SNSD’s Tiffany, CNBLUE’s Minhyuk, & F.T. Island’s Jaejin celebrate ‘Black Day’

Every year on April 14th, singles all across Korea celebrate ‘Black Day’, a casual holiday that’s opposite to Valentine’s and White Day.Theses single ladies and gents celebrate their single status by eating a bowl of jajangmyun (black bean noodles).

SNSD’s Tiffany, CNBLUE’s Minhyuk, and F.T. Island’s Jaejin each took to their UFO Town accounts to send out a mass text message to their fans in commemoration of the day.

Tiffany wrote, “Today is Black Day. Did all of the singles eat jajangmyun? Tiffany will pray for you so that you meet someone great. Fighting!”

Minhyuk melted his fans’ hearts when he typed, “Black Day is the day for those without lovers to eat jajangmyun. Remember to order sweet and sour pork with your jajangmyun on the side. I have our fanclub BOICE, so I don’t think I’ll be eating jajangmyun this year.”

Meanwhile, Jaejin boasted, “I heard today was Black Day. Did everyone know? I’m about to eat it now. Remember to eat it!”

Sunny and YoonA showing support for Sunday at ‘Opera Star’

On April 16th at 11pm KST, YoonA and Sunny will be paying a visit to tvN’s ‘Opera Star’ in Sangmyung Art Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul to show their support for sunbae, CSJH’s Sunday.

tvN’s staff said, “CSJH’s Sunday was impressive in round 2 of ‘Opera Star’ last week and her hoobaes, SNSD’s YoonA and Sunny will be making a visit to cheer her on”.

Prior to YoonA and Sunny’s visit, other SM artistes like Shinee and F(x) had also paid their visit to ‘Opera Star’ to watch Sunday’s performances and cheered for her.

Which K-pop artist do the Japanese most want to get to know?

On April 10th, WOWOW aired the big South Korean music event “DREAM CONCERT 2010” in Japan and many Japanese K-pop fans were pleased to see the performances of many of their favorite Korean artists on TV.

Prior to the broadcast goo/NTT DoCoMo wanted to find out which K-pop artist their members were most curious about and yesterday they released the results of this mobile poll. The results shouldn’t be that surprising when looking at the current success of the various K-pop groups in Japan. Check out the complete ranking below.

(For those of you curious as to why Big Bang wasn’t on the list, they picked the artists from the lineup that performed at DREAM CONCERT 2010).

Which K-pop artist do you want to get to know the most?

01 – 5,124 votes – KARA
02 – 2,665 votes – I’m not interested in K-pop
03 – 2,155 votes – Shoujo Jidai (SNSD)
04 – 688 votes – CNBLUE
05 – 397 votes – 2PM
06 – 369 votes – BEAST
07 – 355 votes – SUPER JUNIOR
08 – 260 votes – 4Minute
09 – 213 votes – SHINee
10 – 94 votes – T-ara
11 – 88 votes – AFTER SCHOOL
12 – 82 votes – MBLAQ
13 – 71 votes – ZE:A
14 – 43 votes – Lee Hyori
14 – 43 votes – U-KISS
16 – 35 votes – Wonder Girls
17 – 34 votes – f(x)
18 – 19 votes – RAINBOW
19 – 10 votes – F.CUZ

Sunny and Yoona to Appear on 'Opera Star' in Support of CSJH's Sunday

Girls' Generation members Yoona and Sunny will make an appearance on the reality show 'Opera Star' in support of CSJH member Sunday.

It has been revealed that Yoona and Sunny will personally be at the Jongno Sangmyung Art Center at 11 PM on the 16th for the filming of tvN's 'Opera Star'.

A source from tvN said, "Sunday showed incredible improvement last week in the second round of 'Opera Star'. Yoona and Sunny, her hoobaes who are part of the same agency (SM Entertainment) as Sunday, will personally attend the filming to cheer her on."

Full audio of SNSD’s “Mr. Taxi” released

SNSD will be dropping their new Japanese single “Mr. Taxi” on April 27th, but for some of us, the wait is almost too agonizing. Luckily, we’ve got the full audio track to help make the wait just a bit more bearable!

The lyrics express the excitement and energy you feel as you dive into the cityscape. That feeling is perfectly captured in the chorus, where the girls croon “Mr. Taxi Taxi Taxi // I’m going quickly quickly quickly“. The driving melody and the slight touch of auto-tune will definitely ensure that “Mr. Taxi” will become a driving anthem for many K-pop fans this year.

Without further ado, check out the full audio below (and be sure to support the girls by purchasing their single here).

Who wore it better: Big Bang’s T.O.P or SNSD’s Tiffany?

We haven’t had a fashion face-off in a while, but eagle-eyed fans noted that Big Bang’s T.O.P andSNSD’s Tiffany were recently spotted wearing the same hat this spring!

The hat belongs to Bell & Nouveau (a Korean vintage shop)’s fall 2010 collection, and was featured in the shop’s “Art Objet Collection” (sic), which can be viewed here. The item features silver chains, exuding an avant-garde, industrial look reminiscent of Art Nouveau, a French art style prominent in the late 19th century.

Meanwhile, T.O.P was seen wearing this hat for Big Bang’s special edition promotion photos.

Additionally, Tiffany sported the item for VOGUE Korea’s “Boys Meet Girls” photo spread in the April 2011 issue.

So who do you think rocked this hat better — does T.O.P’s swag or Tiffany’s chic aura win you over? Leave your votes below!

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SM, YG, & JYP Entertainment earned a combined revenue of $150 million USD in 2010

It was recently revealed that Korea’s ‘Big 3′ music agencies – YG, SM, and JYP Entertainment – earned a combined revenue of $150 million USD in sales for 2010, a $50 million increase compared to 2009.

According to a report released by Financial Supervisory Service’s DART (Data Analysis, Retrieval and Transfer System) on March 30th, SM Entertainment declared that they had made $86,400,963 USD in sales in 2010. Compared to their total of $61,788,496 USD last year, the agency managed to increase their profits by $25 million USD in a year.

In 2009, their net profit during the term was recorded at $4.5 million USD. In 2010, the agency saw an increase by five times the amount, since they recorded a profit of $21.8 million USD.

In the same report made on April 12th for YG Entertainment, the agency recorded $44,772,895 USD in sales last year, with $9.8 million USD recorded in net profit during the term. Having recorded $35,693,365 million USD in 2009, the agency saw nearly a $10 million USD increase within a year. Their net profit also doubled from $4.1 million USD in 2009.

As for JYP Entertainment, the agency saw an increase from $10,163,540 USD in 2009 to double that of $21.6 million USD in 2010. The company was also previously reported to be at a deficit of $4.7 million USD in 2009, but recorded a net profit of $904,340 USD in 2010.

SM Entertainment also saw a sharp increase in their royalty income. After closing 2009 with $44.1 million USD, the agency made nearly a $20 million increase by recording $24.5 million USD this year. As for advertisement endorsements, the agency saw a $4.5 million USD increase from $21.1 million USD in 2009 to $25.6 million USD in 2010.

YG Entertainment’s endorsement income also increased from $6.9 million USD in 2009 to $10.4 million USD in 2010. Performance/concert income rose from $4.9 million USD to $6.3 million USD in 2010.

JYP Entertainment saw an increase in their album sales, which recorded at $1.3 million USD in 2009, and jumped to $2.3 million USD in 2010. In contents sales, the agency recorded an even bigger jump with $2.1 million USD in 2009, and finally $5.5 million USD in 2010.