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[THREAD] @GFRDofficial, a legendary group that paved the way for small company groups, and even with more than 5 years of existence, is still expanding its legacy in the k-pop industry.
![[THREAD] @GFRDofficial, a legendary group that paved the way for small company groups, and even with more than 5 years of existence, is still expanding its legacy in the k-pop industry.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVf3xbHWkAE-sqS.jpg "[THREAD] @GFRDofficial, a legendary group that paved the way for small company groups, and even with more than 5 years of existence, is still expanding its legacy in the k-pop industry.")
First of all, here you'll see actually solid achievements, records and everything related, that make @GFRDofficial a girl-group you can't underestimate just because they aren't from the BIG3 or from survival shows like Produce. They're still serving even after 5 years!
It's not organized by chronological order tho~ but I'll try my best!
Everyone is allowed to correct me if there's anything wrong in this thread, it's not a problem!
@GFRDofficial is a top girl-group as stated by Billboard, Forbes, etc. and the korean media overall. Nobody can deny that anymore, it's just a weird negation state at this point. They literally are called GodFriend, SummerFriend and the famous Trust-and-Listen-To-GFriend 
Their debut song (Glass Bead) has +1,100,000 downloads, being the non-BIG3 and non survival-show girl-group longest charting debut song in MelOn Weekly Top 100 (Post Price Change), with 26 weeks.
@GFRDofficial
@GFRDofficial
They have 2 songs with +2,500,000 downloads (Me Gustas Tu and Rough) and there another 2 songs that are close to this number too.
They also have 2 songs with +100,000,000 streams (Me Gustas Tu and Rough and another 2 songs are on the way). They were the FIRST k-pop group ever to surpass this amazing number of streams with one song.
@GFRDofficial
@GFRDofficial
They were the FIRST 3rd generation girl-group to get a Perfect All-Kill with Rough (66 hours).
@GFRDofficial
@GFRDofficial
They're the non-BIG3 girl-group with the most music show wins (66), the 4th girl-group overall and the FIRST non-big3 girl-group to surpass the 50-mark!
@GFRDofficial
@GFRDofficial
They have more than 824k album sales on Gaon + Oricon, and they were the first non-BIG3 girl-group of the 3rd generation to surpass the 500,000-mark on Gaon alone (Correct me if I'm wrong!).
@GFRDofficial
@GFRDofficial
They have more than 521k sales on Hanteo, and were the FIRST non-BIG3 and non survival-show girl-group of the 3rd generation to surpass the 500,000-mark.
@GFRDofficial
@GFRDofficial
@GFRDofficial songs are often used on school textbooks because most of them are 100% in korean.
@GFRDofficial currently has the highest grossing tour ($3,359,268 = Go Go GFriend!) for a non-BIG3 girl-group of the 3rd and 4th generation.
@GFRDofficial has more than 537,000,000 streams (based on major streaming sites like MelOn, Soribada, Naver, etc. This data is not updated by the way).
@GFRDofficial has more than 11,500,000 downloads (title-tracks only, and it's also not updated).
@GFRDofficial won 5 'Rookie Of The Year' awards, an amazing number since there weren't as many award ceremonies as there are nowadays. Also, they almost won all the ROTYs from the 5 major award ceremonies in 2015, but unfortunately MAMA did them dirty.
The most download song from 2016 is by @GFRDofficial! The song is Rough, and deserved at least one daesang to be honest.
@GFRDofficial currently has 98 awards overall (music show wins + actual awards given by award ceremonies), they are currently the most awarded non-BIG3 girl-group.
@GFRDofficial did 3 Fanmeetings, 2 Asian tours, 2 Concerts and 1 Japan Tour. All of them were sold-out in minutes.
@GFRDofficial currently has the highest average music shows wins for a girl-group in a single year, with 29 wins with just two songs (with a average of 14/15 wins per comeback).
@GFRDofficial has a total of 5 triple crowns, being the non-BIG3 girl-group with the most triple crowns.
Yuju from @GFRDofficial also has a OST (Spring Is Gone By Chance) that got 2,500,000 downloads and 100,000,000 streams. It also won Best OST at MelOn Music Awards 2015 (in her debut year!)
@GFRDWeverse is the 4th girl-group with most followers on their korean fancafe, with over 110,000 members.
@GFRDofficial is the 3rd k-pop girl-group with more entries on Billboard World Albums Chart, with 8 entries, 6 of them were in the Top 10, and with 0 overseas promotions.
@GFRDofficial is currently the only girl-group to get 2 triple crowns in a single year.
@GFRDofficial is the FIRST girl-group to get nominated and to win Best Korean Act on MTV EMA.
@GFRDofficial is the FIRST non-BIG3 and non survival-show girl-group to top the Gaon Album Quarter Sales for this generation.
@GFRDofficial is the FIRST non-BIG3 and non survival-show girl-group of the 3rd generation to sell 100,000 albums in the pre-order.
@GFRDofficial is the FIRST non-BIG3 girl-group to surpass 1,000,000 followers on Instagram.
@GFRDofficial is the FIRST non-BIG3 group to perform at the Malawati Stadium.
@GFRDofficial is the FIRST girl-group to achieve 2 grand slams (win all the 6 mudic show trophies consecutively) in a single year.
@GFRDofficial is the FIRST non-BIG3 and non survival-show girl-group to sell 50,000 copies in the first week on Hanteo.
Umji from @GFRDofficial is the first k-pop idol to be a exclusive model for Popteen, a popular Japanese magazine.
Yuju from @GFRDofficial is the first female idol to win at Fantastic Duo.
Me Gustas Tu and Rough played on the loud speakers across North Korea years ago (South Korea was using K-Pop to ease tensions between the countries).
@GFRDofficial
@GFRDofficial
@GFRDofficial is used by the korean media as an example of a group who overcame the limitations of coming from a small company and become successful.
@GFRDofficial is the first k-pop girl-group to be chosen for the opening theme song of Buzz Rhythm O2 (popular japanese program).
@GFRDofficial is the first non-BIG3 girl-group to top the "K-Pop Weekly Chart" of QQ Music, the biggest music site in China.
@GFRDofficial is the first non-BIG3 girl-group that debuted last decade to top Gaon Digital Song & Album Chart.
@GFRDofficial is also known for their wide musical spectrum, with a discography consisting in more than 45 musical genres (and counting).
@GFRDofficial is the second non-BIG3 girl-group to surpass 1,000,000 followers on Twitter.
@GFRDofficial's performance at 2016 MelOn Music Awards is one of the best performances of all-time as declared by MelOn.
According to SBS, SinB from @GFRDofficial is the best dancer of the 3rd generation.
It was reported that @GFRDofficial is worth 16,000,000,000 KRW ($13,200,000).
Over 35 entertainment companies ranked @GFRDofficial as the 5th best girl-group of the 3rd generation (2018).
Over 20 entertainment companies ranked their list of Top Girl-Groups and @GFRDofficial ranked at #9 (2020). It's not easy to stay at the Top10 as the time passes, because more and more groups make their debut every year!
End of the thread by now! Let's wait a little bit so @GFRDofficial can have time to break more records!
Please ignore all the grammatical mistakes, English is not my native language. I tried my best, but if there's any mistakes, I'm sorry!
