Which Korean Group Has Had The Biggest Japanese Debut So Far?
From TVXQ to Girls’ Generation, its no secret Japan has become by far one of the biggest hot spots for Korean artists to expand their talent, into the world’s 2nd highest selling music distributor. But which artist has had the biggest debut in sales so far?
Despite not taking the no.1 spot when they debuted, Girls’ Generation charmed the people of Japan with their debut single “Genie” selling 44,907 in 2010, making them the no.1 Korean female group with highest debut sales.
On the other hand Jang Geun Suk who made his debut less than 2 weeks ago with “Let Me Cry” sold an impressive 119,149 copies, not only breaking an Oricon record, but making him the no.1 soloist on the list.
Finally MBLAQ not only ranks as the highest debut sales by a male group, but they also broke a record becoming the 1st group to chart no.1 on the Daily Charts.
Check out the list below:
01. Jang Geun Suk 119,149
02. SNSD “Genie” 44,907
03. MBLAQ “Your Luv” 40,281
04. KARA “Mister” 29,238
05. Beast “Shock” 28,532
06. Big Bang “Heaven” 26,039
07. BoA “ID Peace B” 14,740
08. Supernova 8,542
09. ZE:A “Love letter/My only wish” 8,273
10. SES “Meguriau Sekai” 7,390
11. Se7en “Hikari” 7,303
12. 4MINUTE “Muzik” 4,241
13. FT Island “One Way” 4,043
14. CN Blue “The Way” 3,353
15. DBSK “Hug” 2,502
Did your favorite artist sell as much as you expected?
Source : GoKpop
[110424] SBS Inkigayo Super Concert in Jeju Easter Special
Since it’s Easter Sunday today, SBS decided to broadcast a special of Inkigayo, instead of the regular version. This special entitled “Super Inkigayo Concert” has taken place in Jeju and featured performances by Big Bang, Girls’ Generation, 4minute, TVXQ, C.N. Blue, f(x) and more. Don’t miss it!
Our favourite artists travelled to Jeju to perform great stages for SBS’ Super Inkigayo Concert on Easter Sunday.
We get to see the debut stage of the new girlband, A Pink, singing “I Don’t Know”, and the comeback stage of f(x), who performed “Pinocchio (Danger)”.
Beside that, also Rania, ZE:A, Infinite, Kim Tae Woo, Big Bang, TVXQ, C.N. Blue, 4minute and lots more were present on this special show.
In addition to that, the Inkigayo Super Concert featured a special guest, who is currently active in Japan. Girls’ Generation came to Jeju and performed their song, “Hoot”, which made the audience go crazy.
Enjoy watching the performances on the Inkigayo Super Concert below!
Source : GoKpop
Who sang the best version of “LIES”?
Lies popularized by “The Legendary” JYP male group, G.O.D. Let us hear who sang the best version of this song!
G.O.D (Original Version)
ZE:A’s cover
U-kiss’ cover
Super Junior’s Eunhyuk & E-teuk’s cover
“Lies” was released in 2000 and sold “1,+++,+++” units when it was released.
Now, can you tell us who sang the best version of this song?
source : GoKpop
ZE:A’s Kwanghee Gives Tips on Plastic Surgery
On the latest episode of MBC TV’s ‘Golden Fishery – Radio Star,’ Coyote Kim Jong Min, ZE:A’s Kwanghee and SS501 Kim Hyun Joon. During the segment ‘Surgery-dol’ Kwanghee expressed, “If you could, only take partial anesthesia,” reflecting back on the aftereffects from his surgery.
On the broadcast, Kwanghee also impressed MCs with his English skills. Yoon Jongshin had asked about Kwanghee’s IQ, and he answered, “It probably would be lower. It lowered because of the general anesthesia,” which drew laughter from the studio audience.
Kwanghee continuted, “I had the general anesthesia three times. It would have been better if I took partial anesthesia instead.”
In addition, man who are interested in their appearance are often questioned for their sexual preferences. He was asked if he liked woman, and he answered, “Absolutely. Like crazy,” which had a major reaction from other idols.
source : GoKpop
Star Empire releases official statement regarding Japanese activities
With the disaster in Japan causing many companies to either delay their artists’ Japanese debuts or return focus to Korea, Star Empire, parent company of artists including Z:EA and Nine Muses, has released a statement explaining their handling of the situation.
In their official message, which was posted on ZE:A’s fancafe page, the company said that “After considerations of the local situation in Japan, the protection of the agency’s artists and the worry of the fans, it has been decided that the schedule will be temporarily delayed.” They went on to state that the activities would continue at a later point. “However, after the improvement of Japan’s situation, Star Empire will determine and re-coordinate the schedule of performances. When the schedule has been fixed, an official notice will be put up.” Though ZE:A was the only artist set with activities, it was presumed that it also affected any chances of Jewelry and Nine Muses’ activities as well.
What are your reactions to their statement?
Source: Empire Children via KoreaBoo
ZE:A’s Kwang Hee Interviewed by Maxim Korea
ZE:A member, Kwang Hee, was featured with his interview in the April issue of the magazine, Maxim Korea. It is really striking how honest Kwang Hee answers the questions of the Maxim reporter. Have a read!
This interview isn’t like other interviews in which celebrities are asked about music and so on. The reporter of Maxim asks Kwang Hee about various things like death, his last words, his plastic surgery and more. Kwang Hee answers all the questions in a honest way, which shows his pure and kind heart.
Read it below!
Well, how would you like to die?
Me, dying? I’d like to die after repenting all of my sins at the church. It’s a different image from what you thought about me, isn’t it?
You mentioned before that the company told you not to reveal the truth about the plastic surgery. The president must have been angry when you revealed it during the broadcast?
Fortunately, he wasn’t angry. I thought that in a situation when people don’t know me, it would be boring whatever I said. So I confessed the truth about the plastic surgery and my singing abilities. If I tried to hide that truth, it could have turned into a burden instead. I liked to talk about my surgery before debut too. The surgery went well so it’s alright.
What did people around you tell you?
“Seems like you can be honest even in front of the camera.” But they were really surprised when I talked (like that).
Do you have anything that you couldn’t give up even if you had to die?
Foundation. BB cream is too weak for me.
Is there anything you’d like to say before you die?
No. I’ve already said everything.
Even so, think if there really isn’t anything, you’d say.
I’d reveal all the female celebrities I dated and die after that.
Have you dated a lot of female celebrities?
No. I won’t die in the next 24 hours, but when I die later, it’s possible that I will date some female celebrities before that, right? People will be curious, so I will be able to tell them before I die.
Soon, [ZE:A’s] full album will be released. Is your part a bit longer? In “Mazeltov” your part was just 6 seconds.
I stand at the center in 2 out of 4 choruses. The caring members and company gave me the opportunity to be in the center of public’s attention. I will show the warm image while being naturally wild as well.
source : GoKpop
ZE:A’s Kwanghee shows his honesty for Maxim Korea
Recently, ZE:A has been promoting their latest track, “Here I Am.” A couple weeks ago, ZE:A member Kwanghee received an ankle injury from practicing for their promotions. Thankfully, he has been able to participate in their activities.
Additionally, Kwanghee completed an interview for Maxim Korea’s April issue. His interview topic was not too happy, as he answered questions about death and his place in ZE:A. His answers were surprisingly honest.
Check out the transcript of the interview below. What do you think of the topic of the interview and his responses?
Q: How would you like to die?
A: Me, dying? I would like to die after repenting all of my sins at church. This is a different image from what you thought about me, isn’t it?
Q: You mentioned before that the company told you not to reveal the truth about the plastic surgery you had. Was the company president angry when you revealed it during a broadcast?
A: Fortunately, he wasn’t very angry. I thought that in a situation where people didn’t know me, it would be boring whatever I said. I confessed the truth about the plastic surgery and my singing abilities at that time. If I had tried to hide that truth, it would have turned into a burden instead. I liked to talk about my surgery before debut too. The surgery went well, so it’s alright.
Q: What did people around you tell you?
A: People around me said, “[It] seems like you can be honest even in front of the camera.” They were really surprised when I talked like that.
Q: Do you have anything that you couldn’t give up even if you had to die?
A: I couldn’t give up Foundation. BB cream is too weak for me.
Q: Is there anything you’d like to say before you die?
A: No, I have said everything already.
Q: Even so, think if there really isn’t anything you’d say.
A: Actually, I would reveal all the female celebrities I dated and die after that.
Q: Have you dated a lot of female celebrities already?
A: No I haven’t. I won’t die in the next 24 hours, but when I die later, it’s possible that I will have dated some female celebrities before that, right? People will be curious, and I will be able to tell them before I die.
Q: Soon, ZE:A’s first full album will be released. Is your part a bit longer? In “Mazeltov” your part was just 6 seconds long.
A: During the new title song, I stand in the center for two out of the four choruses. The caring members and the company gave me the opportunity to be in the center of public’s attention during that time. I will show the warm image while being naturally wild as well.
What do you think of his interview?
Source: Koreaboo, Empire Children, Hwang Kwanghee
[110415] KBS2 Music Bank // Block B, NS YoonJi, Dal Shabet and more !
KBS Music Bank had quite an abundant of groups and solo singers perform on their show tonight. It saw the return of Lee Hyun with his next title song “Although You Said So,” and was accompanied by his friends, Mighty Mouth.
Two artists made their comeback stage as well with their new mini-album and single respectively, Dal Shabet and NS Yoonji. Dal Shabet recently released their 2nd mini-album “Pink Rocket,” and continue with their catchy songs produced by E-TRIBE. NS Yoonji, known as the cousin of KARA’s Jinyoung, released her single “Talk Talk Talk,” a bright and cheerful song perfectly fit for the spring season.
Rookie male group Block.B made their first debut stage tonight with their title song “Don’t Stop.” The group had switched title songs from “Wanna B” to “Don’t Stop.”
Other performers included CNBLUE with their hit “Inuition,” Rania with “Dr. Feel Good,” Brave Girls with “I Don’t Know,” Tony An with “Topstar,” Clover with “La Vida Loca,” Girls’ Day with “Twinkle Twinkle,” and more!
The two groups to compete for 1st place on K-Chart was CNBLUE and K.Will. CNBLUE won their triple crown for “Intuition” on M! Countdown last night, competing against 4minute and Kim Taewoo. This time CNBLUE and K.Will met at the top to battle out the evening’s winner.
Source : UnknownCarrot170 @ youtube
TVXQ, Big Bang, SNSD, IU, 2NE1, MBLAQ, and more to perform at Angel Price Music Festival
The Angel Price Music Festival will take place on April 17th (Sunday) at the Lotte World Ice Rink, and they have revealed their big line-up artist list on April 11th. The music festival boasts many top Korean artists that will perform between noon and 10PM KST.
The music festival is divided into 5 different acts. The first act will be performed by IU and ZE:A between 12PM and 1PM KST. The second act will consist of SNSD and Kim Kyungrok, who will perform between 2:30PM and 3:30PM KST.
2NE1 and MBLAQ have been assigned the 3rd act and will be performing between 4:30PM and 5:30PM KST. The 4th act will be by Big Bang and Gavy NJ, and they will perform between 6:30PM and 7:30PM KST. The final act will be performed at 8:30PM thru 9:30PM KST by TVXQ (Yunho and Changmin) and Nine Muses.
Source: Coupang via KoreaBoo
MTV Korea’s “The Show” makes its first broadcast with Hyosung and Luna
MTV Korea broadcast its first episode of their new music show called “The Show.” Koreaboo reported last week that MTV Korea would launch its own unique weekly music show and will have artists perform under a different theme each week.
In addition to the usual categories such as “Hot Artists,” “Super Rookie,” and “Comeback Singer,” “The Show” will have a special category called “Special Unit” in which different artists will come together for a special stage.
Secret’s Hyosung (22) and f(x)’s Luna (18) are the first MCs for the show and made their successful debut on April 12th. This week, they introduced performances by K.Will, Kim Taewoo, Rainbow, Clover, Kim Hyungjoon, Tony An, ZE:A, Brave Girls, Ye Ara, Chi Chi, Han Groo, Tei, Kan Miyoun, and M to M.
MTV Asia will broadcast the first episode of “The Show” on April 15th at 7:30PM KST.
Rainbow
Kan Miyoun
Clover
Tony An
Tei
Han Groo
Chi Chi
Ye Ara
Brave Girls
Kim Hyungjoon
ZE:A
M to M
Source: Newsen via KoreaBoo
[110410] SBS Inkigayo // BIGBANG Special Edition, 4minute, CN Blue, U-Kiss, Brian Joo, ZE:A, Girl’s Day, Orange Caramel and more!
SBS’ Inkigayo wraps up this week with performances by Big Bang, 4minute, C.N. Blue, U-Kiss, Brian Joo, ZE:A, Girl’s Day, Orange Caramel and more. Check it out!
Today Big Bang, Brian Joo, Tony An and the girl groups, Rainbow and 4minute, made their comeback on SBS’ Inkigayo.
Big Bang performed their new tracks, “Love Song” and “Stupid Liar”, from their special edition, Brian Joo sang “Love Is Over Now”, and Tony An had his comeback stage with “Topstar”.
4minute performed “Heart to Heart” and “Mirror Mirror” from their new album, “4minutes Left”, while Rainbow presented their song, “To Me”.
In addition to that, also CLOVER, Girl’s Day, ZE:A, Orange Caramel, U-Kiss and more had performances on this week’s Inkigayo.
Inkigayo’s winner this week became C.N. Blue.
Enjoy watching them below!
source : GoKpop
[110409] MBC Music Core
Solo artist Han Groo started off the night with her track, “My Boy.” After a greeting by the Music Core MCs, newly debuted girl group Chi Chi took the stage and performed their debut track, “Don’t Play Around.”
ZE:A performed a special outside stage of “Here I Am,” complete with argyle sweaters. Girl’s Day switched to green as their concept color tonight and performed a shortened version of their hit track, “Twinkle Twinkle.” Dalmatian made an appearance on tonight’s episode and performed a remix of their latest track, “I’m Opposed to That Man.”
Yangpa made her comeback on tonight’s episode with, “It Hurts.” Clover made their debut with “La Vida Loca.” U-Kiss performed their comeback stage on tonight’s episode with “0330,” and Orange Caramel followed with their comeback stage of “Bangkok City.”
Wheesung continued tonight’s episode as he performed his hit song, “Words That Freeze My Heart” with Hoya. Song Jieun performed “Going Crazy” with Bang Yongguk live for the last time.
4Minute made their comeback with “Mirror Mirror” and “Heart to Heart” on tonight’s episode. K.Will performed his track, “My Heart is Beating.” CN Blue followed with their hit track, “Intutition”. TVXQ closed the show with their latest song, “Know This (Before You Go).”
Check out the performances from tonight’s episode of Music Core, below!
[110404] SBS Inkigayo // K Will Wins Mutizen !
On tonight’s episode of Inkigayo, Kim Tae Woo made his comeback with “Echo”. Idol group U-Kiss made their return tonight with “Every Day” and “0330”. Orange Carmel performed their newest hit, “Bangkok City”, for their comeback stage, and Yangpa returned with “It Should Be You” and “It Hurts”.
The “Take 7” nominees for tonight’s episode were TVXQ (“Know This (Before You Go)”), K.Will (“My Heart is Beating”), Wheesung (“Words that Freeze My Heart”), CN Blue (“Intuition”), Infinite (“Nothing’s Over”), Song Jieun (“Going Crazy”), and Girls’ Day (“Twinkle Twinkle”). Song Jieun was the only nominee that did not perform on tonight’s episode because she has completed her solo promotions already.
Out of the nominees for tonight’s Mutizen, K.Will took home the award. K.Will won the Mutizen with “My Heart is Beating”. Congratulations to K.Will!
2011 Tokyo Korean Music Wave Charity Concert to feature various Kpop artists
Sixteen of the most popular idols and groups will gather together for a charity concert in May. The Tokyo Legend 2011 Korean Music Wave Live in Tokyo will be co-hosted by MBC and Show! Music Core, Fuji TV, and Avex Entertainment to commemorate the 50th anniversary of MBC, one of the three largest TV networks in Korea. The performers for this concert include: TVXQ, 2PM, SHINee, BEAST, MBLAQ, FT Island, 2AM, Choinsung(Supernova), SG WANNABE, f(x), 4Minute, Miss A, Secret, IU, SISTAR, and ZE:A.
The concert is scheduled for May 14 at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan. All proceeds from the concert will be donated to Good Friends Save the Children (GFSC). The artists will be able to send a special message through the concert to help aid the relief efforts following the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan.
The children of 23 select nurseries in Japan will be invited as special guests, and children from each nursery will also receive a special gift from the artists. A concert official stated, “We would like to send our condolences to all the people suffering from the disaster in Japan. We are seeking ways to better help and support relief efforts in Japan.”
Source: Avex Live via KoreaBoo
[110401] KBS2 Music Bank // Seo In Gook, Orange Caramel, Yangpa, U-Kiss and Kim Tae Woo made their comeback + CN Blue beats TVXQ!
Today’s Music Bank featured Wheesung, C.N. Blue, K.Will, Dalmatian, U-Kiss, Girl’s Day, ZE:A and lots more artists. Check out their performances!
A total of 5 comeback stages were performed on KBS’ Music Bank this week. They were by Seo In Gook, Orange Caramel, Yangpa, U-Kiss and Kim Tae Woo.
Seo In Gook performed his new song titled “Broken”, followed by Orange Caramel who performed “Bangkok City” and Yangpa who sang “It Should Be You” and “It Hurts”
The next comeback performances were by U-Kiss and Kim Tae Woo; both performed two of their new tracks. U-Kiss presented “Every Day” and “0330”, while Kim Tae Woo sang “Before It’s Too Late” and “Echo”.
In addition to that, the new band, CLOVER, founded by Eun Ji Won, had their debut with “La Vida Loca” on today’s Music Bank. And also others like TVXQ, Wheesung, K.Will, C.N. Blue, Kan Mi Yeon and more were on the stage of KBS’ Music Bank today.
The winner of this week’s K-Charts became the boy group, C.N. Blue.
Check out Music Bank on April Fools’ Day below!
“Boy VS Girl” group. Who will come out on top?
This spring, fans will be experiencing a surge of comebacks of girl and boy groups. 4minute, CNBLUE, TVXQ, Big Bang, Rainbow, U-KISS, ZE:A, Infinite, and more have either just recently made their comeback or will be in the next week or two.
TVXQ (Yunho and Changmin) and Big Bang (Daesung, Taeyang, G-Dragon, TOP, and Seungri) have been experiencing popularity with their long awaited comebacks to the Korean industry. The two groups have been the top male groups that have been successful in their comebacks.
Both groups have achieved triple crowns on SBS Inkigayo and KBS Music Bank for “Why (Keep Your Head Down)” (TVXQ) and “TONIGHT” (Big Bang). Most recently, TVXQ won their first award on both Inkigayo and Music Bank for the title song from their repackaged album, “Before U Go.” On April 8th, Big Bang will reveal their 4th mini-album special edition, which will include three additional songs.
CNBLUE have recently returned with their first full length album “First Steps,” and have been sweeping the charts upon the release of their album. Their title song “Intuition” topped real-time charts on various online music charts. With their intense guitar rhythms and powerful vocals, CNBLUE has captured fan girls’ hearts.
Girl group 4minute unveiled their mini-album “Heart To Heart” earlier this week and showed off a new look to fans. Their concept “SHOCK 20” shows a more mature side of 4minute. The girls have presented a more intense music, and their albums includes a variety of songs such as a ballad that showed off their gentle and distinct individual voices.
On April 7th, Rainbow will be releasing a mini-album with a title song by Daishi Dance, one of Japan’s top composer. Rainbow had a successful comeback last year with “A” and “Mach,” and is expected to release yet another addictive song.
After School’s sub-unit Orange Caramel have released their latest digital single “Bangkok City” with a concept of a funky club girl. Sticking to their cute image, Raina, Lizzy, and Nana takes it up a notch by releasing a funky song mixed with an electronic house sound. Their funky hairstyle and sexy, yet cute concept has attracted attention.
With all of these male and female groups releasing new music, the competition and rivalry between them is expected to be fierce. Who will come out on top?
Source: asiae via Koreaboo
[MV] ZE:A Reveals Members Version of “Here I Am” Music Video
Following the release of their music video of “Here I Am” and a dance version of it, Star Empire reveals the solo shots of each members of ZE:A in the music video.
Check out solo versions of each members below.
Kwang Hee
Hee Cheol
Kevin
Dong Jun
Tae Heon
Min Woo
Siwan
Hyung Sik
Jun Young
source : GoKpop
ZE:A’s Moon Jun Young Suffers Face Injury
Leader of idol group ZE:A, Moon Jun Young has injured his face thus the reason he was forced to take a break from his activities with the group.
According to Star Empire Entertainment, the idol suffered an orbital fracture to his left cheekbone yesterday after slipping in his bathroom after a shower and hitting his face on the sink.
The idol was rushed to the hospital after a series of pain and was scheduled to have a surgery for the fracture.
Star Empire Entertainment said, “We are currently in the process of checking him into the hospital and will receive surgery tomorrow. He will rest and receive treatment until he makes a full recovery and accordingly, we don’t think he’ll be able to make any TV appearances until then.”
ZE:A is back with a full length album, “LOVABILITY” and was busy promoting their carrier track “Here I Am” on various music shows.
source : GoKpop
Pops in Seoul’s Top 5 Best Athletic Idol Stars!
For those who have not seen Pop Seoul’s Best 5 Athletic Idols which was broadcasted in the 23rd, Arirang reveals through Youtube the best 5 most athletic idols on the 30th.
Hosted by VJ NS Yoon-ji, ‘Pop in Seoul’ came up with a top 5 most athletic idols in Korean.
And so, the list are as follows:
1. Minho of SHINee
2. Bora of Sistar
3. Dong Joon of ZE:A
4. Goo Hara of KARA
5. Go Woori of Rainbow
Do you agree with the list?
source : GoKpop
ZE:A’s Hwang Kwang Hee is Suffering an Ankle Injury
ZE’A’s agency, Star Empire Entertainment reveals that Hwang Kwang Hee suffered an injury to his ankle.
Star Empire Entertainment announced through a press release that the idol lost his footing while practicing the dance moves for the title track “Here I Am” from their first full-length album “LOVABILITY,” which slightly strained his ligament.
A representative explained, “Kwang Hee was unable to take part in the special dance battle performance with the rest of the members of ZE:A, INFINITE and Dalmatian for Friday’s music show ‘Music Bank.”’
She continued, “He cheered them on during their performance and has taken the stage for other music programs over the weekend while his ankle injury will take about four weeks to fully heal.”
source : GoKpop
[110327] SBS Inkigayo // TVXQ wins Mutizen !
Today SBS’ Inkigayo presented performances by Dalmatia, ZE:A, Infinite, Wheesung, G.NA, Big Bang, TVXQ, C.N. Blue and more. Check it out!
C.N. Blue performed their last comeback stage on Inkigayo today. They sang their songs, “Intuition” and “Love In The Rain”.
This week it was MBLAQ turn to sing the “Safety Song” and they did it really well. TVXQ became the winner of this week’s show.
Have a look at the performances on SBS’ Inkigayo below!
thanks to GoKpop ! ❤
ZE:A’s Dance Battle Practice Clip from Music Bank Performance
On the most recent KBS’ Music Bank, ZE:A along with Dalmatian and Infinite shared a special stage to show off their moves at the live dance battle! ZE:A demonstrated their high difficulty dance with their eyes completely covered with two sets masks! How did they pull it off?
Seen in the video above, ZE:A’s skills were infallible even with their eyes closed. They kept their timing in beat and in sync with each other.
Many fans argued that in their live performance, camera men didn’t do a thorough job when it came to filming all the members as a whole. What do you think of this issue?
source : GoKpop
[110326] MBC Music Core
Who performed which song on MBC’s Music Core this week? Check out today’s broadcast and find out the answer!
Today Dalmatian, Big Bang, TVXQ, Wheesung, Infinite, Girl’s Day, 5dolls, G.NA and lots more artists were featured on MBC’s Music Core.
C.N. Blue made their comeback by performing “Imagine” and “Intuition”.
G.NA had her goodbye stage with her song, “Already Miss You”.
Source: CrazyCarrot270 + shu101224 @YouTube via GoKpop
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