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Exo

Exo (Korean: 엑소; stylized as EXO) is a Chinese-South Korean idol group based in Seoul. Formed by S.M. Entertainment in 2011, the group debuted with twelve members separated into two subgroups, EXO-K and EXO-M, performing music in Korean and Mandarin, respectively. EXO rose to fame with the release of their best-selling first album XOXO(2013), which contained the break through hit "Growl". XOXO was a critical and commercial success, winning both Disk Daesang at the 28th Golden Disk Awards and Album of the Year at the 15thMnet Asian Music Awards. It eventually went to sell over one million copies, putting EXO as the fastest-selling Korean artist in twelve years.Their third EP Overdose(2014) made EXO the highest-charting Korean male act on the Billboard 200.
In May 2014, Kris filed a lawsuit against S.M. Entertainment to be removed from the group.Luhan followed suit in October 2014.
In April 2015, Tao suspended his activities and subsequently followed suit in August 2015.Following their departures, EXO carried on with nine members.

In May 2011, at a Hallyu business seminar held at Stanford University,Lee Soo-man spoke about a strategy of debuting a new boyband, in which they would be divided into 2 subgroups, promoting the same music simultaneously in South Korea and China by performing songs in both Korean and Mandarin. After several changes, in December 2011, the group finalized their name to EXO, taken from the word exoplanet. They are divided into two subgroups, EXO-K ('K' for Korean) for South Korea and EXO-M ('M' for Mandarin) for China. They debuted their first televised performance at SBS's annual Gayo Daejun event on December 29, 2011.

Exo-M at the KCON 2012 in Irvine, CaliforniaEXO-K and EXO-M's prologue single "What Is Love" was released on January 30, 2012, in mainland China and South Korea.
The single peaked at number 88 on South Korea'sGaon Single Chart. On March 9, the group released their second prologue single "History",which was written and produced by Thomas Troelsen and Remee. The single peaked at number 68 on the Gaon Single Chart and number six on China's Sina Music Chart.A concert for the group was held in Seoul's Olympic Stadium on March 31.Approximately 3,000 fans from 8,000 applicants were selected to attend. A second concert was held in the Great Hall of the Beijing University of International Business and Economics on April 1.EXO-K and EXO-M released their debut single, "Mama", on April 8[15] followed by an EPMama, on April 9. The two sub-groups would be promoting the album separately in two countries. On April 8, EXO-K performed on South Korea's music program The Music Trend, while EXO-M made their debut in China's Top Chinese Music Awards on the same day.The mandarin version of Mama reached number two on China's Sina Album Chart, while the Korean album peaked at number one on the Gaon Album Chart and number eight on the Billboard World Albums Chart.The mandarin version of "Mama" music video reached number one on Chinese streaming websites, while the Korean version reached number seven on YouTube's Global Chart.
In late April, EXO-M performed as a guest act for Super Junior's Super Show 4concert tour in Jakarta, Indonesia.In November, EXO won Best New Asian Artist Group at the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards. EXO-K received three nominations at the 27thGolden Disk Awards, winning the Newcomer Award. EXO-M received the Most Popular Group Award at the 2013 Top Chinese Music Awards.[citation needed]

Exo with South Korean President, Park Geun-hye in China on June 28, 2013.The group's first studio album, XOXO was released on June 2013 with two versions, a Korean-language "Kiss" edition and a Mandarin-language "Hug" edition. Unlike Mama era when EXO-K and EXO-M had separate promotions,XOXO was jointly promoted; mainly in South Korea. EXO recorded together for the album's lead single, "Wolf", but the rest of the album tracks were recorded separately. The two versions collectively peaked at number one on the Billboard World Album Chart a week after release.A repackaged version of XOXO, titled Growl, was released on August 5, 2013 with three additional tracks. The reissue's lead single, "Growl", was released on August 1, 2013. "Growl" achieved 10,554 points on The Music Trendcharts, setting a new number one record on the show.