[KPOP] UKISS TO RELEASE 1ST FULL LENGTH ALBUM ON FEB.3RD
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Posted By: Love. Music.
After their previous hit ‘ManManHaNi’, announcement came on 27th January that UKiss will be back with a new album.
Coming 3rd February, UKiss will be releasing their 1st full length album and the song ‘Without You’ off the album will also be revealed online.
The new song ‘Without You’ is co-written and composed by Brave Sound’s main producer Brave Brothers and Elephant Kingdom, and is the 3rd track in the album.
Meanwhile, recently UKiss ended their Japanese fanmeeting with their seniors Paran.
TRACK LIST:*
1. Intro
2. I Like You Remix
3. ManManHaNi Remix
4. Not Young Remix
5. O.K Remix
6. Give it to Me Remix
7. Talk to Me Remix
8. 뭐라고
9. 빙글빙글
10. Bang Bang Ban
11. Dancing Floor
12. Without You
13. 뭐라고 Instrumental
14. 빙글빙글 Instrumental
*may not be as accurate and where is you & i?
U-KISS’ first full album ‘Without You’ is scheduled to be released on the 3rd of February.
It will be released on the 27th of January on online sites (Melon, Dosirak, Muze, Mnet, Bugs, Monkey3, Soribada etc.)
On the 28th~29th, it will be released on Hot Track, Sinara, Interpark, Yes24, CD BOX, Wow Music etc.
source: u-kiss.co.kr
credit: 1, 2, 3 @ rocketboxx.net
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[KPOP] KARA TO COME BACK FOR A SHOWDOWN ON MID-FEBRUARY WITH SNSD
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Posted By: Love. Music.
Female idol group KARA will be back with a minialbum coming mid-February and resuming their promotional activities.
A representative said on 26th January, “The aim is for KARA to comeback mid-February. And the plan is for them to release a minialbum. Currently we are working on the title song and also the member concept.”
Many speculations are that chances are high that KARA will make their comeback on music shows after the lunar new year holidays.
It seemed that since KARA and So Nyeo Shi Dae will be promoting in the same time period, a ’showdown’ between the 2 groups will be unavoidable.
So Nyeo Shi Dae will be releasing their 2nd full length album on 28th January and do promotions for the album.
Meanwhile, KARA will be having their first Japanese showcase on the 7th next month.
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[KPOP] 2AM’S COMEBACK SINGLE SWEEPS MUSIC CHARTS
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Popular K-pop quartet 2AM has taken the music industry by storm, placing their comeback single “I Can’t Let You Go” atop every online music chart in Korea on Friday following the album’s release the previous day, according to their agency on Friday.
JYP Entertainment said the song, the title track from the boy band’s first mini-album, topped all web-based charts including MelOn, Dosirak, Mnet, Cyworld and Soribada.
Others songs including “I’m Sorry I Can’t Smile For You” and “I Love You” from their mini-album featuring a total of six songs, have also made it within the top 10 of the charts.
2AM will return to the stage with the ballad on KBS’s music program “Music Bank” on Friday. The hard copy of their new record is set for release on January 26.
The group debuted with the hit track “This Song” in 2008. Earlier this week it was announced that 2AM’s member Jo Kwon will join the cast of the new season of SBS variety show “Family Outing.”
Here’s the video for their comeback single ” I CAN’T LET YOU GO”:
BLABBER POST:
still lurv their ballads..love their voices too! and love this new song…
[KPOP] G.DRAGON EXPOSES FEELING ON THE CONCERT ISSUE
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[BreakingNews] GDragon exposes his feelings on the concert issue
GDragon had many labels in the past, some good and some bad. Big Bang’s leader. The youngest boy who was participating in HipHop albums by the age of 13. One of the top 8 composers that shined in 2008. Placing first in all possible music charts with his solo album. 2009’s greatest selling record. Plagiarism issues. Known for interesting fashion. And the most recent one, concert issues.
There had been a set of associated words with GDragon. However, he was the boy that went on along his way without any rest in the music world, but there will always be the critics commenting on his actions. Through an interview, we learned about what kind of a path he kept on going from that one little boy to a star that is loved by many people.
People who are close to GDragon say that he is “very detailed and trustworthy.” So detailed that he would check daily on every single detail of his album and watch the concert stage from the 3rd floor to make sure that his fans wouldn’t miss out on a thing. A person like that was slammed down on his first concert. It was all because of the sexy performance he displayed during his own song, ‘Breathe.’
GDragon stated, “I believe that since I am a singer for the public, I know that it is right for the public to judge me. No matter what I was trying to show, it was my fault if it [the concert] was disturbing and high level. I was only trying to show a stronger appearance because it wasn’t a public show, but a concert performance. I’m really sad that the response was different from what I expected.” While he was preparing his first concert, he was excited. Since the age of 13 entering YG Entertainment, this was the stage he was dreaming about for 10 years. He pondered on the videos to show, and explored each section of the audience seats to view how the stage would look from there. Big Bang’s stages also made him excited, but this solo concert that had his own name on it as a single singer meant the world to him.
“Seriously, I don’t know even remember how hard I rose up to this level for my solo concert. I might be saying this because I’m still young, but really when this concert ended, I really thought to myself, ‘I would want nothing else more.’” But, when I turned on the internet the next day, my heart crashed to see only the parts of concert torn apart with the issues.” He confessed that he faced sadness as a singer when he realized that the performances that he worked hard on was torn apart and that one cut represented his whole concert. Was it to much for him to show different sides of him to the audience that couldn’t easily access the concert?
“Instead of tears, fake laugh came out as I thought, ‘will I be cursed so that anywhere I go, I get bashed at?’” I didn’t want it to go this far. I just wanted to show my fans the different sides. In the performances I showed cute sides, and handsome sides, but why did it only get cut into this part? All the news paper articles had that strong word in them, and I was embrassed and sad that my parents might see these articles that only had one side to them.” He added on, “My thinking was short. However I just wish that people wouldn’t criticise me just for that one section. The song ‘Breathe’ in general is about not wanting to wake up from a dream because my ideal woman appears in them. Because of those lyrics I had a bed on stage and showed that I was searching my dreams. But the final product the public saw was, ”sex demonstration.” I was shocked and thought, ‘I’m not this, but I guess this is how I look to the people,’ realizing it then.”
He finally added, “Whether I get praised at, or slammed at, I think that is proof that the public is showing interests toward me. I have to understand the fact that telling me what part I did wrong helps me to improve in the future. The way I could he accepted and win praises is to do better on the next album. This once again reminded me that I have to do my best on the Big Bang album coming out this year.”
Nulsaranghae: Please be respectful when commenting. Realize that GDragon confessed his feeling on the issue himself.
Source: Asia Kyung Jae
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[KPOP] FTI’S LEE HONGKI SHOWS SOME LOVE TO C.N BLUE
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Flower Boy Band FT Island’s lead vocal Lee HongKi caught many attention from showing “strong” emotional feeling toward the new band CN BLUE.
On the 21st, Lee HongKi commented through a FT Island’s fan site, “I am really happy because we got team that does band music with us. Together I want to introduce the band genre to everyone.”
Lee HongKi and the lead vocalist, Jung YongHwa, are family members that share the same management, FNC Music. Lee HongKi and Jung YongHwa even got closer filming the drama ‘You’re Beautiful’ and sharing the hard training times together, winning the title “Brotherly Group.”
They even showed more close bonds when FT Island and CN BLUE appeared at each other’s concerts and debut showcases. Lee HongKi even sang the title song “I’m a Loner” during the recording for the show Dream Team and changed the song on this mini-homepage to “I’m a Loner.”
Lee HongKi boasted, “These days, everyday is so joyful. Doing activities, I was so envious of other groups playing around with group from the same management, and finally!!! We, FT Island got a family member as well.”
He went on to say, “We were always lonely being the only band group compared to the dance groups, but now! I’m really happy to be sharing band activities with each other.” Then he even requested the Primadonnas (FT Island’s fan base) to support CN BLUE as well.
Lastly he added, “At times like this when bands aren’t very popular, and we also know that FT Island and CN BLUE aren’t as nearly good as some of the sunbaes, but we will work hard on spreading out the band genre to the public. So Primadonnas and CN BLUE fans, join forces together and say “Fighting.” Soon we will be also greeting you guys wil some good music.”
Source: Il-Gan Sports
Translation: cnbluemoonlight @ Code Azzurro
[KPOP] SNSD NEW SINGLE TOPS DAILY CHART
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Nine-member female idol group Girls’ Generation’s new single sped to the top of daily music charts Tuesday, just a day after the song’s release the previous day.
“Oh!” the title track from their second album reached No. 1 on the charts of various online music providers and social networking sites including MelOn, Dosirak, Bugs Music and Cyworld.
The song had taken the same spot also on the real-time singles charts of Monkey 3 and Cyworld in just minutes of going on release yesterday.
Girls’ Generation has been considered one of the most successful pop groups in the country since their debut in 2007. They had back-to-back hits last year with singles “Gee” and “Tell Me Your Wish”. Their first mini-album “Gee” was a smash hit, topping the show’s K-Chart for nine consecutive weeks, from January 13 thru March 13.
The girls will release their full-length music video for “Oh!” Wednesday while they are set to perform the song for the first time on MBC’s televised music show “Music Central.”
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Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr
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Here’s the Teaser of their latest song “OH”:
credit: Mllktea7@YT
BLABBER POST:
Though I am not really really a fan of SNSD but BUT but their music’s great. And they still have that upbeat music and sexy moves that they are branded to have makes you still think even for just one second that this song is definitely a SNSD one. “Oh oh oh oh oh”
[KPOP] 2PM’S TAECYEON MULLING TV ACTING DEBUT
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Taecyeon of popular boy band 2PM is considering making his acting debut in a TV series, according to a source at broadcaster KBS on Tuesday.
“It is highly likely that Taecyeon will appear in the drama,” the source said of the singer’s possibility to join the cast of the show tentatively titled “Cinderella’s Sister” in English. “Talks are in final stages and Taecyeon is considering the project on a positive note.”
The singer’s agency JYP Entertainment took a more cautious approach though, saying “nothing has been set.”
“Cinderella’s Sister”, a modern adaptation of the fairy tale, will star Korean actors Moon Geun-young, Chun Jung-myung and Seo Woo. If Taecyeon accepts the offer, he will play the role of Jung-woo, who protects Eun-jo, the character to be played by Moon.
Taecyeon, 22, is one of the six members of popular idol group 2PM, who debuted in 2008. The boy band made headlines last year when their former leader Park Jaebeom quit the group and left Korea after sparking national controversy over what he had written on his MySpace page several years ago.
The remaining six members managed to make a successful comeback with their first full-length album “1:59 PM”, which was released in November. The album’s first single “Heartbeat” topped Korea’s music charts for three consecutive weeks.
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[KPOP] 2AM PUSHES BACK RELEASE OF MINI ALBUM
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2AM has pushed back the release of the physical copy of their latest mini-album which was set to go on sale today, according to their agency Big Hit Entertainment on Tuesday.
Big Hit explained in a press release that the group was dissatisfied with the photographs on the cover of their upcoming record and decided to discard and reprint the entire batch.
Jo Kwon, the leader of 2AM said, “I know there was a long wait for the new album and I’m sad that it has been postponed but we want it to be great for our fans.”
Big Hit said they will put in their best effort to have the record ready by Thursday.
“I Can’t Let You Go,” the title track from the album released in digital format last week, set a record to become the first song to conquer all online daily music charts on Friday.
The quartet has been popular since their debut in 2008, with member Jo Kwon also a favorite in variety shows for his witty sense of humor and dancing skills.
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[KPOP] C.N BLUE’S NEW SINGLE STORMS TO NO.1
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Four-member boy band CNBLUE has topped last week’s singles chart with their new song “Alone,” according to music cable channel Mnet.
The group, who released their first mini-album titled “Bluetory” in Korea less than two weeks ago, jumped 70 spots to place No. 1 on Mnet’s weekly singles chart for the week of January 18 to 24.
The band had debuted in Japan first, releasing two singles in the country before appearing on the Korean music scene, where they received much hype with leader and main vocalist Jung Yong-hwa gaining popularity from his appearance in SBS TV series “Minamishineyo.”
“Wonder Woman” sung by girl groups SeeYa, Davichi and T-ara remained in the same position as last week while boy band 2PM’s “Tik Tok” climbed a spot to round off the top three.
Meanwhile, 2AM’s newly-released record “I Can’t Let You Go” was the best-selling album last week, pushing down girl group T-ara down a slot to enter Mnet’s chart in first place.
Boy band 2PM’s first full-length album ranked third on the chart, falling back a notch from its position last week.
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Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@asiae.co.kr
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Here’s the MV of Alone:
credit: yiln@YT
BLABBER’S POST:
Personally like it the most! though all of the past and present songs of theirs are wonderful but this one really is wracking my brains out that every time I hear this song it became a LSS over and over again.. “oh baby oetoriya oetoriya ddaribiriddaradu~ oetoriya oetoriya ddaribiriddaradu~ oetoriya oetoriya sarange seulpeohago sarange nunmuljitneun oetori sad sad sad sad sad sad sad tonight gaseumi apa”
[KPOP] MBLAQ ON THE SET OF “IDOL SHOW”
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“Oh, don’t call him uncle, it’s oppa!” child actor Kim Su-jung, who had been sitting primly in a tall chair, cuts in angrily in response to the show hosts’ remarks. Then Mir, the only designated “oppa,” or older brother, of the bunch, starts fiercely putting on (what he believes are) sexy dance moves in his seat, repaying Su-jung for expressing her affection for him. They call themselves “chic-dols” but boy band MBLAQ is really a bunch of “naive-dols”. The minute they step into the playground laid out by the producers of “Idol Show! Season 5”, they throw themselves into competition right away and forget all about maintaining a certain image. The sight makes the show’s two hosts — Shin Bong-sun and Jung Ju-ri — burst into uncontrollable laughter, not to mention the producers and writers. And it is very hard not to laugh when Lee Joon — who had previously met Su-jung on a different television program but failed to grab her attention during the taping — starts defending himself up against the suspicious eyes the moment the camera stops rolling. “I talked to her a lot too!” he cries out.
But toward the end of the shoot, the uncontrollable laughter naturally changes into heartwarming “motherly smiles”. Seung Ho, who was not feeling well and did nothing but laugh during the shoot, sneaks up to a piano and belatedly attempts to showcase his charms. Lee Joon kneels on the floor to be on the same eye level with Su-jung and sends an adorable apology her way saying, “Su-jung, I’m sorry I startled you before.” Seeing Mir, who acted so wildly throughout the shoot, gather together and hand over to the crew a bunch of props which were used for the shoot is close to seeing a twist at the end of a movie. Producer Lee Yoon-hwa compliments Mir by saying, “Oh! A well-mannered man!” and Mir, feeling a bit embarrassed, responds with an unidentifiable laugh which sounds something like “kehonghonghong”. Let us keep our eyes on this show every Wednesday evening and see if these naive-dols and their chicer-than-“chic-dols” producer will be able to make yet another cable TV history.
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[KPOP] SS501 GIVING ENCORE CONCERT IN SEOUL NEXT MONTH
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Korean idol group SS501 is set to give a concert in Seoul next month, according to their agency DSP Media on Monday.
The boy band will be performing at the Olympic Park Gymnastics Stadium on February 27 and 28, as an encore gig of their Asian tour “PERSONA”.
“It is an encore performance but we will edit the repertoire so that it will be like a brand new show,” the agency was quoted as saying.
The concert will also feature individual performances by the five members as in their previous concerts. Last year, the group’s leader Kim Hyun-joong earned the nickname “rip-joong” after he ripped off a sleeve during a dance routine in his individual performance. Another member Park Jung-min has sung the theme to the film “Comrades: Almost a Love Story” and a hit song by Leslie Cheung at concerts in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
SS501 debuted in 2005 with single “Warning” and have been active in Korea and Japan, releasing numerous albums both as a group and also pursuing individual careers such as acting and appearing in variety shows.
The group made a successful comeback to the music scene last October, topping various music charts with their second mini-album “REBIRTH”.
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[HALLYU] SON YE-JIN TO STAR IN NEW DRAMA WITH LEE MIN-HO
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Korean actress Son Ye-jin is set to play the female lead role opposite actor Lee Min-ho in a new MBC drama this coming April, Son’s agency said on Monday.
Barunson Entertainment announced through a press release that the actress has been cast for the role of Park Gae-in, a furniture designer in her late 20s, in the drama tentatively titled “Personal Taste.”
The TV series, to be based on a novel of the same name by Korean writer Lee Se-in, will focus on the story between a woman and man living together, with the woman thinking the man is homosexual.
Son stated, “The reason I chose this role is because this year, I wanted to be a part of a bright and happy drama. I fell in love with the character because she seems confident while lacking in some ways but at the same time charming. Overall, the drama seems light and I feel it will be fun to shoot.”
The 28-year-old actress gained popularity in Asia after appearing in TV series “Summer Scent” and was commended for her role in films “The Classic” and “My Wife Got Married”, both of which she won awards for Best Actress.
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[SJ] SUPER JUNIOR WRAPS UP CONCERT IN BEIJING
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Popular K-pop group Super Junior successfully wrapped up their concert in Beijing over the weekend attended by 100,000 fans, according to their agency SM Entertainment.
The idol band held their show, part of their second Asia tour titled “Super Show 2,” at the fully packed Chinese Wukesong Basketball Gymnasium on Saturday.
The group performed a total of 35 songs including their hits “U”, “Don’t Don”, “Sorry Sorry” and others. The show also featured other performances from the sub-groups Super Junior-K.R.Y, Super Junior-T, Super Junior-M.
Each member exhibited their individual talents too, including member Kyu Hyun who gave a solo performance by singing popular Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao’s song “Forgive Me”.
The group is set to continue their tour into Taiwan next month, holding two shows on February 20 and 21 at the Super Dome in Taiwan.
The 13-member boy band, promoting their third album “Sorry Sorry” with their tour, is one of the most popular K-pop acts in Asia.
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[KPOP] AFTER SCHOOL AND GA-IN AND JO KWON TOP TV MUSIC CHART
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Brown Eyed Girls member Ga-in and 2AM leader Jo Kwon’s duet song won the top award on major broadcaster KBS’s music program “Music Bank” over the weekend, remaining the most popular song for the second consecutive week.
Their single “We Fell in Love,” singing of the emotions developing between the two stars who play a make-believe couple on MBC’s show “We Got Married,” claimed their No. 1 title on the show broadcast live on Friday.
Jo Kwon’s four-member boy band gave their comeback stage performance with single “I Can’t Let You Go” on the program as well.
Meanwhile, After School took their second Mutizen Song win on SBS’ televised music program “Inkigayo Live” on Sunday with the remix version of their single “Because of You,” knocking out last week’s winner T-ara from the top spot. The original version of their song had received the same prize three weeks ago for two consecutive shows.
The seven member girl group have wrapped up promoting the single from their second album and will start performing another song from their album titled “When I Fall”.
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[KPOP] SUNG MI ANNOUNCES LEAVE FROM WONDER GIRLS
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Wonder Girls member Mimi has announced that she will be leaving her group to take a break from her music career and attend college, according to agency JYP Entertainment (JYPE) on Monday.
“It was a very happy and precious experience for me to tour and perform in 50 cities in the U.S. over the past year,” the singer was quoted as saying. “But I started wondering whether I could go on living this kind of life in the future.”
She explained that she wants to go back to living a normal life, go to school and return to the entertainment business at a later time. She also added that she wants to continue receiving dancing and singing lessons during her break from the group.
JYPE said they respect Mimi’s decision which comes after long consideration and discussion among other bandmates, family members and officials at the agency and will “support her in making a comeback at a time of her choosing after she has entered college.”
Mimi, 18, is set to fulfill her responsibility as a member of the group until the end of February and return to Korea in March to prepare for her college entrance qualification exam. As one of the two youngest members of her pop quintet, she had quit high school last year to expand her singing career to the U.S.
Her place in the group will be filled by new member Lim, a JYP trainee who has been preparing for debut for three years and reportedly speaks four languages including English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Wonder Girls, who debuted in 2007, is one of the most successful K-pop groups who has made an impressive crossover to the United States. In October, their U.S. debut single “Nobody” entered the Billboard Hot100 at No. 76, making them the first Korean artists to be placed on the chart in its 115-year history.
They had actively promoted themselves in the U.S. last year — opening for popular boy band The Jonas Brothers during their U.S. summer tour, appearing on radio and television shows including FOX’s “Wendy Williams Show” and “So You Think You Can Dance”.
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[KPOP] 4MINUTE AND BEAST ATTRACTS 5,000 FANS IN TAIWAN
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Korean pop groups 4minute and BEAST successfully wrapped their first promotional tour in Taiwan over the weekend, together attracting a huge crowd to their concert and fan meeting.
First, the news of their arrival in Taiwan on January 21 was reported in the 8 o’clock evening news of public network TTV with the two bands seen delivering their greetings in Chinese in front of Taiwanese fans and the media.
They kicked off the tour with a press conference and fan meeting the next day to which some 2,000 Taiwanese fans showed up. Organizers had to cut down the attendance for the event, which took place at CTS Broadcasting Station, to 200 people for safety reasons.
The girl group and the boy band then held a joint concert on Saturday attended by some 5,000 fans of both groups. They performed for about two hours, singing numerous songs including their unreleased tracks “Won’t You Give It To Me” (by 4minute) and “Yet” (BEAST).
4minute — composed of Jihyun, Gayoon, Jiyoon, HyunA and Sohyun — debuted in June 2009 with the single “Hot Issues”. Their subsequent mini-album “For Muzik” was a big success, topping various music charts in both Korea and Taiwan.
BEAST, which stands for “Boys of the East Standing Tall”, debuted in October 2009 with the mini-album “Beast Is The B2ST”. They are composed of six members — Doo-joon, Hyun-seung, Jun-hyung, Yo-seob, Dong-woon and Gi-kwang, who was unable to attend the Taiwan tour due to his personal schedule.
Both K-pop groups are managed by Korean entertainment agency Cube Entertainment who recently signed a strategic alliance with global record company Universal Music Group in an attempt to further expand their careers overseas.
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[KPOP] SNSD’S NEW SINGLE TOP REAL-TIME MUSIC CHARTS
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Korean pop group Girls’ Generation looks set to conquer the K-pop music scene again, topping several online music charts with their new single released in digital format on Monday.
According to web-based music provider Monkey 3 and social networking site Cyworld, the girl band’s latest single “Oh!” — the title track from their new album — took the top slot on their real-time digital singles charts within minutes of its release.
“It was predicted that Girls’ Generation would reach No. 1 since they sweep music charts with every single release,” explained Lee Jung-kyu, an executive at Monkey 3’s digital music division. “It was only a matter of how quickly they would achieve it and this is faster a response than ‘Tell Me Your Wish’.'”
Their second full-length album “Oh” carries a total of 12 tracks including the title track of the same title — an electronic pop tune written by contemporary songwriter Kenzie — and “Show Show Show” which was penned by the composer of Brown Eyed Girls’ hit “Abracadabra.” “Caramel Coffee” which is a duet by members Jessica and Tiffany and “Martian Virus” which features boy band SHINee member Key are also included in the album set for release on January 28.
Girls’ Generation is one of South Korea’s most popular pop groups whose debut mini-album “Gee” produced two hit singles — “Gee” and “Tell Me Your Wish.” They also won several awards at the 2009 Melon Music Awards and the 24th Golden Disk Awards.
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[KPOP] RAIN WRAPS UP OSAKA CONCERT A SUCCESS
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Asian superstar Rain has successfully wrapped up his Osaka concert over the weekend, according to a press release by J. Tune Entertainment.
The singer performed in the Japanese city for the first time in five years, as an encore gig of his Asian tour “Legend of Rainism”, on January 23 and 24. Some 8,000 fans showed up to watch the Korean entertainer again since he last performed in Osaka in 2005.
The audience were said to have been on their feet the whole time from the opening until the finale performance. The singer reciprocated their enthusiasm by stepping down from the stage and shaking hands with the fans during his encore performance.
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The concert also featured an opening performance by boy band MBLAQ, who was created and trained by Rain for two years. They debuted in October 2009, as the first group that Rain introduced to the public since he turned producer.
Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, started his career as a trainee at Korea’s major talent agency JYP Entertainment in 2002. He quickly gained fame throughout Asia, releasing five albums in Korea and starring in hit televisions dramas including “Full House” and “Sang Doo! Let’s Go To School”.
In 2008, he made his Hollywood debut in the Wachowski Brothers’ action flick “Speed Racer”, which led to his star turn in the martial arts movie “Ninja Assassin” last year.
Rain is scheduled to return to Korea after performing in Taiwan on January 30.
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[KPOP] MC MONG WRAPS UP FIRST FANMEET IN JAPAN
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Korean hip-hop artist MC Mong successfully wrapped up his first fan meeting in Japan, according to his agency IS Entermedia Group on Monday.
The singer held a three-hour fan event — titled “MC MONG With Happy New Year Live & Talk” — in Tokyo on Friday, meeting with some 2,000 Japanese fans and performing a total of 11 songs including hits “Indian Boy”, “Circus” and “I Love U Oh thank U”.
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The fan event was deemed a success, considering that MC Mong has not officially released any albums or given concerts in the country.
An official at IS Entermedia explained that the singer is currently “receiving offers from many local agencies about his debut in Japan” and that they are planning give more “hilarious and entertaining performances” in the country.
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MC Mong, whose real name is Shin Dong-hyun, is one of the most successful entertainers in the country. He debuted as a member of hip-hop group People Crew in 1998 but started gaining recognition in sitcom “Nonstop 4” and made a breakthrough with his first solo album in 2004. All five of his full-length studio records have been major hits.
He also makes regular appearances on popular KBS variety show “2 Nights and 1 Days” and runs his own online clothing shopping mall.
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