List of artists attending “The Asean Charming Festival Concert (50th MBC Concert)”

Here’s the full details:

12th March 2011, 7PM @ Rajamangala National Stadium (Bangkok, Thailand)

Duration: 4 hours
Ticket Sales Start: around February 2011

Artists: SNSD, CN Blue, Big Bang, 2NE1,2PM, 2AM, SHINee, After School, KARA, T-ARA, Secret, 4Minute, Beast, MBLAQ, miss A & Se7en

SBS releases teaser for their “2010 Gayo Daejun”!

The ‘2010 SBS Gayo Daejun‘ is drawing nearer, and SBS has added to the anticipation by releasing a surprise teaser!

The teaser features F.T. Island, Narsha, KARA, SHINee, 2PM, B2ST, T-ara, Super Junior, After School, 2AM, CNBLUE, 2NE1, Se7en, GD&TOP, SNSD, and BoA.

While performances from any of the above are sure to electrify, many are looking forward to the dance battle between miss A and SISTAR. miss A is said to be going for the sexy concept, while SISTAR will be showing more of their strong and fierce charisma.

Check out the video below!

SNSD Seohyun, a genius lyricist?

Seohyun's on-the-spot lyric writing showed a surprising degree of perfection

On December 25th, MBC' WGM showed Seohyun(SNSD) and Jung Yong Hwa(CNBlue) meeting together to write a song.
Since the chorus is almost complete, Seohyun started to write her own lyrics from her heart.

Jun Yong Hwa encouraged Seohyun by saying "Just write down your thoughts". Even though it was an awkward moment,
Seohyun started to write her own lyrics.

She wrote (line by line translation)
Just saying thank you
Just saying hello
I'm still too young

Truly I thank you
Thank you very much
That's all I can say

Everything is new to me
So truthfully, I'm a bit nervous
How should I say it
I'm a bit awkward
So I hesitate again today


Seohyun's lyric's surprised Jung Yong Hwa as he judged Seohyun to be a "Lyrical Genius".
A mission was given to Seo-Yong couple and the mission objective was to make a song and
put it up on the internet.

SNSD Happy To See Tiffany Return

SNSD received a great feedback from the fans due to their strong performance and Tiffany's return.

SNSD, on the 25th, appeared live on MBC's "Show, Music Core" and performed "Hoot" and "Oh"

During SNSD's "Hoot" performance, their "Arrow-shooting" dance and "Feeble Waist" dance caught the
crowd's attention. Also, SNSD's "Oh" performance was fresh and more energetic than ever. Furthermore,
due to Tiffany's complete recovery, the stage was even better than usual.

Gagmen did Hoot at KBS Entertainment Awards!

Check out the special Hoot performance brought to you by the gagmen group on KBS Entertainment Awards yesterday!

Youtube: Top 10 International Music Videos

We've spent a lot of time throughout our 12-day holiday countdown looking at videos that were extremely popular in the U.S. or in the U.S. and the rest of the world. But what about the videos that were big around the world, but weren't big in the United States?

Using video data from each country, we isolated 10 music videos that made other most-viewed-of-the-year lists outside of the United States. There were a lot of great and very popular videos that didn't make it, but here's what we came up with:

01. Don Omar - Danza Kudoro ft. Lucenzo (48.1 M views)
02. Shakira - Waka Waka (Esto es Africa) (34.4 M views)
03. Yolanda Be Cool - We No Speak Americano (28.7 M views)
04. Charice - Pyramid [featuring Iyaz] (27.9 M views)
05. Girls' Generation - Oh! (26.1 M views)
06. Wisin & Yandel - Estoy Enamorado (23.4 M views)
07. Mohombi - Bumpy Ride (19.0 M views)
08. Inna - Amazing (18.6 M views)
09. Stromae - Alors on danse (clip officiel) (18.2 M views)
10. Tiësto feat. Nelly Furtado - Who Wants To Be Alone (18.0 M views)

Yongseo Couple Ep 37 Eng sub!

Yongseo recieved a mission to compose a song with yong's 'banmal'. Will they finish in time? And revealed the secret mission card! Check out the eng sub below!!!

SNSD wishes you a Merry Christmas!

The girls wish fans Merry Christmas through a video clip,check out the clip here,Merry Christmas to everyone reading this post too!

‘Hoot’ arrows hit Japan and the fever is ON

On December 21st, the Japanese version of SNSD’s 3rd mini album, ‘Hoot’ was released and as expected, it received overwhelming response from the local fans.

On the day before the release (December 20th), the Tower Records in Shibuya, Tokyo was filled with promotional images of SNSD. A separate store was also specially set-up to welcome the fans who are eager to get their hands on SNSD’s new release. Japanese fans in their teens to those in their 30s, seem to be the ones contributing to the majority of the album purchase.

A staff of the record store said, “Due to the expected high demand of SNSD’s release, we have set up stalls a day earlier (December 20th). Since last week, there were a lot of inquiries flowing in through phone calls about the release”. He added, “Both male and female fans love them very much”.

The girls are expected to appear on Japanese TV shows to promote their newly released Japanese version of 3rd mini album ‘Hoot’.

MBC is putting YulTi back on!

Tiffany, Yuri and hallyu star actor, Ryu Siwon were selected as the MCs for ‘2010 MBC Gayo Daejun‘ which will be taking place at MBC Ilsan Dream Center on December 31st, 2010 starting from 9.55pm KST.

Ryu Siwon and SNSD are hallyu stars who are not only receiving much love in Korea but also in Japan. The trio are dubbed as ‘Hallyu MCs‘ and this topic has garnered much attention ever since the announcement was made.

‘Gayo Daejun’ is where the best singers of the year gathered in one place to showcase their awesome performances. Other than individual performances, there will also be rarely seen performances and special stages involving collaborations among the participating artists. This year’s large-scale event will feature about 40 teams of singers, comprising of about 150 artists in total.

’2010 MBC Gayo Daejun’ will kick off at 9.55pm KST on December 31st and broadcast time is expected to be 225 minutes long, which means that it will end at about 1.40am KST on January 1st, 2011.

Servers crashed because of Soshi again!

SNSD’s 2011 calendars which were on sale since November 23rd sold even hotter than hot cakes.

The calendars, which are available in desktop and wall type are put up for sale and also being auctioned on Gmarket and according to them, the overwhelming demand and massive popularity drive large traffic to the event page and subsequently crashed the server.

Pre-orders were taken until December 5th and the calendars were shipped from December 10th onwards.

‘Hoot’ sold more than 20k copies in Japan on Day 1

On Day 1 of its release in Japan, SNSD’s Licensed Japanese Edition of 3rd mini album ‘Hoot’ managed to secure the #2 spot on Oricon Daily Album Chart.

Released officially on December 22nd, ‘Hoot’ recorded sales of 21,271 copies, making it the 2nd hottest selling album of the day behind Ayumi Hamasaki’s ‘Love Songs’ which recorded a massive sales of 70,609 copies, also on the first day of release.

Following this a representative from the music industry said, “Previously, the licensed albums for Super Junior and SHINee only managed to secure 5th and 8th spot respectively on Oricon. Since SNSD have not officially promoted the album in Japan, I think this result is rather phenomenal. SNSD’s songs are well received and loved domestically in Korea as well as in Japan”.

Good Morning SONEs : Happy holidays & Tiffany’s back!

Some stayed up all night and some woke up early in the morning to catch a glimpse all the 9 girls on Fuji TV‘s early morning or breakfast show ‘Mezamashi TV Christmas Special‘.

The best Christmas gift for SONEs this year is seeing Tiffany back on stage with the girls again and Tiffany made that come true. Waking up early in ther morning was so worthwhile, especially when you are greeted with ‘Good morning, Japan. Happy Holidays‘ by an angel. Tiffany dyed her hair black and she looks forever so lovely. Honestly, as I watched their ‘Gee’ performance, I kept saying, “Tiffany, be careful. Don’t jump around too much”.

Like the girls said after winning the ‘Golden Disk Award’, SNSD will only be complete when all 9 of them are around. Today, you could see the difference in the mood. With all 9 of them on the stage, the girls look happy and they added more joy to the holiday mood.

For those who missed their performance this morning, here’s receive your gift: [VIDEO] 少女時代(SNSD) - Gee - 9人全員で完全復活!(Live.12.23.2010)

..and here’s what Tiffany said during the interview on ‘Mezamashi’ TV this morning:

• “Thanks to all of you for the encouragement and lots of love, I was able to recover quickly. I really appreciate it. While I was away from stage, I spent time studying Japanese and practicing singing. It was a good opportunity for me to think about myself again. I wanted to come back to stage fast. I will work hard and lively as before. I ask you to give us steady love and support.”

Shoujo Jidai among Korean artists who conquered Japan’s Twitter community

According to Japan’s Twitter Search Statistic Site, http://tr.twipple.jp, JYJ’s Hero Jaejoong was ranked 1st in the ‘famous individual’ category this year. Besides Jaejoong, there are many other Korean stars who made it within the top 10. Kara came in 3rd, SNSD in 5th, TVXQ in 7th and JYJ’s Xiah Junsu secured the 10th spot.

SNSD and Kara’s massive popularity in Japan is proven as they were among the top 3 Korean artists ranked within top 5 of the list. In 2010, SNSD who debuted in Japan in September, have released 2 Japanese singles‘Genie‘ and ‘Gee‘ where both singles recorded sales exceeding 100,000 copies and received the Golden Certificates from Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) for such feats. In August, SNSD’s first Japanese showcase recorded a total attendance of 22,000 at Ariake Coliseum and ever since then, the girls are enjoying increasing popularity in Japan. In addition to that, SNSD’s newly released Licensed Japanese Edition 3rd Mini Album ‘Hoot‘ recorded a massive sale of 21,271 copies on the first day, putting the at #2 on Oricon Daily Album Chart.

Due to the increasing popularity, it is not surprising that these girls have become one of the hottest hot search items on Twitter and have since turning some Japanese celebrities into their fans as well.

SNSD the remedy for loneliness

SNSD were voted as the artists who provided the greatest comfort for those having a lonely and arduous life this year.

Matchmaking company, Bien-Aller in collaboration with feelingyou.net carried out a survey involving 846 individuals (423 men and women respectively) who are hoping to get married, nationwide (Korea Republic). The result was obtained from the survey entitled “The greatest comfort for the past one year” which was conducted through e-mails.

For the survey ‘The singer who gave the greatest comfort to those living a lonely life in the past one year‘, SNSD topped the list where 48.6% of male and 30.7% of female respondents selected SNSD as the artists who made their life more colorful.

In terms of percentage of votes cast by male respondents, Kara came in 2nd with 19.4%, miss A in 3rd with 15.6% and 2NE1 in 4th with 7.8%. In terms of female votes, 2AM took the 2nd place with 23.2%, T-Ara with 19.2% secured the 3rd spot and Kara came in 4th with 15.4%.

FTC acknowledged SM’s revised contract

SM Entertainment have renewed contracts with BoA, TVXQ, SNSD, Super Junior and other artists under the agency earlier this year. On December 23rd, Fair Trade Commission (FTC) acknowledged the current revised contract.

According to FTC, SM have voluntarily revised their conditions for 3 years’ extension which are implemented in the new exclusive contract.

Through today’s press release, SM stated, “Due to the strong advice given by FTC regarding the exclusive contracts, SM have voluntarily taken corrective actions and made revisions to the conditions of the 3-year extension contract which will be applicable to the current trainees. SM, as a leader in the entertainment industry will always protect the rights and interests of the artists and contributes to Korea’s entertainment industry as well as building a sustainable Korean Wave industry by continuously working with National Assembly, related agencies and bodies to derive exclusive contracts which can be used as benchmarks”.

SM further stated, “After having series of discussions and consultations with FTC, National Assembly, legal professionals, etc and in compliance to FTC’s Standard Terms and Conditions, the new revised exclusive contract was derived. Thus, the newly revised exclusive contract is applicable to all artists and rookies of the agency from year 2010 onwards. On the contract extension for trainees, SM have been working with FTC on the revision to the original contract to derive a more developed contract”.

SM added, “In the future, SM will continue to work closely with the FTC, cultural industries and artists for the advancement of Korea’s pop culture and enhancing the Korean wave culture through good contractual practice”.

Snowy Wish MV revealed Daum determined to launch more music services in future

Daum Communications officially revealed the MV for SNSD’s ‘Snowy Wish’ through ‘Daum’ Smartphone Application on December 24th.

SNSD’s ‘Snowy Wish’ MV shall be available on the ‘Daum’ app till December 28th. In the future, more music services will be made available.

The MV consists of never-seen before shots of SNSD’s activities in 2010 as well as some cuts of CF making film. To access the MV, users of the ‘Daum’ application just have to click on the ‘all services’ button at the bottom of the screen and select the music video icon.

In addition to that, themes services such as changing background images, etc are provided through ‘Voice Search with SNSD’.

Brand Marketing Team Leader, Yoon Jungha said, “This is the first time a music video is being launched to the public through a mobile application and the significance of such attempt is great. In the future, there will be a wide variety and fun services being launched through Daum mobile apps”.

Actor Jong Bosuk is a S♥NE!

Actor Jung Bosuk confessed that he is a ‘samchon (uncle)’ fan of SNSD.

On December 17th, during the recording for CulTwo’s ‘Star Salon’, a section in SBS’ new comedy show ‘Good Time 230′, Jung Bosuk confessed, “I am SNSD’s samchon fan”.

After being questioned by CulTwo if he knows any idol group, the actor replied, “I like SNSD” and tried to justify his answer by guessing the names of all the 9 members of SNSD.

This episode of ‘Star Salon’ will be aired as part of SBS ‘Good Time 230′ on December 25th at 12.10am KST.

Jung Bosuk was known for his role as Li Kaigu in KBS1 historical drama ‘Dae Joyoung’.

Shoujo Jidai heated up Christmas Eve with ‘Genie’ and ‘Gee’

Christmas gift arrived early for those lucky ones who attended Japan’s Asahi TV’s ‘Music Station Super Live’earlier today as the 9 angels graced the stage with their forever-awesome performances of ‘Genie‘ and ‘Gee’.

Like many of you might have noticed, our girls have shown great improvement in the level of their Japanese language. Besides Sooyoung, Tiffany and Seohyun spoke really fluently on ‘Music Station’ today. Looks like Tiffany has been utilizing her 1-month break to the fullest. Being able to speak so fluently within a month is not an easy task and it only proves that our girls are indeed very linguistic. During the interview, the MC was also amazed with the fact that their Japanese have improved.

Here’s the translation for the interview involving the MCs, Sooyoung and Yuri:

• Male MC: Your Japanese has gotten much better.
  Sooyoung: We study very hard.
  Female MC: That’s great.
  Male Mc: What’s your goal for next year?
  Yuri: Next year I want to become better in Japanese. We want to challenge Japanese people ( she made a cute mistake in her Japanese.)
  Sooyoung: We want to try to do a national tour in Japan.

For those who missed today’s performances and interview, here you go: [VIDEO] CLICK HERE

Japanese pro baseball player wants Soshi to throw first ball for Orix Buffaloes

Park Chanho and Lee Seungyeop’s fellow Orix Buffaloes (Japanese Professional Baseball team) team mate, Kondo Kazuki’s longing for Korea’s idol groups has attracted a lot of attention.

On December 25th, Japan’s ‘Daily Sports’ reported that Orix’s Kondo stated, “For the opening game at home next season, I’d love to see female group, SNSD or Kara throwing the first ball”.

He added, “Nowadays, there are many Korean versions of SNSD and Kara’s songs coming in. If Korean girl group made the opening throw, we will be able to achieve good results in the next season”.

SNSD received big cheers on ‘Music Core Christmas Special’

SNSD received big cheers from the crowd at the MBC ‘Show! Music Core Christmas Special’ today for two reasons – splendid powerful performances and Tiffany’s comeback. Tiffany came back not only as one of the performers but also one of the MCs along with Yuri.

After more than a month, Korean fans finally got to see all 9 girls on stage and Tiffany’s comeback date is easy to remember as it falls on Christmas, December 25th. On today’s ‘Music Core’, SNSD performed the short version of ‘Oh!’ followed by the full version of ‘Hoot’ in their lovely white costumes, the similar costumes they put on at Melon Music Awards on December 15th.

Here are the girls performances on ‘Music Core’ today: [VIDEO] SNSD - Oh! + Hoot

MTV Asia 2010 Top 10 Korean Idols list!

The Korean wave took Southeast Asia by storm in 2010. Here’s a countdown of the Top 10 biggest Korean artists of the year from #10 to #1!

10. After School – Because of You
9. SS501 – Love Ya
8. Rain – Love Song
7. FT Island – Love Love Love
6. 2NE1 – Go away
5. SHINee – Lucifer
4. 2PM – Without You
3. Big Bang – Tell Me Goodbye
2. Girls’ Generation (SNSD) – Run Devil Run
1. Super Junior – Bonamana