History Main / GirlGroup

* Music/WJSN

* Music/AtomicKitten. A British trio who weren't exactly stars but were reasonably successful - with three number one singles in the UK. Sort of a TokenWholesome amongst the various {{Stripperiffic}} girl groups of the day, their music leaning more towards SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel. A pre-scandal Kerry Katona was a member briefly.

* Music/{{Bananarama}} - a British trio who got a listing in ''The Guinness Book of World Records'' as this with the most chart entries in the world.

* Film/TheCheetahGirls, the Creator/DisneyChannel's girl group.
** Which got two of its members from the original group Music/ThreeLW.
** Adrienne Bailon, one of the members of the original group, 3LW, also appeared in ''Film/ElleAModernCinderellaTale'', assisting Elle Daniels to uncover the secrets of her rival band's evil plot of ruining her songs, in which they will be broken up once and for all, according to the IMDB, Seventeen, Teen and Screen Media Films websites.

* Music/TheChicks (formerly Dixie Chicks), the most successful girl group in Country music history and one of the most successful girl groups of all time.

* Music/GirlsAloud, created by a British TalentShow. They're one of the most successful groups to spring from a reality show (in terms of UK chart performance), having earned 20 top 10 hits in the UK alone. They did have a few international singles, but remained solely in the U.K.

* Music/{{Millionaires}}, in that while they had some success, they were largely despised for their grating voices and sound. They claim they're actually a StealthParody of "scene queens", but who knows for sure.
* Music/MisTeeq, a British R&B group. They started out with four but one of the girls left after the first single. Their best known song "Scandalous" was used in the ''Film/Catwoman2004'' movie. Member Alesha Dixon later found success as a winner and eventual judge on ''Series/StrictlyComeDancing'', and then ''Series/BritainsGotTalent''.

* The Music/PussycatDolls, a former burlesque troupe that takes {{Stripperiffic}} to the next level. Also their reality-TV-born offshoot, Girlicious. Pussycat Dolls' lead singer, Nicole Scherzinger was originally part of another girl group, a pop group created for the show ''Popstars'' called Eden's Crush. After their disbandment, Nicole Scherzinger went solo for unknown reasons but has yet to ever achieve any success she had with PCD.

* [[Music/RonnieSpector The Ronettes]], who emerged in the early 1960s and served as a TropeCodifier in both their sound and image. They are one of the most influential and celebrated [[ShortLivedBigImpact despite their short career]].

* The Shangri-Las, best known for their "tough girl" image in comparison to the more wholesome images of their contemporaries. Their best known single "Leader of the Pack" was an song about AllGirlsWantBadBoys.

* Music/SpiceGirls. Their shocking popularity led to several other girl groups being manufactured. Most examples from the late 90s and early 2000s were created to cash in on the craze. Each girl was given her own distinct nickname and identity - Scary Spice (Mel B), Posh Spice (Victoria), Baby Spice (Emma), Sporty Spice (Mel C) and Ginger Spice (Geri)[[note]]Sometimes nicknamed 'Sexy Spice' due to her MsFanservice nature and changing her hair to blonde[[/note]]. Also got a movie - ''Film/SpiceWorld''.

* Music/XscapeGroup: An R&B quartet comprised of sisters and lifelong friends formed in Main/The90s.

* Music/{{SCANDAL|Band}}, a quartet that came out from Osaka vocal and dance school Caless and started performing at Osaka Castle park in their teens. They're noted for their anime theme songs and being important to the 2000s all-female band rise in Japan.

* Girlfriend, a pop-rock foursome from Japan (the country practically grows girl bands on a vine, with how many there are) who are notable for coming from the same performance school as Music/{{SCANDAL|Band}}. Girlfriend had at least 5 years together before breaking up in 2021, bassist Mina has a thriving career on [=YouTube=] doing bass tutorials and song requests.

* Music/TheRunaways. While there were female rock singers before them (Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Suzi Quatro), they are one of the most well known all-female rock bands.GenreBusting indie noise-pop,]] not unlike Music/TheRamones if you take away the Y chromosome.

* Vivian Girls, [[GenreBusting indie noise-pop,]] not unlike Music/TheRamones if you take away the Y chromosome.

* Music/{{Scandal}}, a quartet that came out from Osaka vocal and dance school Caless and started performing at Osaka Castle park in their teens. They're noted for their anime theme songs and being important to the 2000s all-female band rise in Japan.

* Girlfriend, a pop-rock foursome from Japan (the country practically grows girl bands on a vine, with how many there are) who are notable for coming from the same performance school as Music/{{Scandal}}. Girlfriend had at least 5 years together before breaking up in 2021, bassist Mina has a thriving career on [=YouTube=] doing bass tutorials and song requests.

* Music/EGirls, an idol group in Japan that was comprised of several smaller idol groups (Dream, Flower, and Happiness).

* ''Series/TheOfficeUS'': [[Recap/TheOfficeUSSWE5SubtleSexuality
In one of the web episodes]], Kelly and Erin form a group called Subtle Sexuality and make a video for their song "Male Prima Donna" with the help of Ryan, Andy, and Kevin.

* The Music/{{Sugababes}}, also briefly known as Music/MutyaKeishaSiobhan.

* Music/MutyaKeishaSiobhan

* Music/{{Sugababes}}

* Music/DestinysChild, best known for being [[FaceOfTheBand Beyonce's old band]].

* Music/TheSupremes. They were ''the'' [[TropeCodifier breakthrough R&B act]], and helped put [[Creator/{{Motown}} Motown Records]] on the map in TheSixties. Their most famous singer, [[FaceOfTheBand Diana Ross]], went on to have a lengthy and successful solo career.

* Music/BabyMetal is a weird example. They're a ''HeavyMetal idol group'' from Japan. Yeah, WidgetSeries indeed. They're the source of much MemeticMutation among metalheads. Their success was also instrumental in the 2010s and 2020s all-girl metal band boom in Japan.

* Music/{{Haim}}, Three Californian sisters, whose music is somewhere between country, rock, folk and R&B, were named as sound of 2013 by the BBC, an accolade won by 50 Cent, Adele, Ellie Goulding and Jessie J in the past and by Sam Smith in the future. Their most recent album from 2020, ''Women in Music Part III'', received critical acclaim.

* Music/{{S Club 7}} only had 4 girls whose names are Hannah (Spearritt), Jo (O'Meara), Rachel (Stevens) and Tina (Barrett).

Girl groups are the DistaffCounterpart of {{Boy Band}}s. Naturally they'll be a group of attractive young girls who sing and dance in {{Stripperiffic}} outfits - usually with songs about sex. Videos will be full of {{Fanservice}} and expect at least one member to make it into a lads' mag.

In South Korea, there are loads of girl bands active, with some of them being insanely popular. This has been going on for a while, with [[Music/GirlsGeneration Girls' Generation]] being most famous in the early 2010's. Now, it's Music/{{Blackpink}} and [[{{Music/Twice}} TWICE]] that are most popular, with Music/RedVelvet, [[{{Music/GFriend}} GFRIEND]], MUSIC/{{Mamamoo}} and Music/APink also being quite renowned. Even unknown bands usually have loyal fans, including bands that haven't even debuted yet.

Some ex-girlgroup singers have eclipsed their bands, such as Diana Ross, Beyoncé, Cheryl and Camilla Cabello.

* Probably the most straightforward example in CountryMusic was 3 of Hearts, composed of 3 young-adult women who sang with a heavy pop influence. They went absolutely nowhere. The next closest would probably be [=SHeDAISY=], who had more mainstream success in the early 2000s but was still less sexually-driven than most examples.

* B*Witched, an Irish group of four (consisting of twins Edele and Keavy Lynch, Sinead O'Carrol, and half Greek Lindsay Armau), famous for setting a world record of 4 #1 singles in a row by an Irish group (a record later broken by Westlife), and the fact that the twins were sisters of Boyzone's Shane Lynch. Some time after the group broke up, the twins launched a new career as [=MsLynch=].

** Adrienne Bailon, one of the members of the original group, 3LW, also appeared in ''Film/ElleAModernCinderellaTale'', assisting Elle Daniels to uncover her secrets of her rival band's evil plot of ruining her songs, in which they will be broken up once and for all, according to the IMDB, Seventeen, Teen and Screen Media Films websites.

* Music/{{LOONA}}, a twelve member K-Pop group.

* Music/{{Play|Group}}, a Swedish girl group best known for song "Us Against the World" and being attached the everGirl line.

* The Music/PussycatDolls, a former burlesque troupe that takes {{Stripperiffic}} to the next level. Also their reality-TV-born offshoot, Girlicious. Pussycat Dolls' lead singer, Nicole Scherzinger was originally part of another girl group, a pop group created for the show ''Popstars'' called Eden's Crush. After their disbandment, Nicole Scherzinger went solo for unknown reasons, but has yet to ever achieve any success she had with PCD.

* Music/SaltNPepa, a Grammy-award winning rap group that gave the world "Push It" and the controversial pop song "Let's Talk about Sex".

* Music/{{Tatu}}, a Russian girl duo that were sold as being lesbian lovers ([[BaitAndSwitchLesbians they weren't]]).

* [[Music/NuVirgos VIA Gra]] (also known as Nu Virgos) is a Ukrainian-Russian group created by Konstantin Meladze (songwriter and brother of famous Russian singer), which is famous for being one of the most famous pop groups in former USSR countries and infamous for constant lineup changes. It was reformed via TalentShow in 2013.

* Destrose was an all-girl VisualKei band and pioneers in the all-girl metal band boom that became important for the bands that former members would make such as Mary's Blood, Music/{{Lovebites}}, Disqualia and Fate Gear.

* There's also plenty of examples of tribute bands whose members are all girls, like [[Music/LedZeppelin Lez Zeppelin]], [[Music/IronMaiden The Iron Maidens]] or [[Music/{{ACDC}} ThundHerStruck]] (whose singer does alternate between Bon Scott and Brian Johnson modes, to boot).