Girls' Generation Vs. 2NE1: Who Will Win the K-Pop Girl Group Battle?
UPDATE (2/27): Wow. With more than four million votes casted, BOTH groups truly felt the love from international fans here. At Fuse HQ,we're jamming to both releases and decided to write down the reasons we love them. Don't miss:
-- 9 Reason to Love Girls' Generation's Mr.Mr. EP
-- 9 Reason to Love 2NE1's Crush Album
Remember in 2007 when Kanye West and 50 Cent—the two biggest rappers at that time—both announced albums dropping on the same date? While fans and the media declared a hip hop chart battle, 50 upped the stakes and fueled the flame tenfold by vowing to quit music if 'Ye outsold him on the charts.
While no one's retirement is on the line, there's a new ultra-competitive, super-exciting chart battle coming soon, but this time the battleground is the K-pop scene, and the showdown is between two of the biggest girl groups: Girls' Generation and 2NE1. Both have huge international fan bases and both have made waves on the charts in their native South Korea as well as in America. While the acts have shifted their comeback dates around a few times—possibly to avoid direct competition, possibly not—it now seems that they will inevitably go head-to-head with new releases coming within days of each other.
Get all the details about each release and vote for who you're most excited for in our poll at the bottom.
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