Big Bang will perform in Japan's NHK Music Festival

 

Popular Korean boy group, Big Bang, was confirmed to be attending of one of the most prestigious music festival in Japan. One of the YG Entertainment representatives told Star News that “Big Bang was confirmed to attend the said event”.
He also added “In the beginning, Big Bang has recently finished working on their newalbum in Korea. Because of the upcoming YG Family Concert this coming month, they were forced to refuse some of the events they were invited.” Although he also said that “it’s been a long tradition and the all of the Japanese fans meant a lot to Big Bang. Their appearance would also be a national prestige for them”.  Organizers of the said event will formally announce the list of performers at the end of this month.

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Source: ameblo.jp

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Fans' vote results for the ‘2010 MAMA’ released

The online and mobile vote results are out for the ‘2010 MAMA‘ (Mnet Asian Music Awards)!

A total of 550,605 people from all over Asia participated in the polls, with the majority of voters being females in their twenties. These votes are factored into the final awards selection, and make up anywhere from 10-30% of the criteria for winners.

The results are as follows:

• Best New Male Artist: CNBLUE
• Best New Female Artist: miss A
• Best Male Group: Super Junior
• Best Female Group: 2NE1
• Best Male Solo Artist: Rain
• Best Female Solo Artist: BoA
• Best Solo Dance Performance: Rain
• Best Dance Performance (Male): Super Junior
• Best Dance Performance (Female): 2NE1
• Best Solo Vocal Performance: Gummy
• Best Vocal Performance (Group): 2AM
• Best Band Performance: FT Island
• Best Rap Performance: Epik High
• Best Collaboration: Ga-In & Jo Kwon
• Best Digital Single: Park Bom
• Best Music Video: 2NE1
• The Shilla Asian Wave: 2PM
• Song of the Year: Super Junior
• Artist of the Year: Super Junior

Source: MAMA official website

Credits: vitalsign@allkpop

Agencies use caution towards SNSD, KARA, and Big Bang’s participation in Kohaku

In contrast to news articles in Japan hyping SNSD, KARA, and Big Bang’s participation in the Japanese annual music show, “Kohaku Uta Gassen (Kohaku)“, the groups’ agencies are instead showing a more cautious response.

Speculation that Korean idol groups will be attending the music show has been a hot topic in the Japanese press lately. The media has been writing articles of their possible attendance even before Kohaku’s announcement of the official list of performers, showing a new phase in which K-pop is becoming of increasing significance in the Japanese music industry.

But despite this, the three idol groups are still weary on whether to participate in the show. “It’s difficult for us say anything when an official announcement hasn’t been made yet,” was the general statement made by all three agencies.

It can be said that the Korean agencies are being cautious due to the possibility of unexpected conditions.  For example, if, for some reason, the agencies choose to exclude their groups from the event at the last minute, they would need to protect themselves from the respective consequences, so being cautious at the outset helps avoid any trouble. Additionally, showing interest in an event when the official announcement hasn’t even been made yet won’t always result in a beneficial outcome.

There is also the problem of keeping loyal to the Korean broadcasting companies. If the groups attend Kohaku, which is to be held on New Year’s Eve, it would be impossible for them to participate in the Korean year end public TV music show broadcasts.

The official announcement for the performers of Kohaku will be posted between late November to early December.

Source: Newsen
Credits: vitalwarning@allkpop

Taeyang confirmed to attend MAMA 2010

Mnet's MAMA has sent an update today for its artist performance lineup. Check for it below.

Korea
2PM
2NE1
Miss A
Tae Yang
Tiger JK

China

Chang Jie
iMe

Japan

Perfume
Chemistry

Source: MNET

BIG BANG Invited To Japan's "61th The NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen"

According to the Sports Nippon newspaper, Korean groups BIG BANG and KARA will be making their first appearances in the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen. The last Korean artists to perform on opposite teams at Kohaku were Lee Jung Hyun and RYU in 2004, but BIG BANG and KARA will be the first groups ever to do so.

BIG BANG, who made their debut in Japan last year, will be participating as an ordinary member of the White Team, rather than as part of a special project. They are planning to arrive in Japan on December 26 and stay until the new year. This means that they will be absent for NHK’s annual press conference introducing the first-time Kohaku participants, but they have already recorded a video message for the event.

KARA debuted in Japan just this year. They will be part of the Red Team, but details about their participation are not yet known. ). The honor of performing on Kōhaku is strictly by invitation, so only the most successful J-Pop artists can perform.

Note: Kouhaku is a big year end music event in Japan arranged by NHK. They form 2 most popular music teams and then let them battle on the New Year’s Eve night.It’s usaully the male artists on white and female on red team.Kouhaku’s the legend music show in Japan TV history and have the highest TV rating.The artists who attend this will get a lot of popularity nationwide and it’s their lifetime career highlight. The honor of performing on Kōhaku is strictly by invitation, so only the most successful J-Pop artists can perform.

Source: tokyograph
Note by vip_shasha via bbupdates
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Ukrainian group copies Big Bang?

K-Pop is spreading globally and some astute Ukrainian netizens recently noticed that the MV for Ukrainian group Время и Стекло / Time and Glass looked very familiar to Big Bang’s MV for their Japanese single ‘Tell Me Goodbye’, which was released back in May.

After reviewing both MV’s, I can see why people would see think that it was copied as there were many similar scenes. In any case, you can be the judge & jury by comparing the two MV’s below.

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Credits: ghostwriter@allkpop

Big Bang nominated at the 52nd Japan Records Awards

Japan Record Awards committee has announced today that BIGBANG is nominated for the Excellent Work (Grand Prize Category) for Tell Me Goodbye in this year’s 52nd Japan Records Awards. The grand prize will be chosen from one of the ten Best Song winners, which include EXILE, the winner of the last two years. The winners are as follows:

BIGBANG won the award last year as The Best Newcomer and also performed live at the award event. The results will be announced on December 30 on TBS.

Sources: 47News (via teambigbang) + Tokyograph + TBS (via Gilbakk)
Credits: tisya@bbupdates

Big Bang x Marvelous Cream Project Message

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