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XXX (group)

{{short description|South Korean hip hop duo}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = XXX

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| years_active = 2016–present

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  • Beasts And Natives Alike (BANA)

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| website = {{url|http://beastsandnatives.com/}}

| current_members = * FRNK

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XXX is a South Korean hip hop duo consisting of rapper Kim Ximya (Kim Dong-hyun) and producer FRNK (Park Jin-su).{{Cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/south-korea/articles/south-koreas-global-hip-hop-takeover-begins-with-xxx/|title=South Korea's Global Hip-Hop Takeover Begins With XXX|last=Kristobak|first=Ryan|website=Culture Trip|date=26 May 2017 |access-date=2018-12-18}}

Career

Kim Ximya, whose real name is Kim Dong-hyun,{{cite news|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170619000885|title=[NEXT WAVE] HIP-HOP DUO XXX'S MUSIC IS INSTINCTIVE, LIKE ANIMALS}} met FRNK (Park Jin-su) in an online amateur music community and formed the group after discovering the latter's musical work.

Described as an experimental hip hop group,{{Cite web|url=https://earmilk.com/2018/10/26/korean-hip-hop-duo-xxx-continue-to-subvert-trends-with-new-single-just-like/|title=Korean hip-hop duo 'XXX' continue to subvert trends with new single "Just Like"|last=Tulay|first=Rasheed|date=2018-10-26|website=Earmilk|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-18}} they released their debut seven-song EP Kyomi on July 9, 2016. XXX's debut studio album, Language, was released on November 28, 2018.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8489419/xxx-language-album-interview|title=XXX Talks New Album 'LANGUAGE' & the State of South Korean Hip-Hop: 'We're Very Angry' |magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2016/7/xxx-stewardess|title=XXX Shares New Song & Video "Flight Attendant"|website=HYPEBEAST|date=11 July 2016 |access-date=2018-12-18}}{{Cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/south-korea/articles/10-korean-musicians-that-arent-k-pop/|title=10 Korean Musicians That Aren't K-Pop|last=Taylor|first=Phoebe|website=Culture Trip|date=24 March 2018 |access-date=2018-12-18}} Their musical style is described as "dark hip-hop with a frenetic electro edge."{{Citation|last=Mujanović|first=Jasmin|title=NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE|work=Hip Hop at Europe's Edge|pages=28–44|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253023216|doi=10.2307/j.ctt2005sm8.6|year=2017}}

Discography

= Studio albums =

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" style="width:5em;" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales

KOR
{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon|title=Gaon Album Chart|website=Gaon Music Chart|language=ko|access-date=2019-03-22}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2018&targetTime=48&nationGbn=T|title="Language" charting}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2019&targetTime=7&nationGbn=T|title="Second Language" charting}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2016&targetTime=29&nationGbn=T|title="Kyomi" charting}}
scope="row" |Language

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| 30

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  • KOR: 2,000+{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=month&hitYear=2018&targetTime=11&nationGbn=T|title=November 2018 Album Chart|website=Gaon Music Chart|language=ko|access-date=2019-03-22}}
scope="row" |Second Language

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  • Released: February 15, 2019
  • Label: Beasts And Natives Alike
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, CD

| 29

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  • KOR: 2,450+{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=month&hitYear=2019&targetTime=02&nationGbn=T|title=February 2019 Album Chart|website=Gaon Music Chart|language=ko|access-date=2019-03-22}}

= Extended plays =

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" style="width:5em;" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales

KOR
scope="row" |Kyomi

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  • Released: July 9, 2016
  • Label: Beasts And Natives Alike
  • Format: Digital download, streaming, CD

| 16

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  • KOR: 1,080+{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=month&hitYear=2016&targetTime=07&nationGbn=T|title=July 2016 Album Chart|website=Gaon Music Chart|language=ko|access-date=2019-03-22}}

Awards and nominations

= [[Korean Hip-hop Awards]] =

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!Year

! style="width:15em;"|Category

! style="width:15em;"|Nominated work

!Result

!Ref.

2017

|New Artist of the Year

|{{N/A}}

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreanhiphopawards.com/nominees.html|title=Nominees|website=Korean Hip Hop Awards 2017|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202072505/https://www.koreanhiphopawards.com/nominees.html|archive-date=2017-02-02|access-date=2019-04-03}}

rowspan="2" |2019

|Hip Hop Album of the Year

|Language

|{{won}}

|{{Cite web|url=http://mbn.mk.co.kr/pages/news/newsView.php?news_seq_no=3786669|title=XXX, '韓 힙합 어워즈' 올해의 힙합앨범 수상 '쾌거'|date=2019-03-21|website=MBN News|language=ko|access-date=2019-04-03}}

Hip Hop Song of the Year

|"Sujak" (수작)

|{{nom}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreanhiphopawards.com/nominees.html|title=Nominees|website=Korean Hip Hop Awards 2019|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011631/https://www.koreanhiphopawards.com/nominees.html|archive-date=2019-02-12|access-date=2019-04-03}}

= [[Korean Music Awards]] =

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!Year

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! style="width:15em;"|Nominated work

!Result

!Ref.

rowspan="2" |2019

|Best Rap and Hip Hop Song

|“Ganju Gok” (간주곡)

|{{won}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8500188/bts-win-big-16th-korean-music-awards|title=BTS Win Big at 16th Korean Music Awards|last=Herman|first=Tamar|date=2019-02-26|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-04-03}}

Best Rap and Hip Hop Album

|Language

|{{nom}}

References

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External links

  • {{official|http://beastsandnatives.com}}

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Category:South Korean hip-hop groups

Category:South Korean musical duos

Category:Musical groups established in 2016

Category:2016 establishments in South Korea

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