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The Korea Times

By Dong Sun-hwa
November is a month of cutthroat competition for K-pop singers, with dozens of big names fighting for top spots on music charts. Included are returning acts Exo, Mamamoo and IZ*ONE.


Exo
K-pop supergroup Exo release its sixth studio release Obsession on November 27. The EP will contain 10 cross-genre numbers, but the lead track’s title is being kept under wraps.
The band’s latest album, Love Shot, hit the shelves last December.
With the album, Exo became a “quintuple million seller”, meaning five of the band’s albums have sold more than a million copies.
Six members — Suho, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, Sehun, Chen and Kai — will return this time; Xiumin and D.O. are still performing military service.


Mamamoo
Four-piece girl group Mamamoo will also be returning with its second full-length album Reality in Black on November 14.
The quartet’s agency RBW says the release is about a parallel universe in which the members are not K-pop singers, but women with different occupations.
The group – Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein and Hwasa – are also appearing on Mnet’s competition show Queendom.


IZ*ONE
IZ*ONE will join the returning line-up on November 11 with its first studio album Bloom*IZ. The EP contains 11 numbers, including the lead single Fiesta, the moombahton flavoured Dreamlike, the dance-pop Daydream and the tropical dance song Open Your Eyes.
IZ*ONE is a Korean-Japanese project group comprising 12 finalists from TV music survival competition show Produce 48.
Its Korean members are Lee Chae-yeon, Kim Min-ju, Kim Chae-won, Kang Hye-won, Kwon Eun-bi, Ahn Yoo-jin, Choi Ye-na, Jo Yu-ri and Jang Won-young, while its Japanese members are Miyawaki Sakura, Honda Hitomi and Yabuki Nako.
Read the full story at the Korea Times


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This month, Exo release their sixth album, Obsession, with a mystery lead track
Exo face competition from Mamamoo’s second album and IZ*ONE’s debut album



This month, Exo release their sixth album, Obsession, with a mystery lead track. Exo face competition from Mamamoo’s second album and IZ*ONE’s debut album.


Exo, Mamamoo and IZ*ONE: three K-pop acts battling for chart domination this month

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;} This month, Exo release their sixth album, Obsession, with a mystery lead track Exo face competition from Mamamoo’s second album and IZ*ONE’s debut album

This month, Exo release their sixth album, Obsession, with a mystery lead track

Exo face competition from Mamamoo’s second album and IZ*ONE’s debut album