Red Velvet (group)
South Korean girl group
Red Velvet (Korean: 레드벨벳) is a South Korean girl group formed and managed by SM Entertainment. They originally debuted on August 1, 2014, with the single "Happiness" with the four-member line-up of Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, and Joy. A fifth member, Yeri, joined in March 2015, with the release of their first extended play, the chart-topping Ice Cream Cake. Sonically, the music of Red Velvet reflects their group name: their predominantly-pop "red" side experiments occasionally with electronic and funk, while their "velvet" side focuses on '90s-influenced R&B with elements of ballad and hip hop.
Red Velvet's Korean-language discography includes three studio albums, one reissue album, one compilation album, and thirteen extended plays—several of which have topped the South Korean Circle Album Chart. Their singles "Red Flavor" and "Power Up" were number one hits on the Gaon Digital Chart, whilst "Dumb Dumb", "Russian Roulette", "Rookie", "Peek-a-Boo", "Bad Boy", "Psycho", and "Feel My Rhythm" all reached the top three. The group also ventured into the Japanese music scene with the extended plays #Cookie Jar (2018) and Sappy (2019) as well as the studio album Bloom (2022).
Red Velvet have received numerous accolades, most notably the Golden Disc New Artist Award in 2015, the Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Female Group in 2017, the Korean Music Award for Best Pop Song in 2018, and the Asia Artist Award for Song of the Year in 2019. Their wide domestic influence has been recognized by Forbes Korea Power Celebrity (placing 11th in 2018 and fifth in 2019); internationally, they were named one of the most popular K-pop groups by Time and Billboard, and the fifth most streamed K-pop artist worldwide on Spotify in February 2020.
Career
2007–2015: Formation, early years and hit breakthrough
Red Velvet began forming in 2007, when Seulgi was cast as a trainee by SM Entertainment via audition.
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