Must Watch Performances from the Year End Music Festivals

The year end music festivals for the big three broadcasting stations aired last week and brought us many amazing special stages from 2013’s top artists. The KBS Gayo Daejun aired on December 27, followed by SBS Gayo Daejun on December 29 and finally the MBC Gayo Daejun  on December 31. While SBS did seem to… Continue reading Must Watch Performances from the Year End Music Festivals

Big Bang’s Taeyang and Daesung Receives a Flower Basket from Cho Yong Pil

Members of Big Bang, Taeyang and Daesung expressed their gratitude to singer Cho Yong Pil after receiving a fancy basket filled with flowers from their sunbae. On December 21, Taeyang posted a photo on his Instagram account along with the caption, “Cho Yong Pil teacher, thank you!” In the photo, Taeyang and Daesung are posing… Continue reading Big Bang’s Taeyang and Daesung Receives a Flower Basket from Cho Yong Pil

Taeyang Talks About Big Bang, His Style, and Love (Interview Part 2)

(Continued from Part 1) – You expressed your respect towards sunbae Cho Yong Pil many times. How has he been your role model? “I realized what kind of singer I want to become after seeing his comeback. He is the example of the life I want to live. I watched a documentary on him. He… Continue reading Taeyang Talks About Big Bang, His Style, and Love (Interview Part 2)

2013 Melon Music Awards Winners

This year’s “Melon Music Awards” had a little something for everyone, with SHINee coming out the biggest winners of the night, taking home the Artist of the Year prize, while Album of the Year Busker Busker (again) for their eponymous second album “Busker Busker 2nd Album.” EXO won Best Song of the Year for “Growl,”… Continue reading 2013 Melon Music Awards Winners

The Top 10 Most Influential Entities of K-Pop

It is now a generation of K-Pop. K-Pop has come to stand next to famous brands such as American hip-hop and British rock for the first time in roughly 10 years since the birth of K-pop as a brand. The quantifiable growth has been huge. Entertainment agencies have now started to make up to 200,000,000,000… Continue reading The Top 10 Most Influential Entities of K-Pop

2PM’s Taecyeon to Feature in Cho Yong Pil’s Japanese Album

2PM‘s Taecyeon is set to help out one of the greatest Korean musicians by featuring in Cho Yong Pil‘s Japanese album. Cho Yong Pil is considered a legend amongst the industry and his decision to have Taecyeon shows that the senior artist acknowledges the 2PM singer’s talents. According to JYP Entertainment, Taecyeon will be featuring… Continue reading 2PM’s Taecyeon to Feature in Cho Yong Pil’s Japanese Album

Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 4

The top two songs remained the same this week with 4minute’s “What’s Your Name?” taking No. 1 for the second straight week.  This song was only 12 points shy of a perfect 1000 score as it ranked No. 1 or 2 in all of our chart sources.  Congratulations to 4minute. Holding on to No. 2 is… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 4

Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 3

After a few weeks of male domination on top of our chart, girl groups have reclaimed the top two spots this week. 4minute’s “What’s Your Name?” moves up two spots to become our new No. 1 song.This is the third straight year 4minute has had a chart topping hit.They did it in 2011 with “Mirror… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 3

Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 2

Psy’s “Gentlemen” withstood tough competition and remained  No. 1 for the third straight week.“Gentlemen” was the only song scoring over 900 points this week. We have five new songs in the top 10 this week, including the No. 2 and 3 songs. Debuting impressively at No. 2 is Cho Yong Pil’s “Hello,” the title song… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 2

KBS Music Bank 05.10.13 – Cho Yong Pil’s Second Win with “Hello”

The winner of K! Chart this week was the cool Cho Yong Pil with his song “Hello” beating SHINee‘s “Why So Serious.” This was his second time winning K! Chart with the song. Congratulations Cho Yong Pil! Today’s show was a Chungbuk Osong Special. Other exciting performances today were by Nine Muses, BEAST, SISTAR, INFINITE,… Continue reading KBS Music Bank 05.10.13 – Cho Yong Pil’s Second Win with “Hello”

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