Rainbow (South Korean band)

Rainbow
Rainbow in September 2015 From left to right: Seungah, Jisook, Yoonhye, Jaekyung, Woori, Hyunyoung and Noeul
Background information
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop
Years active	2009–2016
Labels	DSP Media Universal Sigma
Associated acts	Rainbow Pixie Rainbow Blaxx
Website	dspmedia.co.kr/rainbow
Past members	Woori Seungah Jaekyung Noeul Yoonhye Jisook Hyunyoung

Rainbow was a South Korean girl group formed in 2009 by DSP Media. The group consisted of seven members: Woori, Seungah, Jaekyung, Noeul, Yoonhye, Jisook and Hyunyoung. They released their debut mini album Gossip Girl on November 12, 2009. On October 27, 2016 the group was officially confirmed to disband after all members decided to not renew their contracts.

History

2009–10: Formation and Gossip Girl

During late October and early November 2009, DSP Media released daily teasers in the form of pictures of Rainbow, and then a music video for "Gossip Girl" on November 6, 2009.^[1][2] On November 12, the five-song EP Gossip Girl was released.^[3] On August 12, 2010, Rainbow released the single "A". A second single, "Mach", was released on October 20.

In April 2011, Rainbow released their second EP, So Girls. One song from the EP, "To Me", was released as a single. On September 7, 2011, Rainbow topped Recochoku's weekly download rankings for the Japanese release of their "A" music video. On September 14, 2011, Rainbow released their debut single in the Japanese market, "A", and reached No. 3 on Oricon's daily single chart, selling 10,141 copies.^[4] The single release included a Japanese remake of their debut single "Gossip Girl", as well as an exclusive DVD. Rainbow made their Japanese TV debut on the show Sukkiri, performing "A". On December 7, 2011, the group released their second Japanese single, a Japanese version of the song "Mach" (Japanese: マッハ), and reached No. 9 on Oricon's weekly chart.

2012–13: Rainbow Pixie, Over the Rainbow and Rainbow Syndrome

Rainbow in 2012 Asia Model Festival Awards

On January 3, 2012, DSP Media announced that a section of the group will be formed as a trio. On the same day, a teaser image was revealed on DSP Media's website, revealing "Rainbow Pixie" as the trio's name. On January 4, 2012, another image revealed the members of the group as SeungAh, Jisook and Hyunyoung. The group released their debut song, "Hoi Hoi", on January 12, 2012,^[5] and held their first performance on Show! Music Core.^[6]

Rainbow released a Japanese single on March 14, 2012, entitled "Gonna Gonna Go!" (Japanese: ガナガナGO!).^[7] Their Japanese debut album, Over the Rainbow, was released on March 28.

The group released the first part of their first studio album, Rainbow Syndrome, on February 13, 2013.^[8]

2014–16: Rainbow Blaxx, Innocent, Prism and disbandment

A second subunit, named Rainbow Blaxx, was formed in January 2014 consisting of Jaekyung, Woori, Seungah and Hyunyoung.^[9] Their special album, RB Blaxx, was released on January 20, 2014.^[10] The music video for the title track, "Cha Cha", was directed by Digipedi and was the fourth-most viewed K-pop music video globally in January 2014.^[11][12] The music video, as well as the song's choreography, drew controversy for being "too sexual".^[13][14]

Rainbow's third mini album, Innocent and the music video for its title track, "Black Swan" were released on February 23, 2015.^[15][16] Their fourth mini-album Prism and the music video for its title track "Whoo" was released on February 15, 2016. They also held their commemorative showcase at the Yes24 Muv Hall in Seoul's Mapo-gu, which was broadcast through the Naver V App on the same day as the album release.^[17][18] Rainbow held their first comeback stage with "Whoo" through SBS MTV's The Show on February 16.^[19]

On October 27, DSP Media officially announced, "The contract with Rainbow, who've been with DSP Media for the past 7 years, is coming to an end on November 12, 2016. DSP Media had a through discussion about future promotions with Rainbow's Jaekyung, Woori, Jisook, No Eul, Seung Ah, Yoonhye, and Hyunyoung, and unfortunately, they decided to go their separate ways. We hope Rainbow will be remembered with a bright and positive image, like the 7 shining colors of a Rainbow. We will also support and encourage the girls' new promotions and futures. We sincerely appreciate those who loved Rainbow for the past 7 years. Please support for the members' new beginnings."^[20]

Members

Former members

• Go Woori, Main Rapper, Lead Dancer
• Oh Seungah (born Oh Se-Mi), Vocalist, Visual
• Kim Jaekyung, Leader, Main Dancer, Vocalist, Center
• No Eul, Vocalist, Rapper, Visual
• Jung Yoonhye, Vocalist, Rapper
• Kim Jisook, Main Vocalist
• Cho Hyunyoung, Main Vocalist, Maknae

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions		Sales
		JPN [21]	KOR [22]
Korean language
Rainbow Syndrome	Part 1 Released: February 13, 2013 Label: DSP Media, CJ E&M Formats: CD, digital download	164	2	KOR: 14,179+[23] JPN: 1,850+
	Part 2: Sunshine Released: June 4, 2013 Label: DSP Media, LOEN Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download	234	6
Japanese language
Over the Rainbow	Released: March 28, 2012 Re-released: December 12, 2012 Label: Universal Sigma Formats: CD, digital download	10	—	JPN: 31,559+
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak positions	Sales
		KOR [22]
Korean language
Gossip Girl	Released: November 12, 2009 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD, digital download	—	KOR: 15,000+
So Girls	Released: April 7, 2011 Re-released: June 22, 2011 (repackage) Label: DSP Media Formats: CD, digital download	3	KOR: 27,697+[24][25] JPN: 1,422+
RB Blaxx	Released: January 20, 2014 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD, digital download	3	KOR: 6,436+[26] JPN: 554+
Innocent	Released: February 23, 2015 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD, digital download	5	KOR: 4,176+[27] JPN: 369+
Prism	Released: February 15, 2016 Label: DSP Media Formats: CD, digital download	8	KOR: 3,809+[28] JPN: 422+
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Sales	Album
		KOR [29]	KOR K-Pop [30]	JPN [21]	JPN J-Pop [31]	US World [32]
Korean language singles
"Gossip Girl"	2009	62	—	—	—	—		Gossip Girl
"Not Your Girl"	2010	84	—	—	—	—
"A"		9	—	—	—	—	KOR (DL): 1,617,074+[33]	So Girls
"Mach"		19	—	—	—	—
"To Me"	2011	5	—	—	—	—	KOR (DL): 1,484,948+[34]
"Sweet Dream"		8	—	—	—	—	KOR (DL): 1,266,120+[34]
"Tell Me Tell Me"	2013	14	13	—	—	—	KOR (DL): 754,331+[35]	Rainbow Syndrome
"Sunshine"		13	8	—	—	—	KOR (DL): 401,939+[36]
"Black Swan"	2015	43	—	—	—	16	KOR (DL): 61,960[37]	Innocent
"Whoo"	2016	40	—	—	—	—	KOR (DL): 90,092[38]	Prism
Japanese language singles
"A"	2011	—	—	3	4	—	JPN: 45,000+	Over the Rainbow
"Mach"		—	—	9	15	—	JPN: 22,000+
"Gonna Gonna Go!"	2012	—	—	7	23	—	JPN: 17,000+
Subgroup singles
"Hoi Hoi" (Subgroup: Rainbow Pixie)	2012	35	35	—	—	—	KOR (DL): 664,610+[39]	Gonna Gonna Go! (single album)
"Cha Cha" (Subgroup: Rainbow Blaxx)	2014	20	26	—	—	—	KOR (DL): 342,833+[40]	RB Blaxx (special album)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		KOR [29]
"Sad But Romantic (슬퍼도 로맨틱)"	2012	62	The Sparkling OST Part.1
"Kiss"		115	Gossip Girl
"So Cool"	2011	104	So Girls
"I Said You're The One (너뿐이라고)"		111
"I'm With You (그대와 난)"		61	City Hunter OST
"A Story You Never Knew But I Know"	2013	143*	Rainbow Syndrome
"Golden Touch"		200*
"*" denotes releases on domestic chart only.

Soundtracks

Year	Title	TV series/Film
2011	"Sad But Romantic"	MBC Sparkling
	"I Love Zoobles"	SBS Zoobles!
	"The Adventures of Zoobles"
	"I'm With You"	SBS City Hunter
2012	"Candy Girls"	TV Tokyo Zoobles!
	"Sweet"	TV Tokyo Rainbow Rose

Year	Title	Artist(s)	TV series/Film
2011	"Galpangjilpang"	Hyunyoung, Gyuri	MBC Hooray for Love
2012	"We Shall Love"	Jisook, Min Hoon Ki	tvN I Love Italy

Awards

Year	Awards
2010	Cyworld Digital Music Awards: Rookie of the Month (September)("A")[41]
2011	12th Korean Video Daejun's Award: Most Photogenic of the Year[42]
2012	26th Golden Disk Awards: Hallyu Icon Award[43] 7th Asia Model Award : New Star Award

References

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8. Park, Hani (14 February 2013). "Rainbow Admits to Noise Marketing for Topless Photo". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
9. "[Exclusive Interview] Rainbow Blaxx Talks Sexytimes". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
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11. "Orange Caramel′s MV for ′Catallena′ Was Inspired by Sexy Sushi". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. 27 March 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
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34. Total sales for "To Me" and "Sweet Dream":
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36. Total sales for "Sunshine":
    • 2013년 06월 Download Chart [June 2013 Download Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
    • "Gaon Download Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. July 2013. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
37. Total sales for "Black Swan":
    • 2015년 10주차 Download Chart [10th week of 2015 Download Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
    • 2015년 11주차 Download Chart [11th week of 2015 Download Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
38. Total sales for "Whoo":
    • 2016년 02월 Download Chart [February 2016 Download Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
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39. Total sales for "Hoi Hoi":
    • 2012년 01월 Download Chart [January 2012 Download Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
    • 2012년 02월 Download Chart [February 2012 Download Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
40. Total sales for "Cha Cha":
    • 2014년 01월 Download Chart [January 2014 Download Chart]. Gaon Chart (in Korean). KMCIA. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
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External links

• Official Korean website (Korean)