Tuesday, July 5, 2011

KARA sets another Oricon record with “Go Go Summer”

Girl group KARA has set yet another milestone for themselves in Japan!

KARA’s fourth Japanese single, “Go Go Summer“, has sold 114,000 copies during its first week of release. As of July 11th, it’s in second place on the Oricon Weekly Chart.

“Go Go Summer” is KARA’s second single to sell over 100,000 copies during its first week, following their third single, “Jet Coaster Love“, which sold 123,000 copies during its first week.

This is a first for any foreign female artist in the Oricon Singles rankings.

With this new addition to their growing list of accomplishments, KARA’s “Mister“, “Jumping“, “Jet Coster Love”, and “Go Go Summer” have all made it to the top five in the Oricon rankings chart.

MBC's Chongwon Hope Concert performances


Check out MBC's Chongwon Hope Concert performances made by various artist that just uploaded by netizen to Youtube!


2PM - HANDS UP


A Pink - It Girl



Boyfriend - Boyfriend


Norazo - Snack Stall


After School - Shampoo


Rainbow - Sweet Dream


IU - Good Day


T-Ara - Roly Poly


Hong Jin Young - Love Battery


L.P.G - Angry


INFINITE - Nothing's Over


Baek Ji Young - As Usual


Secret - Starlight Moonlight


2NE1 - I AM THE BEST

4minute, G.NA, and B2ST named as ambassadors for Korean airport

It looks like the artists from Cube Entertainment are about to fly high – literally!

The Korean Airports Corporation named 4minute, G.NA, and B2ST as official ambassadors for their world-class Gimpo International Airport, which handles domestic and international flights alongside Incheon International Airport.

“The dynamic image of Cube’s Hallyu stars match well with the soaring image of Gimpo International Airport,” the KAC said in an official statement.

“Especially at this point when Asian stars go on to become world stars, it’s very meaningful that our artists will become ambassadors for the nation’s airports,” a representative for Cube remarked.

The next time you fly into Korea, keep your eyes peeled for these superstar ambassadors!

Mnet releases teaser videos for 2011 Mnet “20’s Choice” Awards

Mnet has finally released their first official video teaser for their upcoming “20’s Choice” Awards!

As seen in the video, the “20’s Choice” Awards will take place on Thursday, July 7th at 6PM KST at the Sheraton Walker Hill Swimming Pool. The show has a great lineup of artists, including f(x), SS501’s Kim Hyun Joong and a special collaboration between project group M&D and UV.

The show will also be broadcast live through Mnet’s official Youtube Channel (youtube.com/mnet)with live updates on their official English Twitter, @20schoice.

Check out the videos to check exactly what time it will be streamed live in your country!

SM-YG-JYP band together to find the next K-pop star through new TV program

To find the next generation of K-pop stars, Korea’s “BIG3″ have come together for an explosive new music audition program!

SM Entertainment’s Lee Soo Man, YG Entertainment’s Yang Hyun Suk, and JYP Entertainment’s J.Y. Park will team up for the upcoming SBS show, “Survival Audition Kpop Star”, which will air its pilot episode in December.

The premise for the program is a competition of talent and survival; Korea’s three big management companies will not only travel Korea to find the next star, but also in various locations around the world. This competition will not focus solely on vocals; other skills and talents will also be judged in order to determine who would be the next Hallyu phenomenon.

According to SBS, “This is not an audition where you can succeed with only vocal skills. This program is open to anyone who can dance, sing, or have talent. This will be an audition where the people who made Korea’s biggest stars will pick the next global star. Simply stating, this is the ultimate audition.”

The winner of this program will win a prize money of 300,000,000 won for the production of his or her album, as well as the opportunity to release the album globally through the three management companies (SM, YG, JYP). Other prizes include an opportunity to sign a contract with a management company, an offer to star in a drama or become a CF model, a free car, and various other opportunities. The first round of auditions will begin on July 5th at 6:00 PM KST through the ARS or SBS homepage.

T-ara's Japanese debut goal : "Singing and Acting Success"


T-ara begins to conquer Japan starting today.

Following BoA, TVXQ, Girls' Generation and more, K-POP is becoming more and more popular abroad and has sparked craze in Japan where artists now are expanding to more often.

On the 5th at the SHIBUYA-AX Hall in Tokyo, Japan, T-ara held a press conference and revealed their ambitions and determinations for their future in Japan.

The T-ara members said, "We'll debut with 'Bo Peep Bo Peep' in Japan and hope the success and love of 'Bo Peep Bo Peep' that was received in Korea will catch on with Japanese fans. We want to be able to debut realistically in Japan. We were actually busy last night memorizing our Japanese," they revealed.

T-ara continued with, "Girls' Generation and many other girl groups have advanced in Japan, and from them we have watched, heard stories and studied how they invested their time in Japan that has helped us learn (?)," they said. "We want to be active in various activities not only as singers, but also in dramas, movies and variety."

"We are primarily a girl group who sings and dances to music, but we want to be characterized (?) and be able to be compared to Japanese girl groups who also do the same, as well as various other activities in other fields. We need to pursue similar aspects because it seems it'll be beneficial to our future activities," T-ara said.

T-ara continued to say, "A group we admire is 'SMAP'. They work in various fields but are still-standing and a leading group. As T-ara, we want to introduce our own unique colors and charms."

T-ara met with the Japanese media and Korean for their open press conference in Japan and is scheduled to go into full-fledged activities.

T-ara will also first be resuming their activities fully for their retro track "Roly-Poly".

Kara's new Japanese album Go Go Summer has been sold over 100,000 copies


Kara’s Japanese fourth single album Go Go Summer was sold over 114,000 copies just in a week since its release, ranking second on the Oricon weekly chart.

Following Kara’s third single album Jet Coaster Love, which had been sold over 123,000 copies in a week when it was released in April, Go Go Summer has also recorded more than 100,000 copies in sales. The sales record, two times in a row, is first set in the 44-year history of the Oricon chart for foreign female artists.

When the foreign male artists, whether bands or solo singers, were all included, the Kara’s record places second, only following TVXQ’s.

In addition, Kara has made another surprising record: all their songs released in Japan (“Mister,” “Jumping,” “Jet Coaster Love,” and “Go Go Sumer”) has been put among top five on the Oricon chart.

HyunA releases “Bubble Pop!” music video!

After teasing fans with the sexy “Bubble Pop!” teaser, fans just couldn’t get enough of HyunA. Well, it’s all good now, because the full music video for “Bubble Pop!” is officially out!

HyunA continues to impress fans by managing to exude several different sexy charms that will certainly heat up an already hot summer.

Check out the extremely sexy music video below!

Hyuna's Bubble Pop MV unleashed


Here's the Music Video of HyunAh's solo "Bubble Pop"
Sexy Hyunah! and wait there's more! MBLAQ Lee Joon appeared in this MV!!



It's going to be a hot summer indeed!!

Kara performed "Go Go Summer" at Hey Hey Hey!


Check out Kara's latest “Go Go Summer” performances at Japan's Music show “Hey Hey Hey”。