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).
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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:
Good morning A’TIN ibaon na ntin guys heheeh go go go
Bilis nilang bumawi gosh… Hi sa mga co-A’TIN GOODMORNING! Haha at sa mga MNLoves… Let’s vote together!
A’TIN here, ako lang ata mag-isa dito. Paabutin natin ng 12K. Tapos doon naman ako sa boys namin. Let’s go MNLoves.
GUYS GUMIGISING NA UNG MGA TAY… GALINGAN PA NATIN SA PAGBOTO
A’Tin here. Done voting. Balik muna ‘ko sa kabila.
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Aja aja!
Oo dito pa pero patulog na din napipikit na nga ako haha nagpapakatatag lang ako
So ayun balik na naman ako sa pagboto and ansaya kase kaninang alas dos 100 pa lamang ng bienkey, ngayon nalagpasan na YEHEYYY salamat sa mga hardcore kung magpuyat HAHAHAHA
A’Tin andito ma pala kayo kanina pa ako ngahahanap ng papalit mag bantay.
Support support lang here sa gilid
Lampasan niyo pa kaya yan! Go go go!
Guys bakit kaylangan natin magtulungan dito?just imagine SB19 and MNL na kumukuha ng award na galing sa same country at ang kalaban pa ay bigatin.
MNL if you need backup from A’Tin just tag me @Leila264530173….hey hey A’Tin im here again,power vote guys.
A’TIN @ SB19…supporting my dear kabayansss..gogo
Co-Mnloves tuloy lang sa pagvote
Thank you guys
A’tins and MNLoves Gooooo hahhaa
Lampasan pa ‘wag tayo pakampante
nag tweet na sa a’tin ng back up nanghihingi din yung iba ng link
Mabilis makahabol Ang bienkey Kaya damihan pa natin sa pagboto, salamat ulit sa mga a’tin na tumulong bumoto, co-mnloves damihan natin sa pagboto 😉
Congratulations ATIN and MNL let’s widen the gap ..
ayan lagpas na! a’tin here
HELLO PO! DI NA PO AKO MAKABOTO PERO MAMAYA PO TATRY KO ULI. KAYA NYO YAN!PAYTING!!
— A’TIN
Takti nabigla ako lamang napala pilipinas dito galing naman nang mga A’TIN MNLoves galaw galaw
A’TIN HERE NOT A FAN BUT I SUPPORT PPOP SO PUSSHHH..
MNL just continue the lead,if you need backup just let us know.A’Tin thank you for voting pinuno will be proud of us.charrr
Maraming salamt sa mga A’TIN na handang magpuyat para lang sa MNL48 maraming salamat po lab u
Musta naman A’tin? Laban pa ba? Hahah napagod ako sa totoo lng. Mga mnloves hanggat maari lawakan nyo ung gap. Vote lng ng vote.
A’tin good job guyssss. Alab you all
Woohhhh ang galing natin MNLoves at A’TIN
Laban mnloves 💪❤️
MNL48 For The Win💙
Kaunti nalang
A’Tin lapit na talaga
Sa mga gising pa dyan mnloves, boto Lang Ng boto maaabutan nA natin Ang NASA unahan, at salamat sa mga a’tin na tumutulong bumoto 😊
ONTI NA LAAAANG!
— A’TIN
This is tough kyang kya yn tulungan lng
Mukhang tulog n oras m para lumaki ang lamang… A’tin
A’Tin TwT kayo ng backup
Waaah go go go lets go A’tin
Lezzgeddit A’tin and MNLoves… lets grab the chance HAHAHAAHAHAA
Gcng gcng kunting kembot n lng go go go A’tin to help
multitasking dat tayo hahaha tulog ngayon mga tylandee dat ngayon tayo umaatake hahaha
jusq tayo lang nagiingay dito ka co-a’tin🤣
Apaka ingay ng A’tin😆😆Vote vote A’tin is here
A’Tin hingi tayo tulong sa labas post nyo pa backup tayo
tatag ng co’atin ko haha
fighting mga bebe
MNL pa backup kayo kaya natin to pag marami
Ang sarap mga boto kapag may kasama
Tulog ata mga mnloves. Bagal ng usad. Lez gerrit a’tin hahah.
Opo ako
We are A’tin are ready to help MNLoves!!!! Gogogo attack!!!
may gising pa ba dyan na mnl? a’tin here .
let’s do this together with a’tin.