FT Island ‘Love Love Love’ up #1 on Monkey3 weekly chart just 1 week into comeback

FT Island is up #1 on music site Monkey3 weekly chart just 1 week into their comeback.

Their comeback song ‘Love Love Love’ is up #1 on Monkey3 weekly chart for the 1st week of September (30th August~5th September). At #2 is SISTAR with the song ‘Shady Girl’ which has been climbing steadily up the top 10 rankings since it first entered the charts.

And at #3 is WheeSung with the song ‘I Even Thought of Marriage’ which jumped from #20 to #3 for this week.

Go under the cut for the rest of the chart results.

The male solo singers lined up for comeback this Autumn

The male solo singers have all gone missing in action.

This is the time when idol groups dominate the music scene. Even the male solo singers like Rain and Lee SeungHwan who released album and promoted earlier this year, it is visible that they are struggling against the domination of the idol singers.

This has something to do with the structure and how the Kpop industry works. We see how the lifetime of songs in the market has been shortened recently. At the same time, there has been too much power going to the broadcast companies as well as the major label firms in the market. The major labels are also pushing more exciting and fun Kpop content at a faster rate into the market.

[Special] Couple Se7en and Park HanByul amongst other stars at Park YongHa’s funeral

With the Korean entertainment scene waking up to shocking news of the death of Hallyu star Park YongHa on 30th June, many stars have also appeared to pay their last respects to the star at his funeral.

Amongst the stars is couple Se7en and Park HanByul appearing together at the same event after quite some time. Also go under the cut for photos of other star appearances at the funeral.

[Updates] 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards – SNSD wins DaeSang!

The 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards took place on 3rd February in Seoul Olympic Park Fencing Stadium.

Go under the cut for the winners list.

Upcoming 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards nominee list revealed!

The nominee list for upcoming 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards 2010 has been revealed!

Said to be one of the Korean popular music award ceremonies established by Sports Seoul in the 1990s which contributed to many other award ceremonies later on, the 19th Seoul Music Awards awarding the best singers of year 2009 will be held on 3rd February 2010.

Nominee list under the cut.

6-member 2PM to have first comeback stage on 12th Nov on ‘Oh~Good! Concert’

6-member 2PM will have their comeback stage on ‘Oh~Good! Concert’ on 12th November.

2PM will be performing on 12th November on Mnet ‘Oh~Good!Concert’ just for upcoming college entrance examination candidates for their first comeback stage. They will be performing their previous hit ‘I Hate You’ and also title song ‘Heartbeat’ from their 1st full length album ‘1:59PM’.

This will be the first official stage for the group after JaeBum left and much anticipation is from the fans.

SBS Inkigayo 01.11.2009 – SHINee wins Mutizen with ‘Ring Ding Dong’!

For SBS Inkigayo today, SHINee wins their 1st Mutizen with their current hit ‘Ring Ding Dong’! The song is also #2 on the digital mobile ranking chart on the show.

Meanwhile, check out more performances under the cut:

• Comeback stages by SeeYa, Andy and Ivy
• Other hot stages by SS501, SHINee, 4Minute, T-ara, Secret etc

2009 Dream Concert broadcasted on SBS

2009 Dream Concert  was took place on 10th October in Seoul World Cup Stadium was aired today on SBS at 3.30pm.

Performance videos and also fancams (because Big Bang and 2PM‘s performances were not aired) posted under the cut.

Go under the cut to watch the performances