[NEWS] What are the girl groups up to, this Chuseok holiday?

With 13 different girl groups currently promoting in the market, fans have been paying close attention to their every move, including what they will be up to this Chuseok holiday.

Star News found out the holiday plans of 13 different popular girl groups including SNSD, 2NE1, Wonder Girls, KARA, T-ara, 4Minute, Secret, After School, f(x), miss A, SISTAR, Rainbow, and Girls Day.

The majority of the groups will be spending Chuseok with their family. Having run through tightly-packed schedules all year long, agencies have allowed a short but sweet break for the girls to enjoy.

With SNSD currently promoting in Japan, SM Entertainment will be having the members return home right before the holidays begin. SM stated, “The SNSD members will be spending their Chuseok in Korea with their family. After Chuseok ends, they will be returning to Japan and focusing on their promotions.”

*Some contents omitted due to unrelated to SNSD*

Credits : Allkpop.com
Full article : http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/what-are-the-girl-groups-up-to-this-chuseok-holiday

[NEWS] SNSD, Conquering Japan's Music Charts

SNSD has placed on Japan’s billboard chart.

On the 15th, SNSD’s debut song “GENIE” placed high on Billboard Japan’s Hot 100 Weekly Chart, Hot Top Airplay, and the Hot Single Chart.

This song ranked #4 on the comprehensive Hot 100 chart. They possessed rank #5 on the Hot Single Sales Chart.

This song particularly shined in the #1 spot on the airplay chart (Number of Times song was broadcasted). The airplay chart monitors 33 nationwide FM/AM radio stations. The result is computed by the amount of times the song was played on that given station as well as the population and listening ratio of that given area. They have received a lot of interest from the Japanese media.

Now, we can see that SNSD’s advance to Japan has had a favorable start. This song also was rank #4 on ORICON’s weekly chart.


Translated by : Kanki@Soshified.com
Source : http://www.chosunonline.com/entame/20100916000034
Credits : Soshified.com

[NEWS] Professional critics rank, the ‘Top 5 Best and Worst Idols’

Korean website 100Beat is receiving a lot of attention for their recent article on the “5 Best and Worst Idols over the past 10 years”, and we’re bringing it straight to you.

The hottest topic of the Korean music industry over the past few years has been none other than the ‘idol fever’ sweeping the market. With previous years being taken over by boy bands, the past 10 years of the music market have been dominated by both group and soloist idols.

Which idols are the best? Which idols are the worst? With the emergence of H.O.T as the initial marking point of the trend, five individual teams were chosen to compile entries for both the best and the worst categories.

Those that participated in the survey include 20 professional critics, such as music magazine editor-in-chiefs, journalists, and broadcast writers. All of them participated in a discussion meeting with ‘100 BEAT‘ in order to come up with the following list.

<”BEST 5″>

1. BoA
2. SNSD
3. Big Bang
4. S.E.S
5. TVXQ / DBSK

*Contents omitted due to unrelated to SNSD*

SNSD, who is now regarded as a cultural phenomenon, has taken second. SNSD was able to make those that turned away from the TV screens return with anticipation for their next stunt. Kim Jungwee mentioned, “They’ve even made ‘rock kids’ be able to confidently say that they like idols.”

*Contents omitted due to unrelated to SNSD*

With SM Entertainment artists dominating both the best and the worst lists, the list reveals that the company has been the leader of the idol market thus far. These results also demonstrate that groups are more popular than solo artists. No group made both lists, proving that there is a universal standard dividing a clear ‘like and dislike’ with each idol. Idols are immediately separated into ‘likable’ and ‘not likable’ – a standard that only looks at the absolute basics of each idol. Whether or not such a phenomenon will work in the advantage of idols requires more time to see.

Source : 100BEAT.com
Credits : Allkpop.com
*Full news at http://www.allkpop.com/2010/09/professional-critics-rank-the-top-5-best-and-worst-idols

[NEWS] NHK Radio : 10-hour long broadcast on Kpop

Due to the popularity of SNSD, Big Bang and Kara in Japan, there will be a special 10-hour long broadcast on Kpop.

On September 17th, according to Japan’s media Sponichi, NHK-FM will broadcast a special 10-hour long program “KPOP 三昧 in Fukuoka” on September 20th.

The person in charge of the production of the program, Matasake Date PD was amazed by the popularity of Kpop girl groups in Japan. He said, “At first, we planned to have drama based music program. The craze for Kpop girl groups is beyond our expectation.”

Fans have sent in their request through the program’s website and on September 16th, about 600 requests were received. Most of the fans requested songs from SNSD, DBSK and the late Park Yongha who passed away in June this year.

Date PD revealed his excitement by saying, “The reactions from fans are overwhelming. I don’t think 10 hours are enough for me to introduce all the songs.”

Credits : asiae.co.kr
Source : fanwonder.com

[NEWS] Teamwork, the key to SNSD’s Japan success

Another secret to SNSD’s success in Japan have been discovered ever since the lightning strike incident. This time, the key lies within the Soshi themselves. It is something that must have been developed through the years –TEAMWORK.

The girls have proven that a group does not need 48 members to be successful in Japan. According to SM Entertainment’s representative, the teamwork in the group has gotten better than before and their performances were much better than what he expected. The representative added that the girls will enjoy more success at the peak of the career with such mentality and attitude.

Ever since the girls’ debut on September 8th, their achievements have been really impressive due to the overwhelming response from Japanese and International fans. They debuted at no.5 on Oricon’s Daily Singles Chart and managed to grab the no.2 spot a few days later. SNSD’s Genie MV on the other hand, topped the iTunes Japan’s chart.

Credits : newsen.com
Source : fanwonder.com