APink (에이핑크) : North American Tour 2016 - Pink MEMORY - KpopMe

“Pink MEMORY” The Apink North American Tour 2016

Apink is coming to Canada and USA in January! smile emoticon

1) January 5th, Vancouver, Canada - The Orpheum, 7pm

2) January 6th, Dallas, USA - Verizon Theatre, 8pm

3) January 8th, San Francisco, USA - The Regency Ballroom, 7pm

4) January 9th, Los Angeles, USA - Club Nokia, 7pm

*Please visit the official tour site for further details

Tour Site : http://apink.kpopme.com

Facebook Event : http://bit.ly/1HcZ4RS

Do you Agree? Showbiz Korea-TOP 5 FEMALE IDOL STARS THAT BEST ILLUMINATED 2014

Survey for NEW 1theK Original Program

1theK is planning a new web program and they want to know your opinion.

A new survey is up for people that want to participate and give some suggestions for the new program. The survey have different options but people can suggest new ideas.

Application period : July 15th - July 20th.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tCdiRK1RmsrIhekXRZOU9gQDTqNRzj_E7kOoeko1Rtw/viewform

Congratulations 1theK. 1 Billion views !!!

1theK, one of the most important Youtube channels that promote Kpop around the world has recently reached the 1 Billion views.

Formely know as Loen Music, this channel was one of the first to upload Kpop MVs with English, Japanese and Chinese subtitles. This channel got the Kpop even more close to the international fans that are always hungry for translations.

In addition 1theK produce exclusive content like: Let's Dance, Hashtag, Oven Radio, CSI, Ask in a Box and MelOn Premiere Showcase.

Girls' Generation its a Billionare on Youtube

What happens when you gather all the official Girls' Generation MVs and count the views? Well you get over a Billion views.

Girls' Generation becomes the first Korean girls group to gather 1 Billion views in Youtube with all its MVs (uploaded in official pages). Girls' Generation its not only the most viewed Korean girls groups, but also its the most  viwed girls group overall in the world on Youtube. Congratulations!.

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Happy 2nd Anniversary Hello Venus!

This May 10th (KST) the girls group Hello Venus is celebrating its 2nd Anniversary.

On May 9th 2012 the first single "Venus" was released and on May 10th 2012 was its official debut on M! Conutdown.

Top 10 K-Pop Girl Groups You Need to Know: U.S. Billboard

U.S. Billboard published an special article about K-Pop Girls Groups you have to know.

The article talks about the girls groups phenomenon in South Korea in the 90's and its develope through the next years in the early 2000's. After that come a list of recomendations of Korean girls groups you should know, no matter if you are a veteran or a rookie in the k-pop girls groups scene.

1.- S.E.S.
2.- Girls' Genertation
3.- Fin.K.L
4.- Wonder Girls
5.- After School
6.- 2NE1
7.- Baby V.O.X.
8.- Brown Eyed Girls
9.- Jewelry
10.- Sistar

As you can see the list its made of old school and "new" girls groups. Starting the list with S.E.S. a classic k-pop group. Debuting under the SM Entertainment label in 1997, S.E.S its the predecessor of groups like SNSD and f(x).

And in the end of the list we have Sistar, one of the most talented groups this days. Sistar have one of the strongest and best female voices in the K-pop nowadays: Hyorin.

If you want to know a little more a bout k-pop girl groups take a look to the U.S. Billboard article.

MBN TV Ranking for Girls Groups

Maeil Broadcasting Network or just MBN TV released a ranking list of girls groups this past April 24th. The ranking its based in the number of member of respective Fan Cafes. 

1.- Girls’ Generation (Debut 2007) – 245,447 fans.
2.- A Pink (Debut 2011) – 86,596  fans.
3.- Wonder Girls (Debut 2007) – 80,579 fans.
4.- 2NE1 (Debut 2009) – 74,090 fans.
5.- f(x) (Debut 2009) – 62,316 fans.
6.- Girl’s Day (Debut 2010) – 48,245 fans.
7.- KARA (Debut 2007) – 45,602 fans.
8.- Brown Eyed Girls (Debut 2006) – 37,596 fans.
9.- 4minute (Debut 2009) – 34,645 fans.
10.- Miss A (Debut 2010) – 33,713 fans.
11.- SECRET (Debut 2009) – 28,168 fans.
12.- SISTAR (Debut 2010) – 25,342 fans.
13.- T-ara (Debut 2009) – 25,158 fans.
14.- Davichi (2008) – 23,677 fans.
15.- After School (Debut 2009) – 19,397 fans.
16.- AOA (Debut 2012) – 10,928 fans.
17.- Crayon Pop (Debut 2012) – 10,603 fans.

Girls' Genretion hold the first place with more than  240 000 registered fans and its also one of the oldest groups from second generation of K-Pop Girls Groups. Its also the oldest group with all their original members so far.

The newest groups are AOA and Crayon Pop and both are in the bottom of the list. But another relative new group holds the second place; A Pink debuted in 2011.

WA$$UP will visit South America next Summer.

 

 Mafia Record announced that its girl group WA$$UP - (와썹) will vist South America to give a few mini concerts and attend fan meetings. Mafia Record also said that WA$$UP have had some invitations to visit South America since their debut, but the agency wasnt sure about the popularity of the girls. Now after watch some dance cover from Bazilan fans, agency feel more confident about WA$$UP's popularity.

They will visit Peru, Chile and Brazil. There are no official dates yet.

T-ara's Jiyeon is making her Solo debut on April 30th

Was just announced that T-ARA's Jiyeon  will make a Solo debut the next April 30th. Her agency Core Contents Media said that Jiyeon firts Solo single will be very different from T-ARAS's style. Also mentioned that she will present an "unconventional" and sexy dance.

Its 2014 the Year of Aegyo?

We remember 2013 because a lot of K-Pop girl groups released singles and/or MV with very sexy concepts.

K-Pop girls groups are very well know because of their "versatility". Girl groups jump from concept to concept according to the needs of the producers, girls or market. Its not strange that a girl group release a very cute MV and then, months later, release a very sexy MV. Or maybe a classy MV concept.

The firts 3 months of 2014 was marked with the "Aegyo" (cute) and classy concepts. Looks like sexy concepts MVs were left behind.  Groups like:  BESTie, A Pink, T-ARA, 1PS, TINT, Fresh Girls, Orange Caramel or even 4Minute have released cute, funny songs or ballads. Also Girls' Generation and 2NE1 have released strong classy songs and MVs.

Will this be the trend this year? Or will be just a few months trend? 

We will see some sexy concept MVs this year from "classic" sexy groups like 9Muses or SISTAR?  Will Miss A will release a classy or fierce MV this year? What about f(x), KARA or SPICA ?

Lets wait and see what happens in the next months.

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