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.
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- 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:
MNL pa backup kayo sa ka members nyo para marami tayo.
ATIN sobrang salamat
A’tin lets help MNL
Let’s do this Ka A’tin😁💪🏻
A’Tin andito na ako kapatid,pagalaw ng baso sa iba dyan
Omg di nagalaw yung kabila tambakan niyo na MNLoves magtawag na kayo ng back up.
here na rin me . a’tin here
A’tin here. May kasama ba ako dto? Bat parang di umuusad?
Grabe malakas din pala kalaban ng MNL same sa SB19 tylandie den. A’tin here voting for MNL
Hoy galaw galaw MNLoves HERE thank you pala sa mga A’TIN
Nandito paren ako kaya natin yan MNLoves at A’TIN
HOOY PO! CHANCE NYO NA PO ITO PARA HUMABOL. TUMIGIL NA PO ATA SILA SA PAGVOTE. KERI SANANG HABULIN YAN KUNG MARAMING NAVOTE….
— A’TIN
Vote lang ng vote MNLoves! Let’s go pinaaaaaaas!! A’TIN here🙋🏻♀️ Support namin kayoooo! Dapat tayo ang lamang💙
lezzzz go mnloves
Hoy tulog na kayo para bukas lamang na MNL48 pls.
A’TIN here to help, may troll lng sa comment section nmin kaya on fire kami dun hahaha
Galingan nyo rin, ingat baka gumala rin dito ung troll
Go MNL48. First time na nag-vote for you kasi why not? We are promoting Ppop and you guys are best together with our very own SB19. Lovelots from A’Tin
Kailangan MNL48 manalo dito. A’TIN here 🙂 Lezz get it.
A’TIN here! MNL48 ftw! Dali habulin natin.
ATIN Here. Sipagan na natin:)
A’TIN here, lets go. Konti na lang, makakahabol din kayo MNLoves.
Go lng guysss kaya natin to lipat mona ako sa kabila para sa Atins naman😍
guys help nyo kami sa kabila😢 umaandar na namn sila
A’tin here. Lez gerrit
A’tin here!! Lezzzzgoo mnloves, konti nalang :)))
Katuwa naman dami A’tins na nag vovote thank you guys
TigaFreezer pala ako 😉
MNLoves, A’tin is always here to support you!! Kunti nalang ang lamang gogogo we go up!!!!
We Go Up A’tin is here..
Calling the attention of A’tin let’s help mnloves and MNL48 vote party for this!!!
A’TIN here,mahigpit din labanan sa kabila pero kailangan sipagan at galingan Kaya wag tayo papatalo pareho Thailand naglalabanan sa BG at GG kaya sipag at tiyaga lang mapapanalo natin ang team pinas pareho!💙💙yeah we gonna go up!
Isipin niyo MNLoves kung hindi tayo tinutulungan ng mga A’TIN siguro lamang na lamang na ang kalaban kaya nag papasalamat talaga ako sakanila.
Go MNL48 sorry kung tamad mga co-mnloves ko hahahahah pero mahal na mahal pa rin namin kayo.Galaw galaw naman mnloves,kahit sa myx tatamad nyo bumoto.
Mnloves habol tayo
Trinity here where her for support the BNK48
Laban lang Mnloves
Go go go
Fighting👊🏻
A’tin ulet.. andito na naman ako to support MNL and MNLoves
Nakakainis internet namin dito sa bahay ang bagal
konti lang yong lamang tulongan natin ang MNL48.,,
A’Tin here 🙂
Let’s Ppop Rise!
Habulon natin ang lamang nila saatin kaya natin yan GO Philippines!!
Hate is always foolish, love is wise, as the 12th Doctor would say. Bawiin natin yung nawalang glory ng Pinas dahil lang sa coronavirus, kaya please please please vote for MNL48!
Lipat lipat lng tau
May A’Tin ba dito? balik kayo sa kabila please
Yes to MNL48,Go MNL48!!!
ew mnl48, go bnk48, go thailand!!!
Mnloves full vote Tayo..
A’tin ako and i’ll support MNL! Let’s go Philippines!!!!
HI SA MGA MNLOVES AT A’TIN NA KASAMA KO NGAYON. SANA MASARAP ULAM NYO 😁
Galingan nyo MNLoves
from A’TIN
Dapat pinas ha!
MNL48 laban lang. Wag tayo magpapaapekto sa mga negatibong sinasabi ng iba. Vote muna ako bago mag-twitter.
MNL~~~ 48!