[News] 'Wonder Girls - Nobody' reaches No. 76 on the Billboard Charts

The Wonder Girls have become the first Korean artists to enter the Billboard singles chart, according to their agency JYP Entertainment on October 22nd. The single "Nobody" entered the Billboard Hot100 at No. 76, the first time for a Korean artist to be placed on the chart's history.

JYP had announced that according to an airplay analysis chart by music website Mediabase, "Nobody" was played over 65 times by radio stations between October 12 to 18, increasing the girls group's airplay ranking by 16 spots from the previous week to No. 107.

The girl group, who announced their U.S. debut in June, signed with management company Jonas Group and had been opening for popular boy band The Jonas Brothers U.S. tour over the summer. An JYP official stated (in translation) "It was good targeting U.S. teenagers because they don't discriminate. And it was absolutely effective to target the U.S. market with a Korean concept and song without the help of American producers and songwriters."

WONDER GIRLS - NOBODY MV (ENGLISH VERSION):

[News] Nicole’s a Liberal too?

Maybe, maybe not. But what is definite though is that Nicole will no longer be on KBS's 'Star Golden Bell'. After the scandel about Kim Jae Dong’s dismissal (rumors said he was blacklisted by the government for his Liberal political views), the producers of the popular entertainment show decided to give the whole programme a makeover. Part of the makeover is removing Nicole’s segment.

Nicole co-hosted ‘Level with Me', a segment which showcased her imaginative descriptions of various Korean celebrities, movie and song titles, phrases, and proverbs. She would often tickle celebrity guests with her creative and hilarious ways. Nicoles participation in the show was well received and it helped increase the show and her popularity as well as KARA’s.

Star Golden Bell with new lead MC Ji Seok Jin has already been filmed. Nicole is said to have been a guest on the new episode.

[VID] YG Songs Compared

A clip while surfing around Youtube. The shows a bunch of Big Bang and 2NE1 songs compared with other songs. Take a look and hear for yourself. Are these songs plagiarised?

[News] Commercial Songs really working?

Looks like LG and Samsung are doing everything they can to promote their products. Why? Cause the iPhone is coming to Korea very soon. When? Most likely in December or early next year. Many communication companies have been releasing their version of touch screen phones, and app. stores to match the awaiting popularity of the iPhone. In addition, KTF is likely to promote the iPhone once the Korean market opens their doors for the sale of foreign devices.

In order to sell their products more effectively, LG and Samsung have advertised their products through commercial songs. They use popular idol groups to advertise their products in full length music videos. But does this method really work? While these songs do prove to be popular, some suggest the commercial songs promote the stars rather advertising the product. Before 2NE1 debuted, they appeared with Big Bang to promote LG's new 'Lollipop'. 2NE1 certainly benfited from the commercial song as they held the number 1 spot in various online charts, also gaining huge popularity.

Commercial songs have already become a category in some online music charts, where they offer best MV and best song. While the songs are catchy, memorable, and popular, their original function to advertise fails, as they are overshadowed by the popstars.

Here are some clips of popular commercial songs released in 2009:
f(x) - chocolate love (electro-pop ver.)
SNSD - chocolate love (retro ver.)
Big Bang & 2NE1 - Lollipop
Son Dam Bi & After School - Amoled