4Minute to shine this year?

A list, compiled by the Chosun Ilbo, has surfaced as to which girl groups may dominate this years charts. They compiled the list based on their stage prescence, fan loyalty, capabilty , management and of course track records of their peformance. Let's take a look at the spread of the 13 groups.

Making it to the top tier are powerhouses SNSD, KARA, 2ne1 and rookie group, Miss A. Through the whole of last year, they managed to capture the attention of the viewers and show that they still had what it takes to take the stage by storm. Kudos to Miss A as they made such an impact such that they've been pipped to be the next big thing.

The second tier group consists of Sistar, T-ARA, After School , B.E.G, and f(x). However they've been predicted to fall out in the race and not be able to make an impact.

Our 4Minute, unfortunately, lies in the third tier along with Rainbow, Secret and shockingly Wonder Girls. Reason being due to their lack of success over the previous year. With such a piece of article being written by the media, it really leaves quite a big question mark as to who will make or break this year. But also really leaves us wondering what 4Minute will do to finally prove their doubters wrong and move up from their prelonged status as rookies.

hyunA uploaded a silly picture from their visit in Malaysia

4Minute's Kim HyunA uploaded a playful picture of them through her Twitter as to inform their fans on how much they have enjoyed their visit in Malaysia.

Along with the picture, she tweeted: "During our filming..... ♥ Malaysia annyeong!"

4Minute took this shot from a premiere shopping street in Malaysia. The girls decided to make a wacky, silly picture that would show their cute personalities. As you can see, 4Minute's leader, Nam Jihyun, who's the tallest among the them, raised her arms, resulting to HyunA posing with her knees bent, hiding half of her face showing a comic expression as she placed her face near Jihyun's underarms. It's also noticeable how Gayoon made a funny-expression too which somehow relates to Jihyun's underarm too.

From that picture, fans commented:

"What are you doing HyunA unnie ㅋ ㅋ! Why are you girls doing that .. ㅠ ㅠ "

"HyunA unnie lol. Can you get that smell?"

"Those are my idols, girls like 4Minute! Your reactions are very interesting."

Meanwhile, 4Minute has also started filming their newest TV show entitled "4Minute's Mr. Teacher" which aims to prepare the girls for their upcoming promotional activities outside South Korea. The show aims to have the girls of 4Minute learn the language and culture of different Asian countries such as Thailand, Taiwan and Japan.

For now, it has been confirmed that Nichkhun's brother will be the group's teacher for their Special Thailand episode.

KARA’s “Girl’s Talk” goes platinum in Japan

KARA has become the first ever Korean girl group to sell 250,000 albums in Japan!

According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), the girls’ first official Japanese album, “Girl’s Talk,” was certified platinum on January 14th. The album was released in November of last year, and recorded tremendous achievements within its first week of release, as it sold 100,000 copies. The album made KARA the first international female group to hit the mark after seven years, and they’ve ranked on the Oricon top 10 for a total of seven weeks.

“Girl’s Talk” is still selling well, and it’s expected that the girls will reach 300,000 in sales very soon. Their other singles, “Mister” and “Jumping“, have both reached ‘gold’ easily selling 100,000 units as well. Indeed, KARA’s “Mister” single reached platinum in digital sales with 250,000 downloads late last year.

SNSD’s Korean licensed album, “Hoot,” also hit 100,000 in sales, and was certified ‘gold’ this week.

2PM’s Nichkhun to become f(x)’s Victoria’s swim coach on “We Got Married”

2PM’s Nichkhun has tranformed into a swim coach for his wife, f(x)’s Victoria.

During the recording of MBC’s “We Got Married,” Nichkhun fulfilled his wish of wanting to teach Victoria how to swim. Victoria, who was always scared of water, got a hardcore personal swim lesson from Nichkhun in the swimming pool at a Thai Hotel.

Nichkhun, who learned intense survival swimming from his parents, showed off his teaching skills as he taught Victoria with an intensive 1-day swimming lesson.

However, as Nichkhun was coaching Victoria, a fatal flaw was found in Nichkhun. It has been revealed that this flaw was something that made him lose his honor as a teacher and husband. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait until the show’s January 15th broadcast to find out what it is!

4Minute spotted at Pavillion!

Hyun Ah uploaded some photos taken with members during their Malaysia trip.

Sharp eyes fans managed to recognise the place where the first photo was taken,the girls went to Pavillion earlier today.

Lucky fans might have met the girls there,hope that the girls love Malaysia,please come back to Malaysia again!

Music Bank Performances (11.01.14)

For this week's episode of Music Bank, we have many great line-ups of artists performing. Some of them areTVXQ, IU, MBLAQ, T-ARA, Secret, Joo, F.cuz, JQT, Teen Top, Sistar, Infinite and more. To those of you who have missed today's episode, you can watch some of today's performances below. Enjoy the rest of your day!

Secret - Shy Boy



Sistar - How Dare You



T-ARA - YaYaYa

4minute's Nam Jihyun continued her activities in Malaysia despite bad health conditions

4Minute, including other co-CUBE Entertainment artists such as BEAST and G.NA, had just finished a successful concert in Malaysia yesterday. However, behind the girls' energetic and fierce performance for the concert, was the unknown condition of 4Minute's Leader, Nam Jihyun, as she has been reportedly suffering from bad health conditions even before they went to Malaysia.

A staff from CUBE said that she started this New Year while gravely suffering from severe colds. It also seemed like her condition got worst the moment they went to Malaysia as her body had a hard time adjusting to the changing weather temperature as they transferred from South Korea to Malaysia. He also said that Jihyun is currently getting some treatments and is trying her best to feel better as soon as possible.

CUBE's representative also revealed that they already recommended Jihyun to take a break with her family to avoid further harm on her health; however, she still insisted on finishing all her responsibilities for she was also worried for the group's performance and enforced that she has to finish what the group has committed of doing.

Meanwhile, the girls of 4Minute are also in their preparations for their upcoming comeback.