History Awesome / AOA

** Special mention to Choa and Mina for learning their respective instruments much later than the others and still being able to keep up. ''Especially'' Mina who is of course the only bassist (while Choa is the second guitarist and thus has less pressure because of this as well as her vocals).

* The fact that the group officially both play instruments and dance is this for people who aren't confused or put off by their hybrid concept.
* Choa's power vocals have gotten a lot of praise and is a favourite amongst both fans and non-fans. Even antis or whose who don't like the group will at least give her voice some credit.

* Their first music show win with Miniskirt - especially since it was the first and only time the song was nominated. Sadly Seolhyun and Youkyung were not present.

** Chanmi and Jimin for covering Seolhyun's parts in the "Miniskirt" era, doing a better job than her who is notorious for lipsyncing or using loud backtrack a lot.
** Choa, Yuna and Mina of course for covering AOA White members in the band versions of "Elvis" and "Get Out".

* In the Moya MV, Choa calls out on the guy that cheated on her. [[spoiler:The plot-twist on said guy is even better - it's not the handsome guy like the MV implies, but the comedian!]]

* In the Short Hair MV when Hyejeong [[spoiler:finally stands up to the annoying passenger.]]

* The "Get Out" MV, which gives all members and both units roughly equal camera time and dresses them up as several female characters that promote empowerment of all sorts, ranging from [[Film/LegallyBlonde Elle Woods]] to [[Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968 Juliet]]. Not to mention the song itself is an EarWorm that brings out the best of both the band and the dance units, with cool band sounds and impressively in-sync dancing.

* The "Get Out" MV, which gives all members and both units roughly equal camera time and dresses them up as several female characters that promote empowerment of all sorts, ranging from [[Film/LegallyBlonde Elle Woods]] to [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]]. Not to mention the song itself is an EarWorm that brings out the best of both the band and the dance units, with cool band sounds and impressively in-sync dancing.

* Whenever AOA Black plays fully live or members get to play their instrument, which is unfortunately rare no thanks to FNC. [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWSoWFZQpE6UuPZTPoEchPhMWSon9IAzf Some scavenging for videos of them playing on YouTube]] should convince doubtful people just how legit their skills are. The girls are a fake band, hey?

** Their FNC Kingdom performances are especially noteworthy. Not only did they perform Get Out (sadly shortened) which sounded greater than usual, but they did a cover of AKB48's "Heavy Rotation" and sounded ''amazing'', with all the members shining. Sadly the cover was not on the DVD for copyright reasons - and so only one AOA Black performance (which ''wasn't even of a full song'') was left on it, in contrast to the dance unit's two full performances.

* Whenever AOA Black plays fully live or members get to play their instrument, which is unfortunately rare no thanks to FNC. [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWSoWFZQpE6UuPZTPoEchPhMWSon9IAzf Some scavenging for videos of them playing on YouTube]] should convince doubtful people just how legit their skills are. [[TakeThat The girls are a fake band, hey?]]

** Their FNC Kingdom performances are especially noteworthy. Not only did they perform Get Out (sadly shortened) which sounded greater than usual, but they did a cover of AKB48's "Heavy Rotation" and sounded ''amazing'', with all the members shining. Sadly the cover was not on the DVD for copyright reasons - and so only one AOA Black performance (which ''wasn't even of a full song'') was left on it, in contrast to [[CreatorsPet the dance unit's two full performances]].

* Predebut Seolhyun [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5IDW0OLlRY winning the 8th Smart Model contest]], where she did a dance cover to After School's Playgirlz. [[HeartwarmingMoments Her tearful response and proud parents' faces said it all.]]
* The "Get Out" MV, which gives all members and both units roughly equal camera time and dresses them up as several female characters that promote empowerment of all sorts, ranging from [[Film/LegallyBlonde Elle Woods]] to [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]]. Not to mention the song itself is an EarWorm that brings out the best of both the band and the dance units.

* Moya charting higher than previous singles and being their first song to score Number 1 music charts, and it actually being the single selling the most physical copies (pre-Miniskirt). A TakeThat to those who think the band is pointless/unsuccessful (though many of them stupidly tend to gloss over Moya's chart achievements and claim it failed completely).
* Miniskirt topping and lingering on the music charts even ''months'' after its release.

* Chanmi taking highly-respected idol dancer [[Music/GirlsGeneration Hyoyeon]]'s position in the dance break in their Mr.Mr cover [[note]]Consisted of Choa, Jimin, Hyejeong, Chanmi and several members of other girl groups like GirlsDay[[/note]]. YMMV on how well done the cover was including said dance solo but the fact she was chosen to do it is this - fans chanting AOA during the dance break topped it off.

** Chanmi for covering Jimin in a radio and a music show live of "Short Hair", and covering for Mina in "Get Out" and "Elvis" in one event.
** Chanmi and Jimin for covering Seolhyun's parts in the "Miniskirt" era, and arguably doing a better job than her who is notorious for lipsyncing or using loud backtrack a lot.

* Predebut Seolhyun [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5IDW0OLlRY winning the 8th Smart Model contest]], where she did a dance cover to AfterSchool's Playgirlz. [[HeartwarmingMoments Her tearful response and proud parents' faces said it all.]]
* The Get Out MV, which gives all members and both units roughly equal camera time and dresses them up as several female characters that promote empowerment of all sorts, ranging from [[LegallyBlonde Elle Woods]] to [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]]. Not to mention the song itself is an EarWorm that brings out the best of both the band and the dance unit.

* Moya charting higher than previous singles and being their first song to score Number 1 music charts. A TakeThat to those who think the band is pointless/unsuccessful (though many of them tend to gloss over Moya's chart achievements and claim it failed completely).

* Chanmi taking highly-respect idol dancer Hyoyeon's position in the dance break in their [[GirlsGeneration Mr.Mr]] cover [[note]]Consisted of Choa, Jimin, Hyejeong, Chanmi and several members of other girl groups like GirlsDay[[/note]]. YMMV on how well done the cover was including said dance solo but the fact she was chosen to do it is this - fans chanting AOA during the dance break topped it off.

** Chanmi and Jimin for covering Seolhyun's parts in the "Miniskirt" era, and arguably doing a better job than her who is notorious for lipsyncing or used loud backtrack a lot.

** Youkyung's predebut drumming in Kim Se Hwang's showcase is quite impressive - one can only imagine how even better she is now that it's been a while and she's been training hard. It is a shame FNC ''never'' utilises her drumming properly nor showcase how well she can play, which has lead to [[HateDumb people accusing her of fake-playing or being useless in AOA.]]
** Their FNC Kingdom performances are especially noteworthy. Not only did they perform Get Out (sadly shortened) which sounded great (and didn't suffer some messy equipment set-up like their Singapore performance), but they did a cover of AKB48's "Heavy Rotation" and sounded ''amazing'', with all the members shining. Sadly the cover was not on the DVD for copyright reasons - and so only one AOA Black performance (which ''wasn't even of a full song'') was left on it, in contrast to [[CreatorsPet the dance unit's two full performances]].

* Moya being their first song to be number 1/score high on music charts. A TakeThat to those who think the band is pointless/unsuccessful (though many of them tend to [[FanDumb gloss over Moya's chart achievements and claim it failed completely]]).

* Chanmi taking Hyoyeon's position in the dance break in their [[GirlsGeneration Mr.Mr]] cover [[note]]Consisted of Choa, Jimin, Hyejeong, Chanmi and several members of other girl groups like GirlsDay[[/note]]. YMMV on how well done the cover was including said dance solo but the fact she was chosen to do it is this - fans chanting AOA during the dance break topped it off.

** Chanmi and Jimin for covering Seolhyun's parts in the "Miniskirt" era; they arguably did a better job than her who unsurprisingly has either lipsynced or sung really weakly underneath the backtrack in her recent performances of it.

* Whenever AOA Black plays fully live or members get to play their instrument. [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWSoWFZQpE6UuPZTPoEchPhMWSon9IAzf Some scavenging for videos of them playing on YouTube]] should convince doubtful people just how legit their skills are. [[TakeThat The girls are a fake band, hey?]]

** Youkyung's predebut drumming in Kim Se Hwang's showcase is quite impressive - one can only imagine how even better she is now that it's been a while and she's been training hard. It is a shame FNC ''never'' utilises her drumming properly nor showcase how well she can play, which has lead to [[HateDumb people accusing her of fake-playing.]]
** Their FNC Kingdom performances are especially noteworthy. Not only did they perform Get Out (sadly shortened) which sounded great (and didn't suffer some messy equipment set-up like their Singapore performance), but they did a cover of AKB48's Heavy Rotation and sounded ''amazing'' with all the members shining. Sadly the cover was not on the DVD for copyright reasons - and so only one AOA Black performance (which ''wasn't even of a full song'') was left on it, in contrast to [[CreatorsPet the dance unit's two full performances]].
* The fact that the group both play instruments and dance is this for people who aren't confused or put off by their hybrid concept.

* Predebut Seolhyun [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5IDW0OLlRY winning the 8th Smart Model contest]], where she did a dance cover to AfterSchool's Playgirlz.
* The Get Out MV, which gives all members and both units roughly equal camera time and dresses them up as several female characters that promote empowerment of all sorts, ranging from [[LegallyBlonde Elle Woods]] to [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]].

* Chanmi taking Hyoyeon's position in the dance break in their Mr.Mr cover [[note]]Consisted of Choa, Jimin, Hyejeong, Chanmi and several members of other girl groups like GirlsDay[[/note]]. YMMV on how well done the cover was including said dance solo but the fact she was chosen to do it is this - fans chanting AOA during the dance break topped it off.
** Whenever they cover missing member's lines without trouble. Special mention goes to:

** Youkyung's predebut drumming in Kim Se Hwang's showcases are quite impressive - one can only imagine how even better she is now that it's been a while and she's been training hard. It is a shame FNC ''never'' utilises her drumming properly nor showcase how well she can play.

* The Get Out MV for giving all members and both units roughly equal camera time and dressing up in several female characters that promoted empowerment of all sorts, ranging from [[LegallyBlonde Elle Woods]] to [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]].

* Miniskirt topping music charts and lingering on the charts months after its release.

* Chanmi taking Hyoyeon's position in the dance break in their Mr.Mr cover [[note]]Consisted of Choa, Jimin, Hyejeong, Chanmi and several members of other girl groups like GirlsDay[[/note]]. YMMV on how well done the cover was including said dance solo but the fact she was chosen to do it is this - fans shouting AOA during the dance break topped it off.