Frances & Aiko ( zh, 大小姐; ja, フランシス＆愛子) was a Taiwanese pop music duo signed under Forward Music in 2009 as a part of the

Hello! Project is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but has s ...

name under their overseas group, Hello! Project Taiwan. The members consisted of Frances Wu and Aiko Lan, two finalists of the Hello! Project New Star Audition.

History

In 2007, Japanese idol network

held the Hello! Project New Star Audition to recruit members for a new

girl group A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...

based in Taiwan in an attempt to expand towards the Chinese market, which would eventually lead towards the creation of Ice Creamusume. Frances and Aiko were finalists in the audition, and despite being too young to pass, Tsunku saw potential in them and put them in their own group, known as Big Small Sister. Unlike Ice Creamusume, Big Small Sister promoted primarily in Taiwan with Chinese-language songs, and there were no plans for them to promote in Japan. Big Small Sister received dancing lessons in Japan and performed with Koharu Kusumi during a concert in February 2009. In September 2009, Big Small Sister released their first mini album, ''I Am Big Small Sister''. The mini album was received so favorably that a repackaged version, ''I Am Big Small Sister: Year of the Tiger version'', was released in 2010. In October 2009, Big Small Sister were invited as guests at the World Peace Day press conference in Taipei. This was followed by the release of their first album, ''Go For It! Big Small Sister''. in 2011. In 2012, Big Small Sister decided to disband to focus on school after agreement from their parents and management. After leaving Hello! Project, Big Small Sister released their final album, ''Follow Me'', in 2013.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frances and Aiko Musical groups disestablished in 2013 Musical groups established in 2009 Hello! Project Taiwanese girl groups