
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Salamat sa mga a’tin na nag vote🙂.
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please balik na kayo sa kabila, nagalaw na votes ng tylander
CHERPRANG > ABBY
Orn > SELA
Mobile > GABB
MNLoves pokus muna kayo dito okie. Di ako aalis dito hanggat di kayo nakakalamang kaya help nyo ako para maaga akong makabalik sa kabila:)
12:30 na balik po kmi mmya. Go lang mnloves lavern.
A’tin 💙
MNLOVES SAN NA KAYO? PARANG PURO A’TIN NA LANG ANG BUMUBOTO AH.NAKAKAHIYA NA SA KANILA SA TOTOO LANG 😥
Pokus po ata sila sa pag vote kesa comment.. Gogogo lang PPOP rise
Gudlak Mnloves nakailang vote din ako
A’TIN here signing off, 12:30 na
Iwagayway ang Bandila nang Musikang Pilipino. By the way I’m an A’TIN but will support and vote for MNL48. 😍😘
A’TIN here
Hanggang 12:30pm lng ako
Isa lng gumagalaw na vote e
A’TIN here
Nkkgana sana pag may kasabay bumoto
Ako lng ata nandito
Babalik n ko mayamaya
guys mukang gising na mga tylander sa kabila hahahaha help hahahahaha
Mnloves wag kayo patambak
Mahirap yan habulin
D natutulog kalaban nyo
A’TIN here
Gising na MNLOVES
Puro kmi A’TIN bumoboto
Bakit puro tayo A’TIN dito
A’TIN here, dito naman reresbak
Go MNL48, boto na!
Uy dalawa lang tayo andito ngayo ahh HAHAHA MNLoves asan na kayo..
A’TIN pero dito muna ako tatambay.
parang ako lang nagvote dito jusq isang vote lang nagkacount Hahahahaha. balik ako later dito hahaha dun muna ako sa kabila
A’Tin here👋🏻 boto lang ng boto kaya natin to Team SB19’MNL48🖤
TeamPH
Go lang A’Tin manalo matalo at least lumaban tayo.
Mas madami p A’tin dito…guys galaw galaw po
Mas madami p A’tin dito…guys galaw galaw ndi nman kaya kung kami lng dapat tulungan po….. ajah!
Go MNLoves
Good morning A’TIN. Voting here again.
MNLOVES, where u at? We can do this.
Ikako…extending our hand A’tin
Puro A’tin n nandito…takeover n din comment section…need nyo power up dito lng kmi help SB19
May nababasa ako na comment ng isang mnloves na Yung iba nilang ka fandom sa kabilang group nag vovote guys vote niyo idol niyo Pano síla mananalo Kung sa kabila kayo nag vovote,dito Kami mga A’TIN tulungan tayo para mapanalo natin vote ppop sa boy group at dito sa GG💙💙
A’Tin from FB and TWT kung di busy mamaya dito tayo ulet ha.magpost din para mag backup.see you later guys.its time to sleep A’Tin.
Go MNL kaya yan tulungan lang lahat…sa mga kapwa ko A’Tin tuloy lang mga kapatid sabi nga ni pinuno tulungan tayo.
ano ba yan bat puro kmi A’Tin lng bumubuto sa MNL48? asan na fans nyo, sus
Done vote i’m atin
Thank you sa mga Atins na tumulong😊😊 thank you guyss well appreciated😍😍
Calling the Attention of Mnloves guyssss let’s vote for the girls and tulong tulong lang tayo na i spread and share the information na my votings dito😁
Nakakatuwa, I’m an A’TIN and I posted sa twitter na tumutulong din sa amin ang MNLoves and we are also helping MNL48. Letz get it. PPop rise.
Maraming mnloves bumoboto sa bnk48 mga hangal!
Hi MNLoves.. A’tin here to help
Napakatamad talaga ng MNLoves sa mga ganito 😂😂 tamad ng tamad bumoto pero kapag gastusan na, nag-uunahan pa jusko po. Galaw naman. tinutulungan na tayo ng A’tin oh.
Bakit parang ako lang naboto sa oras na to for MNL48 isa isa lang nadadagdag eh…I’m an A’tin… sige d2 muna ako… malaki pa naman lamang ng boys namin…
A’tin here also supporting MNloves…let’s help both SB19 and MNL48…
Tapos na ako bomuto sa mga boys ko dito naman ako tutulong
A’TIN HERE GUys pls suppprt mnl keep voting help nTin cla para sa bnsa natin go girls
Magtawag kau the more the merrier… tumutulong A’tin