BattLe Of tHe BoY GrouPs

An early forecast reveals that the beginning of 2011 will be marked with an influx of girl group debuts, but with the return of various male groups looming near, fans will get their full doses of testosterone in the near future as well.
Rookies including MBLAQ, Teen Top and Infinite have been generating lots of chatter and interest with their ongoing comebacks this month.
MBLAQ’s title track “Cry” was released just two days ago and has already secured high rankings on various charts including those of Mnet and Bugs. Their full album “BLAQ Style” will be released on the 10th with a live comeback on the 13th.
Teen Top, whose members got kpop fans doing double takes with their silver hair concept, released a MV teaser today for their comeback track ”Transform.” Due to member Niel’s injury, the group has pushed back their live comeback to the 13th.
Finally, Infinite will be returning with their second six-track mini-album “Evolution,” with concept photos and preview videos attracting much attention. Their comeback showcase is schedule to take place in just a few hours today at Seouls’ CGV.
On the other end, news of the impending returns of TVXQ and Big Bang, arguably the two largest male groups of the Korean music scene in recent years, has already been dominating headlines in regards to their comeback albums. TVXQ and Big Bang’s last albums, “Mirotic” and “Remember”, were released in September and November 2008 respectively, so these returns mark the end of two year hiatuses for both groups.
The special edition of TVXQ’s “Why (Keep Your Head Down)” album has been released with the HoMin duo gearing up for a comeback on Music Bank on January 7, followed by appearances on Music Core, Inkigayo and possibly M! Countdown due to reconciliations between SME and Mnet. Choreographed by Rino Nakasone of the Beat Freaks, “Why (Keep Your Head Down)” also caught the attention of American gossip blogger Perez Hilton.
Big Bang’s sub-unit duo GD&TOP made waves with the release of “High High,” “Oh Yeah” and “Knock Out” last month, complete with the most expensive comeback stage in Mnet M. Countdown’s history. After Japanese promotion plans were delayed, it was also announced that GD&TOP will have a second round of promotions for “Don’t Go Home.” Furthermore, Big Bang’s maknae Seungri will be releasing a mini-album on January 13, and the entire group will be making a full comeback soon thereafter.
Unsurprisingly, TVXQ & Big Bang’s returns are being met with overwhelming receptions — “Keep Your Head Down” recorded massive sales immediately after release, and GD&TOP enjoyed 200,000 pre-orders for their album.
Like the 2009 domination of countless new girl groups including 2NE1, 4minute, f(x) and After School , it looks like we’ll be seeing a lot of female debuts this year, but will 2011 mark the return of a boy group craze as well?

can't wait for the comeback..kekeke.. but, wait, where's SS501??

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2NE1 To PerfoRm onLy TwO SonGs EaCh fOr MusiC BanK, MuSiC CorE

2NE1

The girls of 2NE1 recently made their anticipated comeback, as they delivered three unique stages for their three title tracks on last week’s SBS ‘Inkigayo‘.
According to YG Entertainment, the girls will be making their comeback on ‘Music Bank‘ and ‘Music Core‘ later this week by performing only two out of the three tracks.
On September 17th’s episode of ‘Music Bank’, 2NE1 will perform “Go Away” and “Can’t Nobody”; on ‘Music Core’ the day after, they will be performing “Can’t Nobody” and “Clap Your Hands.”
Meanwhile, SBS has been been heavily criticized over their “special treatment” of 2NE1. Netizens believe that the broadcast company has been blatantly favoring YG Entertainment artists, by giving 2NE1 the time to perform all three of their title tracks, thereby cutting off other artists from different agencies who would have performed that night.


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TaeYanG Is BusY, BusY

Big Bang‘s member, Taeyang, has been busy spending his days promoting his solo album and promoting Big Bang’s new song in Japan.
According to the entertainment, when the Japanese single, Beautiful Hangover, was released on the 25th, he secretly left to Japan with the Big Bang members in order to promote their single.
News about a new single was reported before it came out. But the fact that they were going to promote the single was not known by many of the fans. In order to continue this, Big Bang has decided to carefully promote their single while they are in Japan.
As Taeyang released his international release album, I’ll Be There on the 19th, it was decided that he comes back on the 28th to promote his album. On the 21st, he performed his new song, I’ll Be There on MBC Music Core and plans on performing again on the 28th. On the 29th, he will be performing on SBS Inkigayo and plans on meeting his Korean fans.
The staff who are working with Taeyang said that Taeyang will arrive in Korea on the 28th to promote his album. Even though he’s promoting his solo album and the Japanese single at the same time, he’s always doing his best to please the fans.
With the Japanese single and his solo single, his solo concert, which will be held on September 25th and 26th, is also coming up for him. He doesn’t have a day to rest.
Although he’s busy with promoting as a member of Big Bang and as Taeyang, the results are satisfactory. For the Japanese single, Beautiful Hangover, as soon as it was released, it was ranked in 5th place on the Oricon charts and have shown a very good start for their promotion.
During last June, when they debuted with the single, My Heaven, it was ranked 3rd and was able to have a successful start in their career in the Japanese market. Since then, they’ve released 5 Japanese singles and all of them were ranked 5th place or higher on the Oricon charts.
Taeyang’s solo album, I’ll Be There is currently gaining positive feedback. With a vampire concept that brings out the manliness in Taeyang, him and his dancers perform a very charismatic dance and along with his charming voice, he has once again gained the attention of many fans and those in the music industry.
On the 20th, through Taeyang’s YouTube channel, the music video was posted and 2 days after it was posted, over 100,000 views, and counting, was shown on the page. Also, on the 25th, the number of views of the channel was 124,005,347 and have become a hot issue, not only in Korea but overseas as well. The channel was ranked number 1 for most views and have had very positive feedback.
During October, Big Bang is planning on releasing a new album. It has been reported that they are also working on their new album and have been busy traveling to Korea and Japan. Their second album, Sunset Glow, was released in November of 2008 and it has been 2 years since they have released a Korean album.


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F1rsT DebuTs WitH ‘YoU LiKe Me, I LikE YOu’ oN MusiC CorE

When the news of hybrid group F1rst dropped, they created some waves with their co-ed concept, which seems to be the latest trend sweeping K-pop. After the release of their remake debut single, You Like Me, I Like You, interest continued to rise.
But the time had come for the hybrid group of eight fresh faces to stop with the hype and actually take the stage to show netizens what they’ve got.
Well, guess what? They’re quite good!
Despite not having the most original of debut singles, the group did what they could and put on quite a show nevertheless. Check out their debut stage below!




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NeW RaiNboW ComEback MV, "A"

Earlier two days ago, the girls of Rainbow released their comeback single, ‘A‘.
Well, the full MV for A has now been released!
As we’ve seen a bit through the teaser, the full MV reveals the girls’ sexy image, along with the great choreography and addictive tunes of the song.
A was composed by the Han Jae Ho-Kim Seung Soo combo who have also worked with Kara’s Rock U, Pretty Girl, Honey, Mister, and even Lupin. Looking at the list of songs they’ve composed, it’s bound to be a hit track, don’t you guys agree?
Without further ado, check out the full MV below!



Stay tuned to the girls’ comeback stages starting on Music Bank, followed by Music Core and Inkigayo!


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