An Idol Group

I think it will be interesting to talk about a Japanese idol group here. The name of this group is Morning Musume (Musume means girls). They were formed in 1998. What makes this group interesting is the difference in their group formation. The group is formed by a pretty large number of members. There are 9 grils in the group right now, but there had been 16 grils in the group before. Members in the group are not unchanging. Every year some members in the group graduate from it (leaving the group and re-debut as a single artist) and meanwhile some new members are chose through audition and added into the group. The age range is also significant in this group, members right now are from 13 years old to 21 years old. With a large number of people in the group, these girls are always be divided into small units and release different styles of singles to compete.

This group has been formed about 10 years and they have released about 33 singles and 8 albums. I think the reason that they can be succeed is they always reforms and competes. This brings freshness to audience. Their works are not restricted to singing, they do musicals and some members appear in drama or film.

Actually I don't really see this kind of idol group in North America or any other country. So it seems quite interesting. And by the way recently there going to be 2 Chinese members join the group. I am quite curiou about what kind of style their next single will be.