IU "You and I" is 1st!!! YAY!!
Winners from ’2011 Bugs Music Awards’ revealed!
Fans were able to start voting on December 8th and had up til December 22nd to submit their votes. Bugs calculated the votes into the overall scoring system (downloads + streaming) to determine the winners for this year, and has just revealed the results!
‘Netizens’ Popularity Award’1 – Super Junior
2 – Girls’ Generation
3 – Huh Gak
‘Best Rookie’
1 – Dal Shabet
2 – A Pink
3 – Jang Jae In
‘Best Male Group’
1 – Super Junior
2 – B2ST
3 – Big Bang
‘Best Female Group’
1 – Girls’ Generation
2 – T-ara
3 – 2NE1
‘Best Solo Artist’
1 – Huh Gak
2 – Kim Bum Soo
3 – Kim Yeon Woo
‘Best Overseas Musicians’
1 – Maroon 5
2 – Lady Gaga
3 – Britney Spears
‘Ballad of the Year’
1 – Huh Gak – “Hello”
2 – IU – “The Story Only I Didn’t Know”
3 – Davichi – “Don’t Say Goodbye”
‘Hip Hop/R&B Song of the Year’
1 – Leessang – “Turned Off The TV”
2 – Park Jung Hyun – “I Wish Now It Would Be”
3 – Wheesung – “Words That Freeze My Heart”
Rock Song of the Year:
1 – CNBLUE – “Intuition”
2 – Kim Kyung Ho – “Between Love and Friendship”
3 – Boohwal – “Secret”
‘O.S.T. of the Year’
1 – Im Jae Bum – “Love”
2 – Baek Ji Young – “I Love You Even Today”
3 – Hyun Bin – “That Man”
‘Music Video of the Year’
1 – f(x) – “Pinocchio (Danger)”
2 – TVXQ – “Keep Your Head Down”
3 – SECRET – “Shy Boy”
‘Tap Sonic Best Play’
– Girls’ Generation – “Gee”
- Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – “We No Speak Americano”
- Noh Hong Chul & Psy – “Shake It”
- Psy – “Right Now”
- Walter Klien – “Mozart, Turkish March”
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Congratulations to all the winners!
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IU and SNSD trio visit “2011 Seoul Doll Fair”
On the afternoon of December 28th, pop idols IU along with Taeyeon, YoonA and Seohyun of Girls’ Generation visited the “2011 Seoul Doll Fair” held at the Samsung-dong Coex, Hall A.
IU, Taeyeon, YoonA and Seohyun all met up with their own dolls and took photos with them, whilst also taking in the sights of other dolls on display at the fair. Unexpectedly, their reactions upon seeing their dolls were of shock expressions, after seeing how similar they look compared to themselves.
The Girls’ Generation dolls were wearing outfits from their “Genie” promotions while IU’s doll outfit was from her recent “Last Fantasy” album promotions.
Fellow girl idol group, T-ara had visited the fair earlier on Christmas Day to see their own dolls.
“The 2011 Seoul Doll Fair” is currently in it’s 4th year of running and will run from December 23rd until January 2nd of 2012.
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IU’s “You & I” is the longest-lasting hit of the year
2011 definitely seems to be IU‘s year.
According to a recent research, IU’s song “You & I” was #1 on the Melon music chart for four consecutive weeks or 28 days.
Before IU released her album, Leessang‘s “Turned Off the TV“ held first place with 25 consecutive days in the #1 spot.
Both in 2010 and throughout this past year, IU recorded #1 songs for all her other title tracks, which include “Good Day“, “Story Only I Didn’t Know“, “Someday“, “Hold My Hand“, “Frozen Flower“, and “You & I”.
IU took the year-end #1 K-Chart at Music Bank’s‘ ‘2011 Annual Year End Show‘ on December 23rd for “Good Day”. It looks like “You & I” is proving to be just as popular.
Her company LOEN Entertainment said, “We truly thank the love and support IU has received this year. We will work our best to show good music. Please keep showing us your love.”
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27/12/2011
Girls’ Generation, IU, and more send congratulatory flowers to K. Will for his concert
K. Will has been on a roll with the back to back successes of his three concerts this year. Not only did he manage to sell out his three-day Christmas concert, but was also proven to be quite the man with many celebrity friends!
Immediately after his concert, fans began posting pictures of the various standing flowers sent by his celebrity friends. Among the ones that stood out included congratulatory flowers from Girls’ Generation, IU, Kim Tae Woo, and Lee Hyun.
Girls’ Generation’s stated, “The amazing man to lead the world, K. Will”, while IU adorably used a line from her “Good Day” lyrics to write, “I like oppa~ What do I do?” Kim Tae Woo wittily wrote, “The guy that sings just a tad bit better than me.”
K. Will wrote on his Twitter, “I’ve finally completed three days’ worth of concerts. The end is always disappointing yet refreshing for me, but this time I don’t even have the time to revel in those feelings, as I’ll be heading straight to my next schedule ㅋ; Thanks to everyone that came~ I love you!! I’ll see you with a new song in January !! Good luck!”
Netizens commented, “Are we finally hearing a new album next month,” “K. Will is so talented in many ways,” and “Live king K. Will! The best performance, truly.”
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2011 allkpop Awards Standings Update!
The second annual allkpop Awards launched 19 days ago and the voting has been quite fierce! With the results purely decided by you, the allkpop readers, the allkpop Awards is the only true voice for international readers to have a say at who the best of the best are!
The voting has been intense and you’re making your voice heard as we’ve received millions of votes already.
With that said, we’ve tallied the votes and below is an update on the standings thus far, but we won’t reveal too much, as we want the final results to be a surprise!
For now, here are the top 3 contenders in each category (Note: random order – because suspense is awesome!)
Best Male Solo Artist
Jay Park
Kim Hyun Joong
Tablo
Best Female Solo Artist
Park Bom
HyunA
IU
Best Male Group
B2ST
Big Bang
Super Junior
Best Female Group
Girls’ Generation
2NE1
miss A
Best Rookie Artist
Boyfriend
A Pink
B1A4
Best Hip-Hop Artist
Bang Yong Gook
Tablo
Simon D
Most Improved Artist
MBLAQ – “Mona Lisa”
INFINITE – “Be Mine”
U-KISS – “”0330″
Song of the Year
“Mr. Simple” – Super Junior
“Fiction” – B2ST
“I Am The Best” – 2NE1
Story Of The Year
Goo Hara / Junhyung – “Publicly announce they’re dating”
Daesung – “Fatal car accident”
G-Dragon – “Marijuana Scandal”
Best Choreography
“I Am The Best” – 2NE1
“BTD” – INFINITE
“Mr. Simple” – Super Junior
Best Social Network Personality
Kim Heechul (Super Junior)
Nichkhun (2PM)
Sandara Park (2NE1)
If you haven’t voted, no worries, there are still 4 days left and you can vote once per day per category – So get your vote on and have a say on who’s crowned at the second annual 2011 allkpop Awards! Oh yeah, did we forget to mention that the winners will receive a customized allkpop crystal trophy?
Click here to vote @ the 2011 allkpop Awards!
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IU was called a ‘pig’ during her debut stage
She may be the nation’s sweetheart now, but singer IU confessed that in the past, she had received harsh criticism while singing on stage.
On the episode of SBS TV ‘Strong Heart‘ that aired on December 27th, IU shared a story about a time she wanted to cry on stage.
“There were two times in life where I wanted to cry,” she said. Once was during her debut stage. It was a day where a lot of boy groups were performing, and a lot of girl fans were there to cheer the boys on. It was these girls that began yelling harsh things to IU. “Once one person started, all of them began joining her,” she continued, thinking back to that day. IU was only sixteen when she debuted and still had a lot of baby fat on her face, and she revealed that the girls in the audience called her a pig.
“The 3-minute song felt so long and regardless of whether or not I was popular, I thought they would listen to my song, but that wasn’t the case,” she said. “After that incident, I’m not discouraged even if the audience is silent after my performance. I am strengthened by the quiet sounds of cheers.”
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Instiz releases chart rankings for the fourth week of December
Check out the chart rankings for the 4th week of December below!
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Instiz Chart Singles Ranking
1. IU – “You & I” – 31,576 Points
2. Trouble Maker – “Trouble Maker” – 29,938 Points
3. Davichi, T-ara – “We Were In Love” – 14,938 Points
4. T-ara – “Cry Cry” – 9,798 Points
5. Huh Gak, LE – “Every Time You Play That Song” – 8,691 Points
6. Kim Yeon Woo – “Closer” – 7,366 Points
7. Noel – “To Live” – 5,612 Points
8. Wonder Girls – “Be My Baby” – 5,367 Points
9. Kim Bo Kyung – “Echo” – 5,066 Points
10. Park Wan Kyu – “I Loved You” – 4,909 Points
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IU expresses insecurity about her figure
Singer IU may be a superstar, but at the end of the day, she’s a young girl who frets over her body image, just like other girls her age.
On the upcoming episode of SBS‘s ’Strong Heart‘, IU revealed, “Now that I’m 20-years-old, I’m starting to pay more attention to my figure~”
Ever the gentleman, MC Lee Seung Gi quickly complimented the star, “But your body is nice and pretty“. IU took his words with some skepticism, and replied, “I don’t think my body is attractive. I’m jealous of those who look good in skinny jeans because they have a pretty waistline.”
In addition to her body concerns, IU shared an incident where she swore while singing on stage, shocking the guests on ‘Strong Heart’.
Other guests include Kim Hyun Joong, Lee Jung Jin, Im Jung Eun, Ryu Tae Joon, Byun Ki Soo, and Maeng Sae Chang.
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IU gets spotted filming for upcoming ‘Running Man’ special
IU has been spotted filming for SBS‘s hit show ‘Running Man‘!
Earlier today, news of IU’s special guest appearance on the show spread like wildfire as photos were posted onto an online community. In the photos, IU is seen asking a passerby for help. In an additional photo, actor Lee Chun Hee is seen with Lee Kwang Soo at a restaurant.
The show’s producer, Cho Hyo Jin, revealed through an interview, “We finished filming in Yeoju today. As soon as IU showed up, our male castmates became overwhelmed with joy… The ‘Running Man’ members were not the only ones excited about her appearance. Our male guest was also focused on her as well… IU seems to be the best these days.”
Cho continued, “We filmed an ‘Actors Special’ episode with Lee Chun Hee, Joo Sang Wook, Kim Sung Soo, and Ji Jin Hee. The concept of the episode is ‘Killers’ Talk’.”
This episode is scheduled to be broadcast on January 15th. Stay tuned for more updates!
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Melon Music releases Yearly Chart for 2011
Melon has released a collective report of the best hits on their website for 2011!
BEST OVERALL HITS
The most popular song in 2011 was none other than T-ARA‘s “Roly Poly“, being the most streamed and downloaded song overall. It’s catchy, upbeat melody and easy-to-follow dance moves have been a big hit with the fans. GG‘s addictive track “I Cheated” featuring Park Bom earned the #2 slot, while the ladies of 2NE1 secured two spots on the Top-10 list with their hit song “I Am the Best” at #3, and “Ugly” at #9.
Best Overall Hits (2011.01.02~12.10)
1.) T-ARA – Roly Poly
2.) GG – I Cheated (feat. Park Bom)
3.) 2NE1 – I Am the Best
4.) B2ST – On Rainy Days
5.) Leessang – I Turned Off the TV
6.) 2NE1 – Ugly
7.) SISTAR – So Cool
8.) 4MEN – Once In A Lifetime
9.) IU – Good Day
10.) miss A – Good-bye Baby
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ALBUM CHART
Infinite Challenge‘s West Coast Highway Music Festival came in at #1 on the list of most-sold albums in 2011, each track on the album breaking the top 100 song list of the year. Survival program ‘I Am a Singer‘ was obviously a huge hit this year, as two of the albums from the program have broke the top 10 list. Leessang‘s ‘AsuRa BalBalTa‘ secured the #2 spot, while GD&TOP‘s 4th mini-album came in at #3. Four of Big Bang‘s albums broke the Top-50 list of most-sold albums in 2011, displaying their undying international fame.Album Chart (2011.01.02~12.10)
2.) Leessang – AsuRa BalBalTa
3.) GD&TOP – GD&TOP 1st Full-Length album
4.) Big Bang – Big Bang’s 4th Mini-Album
5.) I Am a Singer – Survival ‘I Am a Singer’ 2nd Contest
6.) IU – Real
7.) Ooh La La Session – Super Star K3 Top 11 Part 1
8.) I Am a Singer – Survival ‘I Am a Singer’ Contest 3-2
9.) 4MEN – The Artist
10.) Girls’ Generation – ‘The Boys’ The 3rd Album
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2NE1′s SUCCESS ON TOP 50 OVERALL HITS
The girls of 2NE1 have dominated this year, successfully listing their hit songs “I Am the Best”, “Ugly”, “Lonely”, “Hate You” on the list of Top 50 overall hits at #3, #6, #16, and #27 respectively, while Park Bom’s solo track “Don’t Cry” secured the #15 spot. Altogether, the girls secured five songs on the list of top 50, while their label mates Big Bang secured a few spots on the list with songs like “Tonight”, and Love Song”. Additionally, Big Bang’s sub-unit GD&TOP secured two spots in the Top 50 with “Oh Yeah (feat. Park Bom)” and “High High”. Needless to say, it has been a fruitful year for YG Entertainment, releasing 9 hits total from group, solo, and sub-unit promotions.IU managed to break the Top 50 with three songs, “Good Day” which was released last year and “Only I Didn’t Know” along with “Someday“. IU currently continues to dominate the charts with her new song, “You & I”. Even though both Girls’ Generation and the Wonder Girls released their albums late into the year, they performed well on the albums chart, ‘The Boys‘ came in at #10, while ‘Wonder World‘ earned the #13 slot. Programs like ‘I Am a Singer’ as well as ‘Super Star K‘ have made room for new artists to make their name known in the industry as well as creating opportunities for older artists to re-establish their reputation.
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Preview of IU in Running Man!
26/12/2011
'Trend' IU, why doesn't she hold a solo concert?
Singer IU, who is in 1st place for popularity on this year's year-end concerts, has prospects of holding a solo concert for herself around next year.
IU guest performed on many concerts of popular male singers, such as Lee Seung Gi, Sung Sikyung, Sweet Sorrow, etc., and was highly popular. (IU also guest performed at K.Will's concert and even gave him a flower wreath, which read, "naneunyo oppaga joheun geol" - lyrics from 'Good Day'.) In particular, the guys who followed their girlfriends to the male concerts gave wild responses. It was said that that was the only time shouts from the male audience could be heard.
Receiving so much popularity for guest performances, there has been concern about the behind story as to why she hasn't planned her own solo concert. Having debuted for 3 years and with many hit songs, and even 'uncle fans' with financial power, those are enough to satisfy the conditions to hold a concert. SNSD and 2NE1 who debuted at about the same time have held concerts that sold out day after day, further proving their popularity.
However, IU plans to hold her own concert a bit later. A spokesperson from her agency told OSEN on Dec 27th, "In order for IU to present a concert closer to perfection, our position is that it's not the time yet" and "Following her album promotions, she has a tight schedule as she'll be debuting in Japan next year. If she were to hold her solo concert, we expect it'll be around next year then, won't it?"
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IU and Girls’ Generation top favorite song and artist of the year
The ‘Korea Gallup‘ polls has released the results for its surveys on the most popular K-Pop songs and artists of the year!
The gallup polls surveyed 3,401 Koreans between the ages of 13 and 59. As expected, the top three most favorite songs of the year were IU‘s “Good Day” (3.9%), T-ara‘s “Roly Poly” (3.3%), and Girls’ Generation‘s “The Boys” (2.7%).
Check out the full list below!
1. IU – “Good Day” (3.9%)
2. T-ara – “Roly Poly” (3.3%)
3. Girls’ Generation – “The Boys” (2.7%)
4. CNBLUE – “Intuition” (2.6%)
5. SISTAR – “So Cool” (2.1%)
6. Big Bang – “Tonight”
7. INFINITE – “Be Mine”
8. Wonder Girls – “Be My Baby”
9. Super Junior – “Mr. Simple”
10. Kim Bum Soo – “Please”
The following is the list of the top 10 most outstanding artists of the year:
1. Girls’ Generation – 26.1%
2. Big Bang
3. Jang Yoon Jung
4. Kim Bum Soo
5. IU
6. Im Jae Bum
7. 2PM
8. Park Jung Hyun
9. T-ara
10. Wonder Girls
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25/12/2011
IU & Yonghwa Cute Doll
A very cute doll of Yonghwa and IU singing Lucky >_<
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24/12/2011
Gaon Chart releases chart ranking for the 3rd week of December!
Gaon Chart releases chart ranking for the 3rd week of December!
The Gaon Chart is the national chart of South Korea and is intended to be the equivalent of Oricon in Japan and Billboard in the United States.Check out the chart rankings for the week of December 11th to December 17th below!
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< Gaon Chart National Digital Singles Ranking >
1. IU – “You & I”
2. HyunA & Hyunseung (Trouble Maker) – “Trouble Maker”
3. Huh Gak & LE - “Whenever You Play That Song”
4. ALi – “Don’t Act Countrified”
5. Noel – “To Live”
6. Monday Kiz – “Shadow”
7. T-ara – “Cry Cry”
8. Wonder Girls – “Be My Baby”
9. Jang Jae In – “Winter Night”
10. IU – “Secret”
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< Gaon Chart National Physical Albums Ranking >
1. SMTOWN – ’2011 SMTOWN Winter – The Warmest Gift’
2. Boyfriend – ‘I’ll Be There’
3. Im Jae Bum – ‘Free’
4. IU – ‘Last Fantasy’
5. HyunA & Hyunseung (Trouble Maker) - ‘Trouble Maker’
6. B1A4 – ‘It’s B1A4′
7. X-5 – ‘Dangerous’
8. Andrea Bocelli – ‘Concerto – One Night in Central Park’
9. SNSD – ‘The Boys’
10. Various Artists – ‘A Thousand Days’ Promise OST’
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23/12/2011
Shayne Orok (Top 5 finalist of MBC Star Audition) says he likes IU
Shayne Orok, one of the Top 5 finalists of MBC Star Auditions, was interviewed on MBC section tv and he confessed that his ideal type is IU. Check out the video below!
IU wins Music Bank K-Chart K-Chart triple crown
IU wins Music Bank K-Chart K-Chart triple crown
‘Music Bank’ is back with another fun and exciting show that was chock-full of amazing performances!
The MCs for tonight’s episode were B2ST‘s Doojoon, Super Junior‘s Siwon, CN BLUE‘s Yonghwa, and anchorman Jun Hyunmoo.
Besides the usual stages on tonight’s show, ‘Music Bank’ put together a few special performances for the Christmas holiday.
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Since it was a Christmas special, ‘Music Bank’ brought back some of the biggest hits of the year for this week’s episode. Fans got to see favorites like “Mr. Simple“, “Hot Summer“, “Be Mine” and more from artists who made a special comeback for KBS.
Super Junior, Wonder Girls, B2ST, T-ara, CN BLUE, SISTAR, IU, SECRET, Davichi, Kim Hyun Joong, G.NA, HyunA, miss A, f(x), INFINITE, Boyfriend, A Pink, B1A4,and Dal Shabet all performed their hit songs and even special throwback stages as well as collaborations.
Check out IU's performance below!
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The MCs for tonight’s episode were B2ST‘s Doojoon, Super Junior‘s Siwon, CN BLUE‘s Yonghwa, and anchorman Jun Hyunmoo.
Besides the usual stages on tonight’s show, ‘Music Bank’ put together a few special performances for the Christmas holiday.
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Since it was a Christmas special, ‘Music Bank’ brought back some of the biggest hits of the year for this week’s episode. Fans got to see favorites like “Mr. Simple“, “Hot Summer“, “Be Mine” and more from artists who made a special comeback for KBS.
Super Junior, Wonder Girls, B2ST, T-ara, CN BLUE, SISTAR, IU, SECRET, Davichi, Kim Hyun Joong, G.NA, HyunA, miss A, f(x), INFINITE, Boyfriend, A Pink, B1A4,and Dal Shabet all performed their hit songs and even special throwback stages as well as collaborations.
Check out IU's performance below!
IU and Suju backstage
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IU @Kim Yuna's Kiss and Cry Ep 7 [UNSUB]
This episode was the other half of episode 6 so there's no IU here. Enjoy.
