SNSD is at Mnet Open Studio and Mnet took a photo of SNSD fans in front of the studio.
Check the picture below.
Check out some pictures at their 1st US fan meeting!
Award season is coming up for K-Pop, and the ‘2011 Melon Music Awards‘ have revealed their Top 30 artists.
The ’2011 Melon Music Awards’ sponsors Loen Entertainment and MBC Plus Media will be running the online system for the 1st round of votes from October 27th to November 6th. Only albums that got released after December 1st, 2010 were considered.
The top 30 artists were chosen through Melon streaming statistics (40%), download numbers (50%), and SKT wireless numbers (10%). The chosen top 30 include 2NE1, 2PM, 4minute, Girls Day, TVXQ, B2ST, SECRET, G.NA, f(x), INFINITE, T-ara, GD & TOP, miss A, IU, Huh Gak, K.Will, CNBLUE, LeeSsang, Davichi, 10cm, SNSD, Super Junior, and others. ’I Am A Singer‘ participants Park Hyun Jung and Lee Bum Soo are reported to be currently ranking in the top 10.
Those advancing from the top 30 will have their votes calculated from their album scores (80%) and online votes (20%). The results of the first round of votes will be revealed on Melon’s homepage on November 7th, and the second round of voting will occur right after. The winner of the two top voted artists will be awarded as the ‘2011 Melon Music Awards Artist.‘
The ’2011 Melon Music Awards’ ceremony will occur on November 24th at 7PM at the Olympic Park’s first stadium.
It has been revealed that at the “Beautiful Auction” event held by Woongjin Coway featuring Girls’ Generation, Yoona’s one-piece dress was auctioned off for 2,030,000 won and a total of 14,000,000 won was raised in donations.
Girls’ Generation is currently the model for Woongjin Coway’s self-sterilizing purifier. At this event, the props used by Girls’ Generation for the Woongjin ads were auctioned off in order to raise funds for women who are head of their households and alienated by society.
Since September 28th, props used by each member of Girls Generation were bid off every week through the online auction at www.cowaygirls.com. Around 5,800 bidders participated in this auction event.
The item that was sold at the highest price, 2,030,000 won, was the white dress that Yoona wore in the launching commercial for “Coway, Please Take Care of Mom”. Next were the self-sterilizing purifier (CHP-270L) signed by all 9 members which was sold for 1,710,000 won, and Yoona’s white T-shirt and denim shirt at 900,000 won and 790,000 won respectively.
Last March, Woongjin Coway signed a contract with Girls’ Generation to be the models for the purifiers during the year of 2011, and also launched the “Coway, Please Take Care of Mom” campaign.
When all of the donations are fully deposited, Woongjin Coway plans to select a support group and deliver all proceeds in order to help women head-of-households in need.
Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon had her first solo photoshoot since their debut 4 years ago.
Hyoyeon had her photoshoot for the November issue of fashion magazine “Vogue” with a black and white concept.
During her solo shoot, unlike her dynamic and charismatic image on stage, she showed a more feminine side, garnering attention.
Netizens who came across the photos commented, “Hyoyeon’s having a solo photoshoot; this is great”, “Hyoeyon looks like a doll in her solo shoot”, “Hyoyeon’s solo shoot has a really good feel”, and “Hyoyeon’s beauty compares favorably with her other members.”
Jessica, a member of girl group Girls’ Generation, spoke frankly about her Japanese nickname “Devil” which had become a hot topic.
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During the broadcast, MC Lee Seung Gi said to Jessica, “I heard your nickname in Japan was ‘Devil’”, to which Jessica replied, “I knew about that nickname after I read an article on it. At first it really hurt my heart.” Jessica continued and explained, “I only understood afterward that in Japan the nickname ‘devil’ meant that I had a ‘deadly female beauty’.” Jessica then said, “After hearing that, I was really thankful to the fans.”
After hearing about it, one of the other female guests, Kim Jisook said, “‘Deadly female beauty’ is probably something like ‘femme fatale’. If it’s like that, being (called) a devil is ok”, which caused a loud outburst of laughter at the studio.
After that, Kim Jisook also talked about her opinion on standing at the top (of the entertainment world) and the difficulties of falling out of that spot.
Jessica then said, “we are already thankful for our fans support.” Jessica also started talking about her juniors, “Unlike some of my friends, my little sister, f(x)’s Krystal, also debuted as a singer. And because of that, I see all my juniors as family, so I don’t think it would be such a bad thing to give that (top) seat to them.”
Jessica continued to say, “Since we are the seniors, we’ll pave the way so that the juniors can continue on a path that is better and cooler, and creating something like that leaves us really busy.”
SNSD‘s Taeyeon and Sunny wowed fans with their latest pictorial in Singles magazine.
The girls were tasked to express the concept, ‘Like twins’, and so they delivered identical expressions while wearing similar clothes. Fans were torn between calling them twins or very pretty dolls, as their milky skin and delicate posing made them seem like perfect porcelain dolls.
In their accompanying interview, Taeyeon and Sunny revealed their candid thoughts on their friendship.
More details and shots can be found through the November issue of ‘Singles’ magazine.
