Winners from the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards

On November 30th, Mnet hosted its 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, attracting stars and performers from both Korea and around the world.

The preliminaries were conducted through the evaluation of judges and other music affiliates using data from album sales and song rankings from music sites.

The final judging is “based on viewer votes (Internet, mobile), expert panel evaluations, expert research of preference, album sales, digital combined charts (song sales), and evaluation by the selection committee.”

The winners for the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards are:

Best New Female Artist - Ailee

Best Dance Performance Solo - Psy

Best Male Group - Big Bang

Best Female Group - SISTAR

Best Collaboration Performance - Troublemaker

Mnet PD’s Choice - B.A.P

Best Asian Artist - Wang Leehom

Best Asian Artist Japan - AKB48

Best Asian Artist Philippines - Sarah Geronimo

Best Asian Artist Vietnam - My Tam

Best Dance Performance Male Group - SHINee

Best Dance Performance Female Group - f(x)

Best Vocal Performance Solo - K.Will

Best Vocal Performance Group - Davichi

International Favorite Artist - Psy

Best OST - Seo In Guk & A-Pink's Eunji (“All For You”)

Best Asian Artist Singapore - Taufik Batisah

Best Asian Artist Indonesia - Agnes Monica

Best Female Artist - IU 

Best Band Performance - Busker Busker

Best Music Video - Psy (“Gangnam Style”)

Best Asian Artist (China) - Li Yuchun 

New Asian Artist (China) - TimeZ

New Asian Artist (Thailand) - Natthew 

New Asian Artist Group - EXO

Style in Music - Ga-In

Best Rap Performance - Epik High

Guardian Angel Worldwide Performer - Big Bang 

Best Male Artist - G-Dragon

Best Line - Super Junior 

Best Global Group Female - KARA

Best Global Group Male - Super Junior 

Artist of the Year - Big Bang

Album of the Year - Super Junior (‘Sexy, Free & Single’)

Song of the Year - Psy (“Gangnam Style”)

Congratulations to all the winners!

Performances from the ’2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards’

On November 29th, Mnet hosted its ‘2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards‘ (‘MAMA’) in Hong Kong, attracting stars and performers from both Korea and around the world.

Check out their performances below!

< Song Joong Ki & G-Dragon >

< Ailee & B.A.P’s Bang Yong Guk >

< Ga In, SISTAR, Trouble Maker >

< Lee Hi & Epik High >

< Roy Kim >

< Adam Lambert >

< SHINee & EXO >

< Super Junior >

< Li Yuchun >

< Natthew >

< TimeZ >

< Davichi, Double K, Loco, Chuija, Gaeko >

< Big Bang >

< J.Y. Park & 2PM’s Wooyoung >

< Wang Leehom >

< Seo In Young & BoB K >

< Psy & HyunA >

TVXQ electrifies with “Humanoids” on ‘Music Bank’

TVXQ is heating up ‘Music Bank’ stage with their new and more powerful sounds, “Humanoids”!

“Humanoids” is the title track for their new repackaged album of the same name. The song is a hybrid electronic genre which will once again feature the duo’s charismatic charms. It contains a message that encourages people to strive for the brighter future.

For their follow-up performance, TVXQ once again showcased their synchronized and excellent dancing skills, creating explosive and exciting performances for the fans.

Watch their performance below!

2012 MAMA Red Carpet videos

Check out the official red carpet videos of the 2012 MAMA

Amber & Luna greet fans from Hong Kong

MAMA is starting soon.

f(x)'s charismatic rapper Amber updated her Twitter a while ago with a video. She is seen sending out messages to fans in the video with Luna.

She introduces herself and says she does not know how to speak Cantonese.

Check out the hilarious video below

Stream 2012 MAMA LIVE on Youtube

I am already nervous watching the Red Carpet of the 2012 MAMA, so fans asked us where to stream to show LIVE.

Besides streaming it on the main page, http://mama.interest.me/live , you can actually watch it LIVE on Youtube as well,check out the embedded video below.

Let's enjoy the show together!

Join Naver’s ‘Band’ with SHINee’s Minho and f(x)’s Sulli!

You may remember SHINee‘s Minho and f(x)‘s Sulli‘s promoting the Naver‘s mobile application ‘BAND‘ with their drama ‘To The Beautiful You‘ (‘For You in Full Blossom‘).

The two previously released a promotional video showing Minho and Sulli behind-the-scenes while filming. The two acted like a real couple backstage, smiling brightly as they playfully argued. Sulli had uploaded photos of Minho behind-the-scenes onto the application ‘BAND’. When Minho saw the photo, he started to chase Sulli down, who responded, “We’re the only ones who’ll see it!“, and Minho responded, “What if someone else sees?“. Sulli laughed and said, “Don’t be so cheap“, and the two didn’t lose their laughter as they went off screen.

The second part of the promotional video showed Sulli taking photos of Minho in secret and uploading them onto the application. After, Sulli looks back up, but Minho had disappeared. In confusion, she looks around, only to have Minho appear right next to her and causing her to laugh as she runs away. Minho leisurely goes after her, smiling as he jokes, “Do you want to get yelled at?“.

So why were the two using ‘BAND’, and what is different about it from the other SNS options?

Recently, many SNS users have complained about an overexposure of information through other social network service platforms, where everyone is added together as a friend through cell phone number or email addresses. The BAND app is different from these SNS platform, and is a social community service that solves the problem of a basic mobile messenger service. Through ‘BAND’, users can divide people into groups of ‘friends’, ‘team members’, ‘family’, or whatever else the user wishes to communicate separately with each of them. In other words, users can make their own group, invite only certain people and make a “place for ourselves” that friends can communicate privately with each other.

The application has a total of 5 menus, including ‘Bulletin Board‘, ‘Photo Album‘, ‘Chat Room‘, ‘Schedule‘, and ‘Address Book‘. Information and photos that is easily missed through mobile messenger programs can be uploaded onto the Bulletin Board and Photo Album. In the ‘Schedule’ menu, the members’ birthdays are automatically recorded. Not only so, but anniversary and meeting dates can be added onto the Schedule so everyone can check it. The application also provides a ‘Poll’ feature. With the feature, details can be easily decided on through simple voting, and users can save time that would have been otherwise wasted.

BAND creates a place of communication between small groups of close friends, and the number of users increases continuously. In Korean app stores, the Naver ‘BAND’ has become the #1 popular application in the free app market, and has accumulated more than 2 million downloads in three months. Because the SNS market is already full, this is a meaningful progress. The social network ‘BAND’ is different from the regular SNS in that it is only for friends, family, for us. You can download the application in the below link and to learn more about BAND, watch the introduction clip below!

2PM stands with Baek Ji Young, Byun Jin Sup and DJ Koo for ‘Shining Water Night’ music festival

2PM held a music festival titled ‘Shining Water Night‘ on November 29th at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul’s Olympic Park.

The event was held in conjunction with Woongjin Coway, an innovative home wellness appliance company. The music festival was targeted at their main customers, married women, with the concept that these women could go back for one night and feel how they were when they were in their teens.

‘Shining Water Night‘ featured the Coway models 2PM, along with guests Baek Ji Young, Byun Jin Sup, and DJ Koo.

2PM’s Jun. K also performed his interpretation of Psy‘s “Gangnam Style” called “Daegu Style“. After watching the performance, Taecyeon suggested that the dance should’ve been called “Grandpa Style” which caused Jun. K to playfully push Taecyeon at his joke.

Check out “Daegu Style” and the photos from the music festival below!

"Giant Baby" is getting more attention among KPop idol groups. They're known as giant babies because although they're the youngest in their groups but they have developed and are good in every aspect. Many of them are even more popular than the older members. At the moment the most popular "giant babies" are Miss A's Suzy and f(x)'s Sulli. They have proven their talent in singing, acting and also in various aspects. In male idol groups, we have 2AM's Jinwoon.He's currently very busy because of the filming of "Law of the Jungle 2". He has attracted attention due to his masculine appearance despite the fact that he's the youngest in the group. Youngest member of 100% group Sanghoon has gained the nickname "Kim Soo Hyun 2" because of his tall figure and superior look. His charisma has caught much attention. Netizens commented,"Kara's Jiyoung should have included on the list too","Sometimes the smallest is the strongest" and so on

TVXQ be holding a special performance of their follow-up track “Humanoids” for the fans online.

On November 30, SM Entertainment announced, “TVXQ will meet their fans through Naver Music On-Air with their new song, ‘Humanoids.’ In celebration of the release of the repackaged album, the group will hold a special performance on December 3 at 9PM KST.”

In addition to their live performances, TVXQ will have a talk time with the fans through a Q&A session about their repackaged album ‘Humanoids.’

Meanwhile, TVXQ will continue its follow-up promotions on KBS ‘Music Bank’ on November 30, MBC’s ‘Music Core’ on December 1 and SBS ‘Inkigayo’ on December 2.

Popular KPop "Giant Babies"

"Giant Baby" is getting more attention among KPop idol groups.

They're known as giant babies because although they're the youngest in their groups but they have developed and are good in every aspect. Many of them are even more popular than the older members.

At the moment the most popular "giant babies" are Miss A's Suzy and f(x)'s Sulli. They have proven their talent in singing, acting and also in various aspects.

In male idol groups, we have 2AM's Jinwoon.He's currently very busy because of the filming of "Law of the Jungle 2". He has attracted attention due to his masculine appearance despite the fact that he's the youngest in the group.

Youngest member of 100% group Sanghoon has gained the nickname "Kim Soo Hyun 2" because of his tall figure and superior look. His charisma has caught much attention.

Netizens commented,"Kara's Jiyoung should have included on the list too","Sometimes the smallest is the strongest" and so on.

Gyuri, Jiyoung and Seungyeon release solo MVs for Korean ‘KARA Solo Collection’

Following the first set of music videos featuring Nicole and Goo Hara’s solo tracks, KARA has now unveiled the music videos for Gyuri  and Jiyoung’s tracks from their ‘KARA Solo Collection’ album.

Gyuri’s solo track “Daydream” features a tango-like rhythm and plays out much like a musical number. The music video also stars Jung Seok Won, who plays the lead male character.

Jiyoung’s “Wanna Do” is described as a rock ballad and features Supernova’s Park Geon Il on the music video’s storyline. Seungyeon, on the other hand, will transform into a rockstar for her solo track “Guilty”, the song which will further showcase her individual colors apart from KARA.

Check out the MVs below!