SNSD-Intel Collaboration MV Song "Visual Dreams"

Super Giant Computer Chip manufacturer Intel collaborates with Famous South Korean band "SNSD" or otherwise known as "Girls Generation" for new upcoming product.



SNSD is a highly talented Asian band that is skyrocketing overseas in popularity and soon making inroads into America with their super catchy tunes. Be sure to press the "Like" button below to share this cool music video with your super cool music loving college friends on Facebook. Source: YouTube Channel Name: SMENT (c) copyright label holder embeddable link provided. SNSD / Girls Generation, "Visual Dreams" (c).

Winners of 25th Japan Gold Disc Award 2011

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) announced the winners of “The 25th Japan Gold Disc Award” on January 5th, 2011. Arashi received the “Artist of the Year” and five other awards including “Album of the Year” for “Boku no Miteiru Fukei.” Although they received an unprecedented 10 awards last year, this time they managed to win a total of 6. Arashi sold approximately 1.46 million albums and 3.46 million singles in 2010. However, idol group AKB48 still had the top selling single of the year.



In international category, Lady Gaga won the “Artist of the Year” and Linkin Park’s “A Thousand Suns” was chosen to be the “Album of the Year.” RIAJ launched the Japan Gold Disc Award in 1987 to honor outstanding artists/works that contributed to the recording industry.

See the complete list of the winners below.

Domestic music:

Artist of the Year:
Arashi

New Artist of the Year:
SNSD

The Best 5 New Artists:
WEAVER
Kie Kitano
KG
SNSD
miwa

The Best Enka/Kayokyoku Artist:
Fuyumi Sakamoto

Album of the Year:
"Boku no Miteiru Fuukei" - Arashi

The Best 5 Albums:
"Boku no Miteiru Fuukei" - Arashi
"FANTASY" - EXILE
"BEST SELECTION 2010" - TVXQ
"to LOVE" - Kana Nishino
"FUNKY MONKEY BABYS BEST" - FUNKY MONKEY BABYS

Classic Album of the Year:
"My Favorite Chopin" - Nobuyuki Tsujii

Jazz Album of the Year:
"Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto LIVE 2010 TAKE YOUR PICK at BLUE NOTE TOKYO" - Larry Carlton & Tak Matsumoto

Instrumental Album of the Year:
"image 10 emotional & relaxing" - Various Artists

Soundtrack Album of the Year:
"Karigurashi no Arrietty" Soundtrack - Cecile Corbel

Animation Album of the Year:
"One Piece Memorial Best" - Various Artists

Traditional Japanese Music Album of the Year:
"46th Columbia Zenkoku Ginei Concours: Kadaigin 'Ume'" - Nippon Columbia Ginei Ongakukai

Concept Album of the Year:
"VOCALIST 4" - Hideaki Tokunaga
"Request" - JUJU

Single of the Year:
"Beginner" - AKB48

The Best 5 Singles:
"Troublemaker" - Arashi
"Monster" - Arashi
"Beginner" - AKB48
"Heavy Rotation" - AKB48
"Ponytail to Chou-chou" - AKB48

Song of the Year by Download:
"Aitakute Aitakute" - Kana Nishino

The Best 5 Songs by Download:
"Motto Tsuyoku" - EXILE
"Ring a Ding Dong" - Kaela Kimura
"Aitakute Aitakute" - Kana Nishino
"if" - Kana Nishino
"Best Friend" - Kana Nishino

The Best Music Videos:
"ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5x10" - Arashi
"EXH SPECIAL EXILE ATSUSHI PREMIUM LIVE SOLO" - EXILE ATSUSHI
"TOHOSHINKI VIDEO CLIP COLLECTION -THE ONE-" - TVXQ

Special Award:
"Toilet no Kamisama" - Kana Uemura
"VOCALIST" series - Hideaki Tokunaga

Foreign music:

Artist of the Year:
Lady Gaga

New Artist of the Year:
KARA

The Best 3 New Artists:
Orianthi
KARA
KE$HA

Album of the Year:
"A Thousand Suns" - Linkin Park

Song of the Year by Download:
"Tick Tock" - KE$HA

The Best Music Videos:
"Ladies & Gentlemen" - The Rolling Stones

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Source: The Japan Gold Disc Award, Tokyograph

SNSD and Kara's Popularity is Soaring High in Japan

Korean female idols Girls' Generation scored the No. 2 spot on Japan's prestigious Oricon chart with their latest song "Hoot".


Girls' Generation [SM Entertainment]

"Hoot", whose license was sold to Japan, came in second selling 21,271 copies sold on the day of its release after Japanese songstress Ayumi Hamasaki, according to Oricon's daily music chart as of December 22, 2010.

Composed of members Taeyeon, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Sunny, Jessica, Seohyun, Yoona, Yuri (Kwon Yoo-ri) and Sooyoung, Girls' Generation made their debut in 2007 with first album "Into the New World". They have since released several albums which include their hit songs "Gee", "Genie" and "Run Devil Run".

The girls have led a successful year so far, being named the winner of the grand prize once again at Korea's Golden Disk Award, taking the title as best artist of the year for the second consecutive time at the 2010 MelOn Music Award and seeing their hit song "Oh!" named song of the year at KBS' televised music show "Music Bank".

They have also taken the Japanese music market by storm since making their official debut in the country in August last year, becoming the first Korean girl group to place in at No. 1 on the prestigious Oricon chart as well as having sold 100,000 copies of their Japanese singles "Gee" and "Genie" to be certified gold discs. In January, SNSD even won the New Artist of the Year award @ Japan Gold Disc Award 2011.

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Top Korean girl groups, Kara and Girls' Generation, are both set to appear on a special year-end music program in Japan.


Girls' Generation (top) and Kara (below) [SM Entertainment/DSP Media]

Kara and Girls' Generation also performed on Asahi TV's "Music Station" on Christmas Eve, making it the first time for both groups to take the stage on the same show since making their debuts in Japan.

Last year December, the prestigious Oricon chart reported that Kara and Girls' Generation were named the most successful new artists in Japan this year, coming in at No. 1 and 2, respectively.

Oricon's survey based on sales data from 39,580 music stores throughout Japan revealed that Kara earned a total 1.3 billion yen, approximately 18 billion won, with two singles, five albums and one DVD, while Girls' Generation raked in 880 million yen, about 12 billion won, with two singles, six albums and one DVD.

Individually, Kara achieved a number of feats including being selected best new artist of the year on top Japanese mobile music chart RecoChoku and their albums reaching up to No. 2 on Oricon's weekly chart.

Girls' Generation has also seen a successful singing career in the country becoming the first Korean girl group to place in at No. 1 on the prestigious Oricon chart and having sold over 100,000 copies of their Japanese singles "Gee" and "Genie" to be certified gold discs.

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Photos of Celebrities on Red Carpet at 25th Golden Disk Awards 2010

The 25th Golden Disk Awards was held on 9th December 2010 at the Hwajeong Gym in Koryeo University, Seoul, South Korea. Many top Korean celebrities attended this award show and walked the red carpet.

Golden Disk Awards’ red carpet attendees include Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, BoA, BEAST, SHINee, CN Blue, Secret, F.T. Island, IU, Sistar, Supreme Team, 2AM, Miss A, Yoo Ah Yin, Min Hyorin, and more. Check out the pictures below and tell us who do you think is the best-dressed and worst-dressed!
For the list of winners, check it out here!


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Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, CN Blue, F.T. Island and Supreme Team kept things simple and safe with black mini dresses and black suits. Loving SHINee and Yoo Ah Yin’s outfit with different shades of grey and lots of layerings for this winter season. For the ladies, Secret’s bridesmaid-like dresses on the red carpet really did not work for me; Min Hyorin’s simple bustier cocktail dress with nude heels really stood out in my opinion.

Tell us what do you think!

Source: Kokororeano, Sport Korea, Osen, StarNews, Xports News, SPN, YonHap News

Winners of 25th Golden Disk Awards 2010

Nicknamed the "Korean Grammy Awards", the ceremony is known for its fair standards, as the committee utilizes figures from album and digital Music sales only. The awards show first began in 1986, and since then, it’s become Korea’s most prestigious awards ceremony for music.

2010 Golden Disc Award Daesang
SNSD - "Oh!"



Disk Bonsang
DJ DOC - Im This Type Of Person
SHINee - Lucifer
Super Junior - Bonamana
SNSD - Oh
BoA - Hurricane Venus



2010 Samsung Yepp Digital Music Daesang
2AM -"Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die"

Digital Music Bonsang
miss A - Good Girl, Bad Girl
IU ft. Seulong - Nagging
Lee Seung Gi - Love Taught Me How to Drink
CN BLUE - Im a loner (download song or bluetory album)
2AM - Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die

Hip-hop Award
Supreme Team

Rock Award
F.T. Island

Rookie Award
BEAST
Secret
SISTAR

Popularity Award
SHINee
SNSD

Asian Popularity Award
Super Junior

Producer Award
Hong Seung Sung (Cube Entertainment)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Park Chun Seok (Trot singer and famous Korean composer that passed away this year)

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While the Bonsang is awarded to the top songs, the Daesang is awards to the overall best song.

If they used the same criteria as last year, for the disk category, criteria for judgement is 60% of music album sales from last December to this November, 20% of popularity votes and 20% on points given by judgement panels.

For digital music category, it includes 60% on the amount of mp3 download for the period of time the music was released, and also BGM, mobile phone ringtones, 20% from the judges and 20% from popularity votes.

Congratualations to the winners.





More photos of the celebrities on the red carpet, click here!

Source: Korean@rtist, soompi,

Download 2010 FNS Music Festival (2010.12.04)

Download 2010 FNS Kayousai 『2010 FNS歌謡祭』here
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View the screenshots here

This year's theme: Collaboration
M1 SMAP×NAOKI (LOVE PSYCHEDELICO) This is love
M2 倉木麻衣×CHEMISTRY Love, day after tomorrow（1999）
M3 倉木麻衣 FUTURE KISS
M4 TOKIO NaNaNa（太陽なんていらねぇ）
M5 コブクロ 流星
M6 鈴木雅之×倖田來未 め組のひと（1983）
M7 鈴木雅之×菊池桃子 渋谷で５時（1996）
M8 鈴木雅之×ATSUSHI 夢で逢えたら（1996）
M9 平家派 Graduation（1987）
M10 V6 only dreaming
M11 郷ひろみ×AKB48 男の子女の子（1972）
M12 郷ひろみ×AKB48 花とみつばち（1974）
M13 つるの剛士 よろしく哀愁（1974）
M14 郷ひろみ×AKB48 お嫁サンバ（1981）
M15 前田亘輝 How many いい顔（1980）
M16 郷ひろみ×AKB48×前田亘輝×つるの剛士 GOLDFINGER '99（1999）
M17 槇原敬之×CHEMISTRY×山口智充 どんなときも。（1991）
M18 槇原敬之×千紗 冬がはじまるよ（1991）
M19 CHEMISTRY×秦 基博 もう恋なんてしない（1992）
M20 伊藤由奈×城 南海×miwa 遠く遠く（1992）
M21 槇原敬之×WaT×つるの剛士 SPY（1994）
M22 槇原敬之×ALL 不安の中に手を突っ込んで
M23 嵐×松下奈緒 果てない空
M24 ゆず×JUJU 言葉にできない（1982）
M25 My Little Lover×JUJU Hello, Again 〜昔からある場所〜（1995）
M26 久保田利伸 LA・LA・LA LOVE SONG（1996）
M27 久保田利伸 LOVE RAIN〜恋の雨〜
M28 伊藤由奈×Ｋ×宮本笑里 Precious（2006）
M29 倖田來未×TAIRIKU 好きで、好きで、好きで。
M30 miwa×WaT don't cry anymore
M31 WaT×miwa 24/7〜もう一度〜
M32 AKB48 Beginner
M33 少女時代 GENIE
M34 少女時代 Gee
M35 AKB48 会いたかった（2006）
M36 石井竜也×加山雄三 君といつまでも（1965）
M37 TUBE×倉木麻衣 シーズン・イン・ザ・サン（1986）
M38 加山雄三×KinKi Kids 蒼い星くず（1966）
M39 TUBE×伊藤由奈×千紗×城南海×miwa SUMMER DREAM（1987）
M40 加山雄三×槇原敬之 お嫁におい（1966）
M41 TUBE Beach Time（1988）
M42 加山雄三×氷川きよし 夜空の星（1965）
M43 TUBE×AKB48 あー夏休み（1990）
M44 TUBE×AKB48 灼熱らぶ
M45 加山雄三×森山良子×南こうせつ×氷川きよし×CHEMISTRY×山口智充×つるの剛士×TAIRIKU 座・ロンリーハーツ親父バンド
M46 嵐 Love Rainbow
M47 Superfly×秦 基博 楓（1998）
M48 福山雅治 HELLO（1995）
M49 福山雅治 桜坂（2000）
M50 福山雅治 心color
M51 KinKi Kids×宮本笑里×VOJA Family
M52 郷ひろみ×宮本笑里×VOJA 愛してる
M53 横山剣×長瀬智也 タイガー＆ドラゴン（2002）
M54 久保田利伸×平井 堅×押尾コータロー Missing（1986）
M55 ビリー・バンバン×坂本冬美×倉木麻衣 また君に恋してる（2007）
M56 氷川きよし 虹色のバイヨン
M57 平井 堅×松下奈緒 アイシテル
M58 和田アキ子×德永英明 あの鐘を鳴らすのはあなた（1972）
M59 JUJU この夜を止めてよ
M60 サリナ・ジョーンズ×JUJU×Ｋ I LOVE YOU（1991）
M61 Superfly EYES ON ME
M62 ゆず×花井悠希 from
M63 SMAP×槇原敬之 Love & Peace Inside？
M64 EXILE I Wish For You
M65 秦 基博×德永英明×小池徹平×花井悠希 アイ
M66 石井竜也×AKB48 君がいるだけで（1992）
M67 石井竜也×じょんて★もーにんぐ 浪漫飛行（1990）
M68 倖田來未 ワインレッドの心（1983）
M69 安全地帯×AMAZONS×じょんて★もーにんぐ じれったい（1987）
M70 安全地帯×AMAZONS 悲しみにさよなら（1985）
M71 近藤真彦×堂本剛 スニーカーぶる〜す（1980）
M72 近藤真彦×堂本光一 ミッドナイトシャッフル（1996）
M73 近藤真彦×KinKi Kids ざんばら
M74 ALL LINE UP 世界に一つだけの花（2003）

Official Site: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/FNS/index2.html
External Info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FNS_Music_Festival

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Girls' Generation takes third win on music show "The Music Trend" aka "Inkigayo""

Korean female idols Girls' Generation (SNSD) were crowned winners on a televised music program over the weekend, placing at the No. 1 spot once again with their latest song "Hoot".



The nine-member girl group received their third consecutive Mutizen Award on SBS' Sunday music show "Inkigayo" with "Hoot". "We really want to say thanks to our fans for always supporting us and we wish Tiffany a fast recovery so that she can take the stage with us", the members said in their acceptance speech. Composed of other members Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, Sunny, Jessica, Seohyun, Yoona, Yuri (Kwon Yoo-ri) and Sooyoung, Girls' Generation have been topping numerous online and offline music charts with their new hit "Hoot" from their third mini-album of the same name. Meanwhile, KBS' Friday music program "Music Bank" did not air due to the country being in a state of grievance after North Korea fired over scores of artillery shells at a South Korean island near the border in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, killing two soldiers and two civilians and injuring dozens of others.







2010.11.28 Inkigayo "Hoot" + award


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Background Information:

The Music Trend (Korean: SBS 인기가요) (previously Popular Song, romanized asInkigayo) is a South Korean music program broadcast by SBS. It airs live every Sunday at 3:50PM KST. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform on stage. It is currently hosted by Jo Kwon of 2AM, Jung Yong-hwa of C.N.Blue, and Sulli of f(x).

The Music Trend debuted as SBS Popular Song in 1991 as a chart show, but was canceled in Autumn 1993. It was later revived in 1998 with its original title and format. In 2003, the chart format was removed and was replaced by Take 7, where 7 of the most popular artists from the week are featured and the most popular artist receives the award for Mutizen Song.

In Spring 2007, the program changed from a recorded broadcast to a live broadcast in an effort to boost ratings, as well as changing the English name to "The Music Trend". On November 2, 2008, the program moved from 3:20PM to 4:10PM Sunday afternoons, airing before Good Sunday, also to boost ratings. In Spring 2010, the program expanded to 70 minutes beginning at 3:50PM every Sunday.

Source: Wikipedia

Idols Choose Inkigayo Over The 2010 MAMA

The November 28th broadcast of SBS’s Inkigayo had a stellar line-up with S.M The Ballad’s debut as well as performances from Girls Generation, KARA, BEAST, 2AM, Orange Caramel, Supreme Team, Co-Ed, F.Cuz, Oh Won Bin, NS Yoonji, U-Kiss, Gavy NJ, and many more!

Girls Generation won this week’s Inkigayo and teasers for T-ara and SISTAR’s comebacks were released during the broadcast as well.

Many netizens pointed out the Inkigayo line-up was far more appealing than the line-up for the 2010 MAMAs.

Netizens are now wondering why Korea’s artists held a massive boycott of the MAMAs.

S.M The Ballad Debuts On Inkigayo!


Girls Generation wins!


Teasers for T-ara And SISTAR’s comeback


BEAST sings "Beautiful"


KARA sings "Jumping"


Source: MTVK

Avex promises full-fleged support of SM Entertainment artists

SM artists Super Junior (top) and f(x) (bottom) [SM Entertainment]

Top Japanese talenthouse Avex has promised its full-fledged support of the careers of Korean agency SM Entertainment's artists.

The announcement was made on Avex's official website today, stating that they will continue to back the singing careers of SM's artists such as BoA, J-Min "and TVXQ who will resume their activities as a two-man band formed of members U-Know and Max"



The two firms have supported each other's artists for years now but their relationship had been in question after Avex signed with JYJ, former TVXQ members Jaejung (Hero), Micky Yoochun and Junsu, when the three halted their activities with TVXQ by asking their contract to be nullified with SM.

A few months later, Avex abruptly suspended its relation with the three on reports that the chief of the boys' Korean management agency C-JeS was related to a criminal organization while affirming Avex will continue to represent TVXQ, although the future of the band was up in the air.

Then just two days ago, SM announced that TVXQ would make a comeback next January as a duo with the band's remaining members U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin.

In today's press release, Avex also said they have signed exclusive contracts with SM's 13-member boy band Super Junior and girl group f(x).

Founded by former singer Lee Soo-man in 1995, SM Entertainment is one of the most influential entertainment agencies in the country alongside YG and JYP Entertainment.

They are well-known for managing the successful singing careers of H.O.T and S.E.S and some of the biggest names in the K-pop market including Girls' Generation, Kang Ta, SHINee and TRAX.

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Big Bang, Kara and SNSD Not in Japan’s Biggest Music Festival, NHK 61st Kouhaku Uta Gassen

The Japanese media continuously delivered the news that star Korean groups Big Bang and Kara would appear on NHK’s 61st White vs. Red Fest. Sports-Nippon reported the news on November 21 with a caption saying, “Big Bang and Kara to Have Hallyu Competition in the White vs. Red Fest,” and it delivered the news that Big Bang had already decided to appear in the festival, and that Kara was finalizing conditions for appearing on the program.



Despite these earlier speculation from the Japanese media hyping the participation of KARA, Big Bang and SNSD in Japan's annual music ceremony, the official NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen line-up was released today and it is confirmed that Big Bang, KARA and SNSD are not invited this year. Korean media reported  that Big Bang would officially be attending but that was proven to be false.



Well... there’s always next year! The full line-up as below.

RED Team:

* aiko
* Angela Aki
* Ikimono Gakari
* Sayuri Ishikawa
* Kana Uemura
* AKB48
* Miyuki Kawanaka
* Kumiko
* Kumi Koda
* Natsuko Godai
* Sachiko Kobayashi
* Fuyumi Sakamoto
* Yoshimi Tendo
* DREAMS COME TRUE
* Mitsuko Nakamura
* Kana Nishino
* Ayumi Hamasaki
* Perfume
* Ayaka Hirahara
* Nana Mizuki
* Kaori Mizumori
* Akiko Wada

WHITE Team:

* Arashi
* Hiroshi Itsuki
* HY
* EXILE
* NYC
* Yuzo Kayama
* Saburo Kitajima
* Hiromi Go
* Kobukuro
* SMAP
* TOKIO
* Hideaki Tokunaga
* AAA
* Kiyoshi Hikawa
* FUNKY MONKEY BABYS
* Masaharu Fukuyama
* flumpool
* Takashi Hosokawa
* Porno Graffiti
* Shinichi Mori
* Yusuke
* L’Arc~en~Ciel

The popular group Arashi (嵐) will be in charge of the White Team, while actress and pianist Nao Matsushita (松下奈緒, 25) will be in charge of the Red Team. This shall be the first time for either of them to serve as a Kohaku host. A total of 44 artists have been invited, with an even split of 22 on the Red Team and 22 on the White Team. 5 of them will be making their first appearance on the show.

News- Announcement of NHK 61st Kouhaku Uta Gassen list of participants
速报-第６１回紅白歌合戦出場者


Source: KBS Korea

Big Bang and SNSD Won Awards for 52nd Japan Record Awards!

Japan Record Awards is a major music awards show held annually for outstanding achievements. It is presented by the Japan Composer's Association. This year will mark the 52nd awards show. Big Bang and Girls' Generation both made it on the list of winners of awards alongside Japanese artists. Along with ICONIQ, they are the only Korean artists that have made it onto the list.





On November 20th, the ‘52nd Japan Record Awards’ announced their list of nominees and award winners. It’s odd to see that the winners for most of the categories have been selected already, but maybe that’s just for brevity’s sake.



The winners from the ‘Best Song‘ and ‘New Artist’ categories will progress respectively to compete for the ‘Japan Record Award’ and ‘Best New Artist‘ awards. The panel will select their choice in who should be awarded the ‘Japan Record Award‘ from the ‘Best Song’ pool, while the winner for the ‘Best New Artist‘ will be chosen from the ‘New Artist’ list.

The winners of these two categories will be announced during the broadcast of the show on December 30th at 6:30 PM (JST).

Check out the list below!



"New Artist Award"

• ICONIQ

• Kikuchi Madoka

• Shoujo Jidai (Girls' Generation)

• S/mileage

"Best New Artist"

• ICONIQ

• Kikuchi Madoka

• Shoujo Jidai (Girls' Generation)

• S/mileage

"Best Song"

• "I Wish For You" - EXILE

• "Aitai Riyuu" - AAA

• "Arigatou" - Ikimono Gakari

• "Tell Me Goodbye" - BIG BANG

• "Toilet no Kamisama" - Kana Uemura

• "Nijiiro no Bayon" - Kiyoshi Hikawa

• "New World" - w-inds.

• "Beginner" - AKB48

• "Matsushima Kikou" - Kaori Mizumori

• "Ready to be a lady" - GIRL NEXT DOOR

Note: The position of the artists are not ranked. In other words, the order does not matter as they have all won the same award.

Big Bang was chosen alongside 9 other artists for "Best Song Award" for their single, "Tell Me Goodbye". Girls' Generation was chosen as 1 of the 4 recipients for "Newcomer's Award".

The highest award for the music show is the "Japan Record Award" and it will be chosen from 1 of the 10 winners of the "Best Song Award". "Best Newcomer's Award" has also yet to be chosen and it will be chosen from 1 of the 4 "New Artist's Award" recipients. At last year's Japan Record Awards (51st), Big Bang won the "Best Newcomer's Award" and the year before that at the 50th Japan Record Awards, their sunbae DBSK was a recipient of "Best Song Award" for their single, "Why Did I Fall in Love with You?".

Just to clarify, both Big Bang and Girl's Generation have actually won their respective awards, not just nominated. There is just the possibility that they may each win an additional award if selected for the above mentioned awards that have yet to be decided.

Source: Oricon Style
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Girls’ Generation to Appear in Court for Slave Contracts and Testify in DBSK Lawsuit

Girls’ Generation aka SNSD is set to appear in court to attest to the truth behind the slave contract accusations. They were scheduled to appear in November, but because SM Entertainment has requested time to organize papers, the court date has been pushed back to December.

These slave contracts first became a big issue when DBSK’s Junsu, Jaejoong, and Yoochun broke away from SM Entertainment because of their contract. Since then, many idols’ contracts have been looked into.



The interesting thing is that Girls’ Generation will not be arguing over their contract – they will be testifying against DBSK. SM Entertainment is being taken court by Cassiopeia, who required the court to look at DBSK’s contract because of unfair payment in proportion to the amount of work they do. SM Entertainment has yet to decide if all nine members will appear or if a part of the group will be representatives.

Because Girls’ Generation is currently one of the top idols, many think the court’s judging will affect how entertainment contracts are looked at. However, many also think that this is unfair, as whatever the Girls’ Generation members attest to during court will be controlled by SM Entertainment.

An official explained, “When many companies make contracts with possible celebrities, they make a contract for 7 years of trainee time and at least 3 years after debut, which means the contract will last for at least 10 years. However, it is judged that a contract time of over 10 years is a problem. Girls’ Generation’s testimony will either confirm or change this way of thinking.”

Source: E Daily

Credit: Koreaboo

Photos of SNSD on KBS 2FM Radio Show “Super Junior Kiss the Radio”

SNSD aka Girls' Generation recently appeared as guests on Super Junior members Lee-teuk and Eun-hyuk’s KBS 2FM radio show named "Super Junior Kiss The Radio" and the photos above captured the joyous and fun atmosphere in the studio that day.

SNSD's Japan Promo Photos and "Genie" PV (Japanese Dance Version)

SNSD aka Girls' Generation (Hangul: 소녀시대; Hanja: 少女時代) released their first Japanese single in September, singing "Genie" in a brand new Japanese PV. Download their Japan promo photos here

Screenshots of the Genie PV (Japanese dance version)

Watch the Genie PV (Japanese dance version) online

SNSD's New Mini Album 'Hoot' Live Performance & Interview

SNSD (So Nyeo Shi Dae) aka Girls' Generation (小女時代) recently achieved 150K+ pre-order sales for their new mini album 'Hoot' and reveals new album jacket photo. With a 009 James Bond-ish concept, the girls have gone retro this time, as they continued with their second comeback stage on the October 30th episode of Music Core. Support now by purchasing their album on YesAsia!



Watch SNSD perform Hoot live





Watch SNSD's interview live on stage

SNSD is Japan's Most Popular K-Pop Group

SNSD (So Nyeo Shi Dae) aka Girls' Generation 小女時代 is now the most popular Kpop group in Japan, based on a four-day poll held by Japan BigLobe Music. On August 17, results revealed, out of 33,090 people who voted, SNSD came in first place with 20,212 (61.%) of the votes. Second place went to Wonder Girls with 9598 votes (29%), followed by Super Junior with 1717 votes (5.2%), SHINee with 944 votes (2.9%) and BEAST with 417 votes (1.3%).

According to Biglobe Music, “So Nyeo Shi Dae has earned the popularity amongst the young females in their 10s~20s. They get good reviews for their songs, dance and fashion style. Already, many fans have gotten to know about So Nyeo Shi Dae through internet or from broadcasts shows. Because their style are liked, they also received the admiration from fellow young females. They are also liked for their features on various broadcast variety shows.”

Watch Ueno Juri Guest Stars on "We Got Married"

Japan's rising star, Nodame Cantabile's "Best Actress" Ueno Juri (Kanji: 上野樹里) made a surprise appearance on Korea's hottest virtual marriage show “We Got Married” (aired on Saturday night) in September, pulling a surprise on the WGM couple C.N. Blue leader Jung Yong Hwa (Hangul: 정용화; Hanja: 郑容和) and SNSD's Seo Hyun (Hangul: 서현; Hanja: 徐賢). Watch below.

Ep.25 part 1


Ep. 25 part 2

Ueno Juri, who was in Japan to promote her new movie Nodame Cantabile The Movie II, appeared as an assistant chef at a conveyer belt sushi bar in thick black frame glasses. However, Seo Hyun and Yong Hwa didn't really notice Juri chan, because they were so engrossed in conversation. :) In the end Ueno Juri had to take off her glasses and actively called out to them. Finally when the two noticed her she said, "I thought you would notice me a bit earlier. That took a long time."

Jung Yong Hwa made it clear on a radio earlier that she was his ideal type and he exclaimed, "I can't believe Ueno Juri is standing right before my eyes." On the other hand, Seo Hyun was able to show her excellent Japanese conversation ability. She had a flawless conversation exchange with Ueno Juri, "I'm studying Japanese right now but, it's difficult because there's so much kanji."

Translated by: Kanki@Soshified.com