Jung Ah born August 2, 1983 as Kim Jung-Ah
Position: Main Vocalist
Height: 167 cm
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SISTAR (씨스타) is a four-member South Korean girl group under the management of Starship Entertainment.The four members are: Hyorin, Bora, Soyu & Dasom. Their group name is a combination of the words "Sister" and "Star", meaning they are meant to be sisters in the entertainment business and become big stars.
Pre-Debut
SISTAR made their first appearance through a Céci magazine photo in England shoot on March 19, 2010 for the clothing company FUBU. A representative for FUBU stated "We thought that SISTAR would fit very well in the FUBU brand’s hip hop concept. They fit very well with our visuals of street fashion." Starship Entertainment described SISTAR as a girl group who "...has skill and style with their eccentric music, choreography, and fashion", and said they will "...create a new culture code as they will be a style icon to the age range of 10-20".
2010: Debut
The MV teaser for "Push Push", the title track to their debut single was released on June 1, 2010. Their debut single was released on June 3, 2010 while their debut performance was at Music Bank on June 4th.
The group released their 2nd single called "Shady Girl" on August 25, 2010. The MV teaser for "Shady Girl" was released on August 24, 2010 and the music video was released on August 25,2010. The MV also featuring Super Junior's member Heechul. Their first comeback performance was on Music Bank on August 27, 2010.
SISTAR was also invited to perform in Japan's "Hallyu Music Festival" as the only Korean girl group present on September 14.
On November 21,2010 was revealed that the girls released their 3rd single, titled "How Dare You" on November 29th. SISTAR’s title track, “How Dare You,” was produced under the golden touch of Brave Brothers, who produced all of their title tracks since their debut. On November 25th, SISTAR officially publicized their new concept photos. Shockingly, the concept has been labeled as “pole dancing”, and the SISTAR ladies are photographed in seductive poses while wearing tight clothing. The MV teaser for "How Dare You" was released on November 23, 2010 and the music video was released on December 2,2010. "How Dare You" is currently sweeping the music charts and is ranked at #1 on various music sites such as MelOn, Mnet, Soribada, Bugs, Monkey3, and Daum Music.
On December 9, 2010, the group attended the Golden Disk Awards, being awarded with Newcomer Award.
On December 17, 2010, SISTAR won their first ever award on Music Bank for their hit song "How Dare You". Unfortunately, the show did not air that week and the girls were not able to receive the award on stage.
2011: Wrapping up promotions/ Back to the studio
SISTAR wrapped up their final rounds of "How Dare You" promotions in mid-January. They are rumored to return sometime mid 2011 with a mini album....
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Birth name Kim Ki-bum
Born August 21, 1987 (1987-08-21) (age 23)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres Pop, dance-pop, R&B
Occupations Singer, dancer, actor, model
Instruments Piano, vocals
Years active 2004–present (Acting/modeling)
2005-present(Singing)
Labels SM Entertainment
Associated acts SM Town, Super Junior
Website
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Kim HyunA (김현아) born June 6, 1992 - Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocalist
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Sexossss:>:>:X :nebun: :nebun: :nebun: :nebun:
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Heo GaYoon (허가윤) born May 18, 1990 - Main Vocalist, Dancer
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Choi Min Hwan- Drummer, occasional Sub Vocalist. Birthdate: November 11, 1992 (Age 18)
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Real Name: Uke Yutaka (受 毛豊)
Birth date: 28 October, 1981
Place of birth: "New Jersey would be nice!" He's actually born in Tokushima
Blood Type: B
Height: 172 cm
Foot size: 25 ~ 27
Ring size: 19 ~ 21
Hobby: Soccer, Cooking, Collecting Zippos
Collection: Zippo, clothes from custom culture
My boom: custom culture
Piercing count: 2 (left ear)
Strong point: "Can be bullied" (When he is bullied, it makes him happy, because others are happy, in a way.)
Weak point: Forgetfull (He constantly loses important items. ex. cell phone, wallet)
Favourite colour: Black, Red, White, Green, Silver, Gold
Favourite animal: Dog, Tiger, Alligator
Favourite drink: "Not ringo juice (laugh) - apple juice"
Disliked food: Potato, Eggplant
Favourite brand: custom culture, Just in Davis, TENDERLOIN, Starring gear*
Charming point: Can be interesting in anything
Liked type: A motherly person who will welcome me with "welcome home!" when I return home.
Disliked type: A girl who hides her character
Tobacco: None
Cologne: Jaguar, Sculpture, Bvlgari for men
Musical Influence: LUNA SEA
First Copied Song: LUNA SEA - Jesus
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Scuze nu am gasit inf.
Deci va las pe voi!
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DONGWOO (Rapper)
Name: Jang Dong Woo (장동우)
Birthdate: November 22 1990
Height: 175cm
Blood Type: A
Hobbies: Skateboarding.
Talent: Beatboxing, snowboarding.
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Jewelry (Korean: 쥬얼리) is a South Korean girl group. After releasing their first album with low sales, the group eventually rose to prominence via their second album and reached their commercial peak with their fourth album Superstar, which spawned a number-one hit for them. After branching out in Japan with only limited success, the group came back with two new members in 2008 with the hit song "One More Time". As of 2010, they are the longest running Korean girl group ever, surpassing super-group Baby V.O.X.
Jewelry debuted in 2001 with their first album Discovery. After less-than-stellar sales of the first album, two of the singers were replaced. A year later, their second album, Again, was released, with much better results. Full of strong R&B ballads (as opposed to the sexy dance songs that were popular at that time), the album quickly yielded two high-charting singles — "Again" and "Tonight" — which started the group's rise to popularity. This was quickly followed by their third album Beloved, which had a very cutesy theme. Their first single "니가 참 좋아" ("I Really Like You") was very poppy and had Jewelry adopt a cutesy concept to match the song, with colorful outfits and perky dances. The title track, Be My Love, was also promoted. Even though album sales for Again and Beloved were great, the group was unhappy with their current image, and did not want to be known for only their cute and innocent songs.
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Dancing Boy ChangJo (Changjo) - 15
Position: Lead Dancer and Sub-Vocal
Real Name: Choi Jong Hyun (최종현)
Date of Birth: November 16, 1995
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Takeru (武瑠?) – vocals
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Born December 27, 1988 (1988-12-27) (age 22)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupations Rapper, Dancer, Actor
Years active 2008–present
Associated acts 2PM
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T.O.P
Birth name Choi Seung Hyun
Also known as T.O.P
Tempo
Born November 4, 1987 (1987-11-04) (age 23)
Seoul, South Korea
Origin Republic of Korea
Genres Hip hop, K-pop
Occupations Rapper, composer, lyricist, beatboxer, actor
Years active 2006–present
Labels YG Entertainment
Associated acts Big Bang
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Real Name: Matsumoto Takanori (松本 たかのり)
Birth Date: February 1, 1982
Birth Place: Kanagawa Prefecture (Kantou, southern Japan)
Blood Type: B
Height: 162cm
Foot size: 25.5 cm
Ring size: Middle finger - 17
Family: Parents, older brother
Hobby: Rental, Shopping
Collection: Harugin
My Boom: Skateboarding
Piercings: 5 on the right ear
Strong Point: Genuine Side
Weak Point: Genuine Side
Favorite Color: Gold, purple, red, black, silver
Favorite Animal: Dog (chihuahua), Cat
Favorite Drink: Child Koiwai Apple
Disliked Food: Green pepper, beans, strawberry
Favorite Brand: Pink Dragon, THE GAMBLER$, ANTICLASS, bounty hunter, CREAMSODA, RUDE GALLERY, Harugin
Previous Bands: Mikoto, Ma'die Kusse, Kar+te=zyAnose
Charming Point: Temple
Liked Type: A self-aware person, a wonderful person
Disliked Type: An impure girl, a stupid person
Wish to girls: Don't lose sight of yourself
Tobacco: PIANISSIMO
Cologne: Bvlgari
Musical Influence: LUNA SEA
First Copied Song: Sex Pistols - Bodies
Other:
+wanted to be a fireman as a kid
+loves spaghetti, hates strawberries and peppers
+collects hats, patterned shirts and colored/weird sunglasses
+used to work in a restaurant called the Royal Host and in another one called Denny’s
+favorite season: winter (gives him inspiration)
+PJs: football-outfit
+eyesight is 0.01
+as a child his nickname was Taka-chan
+he says his treaured items are his band and fans
+He is happy when he feels the winter breeze
+In an interview he said that his strangest dream was that he was almost killed by a cat
Message: "Let's start from the bottom."
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2NE1 (Hangul: 투애니원; RR: tu-aeniwon; pronounced "to anyone" or "twenty-one") is a South Korean hip hop/pop girl group formed by YG Entertainment in 2009. 2NE1 consists of 4 members: CL, Minzy, Dara and Bom. The group's name 2NE1 stands for "New Evolution of the 21st Century".
First appearing in "Lollipop", a commercial campaign with Big Bang for LG Telecom, their debut single "Fire" was released on May 6, 2009. Since then, they have released one extended play, 2NE1, and one studio album, To Anyone. "Fire", "I Don't Care", "Try to Follow Me", and "Go Away" have all hit number one in South Korea.
The group was first mentioned by the press in late 2008, YG Entertainment announced that the group would consist of four members and debut sometime in May 2009. The company stated that the group had trained for 4 years, and that their debut album would contain songs produced by 1TYM Leader Teddy Park. The group's name was initially announced as "21"; however, due to the discovery of a singer with the same name, the group was quickly renamed "2NE1".
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# Choi Jong Hoon- Leader, Lead Guitarist, Keyboardist, occasional Composer, Lyricist, and Sub Vocalist. Birthdate: March 7, 1990 (Age 21)
Yejun (예준 (born February 4, 1992 (19), real name Shim Ye Jun (심예준), the maknae (youngest member) of the group.
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DAY DAY
(RAPPER)
Real name: David Kim
Birth date: September 20th, 1983
Height, weight: 170 CM / 60 KG
Blood type: B
Religion: Christian
Education: Maryland University
Siblings: Only child.
Hobbies, specialties: Working out, translating, & rapping in English.
Experience(s):
* Rap trainer in JYP and other companies (2PM, Wonder Girls, Miss A, Sistar, & Secret)
Featured in:
* Lee Hyori’s “Shall We Dance” & “Straight Up”
* Wonder Girls’ “So What”
* Uhm Junghwa’s “Come to Me”
* Wheesung’s “This Kind of Situation”
* Ivy’s “No”
* Son Dambi’s “Start”
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* Hiroto (ヒロト?)
Part: Electric & Acoustic guitar DOB: May 4th
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Choi Dong-Wook (born November 9, 1984), better known by his stage name Se7en, is a South Korean pop/R&B singer. He began training under a management agency YG Entertainment at the age of fifteen. After four years of training in voice and dance, he made his debut in 2003.
Seven has traveled throughout Asia, particularly Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, and Hong Kong. He has also performed a few times in the United States, specifically Los Angeles (Grand Olympic and Hollywood Bowl), New York City (Madison Square Garden), and Washington DC (DAR Constitution Hall).
In addition to performing, he has been featured on game shows in South Korea and Japan, and commercials for Samsung's Anycall, Baskin Robbins, Coca Cola, LG Telecom, Sprite (directed by David Fincher) and most recently, K-SWISS and KTF. He has held a total of five concerts in Japan: one held in 2005 at Yokohama, and for the year 2006, two held in Tokyo and two in Osaka. He held a total of three concerts for his "24/SE7EN" album promotion June 2006 in Seoul, South Korea. He won an award for the Most Popular Korean Singer in the MTV Asia Awards 2006 at Bangkok, Thailand, and the MTV Best Buzz Asia Award 2006.
On April 7, 2007, his 747 concert was held at Seoul's Olympic Park Stadium, which was his last activity in Korea for 2007. He is currently working on his oversea activities in Japan and the United States. He has held another Japanese tour called '7rhythm' in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya in early July. Seven was preparing for his U.S. debut, which was scheduled in 2009.
He made a comeback in 2010 with his mini-album "Digital Bounce." It has been popular online and offline music charts since its release in mid July.
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Yong Hwa
* Full Name: Jung Yong Hwa (정용화) (ジョン・ヨンファ, 鄭容和)
* Date of Birth: June 22, 1989 (1989-06-22) (age 21)
* Position: Leader, Main Vocalist, Rapper, Rhythm Guitarist
* Other: Acted in drama "You're Beautiful" and "We Got Married"
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Jun Hyung
Also known as Joker
Poppin' Dragon
Born December 19, 1989 (1989-12-19) (age 21)
Seoul, South Korea
Genres R&B, pop, hip hop
Occupations Singer, dancer, rapper
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2009–present
Labels Cube Entertainment
Associated acts Beast
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Kevin (born February 23, 1988 (1988-02-23) (age 23)) Korean name Kim Ji Yeop (Hangul: 김지엽)
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Lee-U (이유 (born March 20, 1990 (21), real name Lee Seung Hyun (이승현), is the son of Sul Woon Do, a famous trot singer in Korea. He is nicknamed "the Reason of F.Cuz", suggesting that with his talented singing ability, inherited from his father, he has made F.Cuz exist. He is the main vocalist of the group.
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Taemin
!<3U
Minho
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L (Vocal & Face of Infinite)
Name: Kim Myung Soo (김명수)
Birthdate: March 13 1992
Height: 178cm
Blood Type: O
Hobbies: Cooking, exercise, rap.
Talent: Rap.
(still remember him in Epik High's music video,'Run'?He also got attention by his looks same as Kim Bum)
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Real name: Shiroyama Yuu (城山 優)
Birth Date: January 20, 1979
Birthplace: Mie, Japan
Blood Type: A
Height: 171cm
Weight: 55kg
Family: Parents, older brother, older sister
Hobby: Composing, Guitar solos, Smoking, Marumen
Collection: sunglasses, perfume, accessories, shirt
Favourite Color: white, black
Favourite Animal: dog, cat
Favorite Drink: Asahi Super Dry Coffee
Favorite Food: food made with a lot of love
Disliked Food: none
Favourite Brand: Bvlgari, Vivienne Westwood, DOLCE & GABANNA, Armani, Peacemaker, Frontier Doll
Liked Type: good at cooking and gentle
Disliked Type: A person who gets angry easily
Tobacco: Marlboro Menthol
Cologne: Bvlgari, Davidoff
First Copied Song: X - Kurenai
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G-Dragon
Background information
Birth name Kwon Ji-Yong
Also known as G-Dragon
Born August 18, 1988 (1988-08-18) (age 22)
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres Pop, Hip Hop
Occupations Rapper, singer, record producer, composer
Years active 2006–present
Labels YG Entertainment
Associated acts Big Bang
Website ygbigbang.com/gdragon
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Lee Jae Jin- Bassist, occasional Sub Vocalist, Lyricist. Birthdate: December 17, 1991 (Age 19)
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Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어), often referred to as SJ or SuJu (수주), is an idol group from South Korea formed by SM Entertainment in 2005. The group debut with 13 members: Leeteuk (Leader), Heechul, Han Geng, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum and Kyuhyun, they are one of the largest boy bands in the world. As of 2010, 10 members are active, due to Han Geng's Lawsuit with the company, Kangin's leave of absence for mandatory military service and Kibum's pursuit of an acting career. However, the other members have insisted that the three are still part of the group. SM Entertainment have yet to release statements regarding their official status with the group.
Super Junior has released and contributed in 20 different kinds of records with varying degrees of success. Over the years, they have been divided into smaller sub groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. Largely due to Super Junior's success as entertainers, other Korean entertainment managements began to train their music groups in other areas of entertainment, such as acting and hosting. In addition to their commercial success, Super Junior has earned seven music awards from the M.net Asian Music Awards, eleven from the Golden Disk Awards, and is the second singing group to win Favorite Artist Korea at the 2008 MTV Asia Awards after JTL in 2003.
2005–2006: The Super Junior project
Main article: SuperJunior05 (Twins)
Super Junior 05 debuted on SBS's music program Popular Song on November 6, 2005, performing their first single, "TWINS (Knock Out)." A digital single with "TWINS (Knock Out)", "You are the one", and three additional tracks were released online on November 8. A physical CD single was scheduled to be released the following week but a more complete album, SuperJunior05 (TWINS), was released on December 6, 2005 instead. Their debut album sold 28,536 copies in the first month of release and debuted at #3 in the monthly chart of December 2005. In that same month, they released "Show Me Your Love," a collaboration single with TVXQ. "Show Me Your Love" became the best-selling record of December 2005, selling 49,945 copies that month.
In February 2006, Super Junior 05 began performances for "Miracle", the second promotional single from their debut album. "Miracle" was the group's first single to peak #1 in online music charts of South Korea as well as the music charts of Thailand, drawing interest from international markets. As promotions for "Miracle" came to an end, SM Entertainment began selecting new members for Super Junior's second line-up project, Super Junior 06. The company even prepared a list of chosen members that were to graduate from the group. However, no members were taken out and a thirteenth member was added instead in May 2006. The line-up project has been abandoned since then, and the group became known as just Super Junior, without the suffix "05".
2006–2007: Don't Don and breakthrough success
Main article: Don't Don
On May 23, 2006, SM Entertainment revealed the thirteenth member Kyuhyun, who was discovered through a singing competition in 2005. They released their single "U" online for free download on May 25, 2006 in their official website. "U" had over 400,000 downloads within five hours of release and it ultimately exceeded 1.7 million downloads, crashing the server. The physical single of "U" with a total of three tracks was released on June 6, 2006, eventually selling over 81,000 units. The single became one of Korea's most popular songs of the year, yielding #1 spots for five consecutive weeks on two of Korea's top music programs. By the end of the year, Super Junior collected over seven awards in five of South Korea's top music award ceremonies, winning the title as Best New Group of 2006.
Super Junior's first sub-unit, the ballad-singing trio Super Junior-K.R.Y., debuted on November 5, 2006 with a performance of Hyena theme song "The One I Love" on KBS music program Music Bank. A second sub-unit arrived in February 2007 called Super Junior-T. The trot-singing group released their first single "Rokkugo" on February 23, 2007 and made a debut performance on Popular Songs two days later.
Super Junior's second official album was intended for a late 2006 release, but due to several accidental setbacks, Don't Don was not released until September 20, 2007. Within the first three days of release, offline album sales for Don't Don passed the 11,000 unit mark, debuting as #1 in all available offline charts. It finished the September monthly album sales as #1. 60,000 units were shipped by the first week of release and additional copies were printed. Although Don't Don received rather bland reviews from critics, the album sold more than 160,000 copies by the end of the year, becoming the second best-selling record of 2007. The album also found success in Taiwan; it broke the record for being the highest ranked Korean album on the G-music Combo Billboard Chart, surpassing the albums of TVXQ and Shinhwa. Super Junior's album also ranked above Taiwanese boy band K One, whose album debuted at #6.
Supported by the release of Don't Don, Super Junior was nominated in seven separate categories at the 2007 M.NET/KM Music Festival that was held on November 17, 2007. Super Junior won three of those categories including "Netizen Choice Award" and "Mobile Popularity", being the biggest winner of the night. The group also won "Best Artist of the Year" (Daesang), termed by many as the highest recognition of the ceremony. Super Junior collected two more awards on December 14, 2007 at the 2007 Golden Disk Awards. Although defeated by SG Wannabe in winning the "Daesang", Super Junior won a "Bonsang" and the "TPL Anycall Popularity Award", which were reported as expected wins for the group by the media after the success of Don't Don.
2008–2009: Beyond Korea and Sorry, Sorry
Main article: Sorry, Sorry
On October 2, 2007, SM Entertainment announced a third Super Junior sub-unit Super Junior-M, a subgroup designated for the Chinese market. While the creation of the subgroup created a brief controversy between the fans and the management, Super Junior-M became a phenomenal success in China, having the opportunity to have two sold-out concerts in Hong Kong, top weekly ratings with their appearance on variety programs, and becoming the idol group with the most endorsement contracts in China. With the absence of almost half of the members in Korea, a fourth Super Junior sub-unit was created that same year to prevent Super Junior from disappearing in the Korean music industry. With five members from Super Junior-T and Yesung, they formed the subgroup, Super Junior-Happy. Super Junior-Happy released the EP Cooking? Cooking! on June 5, 2008, and promotions ended on September 7, lasting for four months. In November 2008, Super Junior-T returned, this time as a singing group in Japan, called SuperJunior-TxMoeyan; this group added Moeyan, a famous two-woman comedy group in Japan. "ROCK&GO", a Japanese-language version of "Rokuko", debuted at #19 on the Oricon Daily Charts and jumped to #2 three days later.
Super Junior's first major tour, Super Show, commenced on February 22, 2008 in Seoul. The tour covered three countries and had shows on six different cities, including Bangkok, Shanghai, and Beijing. From July 8 to July 9, 2008, Super Junior held their first fan meeting in Japan, at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, as a celebration for the grand opening of their official Japanese Homepage, which was launched on April 1, 2008. 12,000 tickets to the fanmeeting were all sold out in several days. The group released a compiled Japan single the following day, entitled "U/TWINS", which includes the Japanese version of "U" in the limited release, to complement the event. The single peaked at #4 on Japan's Oricon Daily Chart in its first day of release, and dropped down to only four places in its second. The single broke a new record for being the first Korean single to have made within top 10 on Japan's Oricon Weekly Chart. On August 2, 2008, Super Junior expanded their routes to Genting Highlands, Malaysia, being one of the top guest performers at the MTV Asia Awards 2008 along with other international performing artists such as OneRepublic and the Jabbawockeez. They are the third SM artist to win Favorite Artist Korea at the MTV Asia Awards after Kangta of H.O.T and BoA, and the second musical group to win the award after JTL in 2008.
Super Junior's third album, Sorry, Sorry, was released on March 12, 2009 with acclaimed reviews. The title single of the album, "Sorry, Sorry" was digitally released on March 9, 2009. In less than a week after preorders were announced, over 150,000 copies were pre-ordered. Sorry, Sorry was their first album to debut at #1 on the Hanteo Charts, and it sold over 29,000 copies the first day, defeating Seo Taiji's record of 25,000. Promotions for the album started March 13 with the performance of "Sorry, Sorry" and "Why I Like You" on Music Bank. Two weeks later, "Sorry, Sorry" became the number one song of the week on the same program. During the group's performance on music program Popular Songs on March 15, ratings went up to as high as 14%, the highest in recent years. From March to May, "Sorry, Sorry" collected a total of ten #1 awards with consecutive wins in Korea, having the single becoming a national and international success. After only a month of release, the album became South Korea's best-selling album of 2009. Sorry, Sorry was also a critically and commercially successful hit in other Asian countries, opting the group to become the only overseas representative for the second time at Taiwan's annual Golden Melody Awards. "Sorry, Sorry" was also #1 for a record-breaking 37 weeks in Taiwan. Sorry, Sorry was a best-selling Korean-language album in Taiwan, Thailand, China, and the Philippines, in which the latter listed the album to be the first K-pop album to reach #1 in music charts from the country. Super Junior won three awards in the 1st MNET Asian Music Awards - Overseas Viewers Award, Mobile Popularity Award and CGV Popularity Award despite not attending. Super Junior's Sorry, Sorry won Daesang at the 2009 Golden Disk Awards.
2010: Bonamana
Main article: Bonamana
On May 6, 2010, the teaser for their fourth studio album, Bonamana, was released through SM Entertainment's YouTube page. The full music video of the lead single of the same name was released on May 12 and full album was released on May 13 in South Korea. The album was released by the group with only 10 members, without Han Geng who has terminated his contract with SM Entertainment, Kibum who is involved in acting career and Kang-in who had enlisted himself in to the Korean army. Their fourth album had also broken a personal record for the group by having over 200,000 pre-orders. On May 14, Super Junior had their comeback stage on KBS Music Bank, performing title track "미인아 (Bonamana)" and "나쁜 여자 (Boom Boom)".
On May 17, 2010, music video for the song, "Victory Korea", which was used for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was released through SM Entertainment's YouTube page. Super Junior’s World Cup song ‘Victory Korea’ set to cheer the S.Korean team in the top 16 garners interests overseas. A poll was recently done on American site ESPN for the Best World Cup Song. And there were 11 songs shortlisted for the poll including Shakira’s ‘Waka Waka’, K’Nann’s ‘Wavin’ Flag’, Akon ‘Oh Akrica’ etc. And #1 on the poll is the song "Victory Korea" by Super Junior with over 90% of the poll.
On June 28, 2010, Super Junior released their repackaged album with three new tracks - "No Other", "All My Heart", "A Short Journey" - and the remixed version of "Shake It Up!". "A Short Journey" was composed by Donghae and the lyrics were written by Eunhyuk. "All My Heart" was composed by Leeteuk and SJM member Henry. On July 2, 2010, Super Junior had their first live performance of "No Other" on Music Bank. The music video for "No Other" was released on July 7, 2010. According to Hanteo, the album has sold over 200,000 copies to date. The album Bonamana got the 7th spot on the Billboard's World Album-Chart
Super Junior became a hot topic by making a surprise appearance in a Japanese drama. On the 14th October first episode of the drama “Team Medical Dragon 3” which was broadcasted on Fuji TV, Super Junior made an appearance through the CDs and magazines which were present in the girl’s hospital room. In the drama, the girl is a fan of Super Junior, and her lines were as such: Super junior is really great. They’re Korea’s best popular idol group, and I really want to meet them. On Fuji TV’s side, they said that Super Junior is gaining lots of interest in Japan, and wanted them to appear in the drama so that it could attract more attention. It can be seen that Super Junior is receiving immense popularity in Japan, once again cementing their status as the stars of Asia.
The group kicked off their third Asian tour, Super Show 3 on August 14 and 15, 2010 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul. The tour also made a stop in Qingdao on August 28, 2010, Beijing on October 23, 2010, and Nanjing on November 13, 2010.
On September 4, 2010, Super Junior took part in the SM Town Live '10 World Tour along with fellow SM labelmates at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. This marks the first time SM Town has performed outside of Asia. On September 23, 2010, Super Junior released their original soundtrack "Angel" for Haru: An Unforgettable Day in Korea, an omnibus drama that promotes Korea's tourism.. On November 22, Super Junior have been honored as National Pop Culture Icon and received Minister of Culture Awards by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at Pop Culture Art Awards for their strong role in heating up the Korean Wave. On November 24, Avex Entertainment, as well as SM Entertainment Japan, released a statement about the renewal of contracts of SM artists signed to Avex.
On December 8, as the leaders of Hallyu Wave, idol group Super Junior was guested in CNN TV station’s 《Talk Asia》 program to talked about the secret of their huge popularity and their strategy for advancing into the world music industry.
2011-present
Super Junior was awarded for the Best Selling Album for two consecutive years at the 2010 Gaon Chart Awards, surpassing their labelmate Girls' Generation. They also won "Must-Follow Personality" at the Mashable Awards 2010 which was held in Las Vegas. Member Yesung was the winner of 2010 Cyworld Digital Music Award OST.
Super Junior has not officially done any activities in Japan. People started knowing about their name just by word of mouth, and in recent years, they are gaining popularity which is enviable by any Hallyu stars. From 18 February to 20 February 2011, Super Junior held The 3rd Asia Tour Concert Super Show 3 at the Yokohama Arena in Japan, which is a large-scale performance hall, from the first performance itself, and was able to demonstrate their ticket(-selling) power. The ticket applicants for Super Show 3 Japan were over roughly 110,000. Super Junior, the first korean group ever with the most spectators in Japan, about 36,000 people came to watch their performance. The “Super Junior Japan ‘Super Show 3’ Opening Commemorative Album” which was released on the 16th of February came in at 2nd place on Japan’s biggest music store Tower Records online sales charts. Super Junior Japan Limited Special Edition - Super Show 3 which contains a DVD came in 2nd place and the CD was in 10th place. Super Junior Japan Limited Special Edition - Super Show 3 also remains #3 spot on Oricon Daily Chart for 2 days in-a-row and #6 spot on Oricon Weekly Chart. They also plan to release a Japanese album in spring.
Super Junior is receiving attention worldwide. Recently they have extended beyond Asia, gaining popularity in Slovenia, Argentina, Brazil and various other locations worldwide. In the year 2010, Argentina’s Listas put up the top 30 rankings of The Sexiest Men in the World, whereby all of the members’ names appeared on the list and a Slovenian newspaper also reported about their agency and album sales. Super Junior also appeared in a publication of a specialty magazine recently in Iran that contains a personal interview with all of the Super Junior members and their individual profiles, which is explained briefly in Persian. According to the Korea Cultural Foundation, Super Junior is selected by Brazilian fans as the Korea best group.On 26 February, Fans in Brazil were recently surveyed on RedeTV! on which K-Pop artist they would prefer to see perform in their country. The results concluded with Super Junior being the top artist of choice with 30.9% of the vote.. Super Junior also took the #1 spot in Arab by the question Which is your favorite boy band?.
on the 24th February, Super Junior released a 3D movie from their third Asia tour, "Super Show 3 3D" in all CGV and Primus movie theaters . "Super Show 3 3D" was ranked 6th in box office weekly chart and is the most watched 3D movie in Korea. On March 31, Super Junior's leader, Leeteuk said during the interview that the group's then-untitled fifth studio album will be released this summer.
02.04.2011
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ZE:A (Hangul: 제국의 아이들), also known as Children of Empire, is a South Korean 9-member boy band formed under Star Empire Entertainment. The group debuted with their EP Nativity and lead single, "Mazeltov" on 7 January 2010, alongside their showcase performance five days later.
Pre-debut
Under the name Child of Empire, following their appearance on Mnet's Office Reality, the group gained attention by performing various guerilla shows and creating UCC videos. They have also appeared in a documentary-styled show 'Star Empire', and later getting their own documentary show titled 'Empire Kids Returns', showing them performing in wingcar performances around Seoul and training. The group faced controversy in December following the similarities of the group's name to Brown Eyed Girls's Jea. The group later changed the pronunciation of the name to avoid implications.
03.04.2011
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Tomomi Ogawa (bass, vocals)
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Name: 성인규
Sung In Kyu
Birth Date: November 8, 1988
Height: 183cm (around 6'0)
Weight: 67kg (around 147lbs.)
Blood Type: B
rapper in A"ST1
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Birth name Kim Ki Bum
Born September 23, 1991 (1991-09-23) (age 19)
Genres K-pop, dance-pop
Occupations singer, rapper, dancer
Years active 2008–present (singing)
Labels SM Entertainment
Associated acts SHINee, SM Town