XG

Offering a sleek, nimble merger of smooth R&B, pop-rap, and dance-pop, XG -- short for "extraordinary girls" – are a Japanese septet based in South Korea. Singing exclusively in English, they debuted with "Tippy Toes" in 2022 before hitting the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart and Japan's Top 30 with the seductive "Shooting Star" in 2023. Based in Korea, XG were the first group to appear under the banner of global entertainment company XGALX (a portmanteau of "gal" and "XX," a reference to the chromosome pairing). Its founding lineup consisted of Japanese vocalist/dancers Ju...