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It was discovered that she had been lying about her age: She had convinced DR Entertainment that she was only 20 years old when she was really 30. Lee Gai (real name Lee Hee Jung) left the group after the promotions for the second album. "Ya Ya Ya" was the leading track from the album.Ī second, more mature-sounding song, "Change", was promoted later that year.īABY VOX II lead Baby V.O.X to success, reaching number 3 on the SBS Inkigayo chart and selling over 200,000 copies in Korea.īaby V.O.X won the New Female Artist award at the 1998 SBS Gayo Daejeon, the Popularity Award at the 1998 KMTV Gayo Daejeon, and the Popularity Award at the 1998 Seoul Music Awards.īaby V.O.X won the Popularity Award at the 1998 Seoul Music Awards (their first major award) BABY VOX II came out on September 15, 1998. After the first album promotions, members Jang Hyun Jung and Jung Shi Woon left the group (this has been attributed to internal conflict) and were replaced by Shim Eun Jin and Lee Gai.įor their sophomore album, Baby V.O.X took inspiration from Korean girl groups S.E.S and Fin.K.L to create a more palatable cute concept. She was replaced by Kan Mi Youn, who would remain in the group for the rest of their releases.
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EQUALIZEHER reached number 47 on the SBS Gayo Top 20 (music TV show) chart and sold around 50,000 copies.īaby V.O.X's debut performance, recorded on July 3 and aired on July 5, 1997,ĭuring the promotions for their first album, member Cha Yumi was forced to leave the group and return to her home in America due to health concerns. They changed their title song to "Haircut" and continued promotions, but only achieved moderate success. However, the concept ended up being too strong for the Korean public and "To Men" was banned from broadcasting due to its lyrical content. They became known as the "Spice Girls of Korea" and the "Female H.O.T" because of this. The group was inspired by the Spice Girls and Korean acts like H.O.T, and therefore went with an attitude-filled social justice/feminist concept for their first release. They were put together by the company DR Entertainment (name later changed to DR Music). Their first album, EQUALIZEHER, was released on July 10.
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It is without a doubt that Kpop Nation is growing bigger and bigger, groups like S.E.S, H.O.T, TVXQ, Super Junior, EXO, Big Bang, Wonder Girls, Girls Generation, SHINee, Blackpink, BTS and more are and or have led the Hallyu wave for generations respectivelyīut Many Kpop fans might not have heard of Baby VOX since they debuted decades ago.īut I guess a little history on baby VOX would do no harm!īaby V.O.X officially debuted on July 3, 1997, with a televised performance of their song "To Men (Democracy)".
