Mobile popularity voting for 20th High1 Seoul Music Awards kicks off

As 2010 is coming to an end soon, the mobile popularity voting process of ‘20th High1 Seoul Music Awards‘ kicks off with a fierce competitions among fans to select the winners for this year’s awards. In the previous edition of the award ceremony, SNSD won the ‘Daesang (highest/top award)‘.

The “20th High1 Seoul Music Awards’ will be held on January 20th, 2011 at the Hall of Peace, Kyunghee University in Hoegi-dong, Seoul. The nominees with the most mobile popularity votes will be awarded 20% (from total points) for the “High1 Popularity Award” category. The real-time result of the mobile voting is shown onSeoul Music Awards website.

In terms of mobile votes (at the time this article is published), Beast is leading the pack in the ‘Bonsang’ category with 21.7%, Super Junior in 2nd with 18.8%, 2PM in 3rd with 12.5%. SNSD (Oh! and Run Devil Run) is currently in 4th with 9.2%.

In the ‘Newcomers’ Award’ category, Daeguk NamA (D-NA) is currently in the pole position with 34.9%, CN Blue in 2nd place with 33.1% followed by F.Cuz in 3rd with 15.7%.

As for the ‘Popularity Award’ category, SHINee is currently in the lead with 32.2%, SNSD (Oh! and Run Devil Run) is in 2nd place with 22.9% and followed closely by Super Junior in 3rd with 22.8%.

The ’20th High1 Seoul Music Awards’ is organized by Sports Seoul and sponsored by High1 Resort and it will be aired LIVE on y★star and Comedy TV on January 20th, 2011 from 7.00pm to 10.00pm KST.

SNSD dominates the second half of 2010 for ‘K-Chart’ wins

Dominating the charts during the first half of 2010 with their singles, “Oh!” and “Run Devil Run“, SNSDhas found that they’ve also garnered great success in the latter half of the year.

On the December 3rd episode of “Music Bank“, the ladies won their 5th consecutive ‘K-Chart‘ win with their newest hit, “Hoot“.

Combined with their prior success on “Music Bank” earlier this year (5 consecutive wins for “Oh!” and 2 consecutive wins for “Run Devil Run”), SNSD has acquired a total of 12 ‘K-Chart’ wins for 2010.

Not only have they been a big hit in Korea, but their popularity in Japan has skyrocketed in just a few short months since their debut in September. The girls were given the prestigious opportunity to perform at the 2010 FNS Music Festival with other A-list J-pop stars on December 4th.

Considering their formidable success streak this year, these girls have certainly got a lot to live up to for 2011.

SNSD & KARA Invited to "MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010"

33 artists have been announced for TV Asahi’s “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010”, which will be broadcast on Friday, December 24th.


“MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE” is an established annual end-of-year program with the top artists of the year. This year 33 artists were selected: aiko, Arashi, Ikimonogakari, AKB48, EXILE, KAT-TUN, KARA, Kanjani8, KinKi Kids, Koda Kumi, KOBUKURO, Saito Kazuyoshi, JUJU, SNSD, Superfly, SMAP, Tackey & Tsubasa, TOKIO, DREAMS COME TRUE, Nishino Kana, NEWS, Hamasaki Ayumi, Perfume, FUNKY MONKEY BABYS, Fukuyama Masaharu, V6, Hey! Say! JUMP, Porno Graffiti, moumoon, YUI, Yuusuke, Yuzu and L’arc~en~Ciel.


This program will broadcast live from Chiba’s Makuhari Messe Event Hall from 19:00 to 23:10 (7pm~10:10pm). The program’s official site is taking applications for the audience viewers, so if you want to see these wonderful artists in person, definitely apply. The deadline is December 6th.

MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010
TV Asahi December 24, 2010 (Friday) 19:00~23:00 (7pm~10:10pm)

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SNSD ranked first for a total of 13 weeks this year in Music Bank k-Chart

SNSD reigns supreme and after dominating the first half of the year, they also have taken control and dominated the second half of the year music charts!

SNSD has won their 5th consecutive win in KBS "Music Bank" with their 3rd mini album "Hoot", they were against baek ji young for the top spot and they emerged victorious and ranked first for this week's K-Chart.

SNSD's "Hoot" is a big hit with it's addictive retro melody along with it's catchy dance steps. They already dominated the first half of the year with their 2nd album "Oh!" and repacked album "Run Devil Run".

They also won 5 weeks in a year for "Oh!" and 3 weeks in a row for "Run Devil Run" in Music Bank for the first half in a row, thats a total of 12 weeks of being ranked number 1 in the K-Chart.

Also, SNSD have been active in Japan making a successful debut, they are also invited to Fuji TV's 2010 FNS Music Festival where they will be departing for japan this sunday and they will be performing alongside Japan's top artists such as EXILE, AKB48, SMAP, Arashi and many more!

They have not only been dominating the korean charts but also the Japanese Oricon charts with their Japanese singles "Gee" and "Genie".

SNSD's Schedule (11/30 - 12/17)

11/30 [BROADCAST] 23:05 SBS Strong Heart

12/02 [RECORDING]19:30 The 12th Korea-China Song Festival

12/04 [BROADCAST] 16:10 Music Core

12/04 [BROADCAST] 17:05 KBS 2TV Perfect Score

12/04 [BROADCAST] 17:15 MBC We Got Married

12/04 [BROADCAST] 19:00 Fuji TV 2010 FNS Music Festival

12/05 (SUNDAY) YURI's BIRTHDAY

12/06 [BROADCAST] 20:00 Fuji TV HEY! HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP

12/12 [BROADCAST] 17:10 KBS 1TV The 12th Korea-China Song Festival

12/15 [AWARDS] 19:00 Melon Music Awards

12/17 [SHOW] The 6th Free Christmas Concert

“Music Bank” will be recorded overseas next year

Producers of KBS 2TV’s music program, “Music Bank“, have revealed that they will be taking the show overseas by next year in order to allow foreign fans a chance to see their favorite artists up close.

Kim Jin Hong CP of the KBS variety team revealed on December 3rd:

“‘Music Bank’ is currently broadcast live in 54 different nations and manages to gather over 3 billion viewers. Starting next year, we will be personally visiting Japan, China, Taiwan, and others in order to record the show there.

A lot of foreigners come to watch ‘Music Bank’ in order to watch their favorite Hallyu stars. There were instances of a Chinese professor bringing her family over in order to wait for the program, and 15 teens from Germany all coming to visit. It’s amazing that they know the songs of SNSD despite the group having yet to debut in China or Germany.

Thousands of fans gather to watch Korean artists perform at the ‘Korea China Song Festival‘. Various Chinese broadcast companies try to earn the rights to broadcast the festival, demonstrating the popularity of Korean music in China.

Group NRG, who appeared in the festival nearly 10 years ago, has managed to maintain their fame in China, while another Korean female artist recently revealed her appearance fees in China to be in the thousands. ‘Music Bank’ especially has a promotional effect on the Hallyu culture.

The strongest content Korea has right now is Hallyu, and at the center of it is Korean pop. ‘Music Bank’ will be heading overseas in order to support Hallyu stars with their overseas expansion and to maximize our cultural exports.”