News: Yoona and Jang Geun Suk KDrama "Love Rain" Preview

There's something special around the held of 2011 KBS Drama Awards, at the middle of the show, a new preview of upcoming 2012 KBS new dramas revealed. The best part is, a new drama involving member of Girls' Generation Yoona and top star Jang Geun Suk "Love rain"previewed as the upcoming KBS drama program series in 2012.

As reported in earlier post Yoona comeback stage on drama industry with "Love Rain" after 3 years vacuum in this field. Once again Yoona is working together with KBS station after their previous drama "You're My Destiny" in 2008.

Jang Geun Suk plays the dual role of a handsome ’70s art student named ‘Seo In Ha’, and his son in the year 2012, a free-spirited photographer named ‘Seo Jun’. Yoona, on the other hand, also has a dual role playing the innocent ’70s campus goddess ‘Kim Yoon Hee’, as well as her daughter in 2012, ‘Hana’. Seo In Ha and Kim Yoon Hee fall in love in college in the 1970s but unfortunately their love was never mean to be. While their children, Seo Jun and Hana meet by fate and they also fall in love. but will history repeat itself or will Seo Jun and Hana go down a different way ?

As reported, the drama was exported for $9 million USD to Japan and is scheduled to air through KBS2 some time in 2012. By the way let's check it out preview video of "Love Rain"

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News: 2011 KBS Drama Awards

KBS closed the 2011 with an awards ceremony honoring the best in their productions. The 2011 KBS Drama awards up with 11 nomination categories.

The award show was marked by the wild success of family drama ‘Ojakgyo Brothers‘ and the historical romance series, ‘The Princess’ Man‘. Others respective drama such musical "Dream High" and medical based story drama brain also gain successful in this awards. 

"Princess Man" took home a solid amount of trophies, including it's drama actors Park Shi Hoo and Moon Chae Won who landed the ‘Top Excellence Actor & Actress’ awards.

Park Shi Ho and Moon Chae Won

Although seemed the late year production drama, "Ojakgyo Brothers" gain most of the awards in 2011 KBS Drama Awards including "Rookie Awards" through it's actress "After School" UEE.

Meanwhile "Miss A" Baek Suzy of "Dream High" also won "Rookie Awards" and "Best Couple Awards" with Kim Soo Hyun.

JYP Entertainment founder (Park Jin Young) and "Miss A" Baek Suzy

Let's check out the 2011 KBS Drama Awards winners:


1. Best Couple Award:

Kim Soo Hyun – miss A’s Bae Suzy (Dream High)
Shin Ha Kyun – Choi Jung Won (Brain)
Park Shi Hoo – Moon Chae Won (Princess’ Man)
Ryu Soo Young – Choi Jung Yoon (Ojakgyo Brothers)
Lee Min Woo – Hong Soo Hyun (Princess’ Man)

2. Rookie Actor/Actress Award:

Kim Soo Hyun (Dream High)
Lee Jang Woo (Man of Honor)
Joo Won (Ojakgyo Brothers)
miss A’s Bae Suzy (Dream High)
After School’s UEE (Ojakgyo Brothers)

3. Supporting Actor/Actress Award:

Jung Woong In (Ojakgyo Brothers)
Park Jung Ah (Smile Donghae)
Lee Yoon Ji (Dream High)

4. Popularity Award:

Park Shi Hoo (Princess’ Man)
Kim Soo Hyun (Dream High)
Moon Chae Won (Princess’ Man)
Han Hye Jin (Thorn Birds),

5. Best Screenwriter Award:

Lee Jung Sun (Ojakgyo Brothers)

6. Netizen Award:

Shin Ha Kyun (Brain)
Choi Jung Won (Brain)

7. Best Child Actor/Actress Award:

Park Hee Gun (Ojakgyo Brothers)
Kim Hwan Hee (I Believe in Love)

8. Excellent Actor/Actress Award (Mini Series):

Jung Jin Young (Brain)
Daniel Choi (Baby-faced Beauty)
Jang Nara (Baby-faced Beauty)

9. Excellent Actor/Actress Award (Novella):

Chun Jung Myung (The Duo)
Park Min Young (Man of Honor)
Hong Soo Hyun (Princess’ Man)

10. Excellent Actor/Actress Award (Feature Length):

Lee Tae Gon (King Gwanggaetoh the Great)
Kim Ja Ok (Ojakgyo Brothers)

11. Top Excellent Actor/Actress Award:

Park Shi Hoo (Princess' Man)
Moon Chae Won (Princess’ Man)




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News: 2011 SBS Drama Awards

SBS closed the 2011 with an ultimate SBS Drama Awards, representing all 2011 SBS production Drama series. The awards has 13 categories nominee for this year, including prestigious first place or Daesang Awards.

This year, KDrama "Protect the Boss" and "City Hunter" gain successful from this awards, by having the most selected best drama from viewers (Netizen Popularity Awards), while Period based story "Tree With Deep Roots" took Daesang award from it's actor Han Suk Gyu.

Let's check out the winner list of 2011 SBS Drama Awards:

1. New Star Award
- Seo Hyo rim (‘Scent of a Woman’)
- Shin Hyun Bin (‘Warrior Baek Dong Soo’)
- Ji Chang Wook (‘Warrior Baek Dong Soo’)
- Jung Yoo Mi (‘A Thousand Days’ Promise’)
- Wang Ji Hye (‘Protect The Boss’)
- Jin Sae Yoon (‘My Daughter the Flower’)
- Im Soo Hyang (‘New Tales of Gisaeng’)
- Kim Jaejoong (‘Protect The Boss’)
- Goo Hara (‘City Hunter’)

Kim Jae Joong and Goo hara

 2. Supporting Role
- Soap Opera: Jin Tae Hyun (‘Pure Pumpkin Flower’), Kim Hae Ok (‘Scent of a Woman’)
- Special Planning: Yoon Jae Moon (‘Midas’), Lee Mi Sook (‘A Thousand Days’ Promise’)
- Drama Special: Park Young Kyu (‘Protect The Boss’), Song Ok Sook (‘Tree With Deep Roots’)

3. Best Couple Awards
- Choi Kang Hee & Ji Sung (‘Protect The Boss’)

4. Teen Star Award (Teenagers Choice)
- Choi Kang Hee (‘Protect The Boss’)
- Lee Min Ho (‘City Hunter’)
- Kim Rae Won (‘A Thousand Days’ Promise’)
- Lee Yo Won (’49 Days’)
- Jang Hyuk (‘Tree With Deep Roots’)
- Kim Sun Ah (‘Scent of a Woman’)
- Han Suk Gyu (‘Tree With Deep Roots’)
- Lee Dong Wook (‘Scent of a Woman’)
- Ji Sung (‘Protect The Boss’)
- Soo Ae (‘A Thousand Days’ Promise’)

5. Achievement Award
- Kim Yong Wook (‘Protect The Boss’)

6. Producer Award
- Song Joong Ki (‘Tree With Deep Roots’), Lee Yo Won (’49 Days’)

7. Netizen Popularity Award
- Lee Min Ho (‘City Hunter’)
- Choi Kang Hee (‘Protect The Boss’)

8. Best Picture
- ‘Tree With Deep Roots’

9. Excellence Acting Award

- Soap Opera: Uhm Ki Joon (‘Scent of a Woman’), Lee So Yeon (‘My Love By My Side’)
- Special Planning: Jun Kwang Ryul and Yoon So Yi(‘Warrior Baek Dong Soo’)

- Drama Special: Jung Kyeo Woon (‘Sign’), Shin Se Kyung (‘Tree With Deep Roots’)

10. Best Acting Award – Soap Opera
- Kim Sun Ah (‘Lover’s Scent’)
- Lee Dong Wook (‘Lover’s Scent’)

11. Best Acting Award – Special Planning
- Jang Hyuk (‘Tree With Deep Roots’)
- Kim Rae Won (‘A Thousand Days’ Promise’)
- Soo Ae (‘A Thousand Days’ Promise’)

12. Best Acting Award – Drama Special
- Ji Sung (‘Protect the Boss’)
- Choi Kang Hee (‘Protect the Boss’)
- Lee Min Ho (‘City Hunter’)

13. Daesang
 - Han Suk Gyu (‘Tree With Deep Roots’)

 

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News: Lee Min Ho Offered Casting in Andy Lau's New Movie

Lee Min Ho probably one of the most celebrated Korean Actor, due to his awesome acting in many KDrama series. His known best for his acting as "Gu Jun Pyo" in KDrama Japanese based "Boys Before Flowers".

Recently, Lee Min Ho popularity in China has increased (probably his previous visit in Shanghai early December 2011), as seen by the numerous casting offers he’s been receiving from producers in China.

His most recent work proposal was for a production with Hong Kong top star Andy Lau. A representative stated, “Lee Min Ho’s most recent love call was a piece with Andy Lau. If he were to accept it, then this piece would surpass [the borders of] Asia and become a global project. Lee Min Ho is very popular in China. He probably has more popularity than most idol stars. There has been quite a competition on casting the star.”

Thanks to his recent hit drama ‘City Hunter‘, Lee Min Ho has been receiving a ton of invitations for fantasy and action pieces. Last July, famous Hong Kong and American film producer Terrance Chang made a surprise visit to the set of ‘City Hunter’ just for Lee Min Ho.

However Lee Min Ho through his agency stated, “It is true Lee Min Ho has been receiving a lot of casting calls from China. However nothing is confirmed. We will make a decision after careful thinking and planning.”

Source: Naver

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Events: Music Bank Will Be Performed Overseas in 2012

One of the most celebrated Kpop music stage show KBS "Music Bank" is setting out to be the leader of the growing Korean Wave (Hallyu), as they’ve just confirmed that they will be bringing the show to four overseas cities next year.

The hallyu stars will be brought to rest of the world by Music Bank in 2012, starting with  Paris in February, the show will be stopping by Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and finally Buenos Aires, with other cities currently being negotiated. Producers of the show are busy trying to line up artists for the overseas performances.

Previously in July, Music Bank was successfully gather 45,000 people for their ‘Music Bank in Tokyo K-Pop Festival‘, and is the only music program out of the weekly line-up attempting to take their show overseas. After seeing the success of their Tokyo Dome concert, producers of the show promised, They'll continue to support and aid in the spreading of Korean culture all over the world.

As the leading and national broadcasting station, KBS was suspected by some industry officials to use Kpop or hallyu popularity to gain a profit, thus this decision seemed always come with controversy. However, the overseas present of hallyu stars are being anticipating events by many Kpop fans around the world.

Source: Naver

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News: 2011 Melon Music Yearly Chart

After given awards in Melon Music Awards on 24 November 2011, Melon Music through it's website released yearly chart for 2011. They are the categories of the chart was released including: Best Overall Hits, Most Downloaded and Album Chart, which information collected from Melon Kpop weekly chart.

As an overall result, T-ara Second album "Roly Poly" gained first placed on the 2011 Melon Chart for Best overall Hits and Most Downloaded Album. In the other hand, unusual spot reached by MBC Infinite Challenge Album who was taken the first spot as Best Album Chart.

The Female Group 2NE1 have dominated Melon Chart this year, after successfully listing their hit songs “I Am the Best", “Ugly”, “Lonely”, “Hate You” on the list of Top 50 overall hits at 3rd, 6th, 16th, and 27th respectively, while Park Bom’s solo track “Don’t Cry” secured the 15th spot. Altogether, the girls secured five songs on the list of top 50, while their label mates Big Bang secured a few spots on the list with songs like “Tonight”, and Love Song”. Additionally, Big Bang’s sub-unit GD&TOP secured two spots in the Top 50 with “Oh Yeah (feat. Park Bom)” and “High High”. Needless to say, it has been a successful year for YG Entertainment, releasing 9 hits total from group, solo, and sub-unit promotions.

Young female singer IU managed to break the Top 50 with three songs, including“Good Day” which was released last year, “Only I Didn’t Know” along with “Someday“. IU currently continues to dominate the charts with her new song, “You & I”.

Meanwhile, Girls’ Generation and Wonder Girls late released  year albums, performed well on the albums chart, ‘The Boys‘ came in at 10th, while ‘Wonder World‘ earned the 13th slot. Programs like ‘I Am a Singer’ as well as ‘Super Star K‘ have made room for new artists to make their name known in the industry as well as creating opportunities for older artists to re-establish their reputation.

Here the top 10 complete result of 2011 Melon Chart:

BEST OVERALL HITS

MOST DOWNLOADED

 

ALBUM CHART

Source: Melon

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News: The 2011 Bugs Music Awards

This music awards came from one of the most popular music site in Korea, which recently announced the winners of the 2011 Bugs Music Awards.

The netizens were able to vote from December 8th until December 22nd to submit their votes. Bugs scoring method is using calculation of the votes into the overall scoring system (downloads + streaming) to determine the winners for this year, and has just revealed the results.

Let's check it out who are the winners of the categories:

 

 

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News: JYJ Showing Gratitude to Their CEO

JYJ (Jaejoong, Yoochung, Junsu) gained their successful year with their label C-JeS Entertainment. These trio former members of TVXQ boyband has incredibly sold of album "In Heaven" and a series of world tour including memorable concert in Barcelona by the end of October 2011.

As reported On December 26th, an industry insider revealed that the trio had presented the C-Jes Entertainment CEO, Baek Chang Joo with a foreign luxury sedan estimated to be worth over $300,000 USD to show their gratitude.

JYJ’s decision to buy him a car came from the fact that the CEO did not yet have his own personal car. Seeing him work so hard for them without something to call his own had hurt the boys’ hearts. 

As revealed, JYJ and CEO Baek have known each other for two years, and they’ve been like brothers ever since. The JYJ representative said "I believe it was a present to commemorate the success of their world tour, as well as a celebration of Christmas and the New Year. Aside from the fact that it is an expensive present, their hearts are truly in this gift.”

JYJ kind of hearts represented from the very disputed past suffered by the trio since they still member of TVXQ, which still under SM Entertainment management. During that moment the trio felt treated unjust and unfair by the SM CEO, thus the boys decided to form a new male group and broke up from TXVQ in the early 2010.

Source+Photo: Naver+OSEN

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News: Dream High 2 Female Group Concept "Hershe"

What's new about Dream High 2? one must say that it will be new artists that filled up this musical drama, the former first sequel of this drama artists such: Baek Suzy, Taecyeon or IU will not taking any part of this new drama. Instead Dream High 2 would be taking another new concept, a female group concept.

"Hershe" was new concept of this drama using new artist including: T-ara‘s Jiyeon, SISTAR‘s Hyorin, and rookie singer Ailee (Ali). As the synopsizes, HershE is a mysterious 3-member girl group that transferred to Kirin Art School, in which the group and male idol, Eden will have a bloody battle with Kirin Art School students. 

The female group concept shall performing a massive dancing scenes, as dynamic and powerful dance group, they will attract the male students’ attention with their stunning looks.

At the stories, Jiyeon is playing "Liam" as one of the most successful idol actresses, who aspires to be the ‘Queen of the Cannes Festival’. Hyorin, with her powerful vocals and role as the leader of SISTAR, will act as the leader, "Nana", who has a fresh personality. Meanwhile, Ailee will play the beautiful and talented Ailee, who often displays a disrespectful attitude as a bluff.

This anticipating drama will air on January 30th 2012.

Source+Photo: Nate

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News: Yoona Hosting "2011 KBS Entertainment Awards"

Girls' Generation Yoona backs to the stage, this time not as a singer member of the group but as presenter of 2011 KBS Entertainment Awards.

The 2011 KBS Entertainment Awards, held on December 24th and once again hosted at the KBS Annex Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. Alongside with, Lee Ji Ae, and Shin Dong Yup, Yoona brought the show with full of laughter, tears, and great performances.

The awards dedicated to the most of entertainment industry program which held by KBS in 2011, not including Drama industry awards which currently has another awards show at "KBS Drama Awards".

Meanwhile at the show, Korean famous actor Lee Seung Gi alongside with Eun Ji Won, Uhm Tae Woong, Lee Soo Geun, Kim Jong Min as part of 1N2D won the first prize (daesang) for Best Entertainment Award category.

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Fun and Fact: The Most Sung Kpop Song by Korean Citizen (Karaoke)

More reviews might come by the end of 2011 not to mention this fact, recently on 22 December 2011, the Top 100 list for the most sung karaoke song released.

On the very top came IU with her 2011 hits "Good Day", who manage to beat out Lee Eun Mi‘s “I Have a Lover“, a song considered to be a karaoke favorite for several years.

One of the best new artists this year, Huh Gak also fared exceptionally well on the chart, coming away with the highest number of songs in the ‘Top 100′, three of which are in the ‘Top 10′. His fellow ‘Superstar K2‘ contestants, Kang Seung Yoon, Kim Bo Kyung, Park Boram, and Kim Greem, have also made it on the list, showcasing the strong influence of the audition program.

As expected, ‘I Am a Singer‘ also played a part, with four of YB‘s songs making the list, as well as three of Im Jae Bum‘s, and several of Kim Gun Mo, Kim Yeon Woo, and Jung Yeob‘s. Others noted include OST songs from ‘Secret Garden‘ and ‘Infinity Challenge'.

Here the Top 20 singles for the most karaoke songs this year:

1. IU – “Good Day”
2. Im Jae Bum – “For You”
3. Lee Eun Mi – “I Have a Lover”
4. Huh Gak – “I Am Happy (Feat. John Park)”
5. Kang Seung Yoon – “Through Instincts”
6. Park Sang Chul – “Hwang Jin Yi”
7. Huh Gak – “Whenever”
8. Kim Bum Soo – “Please”
9. Huh Gak – “Running Through the Sky”
10. Big Mama – “Resignation”
11. Buzz – “Thorn”
12. Hyun Bin – “That Man”
13. Kim Bum Soo – “I Miss You”
14. GG – “I Cheated (Feat. Bom)”
15. So Chan Hwi – “Tears”
16. Navi – “Well Done”
17. Orange Caramel – “A~ing”
18. Homme – “Still Eating Well”
19. 4men – “I Can’t”
20. Huh Gak – “Hello”

Source: Naver

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News: Girls' Generation vs Kara Popularity in Japan Part III (Top of Japanese Ringtone Chart)

The battle of these two famous female groups in Japan continue with Kara and Girls’ Generation were the only Korean artists to rank within the top 10 for the 2011 (charged) ringtone rankings released by the Recording Industry Association of Japan on December 21.

The chart compiled data from December 15, 2010 to December 13, 2011, almost exactly one year. The result show not only Kpop but also on all albums their released within Japan in 2011, so the result should accurate as possible.

Kara came as winner over Girls' Generation in this chart by placed themselves at 6th spot with Mister, and 11th with Go Go Summer!. In the lower ranks, Kara’s Jumping came in as no. 22, Jet Coaster Love as no. 23 and Winter Magic as no. 65,

While Girls’ Generation tiddly closer with "Gee" ranked 7th, and "Mr. Taxi" ranked 10th. Lower rank of Girls’ Generation’s Run Devil Run could be found at no. 71.

As the scheduled, Kara and Girls’ Generation plan to continue their winning streak by appearing on the 62nd NHK Red & White Song Battle on December 31.

Source: Japan Record Industry Association Webpage

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News: The Best Stars of 2011 Chosen by 48 Korean Industry Officials

Recently 48 Industry officials chosen to vote for the Best Korean Stars of 2011. The 48 participants of the survey included PD Park Kyung Duk of ‘Inkigayo‘, PD Cho Hyo Jin of ‘Running Man‘, CEO Yang Geun Hwan of Key East Entertainment, CEO Kim Young Min of SM Entertainment, CEO Jung Wook of JYP Entertainment, CEO Hong Seung Sung of Cube Entertainment, and composers Shinsadong Tiger and Brave Brothers.

As the result of the vote, Girls' Generation secured the top spot with the votes of 15 officials. An important thing to note is that the officials who chose them were in no way affiliated with the girls or their company, as many had opted to choose the girls over their own artists. Officials outside of the music industry also reached out to choose Girls' Generation, including variety show PDs and movie directors.

Having promoted internationally all year long, the girls accrued nonstop success with “The Boys“, topping ‘Music Bank‘ for six weeks in a row and selling out over 300,000 units in sales.

Second place was taken by Korean Comedian Kim Byung Man with eight votes, earning him the title of the most representative variety star of the year. From ‘Gag Concert‘ to ‘Kiss and Cry‘, his passion for entertaining reached all sectors of the industry.

"The Greatest Love" actor Cha Seung Won ranked 3rd place, all due to his highly performance as "Dok Go Jin in this MBC Drama, who also received some awards this year.

Hyun Bin and IU tied at fourth place, earning four votes each. Both had created their own syndromes early on in the year, Hyun Bin with ‘Secret Garden‘ and IU with ‘Good Day'. Others that came away with one or more votes each were Im Jae Bum, Han Suk Gyu, Jang Geun Suk, Yoo Ah In, and Song Joong Ki.

Source: OSEN

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News: Korean Citizens Most Watched Kpop Video on Youtube in 2011

Recently on 21 December 2011, the official Youtube (supported by Google Korea), reported the he top 10 most-watched music videos by domestic citizens in Korea (not including overseas views) since January 1st, 2011.

As the result, although disappointing late comeback Kpop album, Wonder Girls "Be My Baby" was the most watched video by Korean citizens on Youtube in 2011.

HyunA unpredictably came at 2nd the most watched video with her hits "Bubble Pop", while Girls' Generation “The Boys” came in at 3rd, holding a record for immediately receiving 400,000 views upon release.

At 4th was “STEP” from KARA‘s third full-length album which is earning much love and support in Japan, and at 5th and 6th were 2NE1‘s “Lonely” and “I Am the Best“, respectively.

T-ara‘s “Roly Poly” came in at 7th, followed by f(x)‘s “Pinocchio” at 8th, SISTAR‘s “So Cool” came in at 9th, and miss A‘s “Good-bye Baby” rounded out the top 10.

Yeum Donghoon from Google Korea remarked, “K-pop has an ever-growing impact on the world, so much that Youtube has launched an official ‘K-pop’ category on the site. I think the driving force behind K-pop spreading so quickly and intensely all over the world is the never-ending love and support the national fans show their favorite artists.”

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News: Girls' Generation Jessica Offered a Role in KBS Drama "Wild Romance"

Girls' Generation Jessica Jung was in high consideration due to an offer casting role in KBS drama "Wild Romance". It appeared to be true since the official site of "Wild Romance" production house  updated with a short introduction and a relationship map of the characters. For the role of ‘Kang Jong Hee’, Jessica’s picture was placed for the character, showing her to be the first love of lead star Lee Dong Wook.

 

Although the picture has been taken down, representatives of the drama stated, “We’re still discussing the matter. The casting will be finalized within the week with an official list. We are working with Jessica’s representatives to work on the scheduling, but are also keeping our options open with other actors. The role is still open.”  

 

If the fact was true, Jessica will follow her fellow Girls' Generation, Yoona who already set her acting careers four years ago. The KBS 2TV drama is expected to begin airing on January 4, 2012.

 

Source: Daily

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News: Kim Hyun Joong and Super Junior Were Top of 2011 Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards

2011 Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards was held at the Hong Kong Convention Center on the night of December 20th, the award itself show that honours top celebrities and trending entertainment content over the past year. Yahoo! Korea, Yahoo! Hong Kong and Yahoo! Taiwan pooled their efforts to create this award, and its results are based on the most-searched categories as well as Netizen's votes.

Kim Hyun Joong was prodigiously earns four awards in Yahoo Asia Buzz this year, with 56 million online votes, earning him the trophies of ‘Asia Top Buzz Solo Artist‘, ‘Korea Top Buzz Solo Artist‘, ‘Hong Kong Top Buzz Solo Artist‘, and ‘Taiwan Top Buzz Solo Artist‘. It was a special moment for fans, as it marked his 3rd consecutive year winning at the ceremony.

As we knew, Kim Hyun Joong earned great popularity with his solo promotions all year long. He’s made a name for himself not only as a singer, but also as an actor, all over Asia. The "Playful Kiss" actor thanked his international fans in English upon receiving the awards. “I’d like to thank my fans for their endless love and support throughout my promotion. I hope to repay you with a better image next year.” 

 

Meanwhile, Korean top male group Super Junior represented by Dong-hae and Si-won whom attending the award show in Hong Kong, also four awards in 2011 Yahoo Asia Buzz Awards for Top Searched Artist (Group) category for Yahoo South Korea, Yahoo Taiwan, and Yahoo Hong Kong. 

Dong-hae and Si-won remarked, "We are honoured to receive such a prestigious award, and although our visit in Hong Kong was short, we want to thank all of our fans who helped make a memorable and touching experience." 

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News: Girls' Generation vs Kara Popularity in Japan Part II (Kara Was The Most Popular Star on Japan's Orista)

As reported in the previous post, Kara gain their popularity through fashion seemed working, recently the Oricon Star gained the survey asking Japanese fans to pick the most popular star of 2011. The result put the "Step" girls on the top of the survey and it means they are the most popular Korean Stars in Japan according to Orista (Oricon Star) in 2011.

It means either, they beat Girls' Generation who was on the second place respectably on Orista survey, following Jang Geun Suk, TVXQ, and 2PM in 3rd, 4th and 5th place.

Representatives of Orista explained, “KARA’s second album, ‘Super Girl‘, topped the Oricon chart and showed remarkable sales numbers. They’ve also been in several CFs, giving stable rise to their popularity in Japan.” 

Commenting on Girls' Generation, the representatives stated, “Girls' Generation achieved big goals this year by entering the worldwide market with the English version of ‘The Boys‘. Their first album, ‘Girl’s Generation‘, exceeded 630,000 units in sales. ”

They also pointed out how Jang Geun Suk was also the only solo singer in the top 5. “He began earning popularity through his drama, ‘You’re Handsome‘, and topped the Oricon with his debut single, ‘Let Me Cry‘. He also held a live concert at the Tokyo Dome in November.” 

Source: Donga

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News: Girls's Generation "Dangerous Boys" Reality Show

Girls' Generation revealed their new reality show called 'Dangerous Boys', it's look like they don't wanna lose an opportunity to gain high rating and appreciation by their fans in 2012. The girls seemed to follow they female group rival like T-ara which already announced 'Flower Boys' reality show.

JTBC, will scheduled to air the 'Dangerous Boys' show, meanwhile some speculated that it’d be difficult for idols to pull off a reality show on a cable channel, the girls did just that, and even helped the show score the highest viewer ratings out of all four sub-channels for its time slot.

On December 19th, AGB Nielsen Media revealed that the show recorded 1.299% in viewer ratings, a significant lead ahead of not just variety shows, but other dramas and informational programs.

The ‘Joint Organization Channel‘ (Channel A, TV Chosun, JTBC, MBN) is now three weeks into its launch and has been struggling with dismal ratings, barely managing to reach the 1% mark with most of its shows. JTBC has been on the higher end, with ‘Queen Insoo‘ recording a consistent 1.105%.

The two music shows, however, have been recording as low as 0.28%, proving that the four sub-channels still need a bigger push to be competitive enough for the public broadcast networks.

Source: OSEN + X Sports News

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News: Yoona's Recent Side Profile Shots

Recently, a netizen uploaded a set of Yoona's photos profile titled 'Yoona at Work', which gain attentions cause showed her pure and innocent charm and her perfect features and captured the hearts of her fans with her angelic countenance.

The photos was uploaded in 16 December 2011, and taken around her activities on shooting spot for her new drama. In the photos, Yoona appears to be on set, wearing a yellow barrette to hold her hair back, unveiling her naturally beautiful face.

Netizens who saw the photos left comments such as, “What does she eat? How is she so beautiful?”, “Daebak. I gasped when I saw these“, “The word ‘pretty’ doesn’t do her justice“, “It’s just a candid, but she looks so surprisingly good“, and more.

Meanwhile, Yoona and the rest of the Girls' Generation members are preparing for their “Mr. Taxi” promotions and will be heading to Japan to attend the 62nd annual NHK Red & White Song Festival which it will be held in the new year night (31 December 2011).

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News: Big Bang Will Releasing a New Album in March 2012

After a huge successful year in 2011 by winning some precious awards including MTV Asia Awards as best Asian Artist 2011, Big Bang has announced that they’ll be releasing a new album in March.

On December 16th, representatives of YG Entertainment confirmed, “Big Bang has decided to hold their ‘Big Show‘ concert in March of 2012. Ahead of the concert, they’ll be releasing a new album. They had halted their activities this year because of unpredicted accidents, but they’ll be returning to their official activities for the first time in nearly a year through their ‘Big Show’ next year.” 

 

Big Bang will also be performing at the YG Family concerts next month in Osaka and Saitama. According to representatives, G-Dragon is currently concentrating on the production of the songs for the new album. Without rest, he is at the company recording studio every day to ensure it’s prompt release.

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Events: Make the Movie (I am) With SM TOWN Artists

Recently, SM TOWN bringing UCC Project to held the fans involving in the making the video like SM TOWN artists. By bringing the fans as the main character of the SM TOWN artists, all of  SM TOWN artists fans like: Super Junior, Girls' Generation, TVXQ, TRAX, F(x) and many more, will get chance to performs and recognize their talent and some message to their beloved SM TOWN artists.

How can the fans become the member of this project?. It simple just follow this procedures:

Here the video sample for Make a Movie with SM TOWN Artists:

So did you make you're mind yet? try following their actions?, so just upload your creative videos and see how you won it.

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News: T-ara Will Run a New Reality Show

"T-ara Flower Boys", the new T-ara reality show. Through their busy of promoting their latest album, the girls of T-ara will personally be picking out they flower boy in a new reality show.

T-ara will be choosing the best contestant to run a “flower boy” street shop with them on SBS E, The contestants will be judged by the members, who will be working as “donation staff” in the shop.

As Reported, the members are determined to choose the best guy since the show will be running under their name. To be determined as the best, the contestants will have to go through games and missions; there will also be hidden cameras around the boys.

The first episode of ‘T-ara’s Flower Boys’ will be broadcast on December 17th at 11PM Korean Standard Time (KST).

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Hot Lyrics: Girls' Generation "Diamond"

 

 Song Title: Diamond (English)

Artist: Girls' Generation

Album: SM 2011 Winter The Warmest Gift

Released Date: 15 December 2011

Publisher: SM Entertainment

[Tiffany] When the snow begins to fly, above the smoky, smoky sky, you came
Along like a snowflake, and brightened up my day
[Taeyeon] There is just one thing I need on this snowy winter day
Call me a fool to love you, but I want nothing but you
[Sooyoung] Oh, I have to hear your voice, the one that brings me joy
[Seohyun] And your warmth slowly wraps around my heart... boy, can't you see?

[ALL] The lights are shining on me, and it's like a diamond
I'm spinning around, rocking around like a diamond

[Yuri] That's because I'm filled with emotions
[Jessica] Everybody's waiting for the holidays
Candies and toys of silver trays and there is one thing special... Boy, you are my present
[Sunny] There is just one thing I need on this snowy winter day
Call me a fool to love you, but I want nothing but you
[Yoona] Oh, I have to hear your voice, the one that brings me joy
[Yuri] And your warmth slowly wraps around my heart...
Boy, can't you see?

[ALL] The lights are shining on me, and it's like a diamond
I'm spinning around, rocking around like a diamond

[Hyoyeon] That's because I'm filled with emotions
[Sunny] That's because I'm filled with emotions

[Seohyun] You're shining, you're gleaming
Oh, you melt me like white snow, oh
[Tiffany] You're shining, you're gleaming
[Taeyeon] And your warmth slowly wraps around my heart
Boy, can't you see

[ALL] The lights are shining on me, and it's like a diamond
I'm spinning around, rocking around like diamonds

[Jessica] To your heart

[ALL]The lights are shining on me, and it's like a diamond
I'm spinning around, rocking around like a diamond

[Jessica] That's because I'm filled with emotions
[Tiffany] That's because I'm filled with emotions

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News: Youtube Finally List "K-Pop" as Music Genre

The largest and widespread video sharing in web, Youtube finally announced new addition of K-Pop genre of music in their music category in December 15, 2011.

K-Pop is now joining the likes of other popular musical genres such as Pop, Rock, R&B, Rap, Folk, Latin, and more. Furthermore, it is the first country-specific musical genre to be added to the list.

This project was shared with Google, called 'Korea Go Global', which  already been discussed with Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, while visiting Korea back on November 7th.

As a result, the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and Google Korea came together to sign a business agreement stating that through YouTube, many activities will occur in order to promote Korean culture to the fullest.

Google Korea CEO Yum Dong Hoon in different occasion said that, very pleased and excited to see the various K-Pop artists being renowned by Youtube with their genre of music spreading into the world. The Google Korea also planning in continuing various activities and events to further spread the Korean culture, including K-pop, to the rest of the world via ‘Korea Go Global‘.

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