Ailee invited to Grammy Awards

With just a year since her debut, singer Ailee will be attending the upcoming Grammy Awards.

The rookie singer has been invited as a VIP guest at the upcoming 55th Grammy Awards which will take place at the Staples Center, LA on February 10th. She will be attending with producer Tony Maserati who got nominated under ‘Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical’ category.

Tony Maserati is one of the top mixing engineers and music producers who has worked with superstars Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys.

Ailee remarked, “I could not sleep after getting the invitation. Grammy Awards is a dream destination for me, and I hope I will get a nomination someday.”

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Ailee will attend the 2013 Grammy Awards

 Ailee, who has become popular with such songs as “Heaven” and “I Will Show You,” will attend the 2013 Grammy Awards.

Ailee will attend the 55th Grammy Awards, which will be held at the Staple Center in Los Angeles on February 10, as a VIP along with such world-famous artists as Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Rihanna, LMFAO, Beyoncé, Chris Brown, and Miguel.

 Ailee has also been invited to the Pre-GRAMMY® Party, which will be hosted by the global channel Mnet America on February 7. Having been selected as the Mnet America Rising Star, she will perform at the party.

Ailee says, “After I heard the news that I’ve been invited to the Grammy Awards, I was so happy. I’ve always wanted to attend the awards. I’m attending the awards as a VIP this time, but I’ll try harder to get nominated at the awards.”

Pre-GRAMMY® Party will air live on February 7 at 6:30 p.m. (local time) on Mnet America, including its red carpet event. It can also be watched on the official website of the channel, Mcube (www.mnetamerica.com).

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Ailee to Perform at Mnet's 1st Pre-Grammy Party on February 7

Mnet America has reported that they will be holding a pre-grammy party at East West Studios on February 7.

Mnet has teamed up with CAPE and 3AF to bring a night of K-pop music, culture and entertainment.

A red carpet event will take place at 6:30 PM as well.

This event will be benefiting the CAPE foundation, which is a group who has been expanding diversity and cross-cultural awareness since 1991.

They will be presenting several awards for the 'Mnet America Asian Pop Awards'.

The awards will include the 'Rising Star' award, 'Digital Trend setter Award' and the 'Asian Pop Brand of the Year award'.

The event will also have a special performance by Ailee and other female artists.

Other great festivities will take place that night as well such as a dance exhibition and more.

More information about this event can be found here.

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Ailee to perform at Mnet’s Pre-Grammy party

Mnet America will be hosting its first Pre-Grammy party at the East West Studios on February 7 with the celebration focused around K-pop’s breakthrough year in 2012. Headlining the evening will be K-pop star Ailee.

Ailee will also be honored with the ‘Mnet America Rising Star Award’ for her accomplishments, which includes wining ‘Best New Female Artist’ at the ‘2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards’, which are likened as the Korean equivalent to the Grammys.

The Pre-Grammy party will be hosted by ‘Dancing With The Stars’ judge Carrie Ann Inaba and television host and actress Suzanne Whang. This event will be benefiting the CAPE foundation, a group dedicated to expanding diversity and cross-cultural awareness.


Source: Billboard



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Ailee, Her Front and Back are Switched?

Singer Ailee revealed a picture of herself wearing her backpack in the front.

Today, Ailee posted on her Twitter, "This uncontainable joy I get when I'm at the recording room!" along with a picture.

In the picture, Ailee is wearing her pink backpack in the front, making a unique pose. The purple sunglasses were also eye-catching.

Internet users who saw this commented, "I'm so excited for your new song," "Ailee so cute," and "So lovely."

Photo Credit: Ailee Twitter

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Hottest K-pop acts ready for Golden Disk gig in KL

Excitement is building up barely a week before the biggest K-pop event hits our shores.

The Samsung Galaxy The 27th Golden Disk Awards in Kuala Lumpur will be rocking the Sepang International Circuit over two nights next Tuesday and Wednesday.

Founded in 1986, the Golden Disk Awards, dubbed the Grammys of Korea, is South Korea's most prestigious K-pop awards show and is presented annually for outstanding achievements in the music industry.

Hosted by Mediartncomm Co Ltd, supported by the Malaysia Con- vention and Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB) and presented by Samsung Malaysia Electronics as title sponsor, the music awards will see 25 of K-pop's hottest acts in Malaysia next week.

The earliest acts will arrive on Sunday night. They are members of the boy bands SHINee and BTOB.

Monday will see the arrival of 10 acts: Exo (in two batches), Infinite (first batch), 4Minute, B1A4, Beast, Super Junior, CN Blue, FT Island, Juniel and Kara.

Fourteen acts will fly in on Tuesday, the first day of the awards. They are Infinite (second batch), Secret, Heo Gak, Lee Ha Yi, Ailee, Epik High, T-ara, Sistar (first batch), G-Dragon, f(x), K.Will, Miss A, B.A.P, and Teen Top.

The remaining members of girl group Sistar will arrive only on Wednesday.

As for the show's hosts, CN Blue's Yong Hwa and Kara's Nicole will be emceeing on the first night while FT Island's Hong Ki and Sistar's Dasom will host the show on the second night.

Fans can expect over 70 songs during the two-night gig, including hits such as Super Junior's Sexy, Free & Single, G-Dragon's One Of A Kind, FT Island's I Wish, Beast's Fiction, 4Minute's Mirror, CN Blue's Intuition, Epik High's Light It Up and Lee Ha Yi's Mamadu.

The main entrance to the venue will be open for fans to start queueing at 2.30pm. The Samsung Galaxy zone entrance opens at 4.30pm for ticket holders to access the red carpet event, which starts at 5pm.

Rockpit and Hallyu zone entrances will open at 6pm.

The awards show starts at 7.30pm.

Tickets are priced at RM199 (Hallyu zone) and RM999 (Samsung Galaxy zone). Tickets to the Rockpit zone (RM688) have already been sold out while limited tickets remain for other zones.

For ticket reservation and enquiries, contact TicketPro (03-7880 7999 / www.ticketpro.com.my) or e-mail info@ticketpro.com.my or head to DiGi outlets at SoHo KL, Sunway Pyramid and The Gardens. Samsung and DiGi users are entitled to a 20% discount.

Visit www.goldendiskawards.asia or www.facebook.com/GDA2013 for details on the Samsung Galaxy The 27th Golden Disk Awards in Kuala Lumpur.

Source/Credits: thestar.com.my

Article by: SETO KIT YAN (skyseto@thestar.com.my)

 

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