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Article: Girls’ Generation Leaves a Complimentary Message for 2NE1

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On October 29, Girls’ Generation appeared at the special 1,000th stage of KBS‘s ‘Open Concert‘ and participated in the press conference.

Seohyun and Tiffany said, “Thank you very much for letting Girls’ Generation stand on stage with the sunbaes and hoobaes that we admire.  Like ‘Open Concert,’ which had its 1,000th stage, Girls’ Generation hopes to become singers who can receive love for a long, long time.

The announcer of the event asked, “Who are the hoobae singers that are here?” and Girls’ Generation named 2NE1.

The announcer then asked them to say something to this hoobae so Seohyun said, “We watch 2NE1’s performances and learn a lot.  We even dance with them in the waiting room . . . We thank you for always showing us a good performance.  Even in the future, we hope you will be with us for a long, long time.

Credit: AllKpop

Info: Dara Ranks in CeCi China’s Poll – Skin Care Brand Products Endorser Trust

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From Ceci China Magazine – June 2013 Issue

 Ceci conducted a survey between December 20, 2012 to March 8, 2013 with 3035 women from Asia (South Korea 1533, China 915, and Thailand 587).
I want to purchase skin care brand products endorsed by these female celebrities” survey results:
China
1. f(x) Krystal 23%
2. SNSD Yoona 19%
3. 2NE1 Sandara Park 15%
4. Kim Tae Hee 13%
5. SNSD Jessica 11%
Other: Wonder Girls Sohee 6%, 2NE1 CL 6%
 
Thailand
1. Wonder Girls Sohee 25%
2. Kim Tae Hee 14%
3. KARA Hara 12%
4. SNSD Jessica 11%
5. 2NE1 Sandara Park 9%
Other: BEG Gain 8%
South Korea
1. SNSD Yoona 18%
2. 2NE1 Sandara Park 15%
3. SNSD Jessica 13%
4. Wonder Girls Sohee 10%
5. KARA Hara 10%
Other: f(x) Krystal 8%, 2NE1 CL 5%
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Article: 2NE1 #2 in Top 10 Best Kpop Girl Groups

Every Kpop fan has their favorite group, and for those who are really very familiar with Kpop, they even have favorite groups in each genre.  Here’s a fun list of Top 10 Kpop groups based on popularity of recent performance.

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1. Girls’ Generation.  You expected them to be in this position, didn’t you?  There is no other spot for these 9 girls but #1. They are very active in the scene with their solo endorsements, dramas, musicals and now an upcoming world tour.  Kpop is definitely in a girls’ generation.

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2. 2NE1 is comfortable and secure at number 2.  With their expected world-class performances and much anticipated comebacks whether solo or as a group, these four women can surely dominate.

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3. SISTAR is a KPop girl group in rapid ascent.  With their sultry steps and dominant vocals, they are out there to make their solid mark in Kpop as well. They will be coming back soon with “Give It To Me”

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4. KARA Definitely knows how to stay relevant. Way over and past the scandals that plagued them against their management company and moving on to better things and to become better artists, KARA remains to be a permanent face of Kpop for international fans.

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5. f(x) has the competitive formula.  Rising to the front of the Kpop girl group leadership status, f(x) has been attracting international attention, recently being featured in SXSW and also collaborating with Anna Kendrick’s video humor website ‘Funny or Die’

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6. Miss A, following Wonder Girls’ footstep while making their own mark makes it ahead at the sixth spot. It surely does help that their music is catchy, and of course the fact that the “nation’s first love” is part of the team.  Adding to that, the nation’s first love has power vocals.

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7. Wonder Girls made the girl group idol phenomenon what it is, as they pushed the Hallyu wave overseas with “Nobody” from years ago.  While out of the limelight due to solo pursuits, these girls are not yet nobodies.  Need proof?  Their single, “Tell Me” has recenltly been crowned the best Kpop idol track of all time.  Well-deserved.

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8. 4MINUTE quickly rose to the charts as they kept pushing the Kpop envelope making hot issues and making sure that Kpop fans will never have to ask them “What’s your name?”.

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9. Brown Eyed Girls Compared to the average age of a typical girl group member, Brown Eyed Girls are more the big-sister girl idols.  But they remain unfettered by negative comments, and has proven time and again that sexiness is not defined by consistently fierce performances, and not by age.

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10. SECRET managed by TS Entertainment made it to the Top 10 due to their recent comeback.  From being cute they transformed themselves to sexy goddesses and made a catchy impression.

Source: KpopStarz

Video: 121109 2NE1 and SNSD at Incheon Airport Headed to California

Wooot. There were so many fans and press people at the airport today! Looks like 2NE1 and SNSD took the same flight to California. Here’s a news video of the girls at the airport. ^^

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Video: “KPOP Super Concert in America” Promotional Video

Woooot! At the KPOP Super Concert on November 10, you get to see not only 2NE1, but also other KPOP artists. LA Blackjacks, are you excited? ^^ 

2NE1’s greeting is at the 1:15 mark. ^^

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News: SNSD, SHINee, 2NE1 and DBSK The Most Popular K-Pop Dance Artists Across the World

SNSD, SHINee, 2NE1 and DBSK The Most Popular K-Pop Dance Artists Across the World

As part of its ongoing K-Pop Cover Dance Festival, the Visit Korea Committee has released an aggregated figure of who have been the most popular K-Pop artists covered in dance by region.

According to its figures, from April 26 through July 10 a total of 1,350 teams have sent in submissions spanning six continents and 50 different nations.

By regions, the top five artists being covered were as follows: 

Overall, SNSD, SHINee and SISTAR seemed to enjoy the most broad appeal among the different regions.

South America was overwhelmingly in favor of covering SM artists with 4Minute being the lone non-SM artist represented in the region.

Australia/Oceania went against the trend of most of the other regions as SNSD didn’t chart in its top five and SHINee barely made the top five while DBSK took the top ranking in its listing.

Africa indicated the most diverse ranking with Block B being the most popular artist to cover and 2PM making a showing in the top five as well.

As for the ranking of artists most covered overall?

SNSD took the top spot with 157 dance covers, SHINee in second with 98 covers, miss A in third with 79, SISTAR in fourth with 75 and 2NE1 in fifth with 70.

The finalists for the K-Pop Dance Cover Festival will be invited in September to Gyeongju in Gyeongsangbuk-do to perform at the K-Pop Dance Cover Festival stage.

The full listing can be found here while the dance cover’s homepage can be viewed here.

Source: eNewsWorld

Article: Top Girl Group Rankings Based on Fan Club Membership – 2NE1 at #3

Which girl group has the most fan club members?

Recently, a ranking of the most popular girl groups was conducted using the total numbers of fan café members according to Internet portal site “Daum.” The group which came out on top was none other than SM Entertainment’s Girls’ Generation. Girls’ Generation had a whopping number of 284,600 members in their official fan café.

Girls’ Generation and the Wonder Girls have been in polite competition all year. Thus it would come as no surprise to fans that second place was awarded to the Wonder Girls. The Wonder Girls have demonstrated, like Girls’ Generation, that they are one of the ultimate girl groups in South Korea with close to 100,000 members. It is particularly impressive since the Wonder Girls’ activities have been concentrated on the United States and China as of late.

Third place was crowned to the ladies of 2NE1. 2NE1 was similar to the Wonder Girls in the case that their fan café had 90,000 or so members. Considering the fact that 2NE1 debuted in late 2009 their fan base has grown close to 100,000 people in over the span of three short years. Compared to say Girls’ Generation and the Wonder Girls who made their debut back in 2007.

Next was f(x) who took fourth place with 60,500 fans, fifth belonged to KARA with 50,300 members, Brown Eyed Girls ranked in sixth place with a total of 40,200 fans. Both 4minute and miss A were tied for seventh place with 30,200 members.

Most noticeable among the top 10 were the youngest girl group A Pink.  Even though A Pink has been around for just a little over a year the girls still were able to pull in impressive numbers for their fan café. The total members of A Pink’s café were close to 30,000. They were able to gather fans the fastest and thus deserve particular attention. A Pink’s recently released comeback album has led to an apparent rise in popularity.

T-ara was excluded from the fan café ranking due to an error. But under normal conditions fans can be assured that they would rank very high on the list. Lastly, After School rounded out the top ten ranking in at the tenth spot with 20,000 members.

Credit: Soompi