SNSD Most Searched, Downloaded, and Watched Artists in 2010

SNSD is taking Korea by storm! After picking up the Best Artist award at the 2010 Melon Music Awards, it was revealed that they were the most-searched, most-downloaded, and most-watched pop artists in Korea on Naver and YouTube, respectively.

Naver, which is the top Korean portal site, announced on Wednesday that SNSD was the most searched artist, and that their hit singles "Oh", "Hoot", and "Run Devil Run" had all reached the top ten in the list of most-downloaded songs of 2010. (The top spot went to miss A's debut single, "Bad Girl Good Girl".)

These results were based on information taken from the 2010 Naver Music Chart, which accounts for the millions of people who log onto the site to download music. 10Asia states that the chart "reflects the total number of music downloads, real-time ratings, real-time album chart, and the accumulated number of times the artist was searched."

As for videos, it was reported that SNSD has topped YouTube's list of most-watched videos in Korea and put three others in the top ten as well, according to the official YouTube channel, which has a website called 2010: The Year in Review.

The most-watched music video in 2010 was SNSD's "Oh", and the second most-watched was their "Run Devil Run". "Hoot" and the dance version of "Oh" rounded out the list at spots nine and ten, respectively.

And for anyone who thinks that SNSD is purely a national sensation, think again: they also placed in the top ten in other Asian countries: "Oh" placed number one in Taiwan, six in Hong Kong, and nine in Japan. "Run Devil Run" placed third in Taiwan.

SNSD hwaiting!

'T-ara Hyomin 'Rumours about looking like Jessica?' ' Laughed with Jessica about it'

T-ara Hyomin talked about the rumours of her looking alike with SNSD Jessica.

As Hyomin is promoting her new song Yayaya, her long hair she had for 4 years had to be cut. After she changed her hairstyle, netizens said, "After you cut your hair, you look similar to Jessica!"

From this Hyomin said,'"Jessica and I both know about this." She said, "Since i always had long hair, i wanted a change, since I cut my hair I heard from many people that I looked like Jessica. It's fun," she said.

'Jessica also definitely knows about this, during the trainee days of Jessica people said, " There is a girl that's looks like you". There was a time she even looked for her.

From then onwards, they have been hearing many things saying they looked alike. Even now when hearing about the rumours, Hyomin and Jessica both laugh together about it. 

‘I Love You’ MR-Removed version: Taeyeon praised for her awesome singing ability

Recently, the MR-Removed version of Taeyeon’s ‘I Love You’ (the OST for SBS drama ‘Athena’) videos have surfaced on online entertainment forum sites.

For those who are not familiar with the term, MR means Music Recorded. So, for MR-Removed videos, basically, the music is taken out from the video and all that can be heard is the artist’s actual vocal ability. This method has been used to evaluate the vocal abilities of artists such as IU, Beast, Sistar, SNSD, T-ara and other idol groups.

From the MR-removed video of ‘I Love You’, one could only come up with a conclusion that Taeyeon’s singing ability is near-perfect as there is only a slight 1% of voice wavering and the difference between the normal and MR-removed video (in terms of singing) could hardly be detected. Composer of ‘I Love You’, Ahn Youngmin even praised Taeyeon for her great singing ability.

Netizens who heard the MR-Removed version gave their praises to Taeyeon :

-”Powerful singing ability”

-”How is it possible that such voice comes from someone with a kid-like face?”

-”This is a really good song. Superb singing ability”

Check out the MR-Removed version of ‘I Love You’ and be amazed!

[AUDIO] Taeyeon - I Love You (MR-Removed)

Meanwhile, SNSD will be attending the TBS Japan Record Awards in Japan on December 30th.

TaeYeon's Crazy Vocal and YoonA's Real Face SNSD Domination?

People are supporting TaeYeon by comparing her to IU, who can sing 3 octaves and thus is known for crazy vocals. On online communities, a MR removed version of "I Love You (Athena OST)" by TaeYeon was released lately. The netizens use the MR removals in order to determine the singer's vocals.

TaeYeon showed stable and improved vocals in the MR removed version of "I Love You". The netizens who came across this video stated "I never knew TaeYeon's vocal was this good." "Amazing." "TaeYeon broke my stereotype that idols are bad at vocals." And also praised TaeYeon by saying that TaeYeon's vocal is good enough to compete with that of IU.

On the same day, 17th, Kim Ih Nah, who is known for writing hit songs, revealed her impressions on seeing YoonA. On the 17th, Kim Ih Nah tweeted "Wherever SNSD goes, people open a way for them and there are light around them. I think that they came from heaven." and showed her awe on SNSD. "Especially YoonA's face was beautiful, after seeing her, I start avoiding mirrors," she left a message that praised YoonA's appearance.

By praising TaeYeon's vocals and YoonA's appearance, it clearly shows that SNSD is dominating right now.

Santa SM to release a SNSD ‘gift’ before Christmas

Yes, Christmas is near and SM Entertainment has a surprise ‘gift’ for you but it’s different from other gifts, mainly because it is not free. However, if you look at it as something to make your Christmas more meaningful then yes, it is a gift.

So, what is this gift we are talking about here? Ok, i’m not going to beat around the bush any longer. It’s the ‘소녀시대 The 1st Asia Tour “Into The New World” Live Album‘. It contains a total of 38 tracks in 2 CDs. Some fans are disappointed it’s not the DVD but hey, anything that has to do with our girls is worth every cent, right? Well, add this into your Christmas shopping list and hopefully our credit card won’t be hitting its credit limit so soon.

Here’s the album information and track list:

Release Date : 23/12/2010
Price : 19,900 won(Approximately $17.23USD) (Online Sales -16,000 won,approximately $13.85USD)
Label : SM Entertainment

Contents:

CD1
01. Nine Angels
02. Tell Me Your Wish (Remix version)
03. Show! Show! Show!
04. Girls’ Generation
05. Beginning
06. It’s Fantastic
07. Etude
08. Ooh La-La!
09. Kissing You
10. One Year Later (Jessica & Onew)
11. Introduce Me A Good Person (Yoona)
12. Sunny (Sunny)
13. Umbrella (Tiffany)
14. Hush Hush (Taeyeon)
15. Chocolate Love
16. Honey
17. Dear. Mom
18. Forever

CD2
01. Day By Day
02. My Child
03. Barbie Girl (Jessica)
04. Santa Baby (Sooyoung)
05. Label: Suite “mirror” Article 4 “the morning song of a Clown”(?) (Seohyun)
06. Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Seohyun)
07. Over The Rainbow
08. 1,2 Step (Yuri)
09. Into The New World
10. Be Happy
11. Way To Go
12. Gee
13. Touch The Sky
14. NaengMyeon
15. HaHaHa
16. Complete
17. Baby Baby
18. Oh!
19. (Bonus Track) Beautiful Girls (Feat. Yoo Young Jin)
20. (Bonus Track) Singin ‘In The Rain (Studio version)

Bonus : Poster

Are you ready? Let’s take out those plastic cards!!!

Who Topped Music bank's Annual K-Chart?

On today's year-end Music Bank episode, there were many exciting performances as well as special stages. In the end, the top 2 contenders of the Music Bank K-Chart for the year were SNSD and 2AM.

Who do you think won?

For this year, the winner is...

SNSD

Congratulations to SNSD!

Yonghwa and Seohyun to compose a duet song

On the upcoming broadcast of MBC’s “We Got Married“, the YongSeo couple (CNBLUE’s Jung Yonghwa and SNSD’s Seohyun) will receive a mission to compose a couple song together.

The couple will continue to build on a song created by Yonghwa, called the “informal speech song.” A work-in-progress, it was revealed on last week’s episode when Yonghwa sang a bit of it to Seohyun during their date.

In order to work on the song, the couple went over to Yonghwa’s CNBLUE dorm, which had the necessary equipment. Throughout their session Yonghwa continuously helped Seohyun, who had no experience in composing or writing lyrics. At the end, the couple was able to create an electronica version of the “informal speech song.”

Check out the following clip of the song from last week’s episode, and be sure to tune in on this week’s “We Got Married”, scheduled for December 18th!

Increasing concern over idols’ dangerous work conditions

With the recent injury of SNSD’s Tiffany, industry representatives have been raising voices of concern over the dangerous conditions idol singers are forced to perform in.

The majority of idols perform elaborate choreography on slippery stages while wearing clothing that distracts and gets in the way of safety measures. Female idols are especially prone to injuries, as they usually perform in 10cm ‘kill heels,’ increasing the possibility of an injury occurring.

Not only that, but their jam packed schedules and frequent dance rehearsals leave no time for rest, straining their bodies to work under high levels of fatigue.

Park Sung Jin, the director of Wellton Hospital, commented, “Injuries such as desmorrhexis are increasing amongst the youth due to intense workouts and carelessness. It’s difficult to treat damaged ligaments, and recovery takes a long time, so it’s important that injuries don’t happen at a young age.”

Hallyu stars SNSD, KARA, and Super Junior return for year-end special stage!

In a year where many Korean idol groups were successful in their overseas endeavors, it’s only appropriate that these Hallyu stars be named K-pop’s Hot Trend I for 2010!

For a special treat, Music Bank has brought SNSD and KARA together to perform an extremely special stage.

Check it out below!

SNSD wins Music Bank overall K-Chart for 2010 + other performances

As we come up to the end of the year, it was time for KBS to roll out their Music Bank year-end special on December 17th and crown their ultimate K-Chart winner for the whole of 2010.

To mark the special occasion, top K-Pop artists converged on the same stage this evening to perform their hit songs for the year, and some collaborated for some special stages.

SNSD, KARA, T-ara and SECRET on the power of girls groups.

Just like the mid-year special earlier this year, it was another battle between SNSD and 2AM for the overall K-Chart crown for 2010. In the end, it was the SNSD girls who won and it was no mean feat as they had 3 songs (Oh!, Run Devil Run and Hoot) which charted in the Top 10. Congratulations!

Check out some SoKa love at the end too!

Song that charted for the year 2010.

SNSD's First Appearance In A Japanese Drama

On the 15th it was announced that all 9 members of Korean girl group SNSD would be making a guest appearance in the New Years special drama “SAZAE-San 3”, which stars actress Mizuki Arisa, and will air next year on January 2nd. While Namihei is having his first dream of the year, he hits a hole in one on a golf course, where SNSD will be here and there playing beautiful caddies. [TL Note: The first dream of the year is significant in Japan because it is said to tell your fortune for the rest of the year.] This is their first time participating in a drama in Japan, they express their joy to being able to participate in one of our nation’s popular works. “It’s SAZAE-san’s 65th anniversary since its creation! Congratulations. We’re happy that we, SNSD, can participate in SAZAE-san, which continues to get a lot of love from many Japanese people.”

Due to bad weather, filming had to be stopped because it kept raining. During the long filming, SNSD were able to communicate together with the staff in simple Japanese to end the filming on a good note. They didn’t lose focus and their acting, as well as Japanese speech, was almost perfect.

SNSD debuted this September with their single “GENIE” and it entered the weekly single ranking chart at #4. The other day “FNS Music Festival (Kayousai)” was aired and the moment the girls were on the screen, the program received its highest ratings of 29.4%. K-POP girls are the new thing blowing in on Japan’s music scene.

Producer of the special drama, Asano Sumi, confidently commented, “While I was searching for someone suitable for the New Year’s special, I saw SNSD’s cute promotional video, and I felt them sparkle, they were exactly who I would want to see while drinking tea with all of my family.” The girls’ appearance is short, but it’s a scene that leaves a vivid impression.

2010 allkpop Awards Standings Update!

The first annual allkpop Awards launched 10 days ago and the voting has been fierce! With the results 100% decided by you, the allkpop readers, and millions of votes already (2.35 million to be exact) – the allkpop Awards is the only true voice for international readers to have a say at who the best of the best are!

With that, below is an update on the standings thus far, but we won’t reveal too much, as we want the final results to be a surprise!

For now, here are the top 5 contenders in each category (random order – because suspense is awesome!):

Best Male Solo Artist
Rain
Lee Seunggi
Taeyang (Big Bang)
Jay Park
Se7en

Best Female Solo Artist
Hyuna (4minute)
BoA
Hyori
G.NA
Ga-In (BEG)

Best Male Group
2PM
Super Junior
B2ST
SHINee
JYJ

Best Female Group
4minute
Girls’ Generation
2NE1
f(x)
Wonder Girls

Best Rookie Artist
SISTAR
Miss A
CN Blue
G.NA
ZE:A

Most Improved Artist
T-ARA
U-KISS
Rainbow
SISTAR
Secret

Song Of The Year
“Oh!” – Girls’ Generation
“Bonamana” – Super Junior
“Can’t Nobody” – 2NE1
“Lucifer” – SHINee
“Soom” – B2ST

Story Of The Year
f(x)’s Amber Goes Missing
Shin Se Kyung And Jonghyun Dating
Sun Mi Leaves Wonder Girls
Jay Park Leaves 2PM
Rain Gambling Allegations

Best Choreography
“Go Away” – 2NE1
“Lucifer” – SHINee
“Soom” – B2ST
“Bonamana” – Super Junior
“HOOT” – Girls’ Generation

Best Social Network Personality
Doojoon (B2ST)
Heechul (Super Junior)
Dara (2NE1)
Jaejoong (TVXQ/JYJ)
Nichkhun (2PM)

If you haven’t been voting, no worries, there are still 15 days left and you can vote once per day per category – So get your vote on and have a say on who’s crowned at the first annual 2010 allkpop Awards!

Click here to vote @ the 2010 allkpop Awards!

Taeyeon’s MR-removed “I Love You” praised by netizens

SNSD’s Taeyeon recently contributed a solo track titled “”I Love You” for the “Athena: Goddess of War” OST. An MR-removed version has been making its rounds on the internet community boards, and netizens have been impressed with the quality of her vocal talents.

Netizens praised, “She has powerful and perfect vocals” and “Idol with the best vocal.”

Check it out for yourself below!

Girls' Generation's "Oh!" is YouTube Korea's 2010 most watched video!

SNSD’s “Oh!” music video was awarded the most viewed video of the year on YouTube Korea.

On the 16th, SM Entertainment announced, “SNSD’s “Oh!” placed first on “YouTube Korea’s ‘2010 Most Watched Video Top 10’”.

SNSD’s “Oh!” also placed 6th and 1st respectively in Taiwan and Hong Kong for “2010 Most Watched Video Chart”. This is more proof that SNSD is popular throughout all of Asia.

Also, on the 9th SNSD was awarded the Golden Disk Award at the “2010 Golden Disk Award Ceremony”. They also won the “2010 Artist” award for the 2nd year in a row at the “2010 Melon Music Awards” on the 15th.

Kim Tae Hee sings SNSD's HOOT in My Princess teaser!

OMG,goddess sings goddesses' song!

In the trailer of new drama My Princess,Kim Tae Hee sings SNSD's new song Hoot to Shin Seung Hun.Tae Hee looks so cute with the shoot shoot shoot choreography,check out the clip here!

The most unforgettable 1st love male and female idols are.......

Well,another interesting poll regarding idols.

In this recent survey titled "The Most unforgettable First Love Idols",2AM's JoKwon and SNSD's Yoona topped the poll.

2AM's Kwon faced strong contenders such as 2PM NichKhun and BEAST's GiKwang while Yoona topped the poll with 51% of the total voters beating idols Sandara Park,Goo Hara and JiYeon.

Who will be your most unforgettable 1st love?