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Big Mama (group)

South Korean girl group

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ482875 ↗
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Big Mama (Korean: 빅마마) is a South Korean female group that debuted in 2003. The group focused on its members' singing abilities rather than their looks. The group went on hiatus in 2012 after their song "Cleaning My Closet". The group reunited on June 24, 2021 with their digital single "One More Day", ending their 9 year hiatus.

As of 2026, the group has currently released six studio albums, two cover albums and 18 singles.

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The public source identifies “Big Mama (group)” as south Korean girl group. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mama, group and South.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003, 2012, 2021, 2026—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2003. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mama, group and South providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Big Mama (group)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.