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The five-piece Korean boy group, Big Bang, have shocked music industry experts by landing a top 10 album on US iTunes.
Korean pop – or K-Pop as it’s now commonly referred to – has become one of the hottest genres in music with articles about the growing phenomenon appearing in Billboard magazine and MTV online.
This has led to a number of K-Pop acts trying their luck in America – from Wonder Girls to BoA – but so far with little success.
That is until the release of Big Bang’s latest mini-album Tonight.
It becomes the first K-Pop album to reach the top 10 on US iTunes and is the only non-English language album in the top 100.
If the genre’s popularity keeps growing at this rate, it’s only a matter of time until the K-Pop wave reaches Australia.
Source: starobserver.com.au
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Date: 2011-02-25 11:34 pm (UTC)and even then , we're not sure whether the k-pop wave will reach there.
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Date: 2011-02-25 11:38 pm (UTC)I know that if enough people request it Sanity would try to stock physical copies or try to get them if it was possible.
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Date: 2011-02-25 11:38 pm (UTC)Wonder Girls are at least working hard on the foundation and didn't give up when they weren't the best new thing since Britney/Gaga/Beyonce/etc....cause that won't ever happen
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Date: 2011-02-25 11:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-25 11:40 pm (UTC)"bish"
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Date: 2011-02-25 11:41 pm (UTC)Don't think kpop would go very far here....unless you're Taeyang xD
But honestly, Taeyang's Wedding Dress got quite big in my school within in the Asian community, some who didn't even know what kpop was but they were humming along to WD lol
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Date: 2011-02-25 11:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-25 11:45 pm (UTC)still very impressive though
bb ♥
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Date: 2011-02-25 11:46 pm (UTC):3
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Date: 2011-02-26 12:05 am (UTC)Fans from all over the world try to make up stuff to show they're here and it's all good.
And actually from what i note yg artists have a huge non-asian fanbase...
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Date: 2011-02-26 12:06 am (UTC)i get that they want to play it safe in the actual group for widespread appeal, do the project albums for creativity n shit, and this way they can stick together. w/e i am fine with it give me a soul-shaking luther vandross daesung album ok etc
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Date: 2011-02-26 04:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 12:09 am (UTC)By this logic, by the time the wave reaches here, it'll only be strong enough to knock a kid off his boogie board at Bondi. D: So I guess it's gotta be a pretty huge-ass wave to do anything.
But we totally have SBS PopAsia! K-Pop on the radio is awesome, even if I do have iTunes and an iPod.
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Date: 2011-02-26 01:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-02-26 12:27 am (UTC)i forgive you if you don't laugh at my joke that isn't funny.
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Date: 2011-02-26 12:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 12:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-26 12:53 am (UTC)There's no reason to come to the US when all your fans can buy it online, unless you're trying to legitimately make it here, which I can't see happening for anyone in kpop right now.
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Date: 2011-02-26 10:23 am (UTC)and those who notice might just get curious and search for the artist's music. all of these people are your potential new fans.
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Date: 2011-02-26 02:09 am (UTC)And another thing - the Star Observer is a popular LGBT magazine in Sydney, Australia. Trolololol ;D
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Date: 2011-02-26 02:13 am (UTC)