In celebrating our sixth year of the annual Soompi Gayo Awards, we are looking back the past top 10 songs from each year.
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[Soompi 2011] Celebrity Love: Ups and Downs in 2011
Yesterday, we brought you the “Most Shocking Scandals of 2011.” Today, we bring you the ups and downs in celebrity love of this past year. 2011 brought us plenty of shocking celebrity pairings in the Korean entertainment industry
Dynamic Duo and Simon D Will Perform at the Christmas Special of "Immortal Song 2"
Great news for Korean hip hop fans! The hip hop duo Dynamic Duo and Simon D will be performing on the coming “Christmas Special” episode of KBS 2TV’s “Immortal Song 2”. This festive episode will air on December 24 and will feature not only these hip hop talents, but also Kara, Clover, Lyn, Im Tae Kyung, Son Ho Young and Na Yoon Kwon. They will be forming seven separate teams who will compete against each other.
Kara’s Schedule Fully Booked Until April
Kara has proven to be one of the most loved idol groups of the hallyu wave, and they have the schedule to prove it. The girls have been traveling back and forth from Korea and Japan nonstop, and this attests to their immense popularity abroad.
Kara to Teach Korean Through New Smartphone Application
The application was co-produced by the famous mp3 player production company Cowon and DSP Media to teach fans of Korean language and culture everything they need to know when taking a trip to Korea. Lessons include vocabulary and conversational phrases used for greetings, transportation, shopping, eating, and finding housing, amounting to a total of 400 different lessons all taught by the members themselves.
Soompi’s 2011 K-Pop Christmas Playlist
Ever wished for a mega K-Pop Christmas playlist? Soompi’s got you covered! Check out our 100 song playlist of original K-Pop winter and Christmas music. With songs ranging from 1993 to 2011, we’ve selected a fun, cozy, and jolly song list. Also check out our top 5 picks for Christmas songs from 2011!
SNSD YoonA Meets her Ideal Guy Takuya Kimura
On December 19, SNSD appeared on the Christmas special of Fuji TV’s “Hey! Hey! Hey!” with DBSK, KARA, BoA, and other top Japanese singers. The episode also featured Japan’s veteran idol group SMAP, marking the group’s first appearance in fourteen years.
Which K-Pop Artist Had the Highest Sales Record in Japan?
Kara and SNSD had the highest sales records this past year among all K-Pop artists in Japan, according to Oricon Chart’s “2011 Annual Artist Sales Ranking.” Based on Oricon’s sales records from December 27, 2010 to December 19, 2011, Kara and SNSD were the two most profitable K-Pop artists in Japan, when total single and album sales were combined. This also put Kara and SNSD at #4 and #5, respectively, among all artists in Japan.
Weekly Up & Down: 2NE1, SNSD, YongSeo, and ALi
K-Pop continued to make strides on a global scale last week as 2NE1 had their first performance in the U.S., while Cube Entertainment artists held the very first K-Pop concert on Latin American soil. SNSD announced details for their first U.S. single, and YouTube launched a K-Pop-only channel, which is the first page dedicated to the music industry of a certain country.
Four "We Got Married" Couples to Host Star-Studded MBC Year-End Music Fest
Four “We Got Married” couples are tapped to host MBC’s year-end music festival. Super Junior’s Leeteuk and Kang So Ra, Lee Jang Woo and T-ara’s Eunjung, 2PM’s Nichkhun and f(x)’s Victoria, and 2AM’s Jo Kwon and Brown Eyed Girls’ Ga In are announced to take on emcee duties for the “2011 MBC Gayo Daejun.”