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2NE1's 'Crush' among this year's 20 best pop albums: U.S. magazine

Dec 22, 2014

"Crush," the second full-length album released by South Korea's popular girl group 2NE1, has been chosen among the 20 Best Pop Albums of 2014 by an influential U.S. music magazine, its management said Monday. "Crush" ranked sixth on the list recently released by Rolling Stone magazine, which also included albums by global pop stars such as Taylor Swift's "1989," Pharrell Williams' "Girl," Ariana...
CNBLUE, FT Island bask in fame in Taiwan

Dec 19, 2014

Boy bands CNBLUE and FT Island made record-high profits in Taiwan this year, proving their overseas fame, a Singaporean media outlet reported Friday. According to My Paper, the two groups earned about 25 billion won ($22.7 million) from concerts and album sales in Taiwan. The four-member group CNBLUE made 2.8 billion won from its Asia tour concerts in the country, matching the record set by ido...
Audition star Nam So-hyun accused of bullying

Dec 18, 2014

‘K-pop Star 4’ contestant bullying rumors continue to spiral
SM launching global auditions next year

Dec 17, 2014

SM Entertainment, the nation’s largest entertainment agency, will launch a worldwide talent search next year. SM is slated to hold a large-scale global audition with agency representatives heading to nine countries and 28 cities across Asia, Europe and North America, the agency announced Wednesday. And for the first time for a Korean agency, SM will take auditions to Russia, where K-pop has slow...
Robin to spit French rhymes on Sosim Boys’ new EP

Dec 17, 2014

French TV personality Robin Deiana from the popular JTBC talk show “Nonsummit” will be showing off his music talent by collaborating with the folk-acoustic duo Sosim Boys on their upcoming EP. The album, titled “Shining Star,” is slated to drop Friday, according to an announcement by Doctor Nine Media on Wednesday. On the EP, Deiana will take on the role of a French rapper. The album is also sai...
EXO to release first live concert album

Dec 17, 2014

Just in time to ring in the holiday season, K-pop group EXO will release the group’s first live concert album on Monday, SM Entertainment said Wednesday. The live album will feature EXO’s previous concert series at the Seoul Olympic Park’s Gymnastic Stadium from May 23-25. The upcoming release will include a total of 36 tracks, including the group’s monster hits “Growl,” “Overdose,” “Wolf” and “...
Klive hologram concerts attract 50,000 this year

Dec 16, 2014

In town and in the mood to see Psy perform his addictively enthralling galloping horse moves? Whether or not your visit coincides with his live concert schedule, you can dance along with the monster K-pop star on almost any day of the week in futuristic, digital fashion. Less than a year since the world’s first K-pop hologram performance center was launched, Klive has used its pioneering technol...
2NE1 snags Billboard’s best K-pop album pick of 2014

Dec 14, 2014

In somewhat of a surprising twist, taking second place on Billboard’s stamp of the year’s best K-pop albums is a band that would not even be labeled as a K-pop act by locals. Popular indie band Nell beat out the likes of K-pop starlet IU for the No. 2 spot with the band’s latest sixth full album, “Newton’s Apple.” Coincidentally released on the exact same day as 2NE1’s album, the magazine referre...
Fly to the Sky, Gummy unite for collaboration concerts

Dec 12, 2014

Following a special collaborative live performance in United States last month, noted ballad singer Gummy is reuniting with male R&B duo Fly to the Sky to hold three concerts in Seoul later this month. Brian Joo and Hwanhee of Fly to the Sky will be joining Gummy onstage once again for the artist’s upcoming live collaboration concert series, “The Attraction,” to be held from Dec. 23 to Christmas...
Fuse TV names WINNER among top 13 breakout artists

Dec 11, 2014

Alongside the likes of Sam Smith, who shares a three-way tie with the year’s most Grammy Awards nods at six, and Meghan Trainor whose fame skyrocketed internationally after the release of her Grammy-nominated single “All About the Bass,” the YG Entertainment newbie members of WINNER have been named one of the world’s top breakout artists of the year by U.S. cable music program Fuse TV. At the No...
Girls’ Generation to release first single as octet

Dec 10, 2014

Following the shock exit earlier this year of K-pop idol star Jessica from Girls’ Generation, the now eight-member girl group has revealed that it will release a new single in Japan. According to an announcement by SM Entertainment, Girls’ Generation will release a new Japanese single sometime early next year, which will mark its first release since the departure of Jessica. The members of Girl...
Bernat and Taeyang collaboration rumored

Dec 10, 2014

A myriad of rumors began circulating online Wednesday morning surrounding up-and-coming American R&B singer Jeff Bernat, who reportedly posted a tweet hinting at a possible collaboration with popular K-pop idol star Taeyang of Big Bang. According to a number of reports, Bernat tweeted a message suggesting that he would be working with the Big Bang star on Tuesday, but quickly deleted it soon aft...
JYPE releases ‘One Mic’ live album

Dec 10, 2014

JYP Entertainment fans can now hear the never-before-released collaborations by their favorite JYP artists with the release of the agency’s live concert album, “One Mic.” K-pop artists from JYPE, including agency founder Park Jin-young, recently held the Seoul leg of their JYP Nation concert tour in August, gathering 28 of the agency’s stars to perform a show that featured a wide variety of arra...
Psy’s ‘Hangover’ tops YouTube K-Pop chart

Dec 9, 2014

The music video of South Korean rapper Psy’s latest single “Hangover” was the most viewed K-pop clip on YouTube this year, the global video-sharing site said Tuesday. The song, debuted in June and featuring U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg, is a follow-up to Psy’s international hit “Gangnam Style,” which has drawn more than 2.1 billion world views and prompted YouTube to upgrade its viewer count system si...
Psy's "Hangover" tops YouTube K-Pop chart in 2014

Dec 9, 2014

The music video of South Korean rapper Psy's latest single "Hangover" was the most viewed K-pop clip on YouTube this year, the global video-sharing site said Tuesday. The song, debuted in June and featuring U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg, is a follow-up to Psy's international hit "Gangnam Style," which has drawn more than 2.1 billion world views and prompted YouTube to upgrade its viewer count system si...

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