Archive for the ‘Music News’ Category

4minute wins #1 on ‘Inkigayo’ + Performances from May 19th!

SBS‘s ‘Inkigayo‘ is back once again with a new show full of exciting performances from the artists you adore, brought to you by the charismatic actor Lee Hyun Woo, alongside ZE:A’s Kwanghee and IU! Aside from the usual stages on tonight’s episode, Seo In Young, and 2PM held their comeback stages! SBS has brought back a brand new ranking system suitable for ‘Inkigayo’. The nominees for today’s #1 award were 2PM, Lee Hyori, and 4minute, however in the end, 4minute came out on top with “What’s Your Name“

2PM’s ‘GROWN’ rises to #1 in Korea & Japan, dominating Hanteo and Tower Records charts

Fans have all ‘come back’ after hearing the songs from 2PM‘s new album ‘GROWN‘ and the ‘beastly idols’ grabbed the #1 spot on Korea’s Hanteo charts and Japan’s Tower Records charts at the same time! After replacing themselves as #1 on Japan’s Tower records’ pre-order chart, 2PM topped Tower Records’ daily chart on the 17th. Their success didn’t stop there as the group also made sure to bring it in Korea as they rose to #1 on Hanteo’s real-time chart on the 18th and Hanteo’s daily chart on the 19th

EXO’s 1st set of solo teaser photos for Kai, Suho, & D.O.

With another day has come another set of teaser photos, this time solo shot of Kai, Suho and D.O for EXO‘s return! Ahead of the boys’ first full length album, ‘XOXO (Kiss&Hug)‘, the group has been flooding their homepage with teaser photos. Until today, they have only released group teaser, but now they are treating fans to some solo shots. The solo shots seem to continue with the school theme, but more of the outside of class activities, like football, snack time, and making weird faces (?)

T-ara?s Qri, Boram, and Soyeon sub-unit in Japan to be named ‘QBS’

Last month, we reported that T-ara would be debuting another sub-unit in Japan. Now, more details have been revealed. According to the official webpage of T-ara’s Japanese label, EMI Music, the new sub-unit will be aptly named ‘QBS’ which stands for the initials of members Qri, Boram, and Soyeon. Their debut single is titled “Like the Wind” and it’s scheduled to be released on June 26. It will come in two editions, a normal and limited edition. Both editions will include two tracks, “Like the Wind” and “Like the Wind” instrumental version

IU rumored to have been assaulted by fan at Seo Ji Suk?s wedding?

It’s been rumored that IU experienced an assault by an overzealous fan at actor Seo Ji Suk’s wedding, where she was invited to sing. After news hit the SNS world, fans went wild with worry, tweeting and posting up a storm. According to a shared account of what occurred, a young male who looked to be in his early 20s suddenly grabbed the mic after IU’s performance and asked her if she’d like to marry him. Startled, IU ran away and the man grabbed her. When she started screaming, the bodyguards arrived and quickly took care of the situation

B1A4 win #1 on ?Music Core? + Performances from May 18th!

MBC’s ‘Music Core‘ is back once again with another fun and exciting show! Today’s show was guided by SHINee’s Minho, Kim So Hyun, and Noh Hong Chul, who displayed their fun and dorky personalities just for the viewers. Aside from the usual performances on tonight’s episode, 2PM, Shinhwa, Seo In Young, and the Wonder Boyz made comebacks. Roy Kim, 4minute, B1A4, and Lee Hyori battled for #1 on the charts, and after much anticipation, B1A4 clinched #1 with “What’s Going On?”! Congratulations to B1A4! === [ Comebacks ] < Wonder Boyz > = < 2PM > = < Seo In Young > = < Shinhwa > === [ Next Week's Teasers ] === Performances from today’s show include SHINee, 4minute, Vibe, SECRET, Roy Kim, B1A4, T-ara N4, Hello Venus, Juniel, C-CLOWN, and Zia & Hanbyul

M4M releases debut mini-album "Mystery Formula"

Having released the music video for the Chinese version of their debut track "Sadness" in March, rookie boy group M4M has finally unveiled their debut mini-album "Mystical Formula."The result of a special collaboration between Cube Entertainment and the Chinese company Xing Tian, M4M, which stands for Mystical Formula, is a four member boy group. The four members are Alen, Bin, Jimmy, and Vinson, all of whom passed auditions in Taiwan, Hong Kong, or China before commencing training in Korea. M4M's debut mini-album "Mystical Formula" contains a total of six tracks

Nine Muses reveal their practice video for ‘Music Bank’ special performance

If you didn’t already know, this week’s ‘Music Bank‘ featured special performances by some of your favorite idols for its 700th episode special. One of those idols was girl group Nine Muses, who put on the classic by Park Ji Yoon, “Adult Ceremony“. The girls pulled off a great performance, and it turns out the secret behind it all was, of course, practice! So now that ‘Music Bank’ has aired, the girls have revealed a dance practice video for “Adult Ceremony” to show you all how they got ready

7-member girl group TURAN to make their entrance into the Kpop scene

A new 7-member girl group will be making their way into the K-pop scene and they go by the name, TURAN! TURAN consists of Chae Eun, Leekyung, Saebin, Hanbi, Lian, Ryuji, and Elisha, who have been training for the past two years. The group introduced themselves through their album jacket photo, further grabbing the interest of music lovers. Although it seems like their chances are slim in standing out amongst other idol groups, their agency says that these girls have talent that will carry them through

EXO spell out their name in another set of teaser photos

With another day has come another set of teaser photos for EXO‘s return! Ahead of the boys’ first full length album, ‘XOXO (Kiss&Hug)‘, coming up, the group has been getting fans’ hearts racing with the unveil of several group shots, going from the model-student image to a more rambunctious group of students through the varying concept photos. For today, the boys are here to do some more teasing by spelling out the group’s name through 3 photos. As mentioned earlier, EXO-K and EXO-M will be promoting as EXO (that means all 12 members) this time around and travel back and forth between Korea and China to promote! We’ll be greeted with a new teaser each day most likely up until the release, so make sure you’re on the lookout!