Ballad group Big Mama to release first full-length album in 12 years

Big Mama [KAKAO ENTERTAINMENT]

Legendary female ballad group Big Mama is officially back together and will soon be releasing its first full-length album in 12 years.

The group's label Kakao Entertainment announced Wednesday that Big Mama’s sixth regular album “Born” will drop on Feb. 10. The group’s fifth album “5” was released in 2010.

“'Born’ is an album that talks about the origins of Big Mama, which has returned to its fans after a hiatus of nine years,” Kakao Entertainment said in a statement. “The album will show the originality of the group which gained a lot of love.”

Big Mama was big back in the early 2000s. The group has won numerous awards with its hits, especially with “Break Away” (2003), which was its debut single. “Break Away” won the hearts of both male and female fans with the members' powerful singing and harmonies as a quartet. Since then, the group has had numerous hit songs such as “Betrayal,” and “Women.” The group, however, announced its disbandment in 2012 after dropping its digital single “Cleaning My Closet.”

Though the members — Shin Yeon-ah, Lee Young-hyun, Lee Ji-young and Park Min-hye — did not announce an official reunion, they released a single “One More Day” last June which topped numerous music charts.

BY YIM SEUNG-HYE [yim.seunghye@joongang.co.kr]