Stellar (group)

Stellar
스텔라
Stellar; 스텔라
	Stellar in 2014. Left to right: Junyool, Hyoeun, Minhee and Gayoung.
Background information
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop, synthpop, dance-pop
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Top Class Entertainment (2011-2014); The Entertainment Pascal (2014-present);
Members	Gayoung; Minhee; Hyoeun; Junyool;
Past members	Lee Seul; JoA;
Website	Daum Cafe

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Stellar (Korean: 스텔라, stylized as STELLAR) is a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2011 under Top Class Entertainment. The group received attention prior to debuting for being produced by Shinhwa member Eric.^[1] After the release of their debut single, "Rocket Girl", Lee Seul and JoA left the group and were replaced by Hyoeun and Minhee.

Career

Stellar officially debuted on August 28, 2011, with the release of the digital single "Rocket Girl". On January 26, 2012, it was announced that Lee Seul and JoA would be leaving the group, and would be replaced by Minhee and Hyoeun, for their first comeback track, "UFO".^[2] On July 11, 2013, Stellar released their third digital single, "Study".^[3]

On February 12, 2014, Stellar released their first extended play, Marionette.^[4] The group received criticism for their 'stripping game' promotional material, which involved fans having to 'like' posts on Stellar's official Facebook page in order to reveal photos of the members' body parts.^[5] The group received further criticism for their '19+' music video and performances for Marionette.^[6] Despite the controversy, "Marionette" became their best selling single, peaking at 35 on Gaon and 34 on the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 chart. On August 21, 2014, Stellar released the digital single "Mask".

On March 9, 2015, Stellar released digital single "Fool" and its music video. The clip featured Stellar members reacting to cruel online comments about past comebacks.^[7] On July 20, another single was released, titled "Vibrato". They performed "Vibrato" at SBS "The Show", SBS "Inkigayo", Mnet "M!Countdown", MBC "Show Champion", and Arirang "Simply K-pop". They reach number #3 at SBS "The Show" and number #10 at Mnet "M!Countdown".^[8]

Members

Current Members

Kim Ga-young (김가영)
Joo Min-hee (주민희)
Lee Hyo-eun (이효은)
Junyool (Jeon Yoo-ri 전유리)

Former Members

Kim Lee-seul (김이슬)
JoA (Cho Young-jin 조영진)

Both members were in the ballad duo Honeydew prior to joining Stellar.

Member timeline

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales
Title	Album details	KOR ^[9]	Sales
Marionette	Released: February 12, 2014 Label: Top Class Entertainment, CJ E&M Format: CD, digital download	19	KOR: 2,433^[10]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart position	Sales (digital download)	Album
Year	Title	KOR ^[11]	Sales (digital download)	Album
2011	"Rocket Girl"	143		Non-album singles
2012	"UFO"	188		Non-album singles
2013	"Study"	90	KOR: 38,606^[12]	Marionette
2014	"Marionette"	35	KOR: 153,557^[13]	Marionette
2014	"Mask"	—		Non-album singles
2015	"Fool"	—	KOR: 12,746^[14]
2015	"Vibrato"	97	KOR: 20,803^[15]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtracks

Year	Title	Peak chart position	Album
Year	Title	KOR ^[11]	Album
2011	"Loving U"	194	Spy Myung-wol OST Part.5
2015	"My Love You"		All is Well OST

Music videos

Year	Title
2011	"Rocket Girl"
2012	"UFO"
2013	"Study"
2014	"Marionette"
2014	"Mask"
2015	"Fool"
2015	"Vibrato"

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Network	Members	Note
2015	Her Secret Weapon	MBC Every1	Minhee
2015	Car Talk Show S		All

References

^ 에릭, '김가영 걸그룹' 스텔라 프로듀서 변신. Naver (May 16, 2011). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.
^ 스텔라, 멤버교체 후 ‘2월 컴백’…조아-이슬 ‘발라드그룹’ 결성. ETO (January 26, 2011). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.
^ 스텔라 '공부하세요' 티저 공개, 복고풍으로 매력발산 Sports Hankooki (July 10, 2013). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.
^ 스텔라 ‘마리오네트’ 19금 뮤비 공개 4시간 만에 6만뷰 돌파. BNT (February 12, 2014). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.
^ ‘너무 야한’ 스텔라 마리오네트, 페북도 ‘옷벗기기 게임’ 논란 Seoul News (February 12, 2014). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.
^ 스텔라, ‘마리오네트’ MV 선정성 논란 … 케이블까지 19금 판정. Ten Asia (February 12, 2014). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.
^ Stellar are anything but 'Stupid' in MV teaser allkpop (March 8, 2015). Retrieved on March 9, 2015.
^ 스텔라, 블랙 티팬티에 엉덩이 옆 부분까지…엄청난 '파격 노출'(Stellar Teases With Revealing Album Jacket Cover for Comeback) Naver (July 9, 2015). Retrieved on July 9, 2015.
^ "Gaon Album Chart - Weekly". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
^ "Gaon Album Chart - 2014년 3월 (March 2014)". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
^ ^a ^b
"Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved July 29, 2015.}
- "Rocket Girl/Loving U". August 27, 2011.
- "UFO". February 11, 2012.
- "Study". July 13, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- "Marionette". February 22, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- "Vibrato". July 25, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
^ "Gaon Download Chart - 2013년 7월 (July 2013)". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^
Total sales for "Marionette":
- "2014년 02월 (February 2014) Download Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
- "Gaon Download Chart - 2014년 03월 (March 2014)". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "2015 March 8~14 Download Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. March 19, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
^ "2015년 31주차 (Week 31) Download Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved July 29, 2015.

External links

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[1] 에릭, '김가영 걸그룹' 스텔라 프로듀서 변신. Naver (May 16, 2011). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.

[2] 스텔라, 멤버교체 후 ‘2월 컴백’…조아-이슬 ‘발라드그룹’ 결성. ETO (January 26, 2011). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.

[3] 스텔라 '공부하세요' 티저 공개, 복고풍으로 매력발산 Sports Hankooki (July 10, 2013). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.

[4] 스텔라 ‘마리오네트’ 19금 뮤비 공개 4시간 만에 6만뷰 돌파. BNT (February 12, 2014). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.

[5] ‘너무 야한’ 스텔라 마리오네트, 페북도 ‘옷벗기기 게임’ 논란 Seoul News (February 12, 2014). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.

[6] 스텔라, ‘마리오네트’ MV 선정성 논란 … 케이블까지 19금 판정. Ten Asia (February 12, 2014). Retrieved on February 22, 2014.

[7] Stellar are anything but 'Stupid' in MV teaser allkpop (March 8, 2015). Retrieved on March 9, 2015.

[8] 스텔라, 블랙 티팬티에 엉덩이 옆 부분까지…엄청난 '파격 노출'(Stellar Teases With Revealing Album Jacket Cover for Comeback) Naver (July 9, 2015). Retrieved on July 9, 2015.

[9] "Gaon Album Chart - Weekly". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved February 23, 2014.

[10] "Gaon Album Chart - 2014년 3월 (March 2014)". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved April 13, 2014.

[gaon-11] "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved July 29, 2015.}
"Rocket Girl/Loving U". August 27, 2011.

"UFO". February 11, 2012.

"Study". July 13, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

"Marionette". February 22, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

"Vibrato". July 25, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

[12] "Rocket Girl/Loving U". August 27, 2011.

[13] "UFO". February 11, 2012.

[14] "Study". July 13, 2013. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

[15] "Marionette". February 22, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

[16] "Vibrato". July 25, 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

[12] "Gaon Download Chart - 2013년 7월 (July 2013)". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[13] Total sales for "Marionette":
"2014년 02월 (February 2014) Download Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

"Gaon Download Chart - 2014년 03월 (March 2014)". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[19] "2014년 02월 (February 2014) Download Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on July 30, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[20] "Gaon Download Chart - 2014년 03월 (March 2014)". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved July 29, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[14] "2015 March 8~14 Download Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. March 19, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

[15] "2015년 31주차 (Week 31) Download Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved July 29, 2015.

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