K-Pop, Asian Music Gets a New MAMA

Mnet Media, one of Korea’s most popular music networks, will scrap its 10-year-old music festival for a new one titled “2009 Mnet Asian Music Awards” (MAMA).
The former event “Mnet KM Music Festival” (MKMF) was organized by two music cable channels, Mnet and KM. It was considered one of the biggest music award events in Korea. [...]

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Big Bang Members Continue Solo Careers

Taeyang, a member of top boy band Big Bang, will resume his solo career in October, while another member, G-Dragon, holds a solo concert in December.
The head of Big Bang’s agency YG Entertainment, Yang Hyun-suk, posted the company’s plans for the two members on its official website on Thursday.
“Taeyang is going to shoot a music [...]

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YG Hits Sony Over Plagiarism Allegations

The controversy over the alleged plagiarism centering K-pop idol G-Dragon’s first solo single has entered a second round as his agency chief openly rebutted the copying allegations for the first time ― weeks after the suspicion surfaced.
In a long letter posted Thursday on the Web site of YG Entertainment, G-Dragon’s agency, its CEO Yang Hyun-suk [...]

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U.S. Media Raises Suspicion on G-dragon’s Plagiarism

U.S. media has raised suspicion of the leader of top boy-band Big Bang, G-dragon (Kwon Ji-yong)’s plagiarism.
Pollstar.com, a popular website covering the worldwide concert industry, posted an article titled “The Other Kind Of Song-Sharing” on Tuesday. It introduced G-dragon’s solo debut album and said two songs were accused of plagiarism by several publishing companies in [...]

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G-dragon’s Ideal Girl? It’s f(x)’s Sulli!

G-dragon has revealed that he thinks Sulli of Korean girl group f(x) is his ideal type of girl.
The leader of hit boy band Big Bang appeared as a guest on SBS radio show “Jung Sun-hee’s LoveFM” on Wednesday, making the remark while talking to the host about his ideal type of woman.
“I like cute women [...]

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G-Dragon’s Breaks 5 Millions Hits with Heartbreaker

The music video of “Heartbreaker,” the title song of G-Dragon’s first solo album, is enjoying huge popularity on the internet. Introduced for the first time on GomTV on August 18, the “Heartbreaker” music video recorded nearly 5 million viewings in just 18 days as of this Friday morning. That translates to almost 300 thousand hits [...]

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Big Bang’s G-Dragon Shines on First Album, Heartbreaker

Despite a plagiarism controversy, G-Dragon, the leader of pop idol group Big Bang, continues to stand out in the local music market with his first solo album.
“Heartbreaker,” the album’s title track, ranked first in various online music charts such as Mnet and Melon as of Thursday.
Other songs on the album, such as “Breath,” were among [...]

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