SNH48 was former sister group of AKB48 based in Shanghai,China. the group was formed in late 2012 and debut in 2013, back then in the earlier days they're only covering AKB48's songs, just like JKT48, but after a contract violation in 2016, AKB48 announced that SNH48 no longer part of their franchise, and SNH48 also announced that they're fully independent, now SNH48 doing mainly original songs and also experimenting on other musical styles, they also have three sister groups in China which are BEJ48 from Beijing, GNZ48 from Guangzhou and SHY48 from Shenyang. The SNH48 Group(sister groups included) currently have over 200 members and still growing. It's the world's second largest pop group after AKB48.
