At the end of 2010, a very interesting Japanese pop group was mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records.
We are talking about a group called AKB48.
The group consists of… 48 members. And at one time there were more than 100 girls in the group.
Thanks to this feature, the AKB48 project received the status of the largest pop group in the world.
History of the AKB48 team
This all-female pop group was formed in Japan in 2005 by producer and musician Yasushi Akimoto.
The special feature of the group is the huge number of participants. The girls not only perform on stage and record in the studio, but also participate in entertainment shows.
An unusual event associated with AKB48 is the so-called "handshake ceremony".
Every fan of the group can come to this event to shake the hand of their favorite member and personally communicate with her.
This is one of the reasons why AKB48 is such a large group: with fewer members, organizing "handshake ceremonies" would be nearly impossible.
In addition, the large number of members allows them to split into several teams and organize almost daily concerts.
AKB48 has an extensive discography consisting of 6 studio albums and 63 singles.
All of the band's singles released since 2009 have topped the Japanese music charts. There have been no exceptions so far.
The group's lineup is updated quite quickly. Over the course of its history, AKB48 has had almost 400 members.
AKB48 has many "sister groups" in Japan and beyond. For example, the group's "branches" have been created in China, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
If you count all these groups, then over the course of their existence, more than 1,400 girls have been in them.
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