Japanese album sales record 580,000 albums versus 730,000. The competition to reach one million sales is becoming heated. Popular girl groups Kara and SNSD are competing to see who takes home the title of one million Japanese album sales.
Category: Music
2NE1, SNSD, and Wonder Girls at Forefront of U.S. K-Pop Invasion
K-Pop girl group’s representing the top three entertainment agencies in Korea (JYP, SM, and YG Entertainment) plan to release their albums one after the other in United States beginning this January. Together these three girl groups will be taking on the US market soon. The drive to breakthrough into the world’s largest music market has always been there, but up until recently the attempts haven’t yielded the desired results. As the popularity of K-Pop has grown throughout the world, the chances of K-Pop doing well in the western world have increased. Some argue that now just might be the right time for K-Pop to take off abroad.
Teen Top’s Single "Going Crazy" Contains Foul Language?
It seems that Teen Top’s latest single “Going Crazy” has been stirring up some controversy. The group finished up their first week of live performances for their recently released album “It’s”. It turns out that there are a few off-color lyrics throughout the song. Those who heard the track had various responses, “I was extremely surprised when I thought I heard swear words in this song, so I had to look for the lyrics online.”
MBLAQ’s 4th Mini-Album Surpasses 40,000 Units in Pre-Order Sales
On January 10, MBLAQ’s fourth mini-album “100% Ver.” was officially released. Even before the album’s release it had been a hot topic, since it has become available it will only continued to gain in popularity. The title of MBLAQ’s latest album has many meanings. “100% Ver.” stands for how hard MBLAQ prepared for the album, that they are back 100%, they are 100% behind the album’s quality and 100% satisfied with the result, as well as they are making their comeback with 100% confidence.
PSY Catches the Attention of Japanese Media
PSY who is everyone’s celebrity is currently garnering attention in Japan! PSY appeared on the “YG Family 15 Year Anniversary Concert” which went on from January 8-9. PSY is gaining attention because his performances are quite “different” from the other Hallyu stars.
Wanted Releases IU Feature Single "Like You"
Wanted have finally released their 3rd official album “Vintage” breaking the silence after 5 years. The full album will be released on January 20. Before the release of the album they released the song “Like You” which features IU.
"K-Pop Power & Beauty" Concert Postponed to April 22
The "K-Pop Power & Beauty" concert in San Francisco featuring T-ara, Davichi, and Yangpa has been postponed a few months back to April. This news comes days before the original concert date set on January 13 at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.
[UPDATED] EXO Reveals Member Se Hun
SM Entertainment’s new group EXO-K and EXO-M revealed one of their members “Se Hun” on January 10. The official homepage and online channels will contain a teaser clip of Kai and Se Hun dancing together. Se Hun is 181 cm tall, 17 years old, and he has powerful dance moves. Currently EXO-K and EXO-M are gaining attention for their teaser performances which is already being covered by fans around the world! EXO-K and EXO-M have now revealed five members: Kai, Lu Han, Tao, Chen, and Se Hun.
Eat Your Kimchi Reviews T-ara’s "Lovey Dovey" Music Video
While they both thought that the song was totally funky awesome, it doesn’t really fit the feel of the music video at all.
After School’s Uee Shows Off Impressive Shuffling Moves
On January 6, After School’s Uee debuted as the main MC of KBS “Music Bank,” alongside actor Lee Jang Woo. To celebrate their new MC roles, the two stars put on a joint performance of “The Time of My Life” from the movie OST of “Dirty Dance.”