i.n.g

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i.n.g
Origin	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Genre(s)	Mandopop
Label(s)	Avex Taiwan
Years active	2006
Past Members	Ida, Nara, Gillian
Influences	S.H.E
Official site	www.avex.com.tw

i.n.g is a Taiwanese girl group currently signed under Avex Taiwan, a subsidiary of Avex Trax. The group consists of Ida, Nara, and Gillian. The group debuted on May 5, 2006, with their first album, Lucky Star. Because i.n.g released their album on the same day as Jolin Tsai, a popstar who had built her fame over a longer period of time, their shot at success took a major hit. Of all the CDs sold in Taiwan during the week of May 5, only 2.46% were named Lucky Star.^[1] i.n.g debuted at #8 on the G-music charts, but fell down to #11 the next week after Tsai released yet another album.^[2] Lucky Star stayed in the G-music Top 20 for ten weeks, but none of the album's songs were ranked on billboard charts.

[edit] Praise and criticism

In 2006, as guests on Jacky Wu's show, "Qi Tian Da Sheng," i.n.g was lauded for their dancing ability as well as for their overall potential.^[3] Wu's praise indirectly spiked sales of Lucky Star, which shot up seven places in the G-music charts during the week of May 26, 2006.^[4]

Netizens have criticized i.n.g for imitiating S.H.E, a girl group that debuted five years earlier. In response, i.n.g stated that they looked up to S.H.E as models of success, and had no plans to make themselves into S.H.E clones.^[5] Currently, Gillian and Nara are rumoured to be in the running for a spot as a lead in the Taiwanese series Fresh Tomato For Sauce.^{[citation needed]}