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EXO (엑소) is a music group based in Seoul, South Korea, consisting of nine members: XIUMIN, SUHO, LAY, BAEKHYUN, CHEN, CHANYEOL, D.O., KAI, and SEHUN. The group celebrates a decade of excellence on April 8th, 2022.
Formed in 2011, EXO debuted on April 8th, 2012 with the single, Mama. EXO is considered a prominent force in the Hallyu Wave, and by many to be a vocal powerhouse, with all nine members also navigating successful solo careers.
As of 2022, all six of EXO’s full-length Korean albums, all five of their album re-issues, as well as all seven of their extended-plays, have debuted #1 on South Korea’s Gaon Album Chart. On EXO’s global significance, in 2018, six years after their debut, Bustle Magazine described the group as “the ultimate K-pop sensation … there’s really nothing quite like EXO,” and Forbes Magazine commended EXO’s dominance as one of the two artists worldwide that dramatically and continuously over-perform on social media. Vulture Magazine described EXO as “leaders of a K-pop generation.”
