130125 Girls’ Generation wins on Music Bank’s ‘K-Chart’ + Other Performances

KBS “Music Bank” is back this week full of amazing performances!

The January 25th episode of the show features comeback performances from rookie group MR.MR as well as Monday Kiz and Nine Muses.

Other performers tonight included Crayon Pop, EXCITE, EgoBomb, Airplane, December, SPEED, Tiny-G, GLAM, VIXX, Phantom, Hello Venus, BaeChigi, Boyfriend, 2Yoon, Moon Hee Jun, INFINITE-H, CNBLUE and Girls’ Generation.

And for the highlight of the show, Girls’ Generation claimed their third win on this week’s ‘K-Chart’ with their comeback title track, “I Got A Boy”!

Congratulations Girls’ Generation!


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Tonight’s Performances:

Crayon Pop


EXCITE

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EgoBomb


AIRPLANE

December


SPEED


TINY-G


GLAM


VIXX


Monday Kiz


PHANTOM


Hello Venus


Baechigi


Boyfriend


2YOON


Moon Hee Jun


INFINITE H


CNBLUE



Girls’ Generation


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Watch tonight’s comeback stages below:

Nine Muses - “Dolls”
MR.MR - “Highway”

Boyfriend to transform into a band for ‘Hello Baby’

Boyfriend will be transforming into a band on the upcoming episode of ‘Hello Baby‘!

On the episode that will be broadcast on the 25th, Boyfriend will be teaming up with the KBS 2TV ‘Top Band‘ winners TOXIC to learn more about becoming a band. The members will be performing children’s songs for the babies they are taking care of on the program to create even more special memories.

Donghyun will be on the keyboard, Minwoo will be on the drums, Jeongmin on the guitar, and the rest as vocal and rap. The members will also have a 3-on-3 freestyle dance battle to TOXIC’s music. Leader Donghyun’s dance is said to have especially brought about laughter on set.

The episode will air on January 25th, 11PM KST, so stay tuned!

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130124 Girls’ Generation wins triple crown on ‘M! Countdown’ + Other Performances

Mnet’s “M! Countdown” is back this week full of amazing performances!

The January 24th episode of the show was hosted by INFINITE’s Sungyeol and Sungjong. Tonight’s show features comeback of idol groups NineMuses, MR.MR and Tiny-G as well as the debut stage of rookie group BPPOP.

Other performers tonight included Girls’ Generation, INFINITE-H, 2Yoon, JeA, Boyfriend, Moon Hee Jun, DickPunks, Baechigi, SPEED, VIXX, EgoBomb and Monday Kiz.

And for the highlight of the show, Girls’ Generation won a triple crown on this week’s chart with their comeback title track, “I Got A Boy”!

Congratulations Girls’ Generation!

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Winner + Encore Stage



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Tonight’s Performances:

Ego Bomb


JeA


Boyfriend


VIXX


Monday Kiz


Moon Hee Jun


SPEED


DickPunks


2YOON


INFINITE-H



Girls’ Generation


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Watch tonight’s debut/comeback/special stages below:

Nine Muses - “Dolls”
MR.MR - “Highway”
Tiny-G - “MINIMANIMO”
BPPOP - “Today” + “It’s Over”
Nine Muses - “Dolls”

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Boyfriend to sing theme song for ‘Detective Conan’

Boyfriend has been selected to sing the theme song for the popular Japanese animated series ‘Detective Conan’.

The group’s upcoming third Japanese single album’s title song “The Melody Of Eyes” has been chosen as the ending theme song for ‘Detective Conan’. The song describes the innocent love toward a very special person, and features Boyfriend’s emotional vocals.

‘Detective Conan’ is a popular Japanese detective series that began as a manga series in 1994 and was remade into an animated film, games and more. Boyfriend became the first foreign artist to sing theme song for the series.

“The Melody Of Eyes” will be released on March 27th.

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Boyfriend to sing a theme song for Detective Conan

Boyfriend’s song was recently chosen as a theme song for the Japanese animated film Detective Conan.

“The Melody Of Eyes,” the lead track of Boyfriend’s third Japanese single, was recently chosen as the ending theme song for Detective Conan.

Detective Conan is a popular cartoon series, which sold over a hundred million copies and was remade into an animated film and a film. Boyfriend became the first foreign artist to sing a theme song for Detective Conan. The theme song will be released on March 27.

“The Melody Of Eyes” is a love song that describes innocent love toward a very special person. It’s been commented that Boyfriend has become emotionally more mature through the song.

Boyfriend topped the Oricon Single Chart with the first album Be My Shine~Kimio Hanasanai, released in August last year, and ranked third on the chart with the second material Kimito Dance Dance Dance / My Lady~Huyuno Koibito, released in November last year.

Recently receiving the Best New Artist Award at the 27th Golden Disc Award in Japan, Boyfriend are currently promoting the new song “I Yah” in Korea.

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Boyfriend releases dance practice video for “I Yah”

Idol group Boyfriend, who recently returned with a fierce and manlier look, has just released a dance practice video for their latest title track, “I Yah”.

“I Yah” is the title track to the group’s repackaged album of the same name. It is a powerful and upbeat dance number produced by Sweetune. Shedding their pretty boy image, Boyfriend shows its cold yet noble and pure side continuing the powerful concept seen in “Janus”.

Check out the video below!

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Boyfriend performs I Yah on Love Reqeust

Boyfriend performs their latest hit song I Yah on Love Request,check out their cool performance below

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Boyfriend’s Jung Min is moved to tears by the surprise birthday party

Boyfriend’s Jung Min recently shed tears.

On the third episode of KBS Joy Boyfriend’s Hello Baby, which will air on January 18,  and will include a surprise birthday party for Jung Min.

On the show, the group members shoot a music video with babies and go to a Korean sauna to keep warm. There, group members held a surprise birthday party for Jung Min, who had his birthday on January 2.

Min Woo brought Jung Min’s clothes out with him and Jung Min was locked up in a shower room.

Ulitmately, Jung Min arrived at the party and was moved to tears by the cake and seaweed soup.

Jung Min says, “I wasn’t expecting this. I will never forget this birthday party.”

On the show, the members will shoot a kissing scene for the first time for their music video. Kwang Min, Young Min, and Min Woo will disguise themselves as women.

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130117 Girls’ Generation wins double crown on ‘M! Countdown’ + Other Performances

Mnet’s “M! Countdown” is back this week full of amazing performances!

The January 17th episode of the show was hosted by 4minute’s Sohyun and singer John Park. Tonight’s show features comeback of Moon Hee Jun with his new self-produced single “Scandal” as well as VIXX, Phantom, Baechigi and SPEED with their respective new releases.

4minute’s Gayoon and Jiyoon debuted as unit group 2Yoon performing for the first time ever their promotional single “24/7”.

Other performers tonight included Baek JiYoung, Jea, Girls’ Generation, Sunny Hill, Dick Punks, GLAM, Boyfriend, Hello Venus and INFINITE-H.

And for the highlight of the show, Girls’ Generation won a doulbe crown on this week’s chart with their comeback title track, “I Got A Boy”!

Congratulations Girls’ Generation!


Tonight’s Performances:

Boyfriend


GLAM


Hello Venus


Dick Punks


JeA


INFINITE-H


Sunny Hill


Baek Ji Young


Girls’ Generation




Watch tonight’s debut/comeback/special stages below:

VIXX - “On and On”
Moon Hee Jun - “Scandal”
Baechigi - “Shower Of Tears”
SPEED - “Sad Promise” + “It’s Over”
2Yoon - “24/7”

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Which member is the most manly and romantic in Boyfriend?

Boyfriend will show off a manly yet romantic look on KM’s Music Triangle.
On the episode of Music Triangle that will air live on January 16, Boyfriend will give a performance for the audience and participate in a survey in the segment Pick Me Up.
Pick Mi Up is a new segment of the show, which has recently been created. Musicians who appear on the show as guests participate in a survey carried out on Mnet.com (mnet.interest.me). The survey question changes every week. On the previous episode, Dick Punks and Yoo Seung Woo from Mnet’s Superstar K4 competed against each other with their songs for proposal of marriage.
On the show, Boyfriend are expected to give a powerful performance for the new song “I Yah.” The song is characterized by lyrics that describe a man’s desire for conquest of a girl he loves. Getting away from a pretty boy’s image, Boyfriend members will show off a charismatic, manly look in the performance.
After watching the performance for “I Yah,” people can vote for the most attractive member in the group on Mnet.com. The show will choose some participants and give them toys that play Boyfriend members’ voices as gifts. The vote will end at 7:00 p.m. on January 16 when the live show of Music Triangle ends.
Boyfriend’s performance can be seen on the episode of Music Triangle, which will air live on January 16 at 6:00 p.m.

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Boyfriend returns with “I Yah” on ‘Music Bank’

Shedding their pretty boy image, idol group Boyfriend is back with a fierce and manlier look for latest title song, “I Yah”!

“I Yah” is the title track to the group’s repackaged album of the same name. It is a powerful and upbeat dance number produced by Sweetune and features a prominent guitar riff and has a funky sound.

According to the group’s agency, Starship Entertainment, Boyfriend will show its cold yet noble and pure side continuing the powerful concept seen in “Janus”.

Check out their performance below!

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Boyfriend’s “I Yah” dominates music charts

Boyfriend’s new title track “I Yah” topped in a number of music charts with its release!

According to StarShip Entertainment, Boyfriend’s new title song for the repackage album which was released on January 10th, topped in Cyworld and Bugs music charts. Not only that, they also heating up the online search portals like Daum and Naver.

“I Yah” is a funky dance number which features a great guitar riff in the beginning, and Boyfriend’s powerful vocals are particularly impressive. The music video for the track was directed by Johnny Bros, who is one of the hottest K-Pop music video director.

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Boyfriend returns with “I Yah” on ‘M! Countdown’

Shedding their pretty boy image, idol group Boyfriend is back with a fierce and manlier look for latest title song, “I Yah”!

“I Yah” is the title track to the group’s repackaged album of the same name. It is a powerful and upbeat dance number produced by Sweetune and features a prominent guitar riff and has a funky sound.

According to the group’s agency, Starship Entertainment, Boyfriend will show its cold yet noble and pure side continuing the powerful concept seen in “Janus”.

Check out their performance below!

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Boyfriend releases MV for “I Yah”

Boyfriend has just unveiled the full music video for comeback title track, “I Yah”. The music video was directed by Zany Bros and starred child actress Kim So Hyun and member Donghyun.

“I Yah” is the title track to the group’s repackaged album of the same name. It is a powerful and upbeat dance number produced by Sweetune and features a prominent guitar riff and has a funky sound.

Check out the MV below!

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Boyfriend reveals couple shot of Donghyun and Kim So Hyun

In addition to the music video teaser released earlier today, Boyfriend has released a couple shot of Donghyun and actress Kim So Hyun, giving fans a glimpse of romantic love line from the group’s next music video.

In the photo, Donghyun and actress Kim So Hyun are both dressed in their school uniforms while holding each other’s hands.

Boyfriend’s upcoming single will be titled “I Yah”. The music video was directed by Zany Bros and will be released on January 10.

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Boyfriend releases "I Yah" MV teaser

Boyfriend releases the MV teaser of their comeback song titled "I Yah",check out the boy new image below.

The full MV will be released on 10th January, are you excited?

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Girls’ Generation, KARA, Big Bang and more win at the Japan Gold Disc Awards 2013

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has announced the winners of The Japan Gold Disc Award 2013 and seven K-pop artists made it to the list.

Established in 1987, the Japan Gold Disc Award is one of the major annual music awards in Japan, held by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ). It recognizes the bestselling artists in the country based on music sales and downloads, and the awards for the 27th edition utilized data from November 1, 2011 to October 31, 2012.

Below are the Korean winners of Japan Gold Disc Awards 2013:


<BEST ASIAN ARTIST>

KARA


<NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR (Asia)>

B1A4


<BEST 3 NEW ARTISTS (Asia)>

IU

B1A4

Boyfriend


<ALBUM OF THE YEAR (Asia)>

“Super Girl” – KARA


<BEST 3 ALBUMS (Asia)>

“Super Girl” – KARA

“Just Crazy” – Jang Geun Suk

“ALIVE” – Big Bang


<SONG OF THE YEAR BY DOWNLOAD (Asia)>

”Paparazzi” – Girls’ Generation


<BEST MUSIC VIDEOS (Asia)>

 “JAPAN FIRST TOUR GIRLS’ GENERATION” – Girls’ Generation (Asia)

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Boyfriend reveals album pictorial for “I Yah”

Boyfriend. who is coming back to fans with a new repackaged album later this week, has just released its album pictorial, giving fans a peek to its concept.

In the pictorial, the members, wearing black studs, metallic accessories, and thick smoky makeup, are showing their charismatic looks, hinting for hotter homme fatale concept in the new album.

“I Yah” is the title song of Boyfriend’s upcoming repackaged album and is composed by Sweetune. According to the group’s agency, Boyfriend will show its cold yet noble and pure side continuing the powerful concept seen in “Janus”.

The repackaged album will be released on January 10.

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