Billie Idle (stylized as BILLIE IDLE®) was a Japanese girl group founded in 2015. They debuted on April 1, 2015, with the album, Idle Gossip. They disbanded at the end of 2019.
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Origin | Japan |
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Years active | 2015–2019 |
Labels | Otsumo Record |
Past members |
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On Juy 8, 2014, during the disbandment concert of BiS, First Summer Uika and Hirano Nozomi announced their plans to form a new group and intention to hold auditions.[1] In January 2015 Momose Momo and Yasui Yuuhi joined the group. The group made their debut as Billie Idle in March 2015, with the releases of "Anarchy in the music scene".[2] Their debut album, Idle Gossip, was released in April,[3] followed by their second album, Rock "N" Roll Idle in September.[4]
In Summer 2016, Yasui Yuuhi quit the group due to health issues, and Momose Momo's sister joined as Akira in September of the same year.[5] In October, their third album, Bi Bi Bi Bi Bi, was released.[6]
In April 2017, the group released a compilation album, Billied Idle, and a live album, Launching Out.[7] Their single "My Way" was released in August. The group's fourth album, Last Album was released in November.[8]
In March 2018, they released "P.S.R.I.P".[9] In May, former BiS member Pour Lui was announced to be joining as a new member from June 6, 2018.[10] The group's second compilation album, Billied Idle 2.0, was released in July.[11] Their fifth album, Not Idol, was released in November.[12]
In February 2019, the group released the single, "Soshite, mata..",[13] followed by "Bokura Mada Chippoke na Koro no Hanashi" in May,[14] and finally "Last Orgy" in October.[15] That same month, it was announced that the group would dissolve in December after their one-man tour titled "Billie Idle Tour Last Orgy". According to their producer Nigo, the reason for their disbandment were difficulties within the company and insufficient commercial success.[16] Billie Idle's last performance on December 28 was broadcast live on AbemaTV.[17][18]
Billie Idle discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Singles | 5 |
Title | Album details | Peak positions | |
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JPN | |||
Oricon [19] |
Billboard [20] | ||
Idle Gossip |
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118 | — |
Rock "N" Roll Idle |
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96 | — |
Bi Bi Bi Bi Bi |
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113 | — |
Last Album |
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40 | 52 |
Not Idol |
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12 | 14 |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak positions | |
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JPN | |||
Oricon [19] |
Billboard [20] | ||
Billied Idle |
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183 | — |
Billied Idle 2.0 |
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20 | 30 |
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak positions |
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JPN | ||
Oricon [19] | ||
Launching Out |
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237 |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
Album | |
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Oricon [19] |
Billboard [21] | |||
"My Way" | 2017 | 25 | — | Last Album |
"P.S.R.I.P" | 2018 | 29 | — | Billied Idle 2.0 |
"Soshite, mata.." (そして、また、、) | 2019 | 8 | 19 | Non-album singles |
"Bokura Mada Chippoke na Koro no Hanashi" (僕らまだちっぽけな頃の話) | 3 | 27 | ||
"Last Orgy" | 9 | 34 | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
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