I.n.g
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i.n.g was a Taiwan
ese girl group signed under Avex Taiwan
. The group consists of Ida, Nara, and Gillian. The group debuted on May 5, 2006, with their first album called Lucky Star. Because i.n.g released their album on the same day as Jolin Tsai
, a popstar who had built her fame over a longer period of time, their shot at success took a major hit. Of all the CDs sold in Taiwan during the week of May 5, only 2.46% were Lucky Star. i.n.g debuted at #8 on the G-music charts, but fell down to #11 the next week after Tsai released yet another album. Lucky Star stayed in the G-music Top 20 for ten weeks, but none of the album's songs were ranked on billboard charts.
's show, "Qi Tian Da Sheng," i.n.g was lauded for their dancing ability as well as for their overall future potential. Wu's praise indirectly spiked sales of Lucky Star, which shot up seven places in the G-music charts during the week of May 26, 2006.
Netizens have criticized i.n.g for imitating S.H.E
, a girl group that debuted five years earlier. In response, i.n.g stated that they looked up to S.H.E as models of success, and had no plans to make themselves into S.H.E clones.
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
ese girl group signed under Avex Taiwan
Avex Taiwan
Avex Taiwan Inc is an entertainment and record label based in Taiwan. It was founded in July 1998 and is a foreign consolidated subsidiary of parent company Avex Group based in Japan...
. The group consists of Ida, Nara, and Gillian. The group debuted on May 5, 2006, with their first album called Lucky Star. Because i.n.g released their album on the same day as Jolin Tsai
Jolin Tsai
Jolin Tsai was born on 15 September 1980. She is a Taiwanese Golden Melody Award-winning Mandopop singer, dancer and actor. She is managed by Mars Entertainment Ltd .-Career:...
, a popstar who had built her fame over a longer period of time, their shot at success took a major hit. Of all the CDs sold in Taiwan during the week of May 5, only 2.46% were Lucky Star. i.n.g debuted at #8 on the G-music charts, but fell down to #11 the next week after Tsai released yet another album. Lucky Star stayed in the G-music Top 20 for ten weeks, but none of the album's songs were ranked on billboard charts.
Praise and criticism
In 2006, as guests on Jacky WuJacky Wu
Wu Jing , sometimes credited as Jacky Wu or Jing Wu, is a Chinese martial artist, actor and film director. Wu is perhaps best known as Hawkman / Jackie in 1996 film Tai Chi Boxer and Kong Ko in 2006 film Fatal Contact.-Personal life:At age six he was sent to the Beijing Sports Institute at Shichahai...
's show, "Qi Tian Da Sheng," i.n.g was lauded for their dancing ability as well as for their overall future potential. Wu's praise indirectly spiked sales of Lucky Star, which shot up seven places in the G-music charts during the week of May 26, 2006.
Netizens have criticized i.n.g for imitating S.H.E
S.H.E
S.H.E is a Taiwanese girl group whose members are Selina Jen, Hebe Tien, and Ella Chen. The name of the group is an alphabetism derived from the first letter of each member's name. Since releasing their first album Girls Dorm , S.H.E has recorded 12 albums with sales totalling over 15 million, and...
, a girl group that debuted five years earlier. In response, i.n.g stated that they looked up to S.H.E as models of success, and had no plans to make themselves into S.H.E clones.