EXO
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Debuted as two sub-groups singing in Korean and Mandarin, then merged into one big machine in 2014. Between the group, the sub-units and the solos, you will not run out of things to press play on.
- Members
- 9
- Debut
- 2012 (14 years)
- Generation
- 3rd gen (2012 to 2017)
- Label
- SM
Start with: Love Shot
Achievements
- XOXO (2013) sold over one million copies with its repackage, making Exo the first Korean act to do so in twelve years
- Overdose (2014) was the best-selling release of 2014 in South Korea and the first EP to top the yearly charts
- Don't Mess Up My Tempo (2018) debuted at number 23 on the Billboard 200 and made Exo the first artist to pass 10 million total album sales in South Korea
- Five consecutive Album of the Year awards at the MAMA Awards and two consecutive Artist of the Year awards at the Melon Music Awards
- Exist (2023) is their best-selling album in South Korea, with over 2 million copies
Timeline
- 2012Debut as Exo-K and Exo-M with the single and EP "Mama"
- 2013First studio album XOXO with "Wolf", repackaged as Growl
- 2014EP Overdose; Kris leaves amid a lawsuit against SM and Luhan follows
- 2015Album Exodus; Japanese debut single album Love Me Right ~romantic universe~
- 2016Ex'Act sets a first-week sales record; sub-unit Exo-CBX debuts
- 2018First Japanese studio album Countdown; performance at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics closing ceremony
- 2019Sub-unit Exo-SC formed by Sehun and Chanyeol; album Obsession
- 2023Seventh studio album Exist
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