Top 10 Biggest Girl Group Scandals 

I honestly think TLC was really brave to have to deal with all of that happening to them. Fights, news scandals, even the death of a member, and they were still together and still supported each other. It's honestly heartbreaking if you read about how upset T-Boz and Chilli were when Lefteye died, they had said it was like losing a sister😥

Stab to the heart was seeing TLC's tearful speech, twist of the blade is seeing Brittany Murphy in the audience. RIP to both.

Kiely is the issue in every girl group she’s in smh

I was very young when the Spice Girls were popular, but I remember how devastated my older cousins were when Geri left. They were naturally at the recent Spice Girls reunion concert, and only too delighted when Geri returned.

5th harmony never should have worked, They met on a game show competing to be the number one. They were a girl group for the runners up.

I still remember when Geri left the Spice Girls and it was an international news. Everyone was devastated and enraged with Ginger. Good thing after all these years, she was sorry of leaving the band and felt bad about it.

if I remember correctly, it turned out that aoa or the ex aoa member Jimin didn't really bully Mina. and Mina was actually the bad person in that case.

I remember when Destiny’s Child replaced their members and didn’t say anything. It was nuts.

These girl group scandals have certainly made an impact in our pop culture today. We look forward to seeing more content like this.

I’m surprised Danity Kane wasn’t on this list considering the rivalry between Dawn Richard and Aubry. Idk that group was a mess

Honorable Mention : Danity Kane ,The Cheetah Girls , Sugababes and En Vogue

I honestly think the Management did that to Fifth Harmony. They know Camila would sell as a Solo so they Highlighted her from the rest. Just like Destiny's Child....

Surprised Danity Kane did not make the list. So many issues within that group. I love them and miss them!

I feel like Lisa Lopes never got the recognition for her talent in this lifetime. Her rapping was truly amazing. I loved TLC because their songs had such depth, even No Scrubs,

at the end of the video with 'The Loss of Lisa from TLC' had me in tears. 😭

Sugababes and En Vogue should definitely be on this list!

Love that you included the AOA one. Hate that you left out the largest details. You know, like Mina claiming self-harm due to the bullying and then posting pictures of that same self-harm on social media and then Mina appearing to have fabricated the entire thing. It basically ruined the careers of the group as a whole as well as the careers of the individual members.

Danity Kane is not included on the list? Really? 😅😅😅

Kiely Williams was an issue. Raise your hand if you think she lied about the throwing the plate of chicken at Naturi

You left out a big thing with the AOA scandal that Mina lied about the whole thing

Not to mention that the managers of 3LW WERE KIELYS FAMILY. I don’t like that woman whatsoever and Naturi and Adrienne deserved much more.

Halliwell’s departure from Spice Girls was later explained in detail in the documentary called Viva Forever. She didn’t have “artistic differences”, she was harassed by their manager.

if you included AOA, definitely should have included T-ARA as well! one member accused the other girls of bullying/kicking her out the group which resulted in the group's popularity to plummet (they were on the same level as snsd and kara before the scandal) and then it was discovered that she lied about the whole thing, T-ARA never got back to the level of fame they once had unfortunately. also, jessica leaving snsd was a big scandal because she had started her own fashion brand so was busy with both that and her singing career and because of conflicting schedules she was told that she couldn't do both and was removed from the group. because of the strict contracts kpop idols have the other members weren't allowed to say their side of the story so they got a lot of backlash for not sticking up for jessica. it's been 9 years since that happened and both jess and snsd are still doing well in their careers.

Little mix are the ultimate girl group I can’t think of another group that stayed together consecutively for 10 plus years, on top of that they’re friendship is really and has always shown it’s why they became popular quite quickly cause there down to earth girls with great personalities to add then they’re super protective and supportive to one another then lastly add their talent, they’re by far the most cohesive & talented girlgroup the UK has produced thus far and I’m including all aspects sing/harmonise/write etc but also perform and actually perform girl-groups prior couldn’t match what little mix can/have done.

I love TLC, Spice Girls, and Fifth Harmony

Nicole of Pussycat Dolls was also in the band Eden's Crush long before The PussyCat Dolls. Eden's Crush was formed from the old tv show PopStars

It's been a joke for years now, but I sincerely hope that Farrah found her luggage 😭

Never understood why Destiny’s Child didn’t have concrete members till Beyoncé Michelle and Kelly

As a biggest fan of both girl groups I just wanted to say this: fifth harmony and little mix were 2 of the best girl groups of this generation and now that both groups have been going on hiatus one group longer than the other I just wanted to say thank you 5H and LM for all the music you given us over the years and I just wanted to wish both girl groups good luck on their solo careers even though little mix hasn't been on hiatus for so long unlike 5H and I am also glad that all 5 members are still good friends to this day so hopefully all 5 girls will get back together for a reunion in the future.

Shocked not to see Danity Kane in the list, they had tons of drama/ scandal all documented on their show, and the afterwards the studio fight between Aubrey and Dawn…… I guess they’d be an honorable mention

When Geri left the Spice girls it was never the same again (no puns intend.) 😂

I consider Geri leaving the Spice Girls my first true heartbreak as a child!! I couldn't believe the news when it first came out and then it turned into a media frenzy. I was so sad and mad at Geri at the time.. it was insane.

En Vogue has one of the messiest drama, with the group split into 2 and having no end to their feud.

Not every group member can be solo artist. Fact

it's funny how straight after talking about Destiny's Child, the next clip for the Diana Ross part was of the Dream Girls movie, which not only starred Beyonce, but also has a deeper tie-in with Destiny's Child. While the movie is loosely based on The Supremes, Beyonce's involvement as the Diana Ross counterpart mirrored her real life career with Destiny's Child. With DC, Beyonce was always front-and-center and even if they did manage to balance out the recording time for the 3 girls equally, Beyonce still got most of the attention regardless of whether she liked it or not. Sure she is a supremely (see what i did there) talented woman and she did try her best to give as much credit as possible to Kelly and Michelle. But in the end, just like Diana, Beyonce's talents outshone her co-members' by flying colours and she has had by far the most successful career of the 3 of them.

The TLC appearance on the MTV Music Videos Awards show really broke my heart oh my gosh I was like how much WORSE could my graduation year be ... 9/11, Aaliyah's death and Left Eye in the car accident before I graduated from high school 😫😫😫

I am big little mix fan, I loved that they were a strong group of ordinary girls who stood up for equality and for women everywhere, but when Jesy left and started the blackfishing, it was a big disappointment. I wish Jade, Leigh-Anne and Perrie all the best and hope Jesy recognises what she has done and seems to still be doing with the blackfishing is wrong. I live in the UK and is a trend a lot of young girls are doing. It is so crazy and offensive and public figures like Jesy need to stop it and educate themselves on it because it is embarrassing and messed up! Love to all the real mixed race and black women out there, you are beautiful!

*Be prepared to do your math...* TLC's bankruptcy better be in this list.

Here in Gemany the biggest girl group scandal was the legendary press conference from Tic Tac Toe in the 90s after which they split up. Many people still quote the best lines from that press conference, it's just pure meme gold!

Sugababes had 4 linups when the last one had no original member in it. Soon after, one of the originals sued for the name and won a few years later. I really miss Heidi Range.

I know Tatu is technically considered a "duo", not a "group", but have you seen their history? I'll always love them, but myyyy goodness. 😅

Spice girls should have been at No 1. They were the biggest girl group of all time and dominated the 2nd half of the 90’s. When they split EVERYONE including people who didn’t necessarily listen to them were shocked. There’s also some underlying reasons as to why Geri left which involves her and Mel B. Nothing confirmed or anything but there were rumours that they were lovers and when Mel B got engaged the rift between the 2 girls were inevitable.

Sugababes should’ve been on this one. They could’ve mentioned the lineup changes, drama and how the original group did a full circle comeback.

I expected the no. 1 to be huge. From Fifth Harmony's "Let's just get a mannequin, and pull her back off the stage in the intro of our performance", to Destiny's Child's "Your daddy being the management leaves us in the cold", I expected the number one to be a full-blown murder!

Kind of surprised there was no mention of the alleged secret relationship between Mel B and Geri 👀

The Sugababes were missing with the constant member replacement and the originals reuniting in the end (they are amazing by the way).

Yeah well, I know this is mostly american influenced, buuuut.... The drama surrounding the Sugababes was MASSIVE! There was so much going on all the time with that Band, it almost overshadowed their really, really great music. They have been mostly big in the UK and Europe though and failed to break america (ironically, they intended to do that right before their last line up change, and then it just never happened). They were always 3 girls, but in the span of their career (around 10 years at that point), they managed to switch out all of their founding members one at a time. The last line up change was heavily controversial, as they decided to kick out the last remaining founding member and claim she was a bully... Then the original trio reformed, but it took them another 10 years to legally re-claim Re band name. They are currently building up some tracktion again, and might even release new music. A band with very good music and a really interesting backstory! Oh, and they almost always wrote their own music!

You missed the Sugababes - if ever there was girl group drama and record label meddling this should surely be in the top 5. With one girl being booted after the other till none of the original girls were left and then couldn’t even get their own name back where the original group reformed.

Little Mix was truly the most well rounded girl group in history even jesy like even if you dislike her she was one of the best rappers and the best dancer in little mix and she was the best performer along with jade and still had stable vocals.

How on earth did Danity Kane not make the list?!

R.I.P. Left Eye 😭.TLC the best girl group of all time.

This list should’ve definitely included Danity Kane! They had the most drama out of any of the others.

Spice Girls really we’re THAT girl group 🫡

No The Cheetah Girls?

I already know that 3LW's Kiely & Naturi fight is gonna be on this list.

Mary J Blige hair at the end of this video is 👌🏾

In the case of AOA, it was later revealed that Mina had been caught in lies and inconsistencies. Netizens apologized to Jimin as they were quick to judge and blame her without getting the full story. She is making her comeback in the k-pop industry.

Honorable Mention : Sugababes who kicked a girl out the group just as they released a new album. She didnt know that the group had the new member re-recording all her vocals behind her back!!

Number 5 being Fifth Harmony? What is this 😂

Not sure if any of you seen the documentary series 'Spector' (which in the US is shown on Showtime), but one moment worth mentioning is the time when songs were re-recorded by a female group based on the other end of the United States, and the female member, based in one end of the US did not know about it until it was broadcast on the radio, worth a watch.

You forgot something about the AOA situation, which is Mina lied the whole thing and Jimin is back to the industry.

Maybe En Vogue should've been included

Of course the #1 girl group gotta be #1 in everything 🤣 Was expected.

That wasn’t all with AOA. Turns out Mina lied and jimin didn’t actually do anything wrong. She came out with more lies and went pretty crazy after that. She keeps bringing it up whenever people move on from it. Was wild 😂

Destiny's Child probably the most messiest girl group ever next to 3LW but for Destiny's Child two members fired and they are originals got replaced with two new girls but one left even though she couldn't sing anyway and then there's video of Beyoncè and Kelly especially Beyoncè looking at Michelle.

I thought En Vogue would have been number 1

I personally don’t know why Girls’ Generation wasn’t on her, because Jessica Jung (who went on to write a book series about K-Pop) was removed from the group in 2014. And unlike Mina of AOA (who was found out to be lying, similar to Hwayoung of T-ARA, both ruining the legacy and reputations of each group and their members), Jessica being put out isn’t really know why. Jessica said she was forced out of the group, in which her label, SM Entertainment said, I think, that she was removed for not focusing on the group and that her members voted to boot her out. Which I would agree with, if not just a few months before, also a SM girl group, f(x) (who also happened to have Jessica’s younger sister, Krystal) had a member named Sulli take a surprise hiatus (it was due to relationship drama that fans harassed her about) during promotions than also ended right after. Jessica at the same time she was booted was starting up her own company (not music), but they weren’t promoting at that moment and she planned to comeback with them, but the company could also have just put her on hiatus as well. And recently, Loona, another K-Pop group, had member Chuu booted from her group by the company, done very similarly, with allegations of diva behavior and mistreating staff, but nothing besides the company saying it has been proven. There is also TVXQ (formerly DBSK, who were also under SM) had three members leave the group, due to the fact I think two members were treated better and maybe had better pay and they had a 13 year contract. Then EXO also had 3 members (all chinese, part of the EXO-M lineup) left the company, due to injuries, no time off (both of those happening in DBSK as well), lack of promotions on their groups end and other issues, which I think was said to be due to them being Chinese (actually, having 4 original Chinese members, the last one left the company in 2022, which he still could be in the group (which f(x) basically is as well, none apart of the company, but they say they are still in their group; S.M. doesn’t disband groups, just puts them on hiatus). But I do know that two of the members who left EXO would have to pay SM if they preformed in Korea and Japan, while the 3rd couldn’t get out of his contract. And then many other groups like 2NE1, 4MINUTE, and many others have been disbanded and mistreated by companies that should have treated their cash cows with more respect.

@3:58 K-Pop almost deserves its own list

The Pussycat Dolls WERE just a singer and backup dancers. There is no denying that.

I was surprised they talked about The Pussycat Dolls without mentioning the fact that they were "passed around" and sexually assaulted by music producers.

What about Xscape??? They're still in some drama

T-ara’s “bullying scandal” was the craziest

No man can claim to be a millennial woman's first heart break. It was Ginger Spice.

I thought number 1 was gonna be Danity Kane

Honestly, I would've put Danity Kane on the list over the K-Pop group AOA. Danity Kane were pretty successful (2 #1 albums, 3 million records sold, sold-out tours) but they were plagued by bad management (including awful 360 contracts which made them little to no money) and all of it headed by Puffy & his ego. It was all filmed on MTV's "Making the Band", where Puffy ended up firing Aubrey & D. Woods from the group and soon Dawn was the only one left standing. They reunited a couple of times since then but more drama ensued, including a physical fight with Dawn and Aubrey. If you ask me, they could've been as big as Destiny's Child and TLC were but it wasn't meant to be.

I’m surprised the Sugababes were not in the top 10 list considering the line up changes the group has had in the past, especially when Keisha (the last original member) was forced out the group and the group itself got negative reactions from the media, the fans and their peers when she left/got kicked out the group.

For 3LW, I thought it was going to be about when they booted one of their members fror not being "ghetto" enough, having grown up in a two -parent household. For TLC, there was one instance in which Left Eye wasn't getting along with her bandmates and refused to appear alongside them for a scheduled appearance on MTV's daily music video countdown Total Request Live (they covered it by saying she was sick). One omission was T.A.T.u, a Russian duo who in order to generate publicity, pretended to be gay and in love with each other.

I don’t know Sugababes didn’t get into this list

Oh man, you missed Girls Generation when Jessica was kicked out of the group. That was insane.

Sugababes?!?!?!

Little mix will always remain my favorite girl group

There's something else I forgot to say about little mix: I got to give credit to little mix for sticking together for so many years because usually girl groups don't last long so I gotta give them credit for that.

I’m Shocked that the Go-Go’s and the Bangels aren’t on this List. I also don’t think that TLC should have been Number 1 seeing how they didn’t Split Up unlike the others

Why wasn't Salt n Peppa or EnVogue up here. Both split up for business & personal issues. SNP well Salt Peppa parted from Spinderella they didn't really consider her apart of the group. All those years they didn't say anything. Took advantage of Spinderella.

Shout out to Ms. Mojo for including the K-Pop world 🌍✨❤️

Should have done a bonus on Danity Kane

AOA's scandal was sooo crazy. Everyone was siding with mina to the point where people turned against the popular member (seolhyun) which lasted a year before it was revealed that mina was lying all this time. Glad to see Jimin is back now in the entertainment industry.

I remember when the Spice Girls released Goodbye and I sobbed through the whole thing. I was heartbroken when Geri left.

Hope you do or have done Boybands equivalent because everyone has creative, personal and management differences 🙄

Girls aloud forever

I think En Vogue and Sugababes should also be here, at least as honorable mentions lol

How can they leave out that Mina actually lied?! They should have mentioned it while speaking about the AOA scandal

It's just too bad we never got to see and hear a fifth harmony aka 5H and little mix aka LM collaboration now that would have been a epic girl power anthem GIRL POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TLC definitely should not have been #1 or even on the list. The situation with Left Eye was not girl group drama. That was personal drama....

Florence Ballard has every right to mad to Diana

Should've included En Vogue

11:44, I see you Mary J lol

The Pussycat Dolls & AOA are my Bias Girl Groups on this List.

How about Dream?!!!

Woah, I did not expect any KPOP to join the list. Thanks, Ms. Mojo!