Orange Caramel

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Orange Caramel
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-Pop, J-Pop
Years active 2010 – present
Labels Pledis Entertainment (South Korea)
Gold Typhoon (Taiwan)
Universal Records (Philippines)
Avex Trax (Japan)
Associated acts After School
Happy Pledis
Website Official Korean website
Official Taiwanese website
Official Japanese website
Members Raina
Nana
Lizzy

Orange Caramel (Hangul: 오렌지 캬라멜), is the first unit group formed from the South Korean pop group After School. This unit was formed with the third generation members: Nana, Raina and Lizzy. Orange Caramel’s concept is the Candy Culture (it involves a cuteness and colorful style)

History

They debuted on June 16, 2010, with the single "Magic Girl". They released their debut mini-album The First Mini Album on June 21, 2010. The album was a commercial success, peaking at No. 2 on the Gaon Chart and the lead single "Magic Girl" peaking at #18. The mini-album was released in Taiwan, where they included a Mandarin version of "The Day You Went Away", which is a cover from Cyndi Wang and originally by M2M.

On November 18, 2010, they released The Second Mini Album with the lead track, "A~ing♡." The album peaked at No. 10 on the Gaon Chart and the lead single, "A~ing♡", peaked at #5. The second single released from the album, "Not Yet..." (Hangul: 아직...), peaked at #42.

On March 30, 2011, the group released "Bangkok City" as part of their "One Asia" project. The single peaked at #3, thus being the group's most successful single to date. Orange Caramel continued the "One Asia" project with the release of "Shanghai Romance" on October 13, 2011, which peaked at #8 on the Gaon Chart. A Japanese version of "Shanghai Romance" was released as a bonus track on After School's debut Japanese album, Playgirlz.

Orange Caramel debuted in Japan in September 2012 with a cover of 1970's pop group Candies song "My Sweet Devil". Pledis Entertainment had also revealed that after the release of Orange Caramel's debut Japanese single, the group would return to Korea the following week and release their first full-length album on September 13, 2012 titled "Lipstick".[1][2]

Members

Stage name Birth name Date of birth[3]
Romanized Hangul Romanized Hangul
Raina 레이나 Oh Hye Rin 오혜린 (1989-05-07) May 7, 1989
Nana 나나 Im Jin Ah 임진아 (1991-09-14) September 14, 1991
Lizzy 리지 Park Soo Young 박수영 (1992-07-31) July 31, 1992

Discography

Main article: After School discography

Korean discography

Studio albums
EPs
  • The First Mini Album (2010)
  • The Second Mini Album (2010)
Single Albuns
  • Bangkok City (2011)
  • Shanghai Romance (2011)
  • Funny Hunny (2011)

Japanese discography

Studio albums
Singles
  • "Yasashii Akuma" (2012)
  • "Lipstick / Lamu no Love Song" (2012)

Book

  • Youth Travel (2013)

Awards and nominations

Soompi Gayo Awards

Year Recipient Award Result
2012 "Lipstick" Song of the Year style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Lipstick Album of the Year style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Orange Caramel Top Female Group style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
"Lipstick" #5 Song of the Year style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won

SBS MTV Best of the Best

Year Recipient Award Result
2012 "Lipstick" Best Comic Video style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won
Orange Caramel Best Rival (vs Secret) style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated

Seoul Music Awards

Year Recipient Award Result
2012 Orange Caramel Bonsang Award style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Popularity Award style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
2013 "Lipstick" Bonsang Award style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated
Popularity Award style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated

Allkpop Awards

Year Recipient Award Result
2011 Magic Girl Best Choreography style="background: #FDD; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2"|Nominated

Korean Visual Arts Festival

Year Recipient Award Result
2010 Orange Caramel Photogenic Award style="background: #99FF99; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2"|Won

References

  1. ↑ "Orange Caramel Reveals Additional Individual Teaser Images for "Lipstick"". Soompi. September 9, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Orange Caramel Releases MV for "Lipstick"". Soompi. September 12, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2012. 
  3. ↑ http://www.a-school.co.kr/

External links

Orange Caramel
Studio albums
Korean
Japanese
Singles
Korean
  • "Magic Girl"
  • "Lipstick"
  • "A~ing♡"
  • "Bangkok City"
  • "Shanghai Romance"
  • "Funny Hunny"
Japanese
Other Singles
  • "Love Does Not Wait"
  • "Not Yet..."
  • "Close Your Eyes"
  • "Milkshake"
Related topics
After School
Sub-units
Studio albums
Korean
Japanese
Compilation albums
  • THE BEST OF AFTERSCHOOL 2009-2012 -Korea Ver.-
Singles
Korean
Korean Digital Singles
Japanese
Japanese Digital Singles
Concert tours
Related topics
Artists
Solo
Group
Special Unit
Actors/Actresses
Former
Partners
Related articles
  • K-pop
  • Korean record labels
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