Hangeng Won’t Give Up Korean Market

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Super Junior member Hangeng, who launched his solo singing career in China after he sued his agency, SM Entertainment, said he will not give up the Korean market despite focusing on the Chinese music market.

In a recent interview with Chinese media, Hangeng said being a solo artist is quite stressful compared to being in Super Junior where he would only do his part.

Hangeng, the only Chinese member of Super Junior, sued SM Entertainment in December last year to void his exclusive contract with the Korean agency.

He returned to China where he started charting his solo career as a singer.

Despite what happened, Hangeng believes that he still has fans in Korea.
“There are still fans who are supporting me over there after all,” Hangeng said in a translation by fan forum geng-bao.net.

Hangeng released his first solo Chinese album “Geng Xin” in July and to date, it has sold 350,000 copies in China, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Hong Kong.


A new version of the album will be released on Oct. 1 that will contain 10 songs and seven music videos.

Hangeng recently held an album signing event in Shenzhen where he met with fans.

Despite being new in the Chinese music market, Hangeng has snagged a nomination as Most Popular Mainland Male Singer in the 10th CCTV-MTV Music Awards.

Hangeng is nominated in the category together with C-pop singers Sun Nan, Wang Feng, Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming.

The music awards will recognize outstanding singers in the C-pop industry from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.

The CCTV-MTV Music Awards will be held on Oct. 18 in Beijing.

Cr: JONATHAN M. HICAP @ Manila Bulletin
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Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/reminisce__/]

a little mte on that, but it's nice that he acknowledges that at least.

[annanuna.livejournal.com]

(http://pl.tinypic.com?ref=14t4mtj)

[melonfucka.livejournal.com]

why isn't this moving.

[sgcharbor.livejournal.com]

to be honest, I don't know what to make of it.

the verdict of his lawsuit is not even out yet.

loving the finger dance though.

[evivante.livejournal.com]

I wish I cared.

[bgurl1210.livejournal.com]

lol

[lyuna.livejournal.com]

Geng ♥♥

[onewhomust.livejournal.com]

\o/ Keep being awesome, Geng.

[mei-zi.livejournal.com]

My Chinese male ballerina. ♥

[mei-zi.livejournal.com]

He looks really good in that picture. Makes me miss him even more.

[syimato.livejournal.com]

=))))

u are always one of my hubbies in SJ!!
Love u~~~~

[melonfucka.livejournal.com]

my level of giving a shit has diminished significantly.

[mimoiikit143.livejournal.com]

wait, EX SUPER JUNIOR MEMBER?! :'(

[melonfucka.livejournal.com]

reality: you must face it.

[superjesster.livejournal.com]

idek anymore ;_;
good luck gengie ♥

[peachymango.livejournal.com]

not going to say much except good luck geng ♥

[splendidlure.livejournal.com]

anyone follow hankyung on weibo? ;D

[onewhomust.livejournal.com]

o/ Me. Boy needs to update more though, I need more of his crazy conversations with He Jiong.

[corposant.livejournal.com]

This just sounds like he's acknowledging the fact that he still has fans in Korea and not that he's eying the Korean market. Personally, I think it'll be really hard for him to debut in Korea as a solo singer because of Super Junior and SME, even if he wins the law suit.

Hangeng news always make me sad for some reason. But I do support him and wish him the best.

[mochandesu.livejournal.com]

I'm sure SME would do anything and everything it could to keep Geng from debuting in Korea.

[rexona-woman.livejournal.com]

I LOVE YOU GENG. ALWAYS. :')

[qrizta.livejournal.com]

Well, he can hold a small showcase for the korean fans in korea. However, i dunno the outcome if he released his material in korea. We all know SM's influence n power over the music industry. Unless they don't care about Geng n only a certain trio get their attention.

Good luck Geng!
Please don't hold grudge SM... I wanna see SJ & Geng's collab. lol Possible?

[purinchun.livejournal.com]

Geng doesn't hold a grudge on SME. XD He has said that he is very thankful towards SME because he acknowledges it has allowed him to get where he is now.

But I'm not sure if SME will stop having a grudge on Geng. Geng still loves Super Junior, but I don't think SME or even less ELF would ever easily allow them to have a collab. :/

[enoa03.livejournal.com]

(http://photobucket.com)

[neumi.livejournal.com]

Don't forget America!! You're going international, remember ;D I love this, he's getting so much more work and exposure now that he left ^^ He's everywhere and I'm loving it! Geng Xin jai you!!!

[royalantares.livejournal.com]

Oh come on guys. I want a reunion. They still love each other.
This is my world. Don't ruin my parade.

[rinn1e.livejournal.com]

I don't know what's sadder, Hankyung alone can sell 350K copies that can be a record breaker in South Korea, or China with a population of 1 billion, but couldn't get 1 million people to buy a solid CD?

[onewhomust.livejournal.com]

Even with China's huge population, its music market isn't as large as America's or even Japan's. 350k isn't amazing or anything, but it's still really solid.

[hearticulate.livejournal.com]

i love hangeng but dnw him without sj, and sj without him. my heart hurts whenever i see his cd ;_;

[13fireflies.livejournal.com]

me too. =(

supergroup?!?!

[end-of-fayte.livejournal.com]

methinks he should join JYJ and the four of them can just be one big SUPERGROUP. Also the the fantastic four should just create their own entertainment company.

pros:
- shoving it to SM
- money earned can be used to kidnap Homin and Suju members to bring them to the dark side
- possibilty of dominating KPOP
- shoving it to SM

cons:
- huh. cant think of any


SM says waaaaaaaaaa.......

Re: supergroup?!?!

[jooannee.livejournal.com]

kind of... do want. hahaha especially cos HANKYUNG/JAEJOONG IS AN UNDERRATED COUPLE. /goes back to stalk snow dream MV making and other han/jae videos.

this idea is really beginning to sound good. junsu and hankyung can dance well! AND besides, werent JYJ going to enter the chinese market? THEY NEED HANKYUNG! hankyung > translators.

[xoxorichi.livejournal.com]

My China man ♥ ;__________________;

[denimandgingham.livejournal.com]

SEVEN music videos?! Goddamn, his Chinese label is just pouring the money out for him.

[eternityras.livejournal.com]

i wish they'd use the money for seven mvs and put it in just one mv.

[proleptical.livejournal.com]

I seriously doubt he'd actively promote in Korea ever anytime soon.

Besides, at this point he's probably forgotten 90% of his Korean.