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- Group name: Red Velvet
- Korea: 레드 벨벳 (Re-deu-bel-bet)
- Japan: レッド・ベルベット (Reddo berubetto)
- China: 紅色 天鵝絨 (Hóngsè tiān'éróng)
- Debut date: Aug
- Official fanclub name: ReVeluv
- Official fanclub color:Pastel Coral
- Official member colors:Pink (Irene), Yellow (Seulgi), Blue (Wendy), Green (Joy), Purple (Yeri)
- Music genres: K-Pop, Electropop, R&B, Dance, Neo-Soul, Classic Rock
- Talent agencies:
Members
- IreneLeader, sub-vocalist, main rapper and lead dancer
- SeulgiLead vocalist and main dancer
- WendyMain vocalist
- JoySub-vocalist and lead rapper
- YeriSub-vocalist, sub-rapper and maknae
About Red Velvet
Pre-Debut
Three of the original four members (Irene, Seulgi, and Wendy) of Red Velvet were previously part of SM Entertainment's pre-debut group, SMROOKIES, of which Yeri was also a part.
Specifically, Seulgi was chosen by SM Entertainment in a public audition held in , where she amazed everyone with her dance expertise and beautiful singing voice. Two years later, in , SM Entertainment in another public audition Irene ended up being recruited, three years later in , Wendy was recruited through an audition that SM Entertainment did on a global scale, she was in Canada at the time.
Red velvet members profiles 2016 Archived from the original on September 22, It was announced that Red Velvet would be releasing their second full-length album Perfect Velvet on November 17th. Archived from the original on June 1, They were one of the South Korean artists selected to performed.Joy ended up being recruited in as well as another global audition in Seoul. In , there were plans to unveil a new girl's group by SM Entertainment in the upcoming months, and people were excited about the official debut of the new girls group Red Velvet on August 1, SM Entertainment would later end up adding to the group another member, Yeri.
TV Shows
TV Show Theme Songs
Movies
Variety Shows
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Variety Show Theme Songs
Animated Show Theme Songs
Video Game Theme Songs
Radio Shows
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Concert Tours
- Red Velvet 1st Concert "Red Room"
- August 18, 19 & 20 - Seoul, South Korea - Olympic Park Hall
- March 28 & 29 - Tokyo, Japan - Musashino Forest General Sports
- May 25 - Sapporo, Japan - Wakuwaku Holiday Hall
- May 27 - Aichi, Japan - Ichinomiya City Hall
- May 30 - Hiroshima, Japan - JMS Aster Plaza Great Hall
- June 01 - Fukuoka, Japan - Fukuoka International Conference Hall
- June 04 & 05 - Osaka, Japan - Orix Theater
- June 07 & 08 - Kanagawa, Japan - Pacific Yokohama National Convention Hall
- Red Velvet Concert "Redmare"
- August 04 & 05 - Seoul, South Korea - SK Olympic Handball Gimnasium
- September 08 - Bangkok, Thailand - Thunder Dome
- September 22 & 23 - Taipei, Taiwan - NTU Sports Center
Concert/Festival Appearances
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Endorsements
- Etude House (cosmetic)
- Columbia Sportswear x Sorel Footwear (everyone except Irene)
- The Shilla Duty Free
- NCSOFT 'Pro Baseball H2' (mobile game)
- Skechers (with EXO)
- Korean Red Cross Youth
- Lineage Red Knights
- Tore Ore Chicken
- The Saem (cosmetics)
- Red Cross
- BLACK Martine SITBON (handbag)
- Metersbonwe (clothes)
- Baskin Robbins
- Lotte Pepero
Recognitions
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Trivia
- Since their official debut and the subsequent admission of Yeri, the group has decided to recognize each member by a specific color: Irene (rose/red), Seulgi (yellow/orange), Wendy (blue/light blue), Joy (green/aqua) and Yeri (Violet/purple).
- All of the group's main songs are always connected and interspersed with the color-based concept "Red" because of their cheerful and energetic themes, while the soft and mature themes are under the color-based concept "Velvet".
- Each of the group members have stated that fellow group F(x) is their role model.
- The choreography of the song Happiness was created by the world famous Japanese choreographer Dakeoochi Ayako, she has also created complex and fascinating choreographies for other groups such as BoA and Girls' Generation to the amazement and surprise of their fans.
- Red Velvet's first mini-album 'Ice Cream Cake' hit the music charts, not only in South Korea, but also in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, among others.
- Celebrating the release of their first mini-album 'Ice Cream Cake', the girls held an event in which they played the SuperStar SMTOWN video game along with their fans.
- The group ranked first on Billboard World Top Album with 'The Red' on the first day of its release and recorded an all-kill on all online music charts.
- Like every year since , NAVER creates an open survey for fans to vote for and choose their favorite dances from K-Pop girl groups, Red Velvet's "Ice Cream Cake" came in sixth place with % (3,) of the votes.
- The mini-album 'Russian Roulette' positioned itself #1 in Synnara, even without having any songs released beforehand and in less than a day of its announcement.
- 'Russian Roulette's MV was the most watched K-Pop video of September in America and in the rest of the world.
The first day of its release it surpassed 2 million views.
- The group placed first in the Billboard World Top Album with 'Rookie'.
- One day after the release of Red Flavor's MV, the MV reached million views.
- It's the third time the group has topped the Bilboard World Top Album with 'The Red Summer', setting a new record for K-Pop girl groups.
The other releases were: 'The Red' and 'Rookie'.
- It's the only K-Pop girls group that has been at the top spot on the iTunes world chart in
- Red Velvet became the 5th most awarded girls group in music Award shows with a total of 34 wins.
- 'Dumb Dumb' ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's Top 10 Best MV in , the first K-pop group to do so.
- Hours after being published, the group's 'Peek-A-Boo' MV was a trending on YouTube in the following positions and countries: #5 Mexico, #10 Canada, #10 USA, #11 Venezuela, #12 UK, #5 Korea, #10 Indonesia, #34 Thailand and #41 Brazil.
- One day after the release of 'Bad Boys MV, the video reached more than 7 million views, making it the group's most watched video on the first day of its release.
- 'Bad Boy' is the first MV of the group to reach 1 million likes.
- They are the second K-Pop group with the most listeners in Spotify, with more than 2 million.