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Monday, June 20, 2011
Big Bang's 2nd Japanese Album Receives Gold Certificate For Selling over 100,000 Copies!
Big Bang released their second Japanese full album “Big Bang 2” last May 11th in Japan and on June 20th it was announced that the album received a Gold Album Certification from the Japanese Record Association. Gold Disc Certificates are given as acknowledgement to albums that have sold 100,000 or more copies.
Big Bang’s second full album which was released after about a 1 year and 9 months, went on to sale 65,000 copies only in it’s first week and took first place on the Oricon weekly chart, demonstrating strength until succeeding in obtaining a gold certification.
Also the “2011 Big Bang Live Concert DVD” took 1st place on Japan’s tower record on-line reseservation chart.
As for the DVD, it contains the “BIG SHOW 2011″ concerts that were heldd from February 25th to the 27th at the Seoul Olympic Gymnasium, plus behind-the-scene cuts and photos in the form of a booklet. The booklet even went on to top the rankings and to beat local artists such as AKB48. The “2011 Big Bang Live Concert DVD” will start being officialy sold on June 29th.
Source: sports chosun
Translated: Sammi @ ibigbang
[Pict] T-Ara's So Yeon in retro outfit
T-ara's main vocal So Yeon shared 2 new selcas on her Twitter.She mentioned that they have been filming for 30 hours already,so she was pretty exhausted!
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[Picts + News] T-ARA's Hyomin New Horror Queen Nickname "HOROMI"
T-ara's Hyomin has gotten the new nickname of "Horomi" after making her big screen debut in "Gisaeng Ryung".
The movie's publisher Core Contents Media said that "Horomi" is a mix of "Horror Queen" and "Gwiyomi" (cute) combined, because although she was in a scary horror movie, she was charming and cute.. thus receiving the nickname.
In the photos released of her, Hyomin was holding an exemplary student certificate with a smile. In another, there was a heart cushion and bear in the background as Hyomin made a heart. The other is a picture of her feeding the bear, which shows Hyomin in a more comic view.
The last picture was released as a bonus where a staff member is posing with his thumb towards Hyomin in the picture. "Gisaeng Ryung" is about the wrongful death of a child and how the soul enters another person's body. The horror movie is scheduled for an August release.
The movie's publisher Core Contents Media said that "Horomi" is a mix of "Horror Queen" and "Gwiyomi" (cute) combined, because although she was in a scary horror movie, she was charming and cute.. thus receiving the nickname.
In the photos released of her, Hyomin was holding an exemplary student certificate with a smile. In another, there was a heart cushion and bear in the background as Hyomin made a heart. The other is a picture of her feeding the bear, which shows Hyomin in a more comic view.
The last picture was released as a bonus where a staff member is posing with his thumb towards Hyomin in the picture. "Gisaeng Ryung" is about the wrongful death of a child and how the soul enters another person's body. The horror movie is scheduled for an August release.
Source: http://news.nate.com.../20110620n04174
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem
Translated by: Nathaniel @ Diadem
[Pict] Miss A's Suzy the bunny
Miss A's Suzy shared a new selca on her Twitter account.
As shown in the photos above,Suzy wears mask and transforms into a giant bunny.Fans who have seen the photos said that her bodyline is simply flawless,the most flawless bunny the have seen indeed!
As shown in the photos above,Suzy wears mask and transforms into a giant bunny.Fans who have seen the photos said that her bodyline is simply flawless,the most flawless bunny the have seen indeed!
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JONGHYUN AND SHIN SE KYUNG ARE NO LONGER DATING!
SHINee's Jong Hyun and Shin Se Kyung has ended their lover relationship!
Shin Se Kyung's company revealed,"both of them are friends at the moment","both of them have busy schedule and they can hardly meet,so they are only friends."
Fans responded differently after reading the news,some said this is expected while some feel sorry for this incident.
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Monday, May 9, 2011
Shin Se Kyung and T-ara’s Eunjung reveal past photos as young actresses
These photos, which were taken on the shooting set of the historical drama “Toji the Land,” reveal the idols’ bare faces from their teenage years. More importantly, the shots show off the duo’s close friendship, which has been revealed on television broadcasts in the past.
Source: allkpop
Michael Mind & Sean Kingston release track similar to SHINee’s “Ready or Not”
With this discovery, Shawols immediately began posting angry comments on the video and message boards, branding Sean Kingston as a “total failure,” “SHINee copier,” “f***ing s***,” and even “burglar” and “blackdog,” spamming the comments section with plagiarism accusations and hate threats. One fan even remarked, “Bye bye Sean Kingston, when SM finds you ^^ are you ready or not~ you ready or not~ to die ;D“.
This incendiary reaction itself also received backlash from fellow netizens who responded, “Calm down and stop jumping to conclusions,” “k-pop fans can be so embarrassing sometimes,” and, ”Shawols, please don’t make SHINee look bad by arguing or flaming. Be respectful, just say you prefer SHINee… that’s it.“ Another commented, ”I personally don’t give a f*** who sings it better … Maybe Shinee and Sean made some kind of deal like the whole Run Devil Run thing.”
Sure enough, Michael Mind Project posted the following message, explaining that both versions of “Ready or Not” were cut from an original Finnish track titled “Girls,” and that both Michael Mind Project and SM Entertainment produced the track with legal rights. Here’s the post below:
The same day, Eero Tolppanen (who does the licensing for Elements Music) posted on the Facebook Wall of Elements Music, which is the Finnish record company that owns the rights for “Girls,” the original song:
“Eero Tolppanen: Going Big! Michael Mind Project feat. Sean Kingston – “Ready or Not” to be the official mascot song of the FIFA Women’s World Cup! Song written by Elements Music writers Mikko Tamminen and Risto Asikainen together with Will Simms (Universal). Hit incoming!”
So in short, with Michael Mind Project & Element Music’s official posts, Sean Kingston’s “Ready or Not” is a legally sold adaptation of “Girls.” Considering the way that this controversy played out and how some fans jumped the gun before hearing the whole story, we hope that kpop fans in general will be more considerate and mature instead of immediately pointing their fingers and jumping to conclusions in the future.
Sean Kingston launched his musical career back in 2007 and is behind hit tracks including “Fire Burning” (which was, ironically, cast under the kpop spotlight last year when U-KISS‘ “Bang Bang Bang” was claimed to be a plagiarized version of “Fire Burning”), “Eenie Meenie” (with Justin Bieber) and “Beautiful Girls.”
Source: allkpop
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Ji Yeon of T-ara’s milion dollar smile
Earlier today she uploaded the picture with a short message, “today at Music Core~ It’s raining all day. :’(“ In the picture she had her hair in braids and was wearing a denim jacket. She also had a JStina’s necklace emphasizing her fashion styling.
Her cute smile and the pink lips were enough to draw people’s attention. Netizens states, “she has such a cute smile,” “the real diva,” “that’s a really pretty necklace.”
Source Daum by Ye Sul
SHINee’s Jonghyun will no longer be participating in Immortal Song 2
A representative from KBS confirmed through Newsen, “SHINee’s Jonghyun will not be able to join the program due to conflicting schedules. We are currently in discussion with 2PM’s Junsu to be added in later.”
The first recording will be held on May 16th. The pilot episode is currently scheduled for June.
Source + Photos: Newsen
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Source: Daily K PoP