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[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Exo_monster_160618_suwon.png EXO] (Korean: 엑소; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean–Chinese boy band group based in Seoul, with nine members: [[Xiumin]], [[Suho]], [[Lay]], [[Baekhyun]], [[Chen]], [[Chanyeol]], [[D.O.]], [[Kai]] and [[Sehun]]. The band group was formed by SM Entertainment in 2011 and debuted in 2012. Their music incorporates genres like pop, hip-hop, and R&B, alongside electronic dance music genres like house, trap, and synth-pop. EXO releases and performs music in Korean, Mandarin, and Japanese. The band group ranked as one of the top five most influential celebrities on the Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list each year from 2014 to 2018, and have been named "the biggest boy band group in the world" and the "Kings of K-pop" by media outlets.

Since 2014, EXO has exclusively performed as one group, while continuing to release and perform music in multiple languages. Previously, the band group debuted with twelve members separated into two sub-groups: EXO-K (Suho, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, and Sehun) and EXO-M (Xiumin, Lay, Chen, and former members Kris, Luhan, and Tao). EXO-K and EXO-M performed music in Korean and Mandarin, respectively, until the release of their third EP (Extended Play) ''Overdose'' in 2014. After the departures of Kris, Luhan, and Tao amid legal battles in 2014 and 2015, the band group continued with the remaining nine members. Since 2016, Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin have also released music and performed as a sub-unit named EXO-CBX, and members Sehun and Chanyeol have promoted as a sub-unit named EXO-SC since 2019. All of EXO's members also maintain solo careers in fields including music, film, and television.

EXO's first album ''XOXO'' (2013), which contains the breakthrough hit ''"Growl"'', was a critical and commercial success. It sold over one million copies, making EXO the best-selling Korean artist in twelve years. Subsequent albums and EPs have also had strong sales, with all Korean studio albums each selling more than one million copies. EXO has won many awards for their albums, including five consecutive Album of the Year wins at the Mnet Asian Music Awards and two consecutive Artist of the Year wins at the Melon Music Awards. EXO's sixth album ''Don't Mess Up My Tempo'' (2018) is their highest-charting album on the US ''Billboard'' 200, debuting at number 23. It is also their best selling album with over 1.9 million copies sold in South Korea.

Since EXO's first headlining tour in 2014, the band group has performed over 100 concerts across four tours and has participated in multiple joint tours. EXO is also known for its work beyond music, which includes endorsement deals with brands such as Nature Republic and Samsung, and philanthropic efforts such as Smile For U, a joint SM Entertainment and UNICEF project that began in 2015, and in which Exo EXO continues to participate.

In 2011, SM Entertainment CEO, Lee Soo-man, revealed plans to debut a new boy band group that would be divided into two sub-groups, promoting the same music simultaneously in South Korea and China by performing songs in both Korean and Mandarin. After several member changes in December 2011, the group finalized its name as EXO, taken from the word "exoplanet". The news of an upcoming debut from SM Entertainment attracted substantial media attention from within South Korea and internationally, with many comparing EXO to fellow SM boy band group [[TVXQ]].

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On June 14, 2013, the band group earned their first-ever music show win, with the single ''"Wolf" '' on Korea's Music Bank. Music programs are weekly television shows in South Korea and China that award the artist with the most popular song in the country based on digital chart performance, album sales and social media popularity. EXO hold the record for the most music show wins for a single song, with 18 wins for ''"Call Me Baby"'', released in 2015. EXO have gone on to win over 100 music program awards,becoming the first act to do so.

The discography of the South Korean-Chinese boy band group EXO consists of seven studio albums, six extended plays, four live albums and twenty eight singles. EXO was formed by the Korean entertainment company SM Entertainment in 2011, and formerly consisted of twelve members separated into two sub-groups, EXO-K and EXO-M, releasing the same music simultaneously in both Korean and Mandarin in South Korea and China, respectively. The group's first release, the extended play ''Mama'', was released in April 2012. The album topped Korean music charts on its release. With the release of ''Don't Mess Up My Tempo'' in November 2018, EXO became the first South Korean artist who debuted in the 21st century to sell 10 million albums cumulatively.

In 2018, EXO became "quintuple million sellers", meaning the band group has sold over one million copies apiece for five different albums. Since their debut in 2012, the group has sold 23.8 million downloads as of December 2017, and more than 11.9 million physical albums as of August 2019, in South Korea. And they're the first Korean boy group who make a record "Million Seller" on the last decade.