Friday, November 25, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
YG's Listing Goes Public, and Yang Hyun Suk’s Total Share Value Soars
On November 23, YG
Entertainment listed its shares on South Korea’s junior stock market, KOSDAQ,
and saw its per-share value more than double on its first day of trading. As a
result, Yang Hyun Suk, the founder and chairman of YGE, now holds nearly $140 million
USD in stock value.
YGE shares were valued at 78,200 won ($78 USD) per share in the morning Tuesday, which is more than double its IPO price of 34,000 won ($34 USD). Yang Hyun Suk, with 47.7 percent ownership of YGE stocks, is estimated to own around $140 million USD in stocks, making him the second highest-valued person in the Korean entertainment industry, after SM Entertainmen’s Lee Soo Man who has an estimated stock of $220 million USD.
YGE shares were valued at 78,200 won ($78 USD) per share in the morning Tuesday, which is more than double its IPO price of 34,000 won ($34 USD). Yang Hyun Suk, with 47.7 percent ownership of YGE stocks, is estimated to own around $140 million USD in stocks, making him the second highest-valued person in the Korean entertainment industry, after SM Entertainmen’s Lee Soo Man who has an estimated stock of $220 million USD.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Big Bang reveals CF for ‘Soul by Ludacris Headphones’
A new CF for ‘Soul by Ludacris Headphones’ has just
been revealed, which features G-Dragon, T.O.P., Taeyang, and Seungri commenting on the supreme quality of
the headphones.
Top 10 Music Videos at the YouTube K-Pop Awards
Google Korea awarded on
November 22nd the K-Pop artists whose music videos got the most number of views
on YouTube. Only the top 3 groups/artists attended the event. Here's the top 10
list where 2 of BIGBANG's videos are included:
Saturday, November 12, 2011
BIGBANG still popular in Japan despite the bad press
Despite all of the bad press Big Bang has been receiving lately,
their fame in Japan seems to know no end.
In the latest issue of a Japanese magazine, a survey was conducted
asking 1,000 Japanese fans on who their favorite Hallyu artists were and the
boys of Big Bang triumphantly came out on top.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
MTV Southeast Asia "Big Bang Specials" Schedule
Just like MTV Korea, MTV Southeast Asia will be playing
"BIGBANG Specials", in celebration of the group's win at the MTV
Europe Music Awards. MTV will be playing old clips of BIGBANG from their live
performances to interviews and their music videos. Here's the schedule:
Last.fm: Big Bang Rule The World
South Korean hip-hop/pop
quintet Big Bang certainly won big at the MTV EMA awards on Sunday – scooping
the award for Best Worldwide Act.
They beat off competition such as Britney Spears (representing the US) as well as artists Lena (from Germany), Restart (from Brazil) and Abdelfattah Grini (from Morocco).
Last.fm Trends looks at Big Bang’s scrobbles to see just how much they have exploded.
The formation of Big Bang was documented on television in 2006, with the band going on to release five studio albums and five EPs – with some of them targeted specifically at the Japanese market.
They beat off competition such as Britney Spears (representing the US) as well as artists Lena (from Germany), Restart (from Brazil) and Abdelfattah Grini (from Morocco).
Last.fm Trends looks at Big Bang’s scrobbles to see just how much they have exploded.
The formation of Big Bang was documented on television in 2006, with the band going on to release five studio albums and five EPs – with some of them targeted specifically at the Japanese market.
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