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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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2PM
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2PM is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. K, Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Junho and Chansung, former leader Jay Park officially left the group in early 2010. The members of 2PM started when Korean musician Park Jin-young formed a band known as One Day. Eventually the band was split into 2PM and a similar but independent group known as 2AM, 2PM debuted with the song 10 Jeom Manjeome 10 Jeom, which showcased their acrobatic dance styles. They achieved their first number 1 single with Again & Again, both singles featured on their first studio album, The First Album 1, 59PM, released in 2009. The band went on to release another Korean album, known as Hands Up and they made their Japanese debut later that year with Republic of 2PM. After more than a year, the returned in 2013 with their third studio album Grown. In early September 2014, 2PM returned with their studio album Go Crazy. On 15 June 2015, 2PM made a comeback with their studio album No.5. After much anticipation 2PM returned on 13 September 2016 with their studio album Gentlemens Game. The members of 2PM all auditioned to become part of JYP Entertainment, some members already had experience in the entertainment industry, including Jun. K, who had won several singing competitions, ok Taecyeon, Lee Junho and Hwang Chansung had participated in the show SuperStar Survival. Originally, the members of 2PM were part of a group known as One Day. A documentary called Hot Blood Men captured the groups training days, in this documentary, former member Jaebeom finished at the top spot and received the most fan votes. It also featured the elimination of three trainees from the group, Lee Swichi, Jeong Jinwoon, and Yoon Doo-joon were all cut, however, Jinwoon replaced Im Daehun upon the latters withdrawal. By the end of the process, One Day had been reduced to an eleven-member group. The band was split into four-member ballad group 2AM and seven-member hip-hop group 2PM. While most Korean boy bands at the time adopted a pretty boy image, 2PM constructed a tough, by emphasizing their masculine images, 2PM created the jimseung-dol phenomenon in 2008
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A-side and B-side
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The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78,45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, whether singles, extended plays, or long-playing records. Creedence Clearwater Revival had hits with both A-side and B-side releases, others took the opposite approach, producer Phil Spector was in the habit of filling B-sides with on-the-spot instrumentals that no one would confuse with the A-side. With this practice, Spector was assured that airplay was focused on the side he wanted to be the hit side, the earliest 10-inch,78 rpm, shellac records were single sided. Double-sided recordings, with one song on side, were introduced in Europe by Columbia Records. There were no record charts until the 1930s, and radio stations did not play recorded music until the 1950s, in this time, A-sides and B-sides existed, but neither side was considered more important, the side did not convey anything about the content of the record. The term single came into use with the advent of vinyl records in the early 1950s. At first, most record labels would randomly assign which song would be an A-side, under this random system, many artists had so-called double-sided hits, where both songs on a record made one of the national sales charts, or would be featured on jukeboxes in public places. As time wore on, however, the convention for assigning songs to sides of the record changed. By the early sixties, the song on the A-side was the song that the company wanted radio stations to play. It was not until 1968, for instance, that the production of albums on a unit basis finally surpassed that of singles in the United Kingdom. In the late 1960s stereo versions of pop and rock songs began to appear on 45s. The majority of the 45s were played on AM radio stations, by the early 1970s, double-sided hits had become rare. Album sales had increased, and B-sides had become the side of the record where non-album, non-radio-friendly, with the advent of cassette and compact disc singles in the late 1980s, the A-side/B-side differentiation became much less meaningful. With the decline of cassette singles in the 1990s, the A-side/B-side dichotomy became virtually extinct, as the dominant medium. However, the term B-side is still used to refer to the tracks or coupling tracks on a CD single. With the advent of downloading music via the Internet, sales of CD singles and other media have declined. B-side songs may be released on the record as a single to provide extra value for money. There are several types of material released in this way, including a different version, or, in a concept record
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Contemporary R&B
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Contemporary R&B, also known as simply R&B, is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop and dance. The genre features a record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, an occasional saxophone-laced beat to give a jazz feel. Electronic influences are becoming a trend and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness. Contemporary R&B vocalists are often known for their use of melisma, popularized by such as Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Craig David, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston. That same year, Teddy Riley began producing R&B recordings that included hip hop influences and this combination of R&B style and hip hop rhythms was termed new jack swing and was applied to artists such as Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Al B. Guy, Jodeci and Bell Biv DeVoe, the style became less popular by the end of the 1990s, but later experienced a resurgence. In 1990 Mariah Carey released Vision of Love as her debut single and it was immensely popular peaking at number 1 in many worldwide charts including the Billboard Hot 100, and it propelled Mariahs carrier. The song is said to have popularized the use of melisma. During the mid-1990s, Whitney Houstons The Bodyguard, Original Soundtrack Album sold over 40 million copies becoming the best-selling soundtrack of all time. Janet Jacksons self-titled fifth studio album janet. which came after her historic multimillion-dollar contract with Virgin Records, sold over twenty million copies worldwide. Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey recorded several Billboard Hot 100 No.1 hits, including One Sweet Day, Carey also released a remix of her 1995 single Fantasy, with Ol Dirty Bastard as a feature, a collaboration format that was unheard of at this point. Carey, Boyz II Men and TLC released albums in 1994 and 1995—Daydream, II and CrazySexyCool. In the late 1990s, neo soul, which added 1970s soul influences to the hip hop soul blend, arose, led by such as DAngelo, Erykah Badu. Hill and Missy Elliott further blurred the line between R&B and hip hop by recording both styles, beginning in 1995, the Grammy Awards enacted the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, with II by Boyz II Men becoming the first recipient. The award was received by TLC for CrazySexyCool in 1996, Tony Rich for Words in 1997, Erykah Badu for Baduizm in 1998. At the end of 1999, Billboard magazine ranked Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson as the first, simultaneously, in the second half of the 1990s, The Neptunes and Timbaland set influential precedence on contemporary R&B and hip hop music. R&B acts such as Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Usher, in 2001, Alicia Keys released Fallin as her debut single. It peaking at one on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Top 40
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Hip hop music
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It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements, MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching with turntables, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling beats or bass lines from records, while often used to refer solely to rapping, hip hop more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. Hip hops early evolution occurred as sampling technology and drum machines became available and affordable. Turntablist techniques such as scratching and beatmatching developed along with the breaks and Jamaican toasting, rapping developed as a vocal style in which the artist speaks or chants along rhythmically with an instrumental or synthesized beat. The Sugarhill Gangs 1979 song Rappers Delight is widely regarded to be the first hip hop record to gain popularity in the mainstream. The 1980s marked the diversification of hip hop as the genre developed more complex styles, prior to the 1980s, hip hop music was largely confined within the United States. However, during the 1980s, it began to spread to scenes in dozens of countries. New school hip hop was the wave of hip hop music, originating in 1983–84 with the early records of Run-D. M. C. The Golden age hip hop period was a period between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s. Notable artists from this era include the Juice Crew, Public Enemy, & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions and KRS-One, EPMD, Slick Rick, Beastie Boys, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Ultramagnetic MCs, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest. Gangsta rap is a subgenre of hip hop that often focuses on the violent lifestyles, in the West Coast hip hop style, G-funk dominated mainstream hip hop for several years during the 1990s. I. G. In the 1990s, hip hop began to diversify with other regional styles emerging, such as Southern rap, at the same time, hip hop continued to be assimilated into other genres of popular music, examples being Neo soul and nu metal. Hip hop became a pop music genre in the mid-1990s. The popularity of hip hop music continued through the 2000s, with hip hop influences also increasingly finding their way into mainstream pop, the United States also saw the success of regional styles such as crunk, a Southern genre that emphasized the beats and music more than the lyrics. Starting in 2005, sales of hip hop music in the United States began to severely wane, during the mid-2000s, alternative hip hop secured a place in the mainstream, due in part to the crossover success of artists such as OutKast and Kanye West. Creation of the hip hop is often credited to Keith Cowboy, rapper with Grandmaster Flash. However, Lovebug Starski, Keith Cowboy, and DJ Hollywood used the term when the music was known as disco rap. Cowboy later worked the hip hop cadence into a part of his stage performance, the first use of the term in print was in The Village Voice, by Steven Hager, later author of a 1984 history of hip hop
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Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition from each other. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other such as urban, dance, rock, Latin. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes. David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, according to Pete Seeger, pop music is professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music, the music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately, pop music continuously evolves along with the terms definition. The term pop song was first recorded as being used in 1926, Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues and hillbilly music. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pops earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience. Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as the Beatles. Grove Music Online also states that, in the early 1960s pop music competed terminologically with beat music, while in the USA its coverage overlapped with that of rock and roll. From about 1967, the term was used in opposition to the term rock music. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral. It is not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward, and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative. It is, provided from on high rather than being made from below, pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment, the lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions
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JYP Entertainment
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JYP Entertainment is a South Korean entertainment company established by Park Jin-young in 1997. The company operates as a label, talent agency, music production company, event management and concert production company. It is currently one of the largest entertainment companies in South Korea and it was reported that for the year 2014, JYP Entertainment took revenues of KR₩48.5 billion with net profits of KR₩7.85 billion. JYP Entertainment was founded in 1997 by South Korean singer and record producer Park Jin-young, although its production and trainee system largely followed that of S. M. Entertainment, it focused on breaking into the American market, opening the studio and headquarters of its US branch, JYP USA. In June 2009, JYP Entertainment and the Jonas Group signed a management deal that allowed the Wonder Girls to join the Jonas Brothers World Tour in selected cities as the opening act. In November 2011, the US-based subsidiary JYP Creative was established, on February 19,2016, JYP Entertainment establish music distribution partnership with China music coperation. On March 182011, JYP Entertainment to donate $300,000 USD towards Japanese disaster relief, on October 242011, JYP Entertainment donated $130,000 USD for flood victims in Thailand. In June 2009, it was announced that JYP Entertainment. Wonder Girls joined the Jonas Brothers‘ World Tour 2009, in selected cities, in the same year, Holyim, a joint venture between JYP Entertainment and KeyEast BOF, was founded. In December 2010, JYP Entertainment effectively incorporated J. Tune Entertainment, in March 2010, KMP Holdings was established via a joint venture between JYP, S. M. Entertainment, YG Entertainment, Star Empire, Media Line, CAN Entertainment, KMP Holdings was acquired by KT Music in November 2012, and in June 2013, KT Music absorbed KMPs distribution network. In January 2014, the seven talent agencies behind KMP Holdings formed a collective bond partnership and bought 13. 48% of KT Musics stocks, in 2011, JYP Entertainment joined with S. M. Entertainment, YG Entertainment, KeyEast, AMENT, and Star J Entertainment to form United Asia Management in an effort to promote Korean pop music internationally, on November 17,2013, JYP Entertainment partnered with Smile Gate to promote the game CrossFire with 2PM and miss A. On June 26,2012, JYP revealed news of a collaboration between JYP and Swizz Beatz for Reebok, JYP and Reebok will be working together to represent the brand’s ‘Classic Campaign, ’ and a new song is planned for release in July. Studio J is a created by Park Jin-young in January 2015. Park described Studio J as a label which will launch JYPE into a new direction in music, the sub-label will create music which rather than appealing to the mainstream will instead showcase free and deep artist. Few days later he revealed G. Soul to be the first artist on Studio Js roster, JYP Pictures is a film and TV drama production division that was founded in March 2011 along with other subsidiaries
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Songwriter
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A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics, melodies and chord progressions for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music. A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre. The pressure from the industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies, pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own publishers, while others have outside publishers. The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degrees and college diplomas, a knowledge of modern music technology, songwriting elements and business skills are necessary requirements to make a songwriting career in the 2010s. Several music colleges offer songwriting diplomas and degrees with music business modules, the legal power to grant these permissions may be bought, sold or transferred. This is governed by international copyright law, song pitching can be done on a songwriters behalf by their publisher or independently using tip sheets like RowFax, the MusicRow publication and SongQuarters. Skills associated with song-writing include entrepreneurism and creativity, songwriters who sign an exclusive songwriting agreement with a publisher are called staff writers. In the Nashville country music scene, there is a staff writer culture where contracted writers work normal 9-to-5 hours at the publishing office and are paid a regular salary. This salary is in effect the writers draw, an advance on future earnings, the publisher owns the copyright of songs written during the term of the agreement for a designated period, after which the songwriter can reclaim the copyright. In an interview with HitQuarters, songwriter Dave Berg extolled the benefits of the set-up, unlike contracted writers, some staff writers operate as employees for their respective publishers. Under the terms of work for hire agreements, the compositions created are fully owned by the publisher. In Nashville, young writers are often encouraged to avoid these types of contracts. Staff writers are common across the industry, but without the more office-like working arrangements favored in Nashville. All the major publishers employ writers under contract, songwriter Allan Eshuijs described his staff writer contract at Universal Music Publishing as a starter deal. His success under the arrangement eventually allowed him to found his own publishing company, so that he could. keep as much as possible, songwriters are also often skilled musicians. In addition to selling their songs and musical concepts for other artists to sing, songwriters need to create a number of elements for a song
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Park Jin-young
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Park Jin-young, better known by his stage name J. Y. Park or JYP, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, reality television judge, beginning as a singer, he then went behind the scenes as a record producer and eventually a record executive. He is the founder and chief executive officer of his own entertainment company JYP Entertainment. He graduated from Baemyung High School and he earned his bachelors degree in geology from Yonsei University, in 1992, Park debuted as a group called Park Jin-Young and the New Generation, but it fared poorly. In 1994, he debuted as a singer with the album Blue City featured the song Dont Leave Me. He followed Blue City with his second album Tantara in 1995 and his third album Summer Jingle Bell came out in 1997 and featured the hit song She Was Pretty. His fourth album Even After 10 Years featured the song Honey, his sixth album Game featured the song Swing Baby, in 2013 he released an album called White in Snow. In 2004, Park ventured into the U. S. music industry, becoming the first Asian producer to successfully cross over to the U. S. producing music for Will Smith, Mase and Cassie. In May 2008, Park collaborated with Jackie Chan to form the I Love Asia Project, Park produced the song Smile Again, along with Chan and Korean director Kang Je-gyu to raise funds for relief efforts in Sichuan. The song featured an array of Korean stars, including actors and singers. The music video was released on the JYP Entertainment YouTube channel on June 30, in October 2009, Park became the first Korean songwriter, together with RAINSTONE to enter the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with the Wonder Girls hit single Nobody which debuted at 76. On December 3,2009, Park released his single, No Love No More, on April 22,2011, Park collaborated with Brown Eyed Girls Ga-In, releasing a duet track titled Someone Else. The song charted at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart and sold over 1 million copies and this was the first song Park released in about two years. Park followed up his success with Someone Else by releasing a single titled Youre the One on April 28,2012, the song charted at number three and sold over 1.5 million copies. In 2015, Park released the song Whos Your Mama, the song became a hit, consequently displacing fellow label-mates Miss A from first spot on the Korean charts. Later that year, he participated in the Infinite Challenge Yeongdong Expressway Music Festival, forming a duo called Dancing Genome with comedian Yoo Jae-suk, in 2016, Park released a single titled Still Alive. The song was released on Conan OBriens YouTube channel on April 9, Park also appeared in the Korean variety show Sisters Slam Dunk in 2016, producing the casts single titled Shut Up. The song unexpectedly achieved a real-time chart all-kill upon release, on September 22,2016 it was reported that Park would be producing the title track of girl-group I. O. I for their final album prior to disbandment
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Park Jin Young
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Park Jin-young, better known by his stage name J. Y. Park or JYP, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, reality television judge, beginning as a singer, he then went behind the scenes as a record producer and eventually a record executive. He is the founder and chief executive officer of his own entertainment company JYP Entertainment. He graduated from Baemyung High School and he earned his bachelors degree in geology from Yonsei University, in 1992, Park debuted as a group called Park Jin-Young and the New Generation, but it fared poorly. In 1994, he debuted as a singer with the album Blue City featured the song Dont Leave Me. He followed Blue City with his second album Tantara in 1995 and his third album Summer Jingle Bell came out in 1997 and featured the hit song She Was Pretty. His fourth album Even After 10 Years featured the song Honey, his sixth album Game featured the song Swing Baby, in 2013 he released an album called White in Snow. In 2004, Park ventured into the U. S. music industry, becoming the first Asian producer to successfully cross over to the U. S. producing music for Will Smith, Mase and Cassie. In May 2008, Park collaborated with Jackie Chan to form the I Love Asia Project, Park produced the song Smile Again, along with Chan and Korean director Kang Je-gyu to raise funds for relief efforts in Sichuan. The song featured an array of Korean stars, including actors and singers. The music video was released on the JYP Entertainment YouTube channel on June 30, in October 2009, Park became the first Korean songwriter, together with RAINSTONE to enter the Billboard Hot 100 Chart with the Wonder Girls hit single Nobody which debuted at 76. On December 3,2009, Park released his single, No Love No More, on April 22,2011, Park collaborated with Brown Eyed Girls Ga-In, releasing a duet track titled Someone Else. The song charted at number two on the Gaon Digital Chart and sold over 1 million copies and this was the first song Park released in about two years. Park followed up his success with Someone Else by releasing a single titled Youre the One on April 28,2012, the song charted at number three and sold over 1.5 million copies. In 2015, Park released the song Whos Your Mama, the song became a hit, consequently displacing fellow label-mates Miss A from first spot on the Korean charts. Later that year, he participated in the Infinite Challenge Yeongdong Expressway Music Festival, forming a duo called Dancing Genome with comedian Yoo Jae-suk, in 2016, Park released a single titled Still Alive. The song was released on Conan OBriens YouTube channel on April 9, Park also appeared in the Korean variety show Sisters Slam Dunk in 2016, producing the casts single titled Shut Up. The song unexpectedly achieved a real-time chart all-kill upon release, on September 22,2016 it was reported that Park would be producing the title track of girl-group I. O. I for their final album prior to disbandment
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Hangul
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The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul in South Korea and as Chosŏngŭl/Chosŏn Muntcha in North Korea is the alphabet that has been used to write the Korean language since the 15th century. It was created during the Joseon Dynasty in 1443 by King Sejong the Great, in South Korea, Hangul is used primarily to write the Korean language as using Hanja in typical Korean writing had fallen out of common usage during the late 1990s. In its classical and modern forms, the alphabet has 19 consonant and 21 vowel letters, however, instead of being written sequentially like the letters of the Latin alphabet, Hangul letters are grouped into blocks, such as 한 han, each of which transcribes a syllable. That is, although the syllable 한 han may look like a single character, each syllabic block consists of two to six letters, including at least one consonant and one vowel. These blocks are arranged horizontally from left to right or vertically from top to bottom. Each Korean word consists of one or more syllables, hence one or more blocks, of the 11,172 possible Hangul syllables, the most frequent 256 have a cumulative frequency of 88. 2%, with the top 512, it reaches 99. 9%. The modern name Hangul was coined by Ju Sigyeong in 1912, han meant great in archaic Korean, and geul is the native Korean word for script. Taken together, then, the meaning is great script, as the word han had also become one way of indicating Korea as a whole the name could also potentially be interpreted as Korean script. Korean 한글 is pronounced, and in English as /ˈhɑːn. ɡʊl/ or /ˈhɑːŋɡʊl/, when used as an English word, it is often rendered without the diacritics, hangul, and it is often capitalized as Hangul, as it appears in many English dictionaries. Hankul in the Yale romanization, a system recommended for technical linguistic studies, North Koreans call it Chosŏngŭl, after Chosŏn, the North Korean name for Korea. Because of objections to the names Hangeul, Chosŏngŭl, and urigeul by Koreans in China, until the early 20th century, Hangul was denigrated as vulgar by the literate elite, who preferred the traditional hanja writing system. They gave it such names as these, Achimgeul, in the original Hanja, it is rendered as 故智者不終朝而會，愚者可浹旬而學。 Gugmun Eonmun Amgeul. Am is a prefix that signifies a noun is feminine Ahaetgeul or Ahaegeul Hangul was promulgated by Sejong the Great, the Hall of Worthies, a group of scholars who worked with Sejong to develop and refine the new alphabet, is often credited for the work. The project was completed in late December 1443 or January 1444, the publication date of the Hunmin Jeong-eum, October 9, became Hangul Day in South Korea. Its North Korean equivalent, Chosongul Day, is on January 15, various speculations about the creation process were put to rest by the discovery in 1940 of the 1446 Hunmin Jeong-eum Haerye. This document explains the design of the consonant letters according to articulatory phonetics, to assuage this problem, King Sejong created the unique alphabet known as Hangul to promote literacy among the common people. However, it entered popular culture as Sejong had intended, being used especially by women, the late 16th century, however, saw a revival of Hangul, with gasa literature and later sijo flourishing. In the 17th century, Hangul novels became a major genre, by this point spelling had become quite irregular
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South Korea
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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The earliest Korean pottery dates to 8000 BC, with three kingdoms flourishing in the 1st century BC and its rich and vibrant culture left 19 UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritages of Humanity, the third largest in the world, along with 12 World Heritage Sites. Annexed into Imperial Japan in 1910, Korea was divided after its surrender in 1945, peace has since mostly continued with the two agreeing to work peacefully for reunification and the South solidifying peace as a regional power with the worlds 10th largest defence budget. South Koreas tiger economy soared at an average of 10% for over 30 years in a period of rapid transformation called the Miracle on the Han River. A long legacy of openness and focus on innovation made it successful, today, it is the worlds fifth largest exporter with the G20s largest budget surplus and highest credit rating of any country in East Asia. It has free trade agreements with 75% of the economy and is the only G20 nation trading freely with China, the US. Since 1988, its constitution guarantees a liberal democracy with high government transparency, high personal freedoms led to the rise of a globally influential pop culture such as K-pop and K-drama, a phenomenon called the Korean Wave, known for its distinctive fashionable and trendy style. Home of the UN Green Climate Fund and GGGI, South Korea is a leader in low carbon growth, committed to helping developing countries as a major DAC. It is the third least ignorant country in the Index of Ignorance, ranking eighth highest for peaceful tolerance. It is the worlds largest spender on R&D per GDP, leading the OECD in graduates in science, the name Korea derives from the name Goryeo. The name Goryeo itself was first used by the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo in the 5th century as a form of its name. The 10th-century kingdom of Goryeo succeeded Goguryeo, and thus inherited its name, the modern spelling of Korea first appeared in the late 17th century in the travel writings of the Dutch East India Companys Hendrick Hamel. After Goryeo was replaced by Joseon in 1392, Joseon became the name for the entire territory. The new official name has its origin in the ancient country of Gojoseon, in 1897, the Joseon dynasty changed the official name of the country from Joseon to Daehan Jeguk. The name Daehan, which means great Han literally, derives from Samhan, however, the name Joseon was still widely used by Koreans to refer to their country, though it was no longer the official name. Under Japanese rule, the two names Han and Joseon coexisted, there were several groups who fought for independence, the most notable being the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Following the surrender of Japan, in 1945, the Republic of Korea was adopted as the name for the new country. Since the government only controlled the part of the Korean Peninsula
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Boy band
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Being vocal groups, most boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on stage, making the term something of a misnomer. Many boy bands dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances, some such bands form on their own. They can evolve out of church choral or gospel music groups, due to this and their general commercial orientation towards a female audience of preteens, teenyboppers, or teens, the term may be used with negative connotations in music journalism. Boy bands are similar in concept to their counterparts, girl groups, the earliest forerunner of boy band music began in the late 19th century as a cappella barbershop quartets. They were usually a group of males and sang in four part harmonies, the popularity of barbershop quartets had been prominent into the earlier part of the 20th century. A revival of the vocal group took place in the late 1940s and 1950s with the use of doo-wop music. Doo-wop bands sang about topics such as love and other used in pop music. The earliest traces of boy bands were in the mid-1950s although the boy band was not used. African American vocal group The Ink Spots was one of the first of what would now be called boy bands, the term boy band was not established until the late 1980s as before that they were called male vocal groups or hep harmony singing groups. For instance, their music featured close harmonies from soul music and catchy pop hooks influenced as much as they were by Motown and acts like the Supremes. All members of the band sang, which is a convention of a boy band, as opposed to having a front man. Even so, the members conveniently fitted into the convention of having stereotypical personality types, the Beatles were a direct influence on the conception of the Monkees, as they used rock band instrumentation and played more rock oriented music. With music produced by Don Kirshner, The Monkees became eventually dissatisfied with Kirshners control over them and they became independent two years later, working on their own up to 1970, when the group first dissolved. Other antecedents exist throughout the history of pop music, the genre has been copied into languages and cultures other than the Anglo-American. The Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, appealing to young Latina audiences, was founded in 1977, Menudo had a convention unique among boy bands, when a member turned 16, became too tall, or their voice changed, they were replaced. The members of Menudo were generally aged 12–17, the Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop band who were most popular in the mid-1970s. For a relatively brief but fervent period, they were worldwide teen idols, the group were one of the first bands like The Monkees before them to take the formula shown by The Beatles and apply it to a teen market. The group achieved the same amount of success but for a period of time
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Maeil Broadcasting Network
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Maeil Broadcasting Network, Inc. is a South Korean nationwide general cable TV network operated by Maeil Business Newspaper. The company was founded on September 23,1993, as Maeil Business TV and it later changed its name to MBN. The station is owned by Maeil Business Newspaper and was formerly a channel between 1993 and 2011. On midnight, December 1,2011, the station transitioned into a general programming cable TV channel from a news channel after 17 years of operation, MBN general programming was launched along with JTBC, Channel A, and TV Chosun. To start transmission 2009 November, MBN DMB Radio Visual Radio broadcasts switch to 2010 January, Live every economic News Plaza NEWS M Good Morning, MBN MBN News Worldwide Jeongungap intensive analysis of Newsmaker horse. Plus the idea The Golden Goose Healthy and get some Jessicas refreshing day Our company is 0. 1% of the secret success strategies TV into an exciting Green Ocean. Find a new growth engine The new book Precious infinite happiness sharing Hello Dr. Solutions Daily Concerts Nohongcheolui Star bytes Go. Morning News Mbn Today MBN News 8 on weekdays Todays Live Jong Jin News 2.0 NewsShow 36.5 ° The upside of suprasellar Pacific News World Today Global News Mondays Sports Mbn General News Mbn tomorrow
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Inkigayo
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Inkigayo is a South Korean music program broadcast by SBS. It airs live every Sunday at 12,10 PM KST, the show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform on stage. Since February 5,2017, it is hosted by Park Jin-young, Kim Ji-soo and it is broadcast from the SBS Open Hall in Deungchon-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul. Inkigayo debuted as SBS Popular Song in 1991 as a chart show and it was later revived in 1998 with its original title and format. In 2003, the format was removed and was replaced by Take 7, where seven of the most popular artists from the week are featured. In spring 2007, the changed from a recorded broadcast to a live broadcast in an effort to boost ratings. On November 2,2008, the program moved from 3,20 pm to 4,10 pm Sunday afternoons, airing before Good Sunday, in spring 2010, the program expanded to 70 minutes beginning at 3,50 pm every Sunday. Therefore, we have decided to abolish the system after much discussion, there’s really no meaning behind a ranking system. We have decided to undergo this change in hopes that viewers can just enjoy the music, there are a lot of K-Pop stars in the music industry that have talent. We wanted to free from the repetitive system, in which artists release new songs and perform. For viewers to enjoy the music, we will have more collaboration stages, the revamped show, without Take 7 and Mutizen Song award, began on July 15,2012. On March 3,2013, the announced the revival of the chart system with Inkigayo Chart. The new chart is a collaboration with the Music Industry Association of Koreas Gaon Chart, starting on October 2,2016, the program changed its broadcasting time from 3,50 pm to 12,10 pm. Along with the time change, the program changed its logo. Every week, a rookie artist or group performed live on stage, at the end of the month, a Super Rookie was chosen, through votes from the Inkigayo homepage, and was featured that month. This segment ended at the end of 2010, formerly known as Mobile Ranking, the Digital Music Charts takes into consideration the popularity of songs through downloads on mobile phones as well as downloads on music sites. Every week, it features five ranks with a special guest to host the segment, throughout each episode, various artists are featured in campaign songs that raise awareness for certain topics or issues. Such campaigns include, safe driving, drinking milk, piracy, Take 7 is the representative segment of Inkigayo
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G.NA
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Gina Jane Choi, better known by her stage name G. NA, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actress based in South Korea. She released her debut mini-album, Draw Gs First Breath, on July 14,2010, gina Jane Choi was born on September 13,1987 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She graduated from Fraser Heights Secondary School in Surrey, British Columbia, G. NA was originally set to debut as the leader of girl group Five Girls under Good Entertainment. G. NA released a duet with Rain, Aeini Saenggimyeon Hago Sipeun Il and her debut mini-album, Draw Gs First Breath, was released the same year. In February 2011, her song Black & White was a hit and her third EP, Bloom, was released on May 22,2012, with the lead single 2HOT. In October she released Oui, comprising English versions of her previous hit songs, beautiful Kisses was released in March 2013. G. NA collaborated with Aaron Yan for his song Half, for the drama series Fall in Love with Me, on 2015 she debuted in the idol sub-unit Chamsonyeo, a group produced in the TV program Hitmaker produced by Defconn and Jung Hyungdon. On March 1,2016, G. NA did not renew her contract with Cube Entertainment and left the agency on good terms
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Jun. K
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Kim Min-jun, better known by his stage name Jun. K, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, rapper and he is the main vocalist of 2PM. Formerly known as Junsu, he revealed on October 17,2012, aside from his group activities, Jun. K has released two singles, one extended play in South Korea and two extended plays in Japan, both of which peaked at number two on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart. His 2nd Japanese solo album Love Letter ranked 1st on both Billboard Japan Top and Hot album sales charts and his first Korean solo album Mr. NO♡ debuted at No.09 on Billboard World Albums chart. His 3rd Japanese solo album No Shadow ranked 2nd on Billboard Japan Top, Kim Minjun was born in Daegu, South Korea and attended DongA School For The Arts with a major in the broadcasting/entertainment department. Prior to singing, he had entered and won various poem and he is currently attending Kyunghee Universitys Media Information Graduate School. He originally auditioned for YG Entertainment, where he befriended G-Dragon and he was accepted into both YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, and ended up signing with the latter. He remains close friends with members of Big Bang. K was chosen as main vocalist of 2PM, the group official debuted on September 4,2008. During a 2PM fanmeeting in 2009, he performed his composition Hot for the first time for his solo, Hot was later recorded by all six members and included on their second studio album Hands Up. In 2010, he collaborated with composer Jung Woo on the track Tok Tok Tok released in August, provided guest vocals for then-labelmate San Es song B. U. B. U. Released in September as part of his first extended play, and teamed up with other idols and singers for the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit campaign song Lets Go, K released his debut single Alive. The accompanying music video was uploaded to 2PMs official YouTube channel three days later, the song quickly climbed the charts and became number one on Cyworld. Alive managed to rank in at number one on the daily chart. Following this, JYP Entertainment stated that the shows a deeper look into Jun. It has a beat that reveals a new charm to the singer. Goodbye for the soundtrack of the Korean drama I Love Lee Tae-ri and it served as the male leads theme
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Ok Taec-yeon
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Ok Taec-yeon, best known as Taecyeon, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and entrepreneur. He is the rapper of the South Korean boy group 2PM. In 2010, Taecyeon debuted as an actor in the Korean drama Cinderellas Sister and since then has starred in Dream High and Lets Fight, Ghost. Taecyeon was born in Busan, South Korea, but immigrated at the age of 10, with his parents and older sister Jihyen to Bedford, Massachusetts, Taecyeon transferred to Young Dong High School in Seoul and then studied Business Administration at Dankook University. He is currently attending Korea University Graduate School of International Studies and he is fluent in English, Korean and Japanese. Being from Busan, Taecyeon is also familiar with the use of the Busan satoori and it was his sister Jihyen who persuaded him to participate in a JYP Entertainment audition, whose promotion she had noticed when surfing on the Internet. After his reluctant agreement to participate, both headed for New York City on his 17th birthday, a week later he was chosen for the final 35 and got the call to go to Korea to go further in the competition. At first Taecyeon applied to become a model, but the judges suggested he try dancing and singing, eventually he was named one of the dozen finalists to compete in the show Superstar Survival, but was the first contestant to leave the show. In 2008 he took part in Mnets Hot Blood Men which follows the training of 13 trainees in order to become a member of the boy band One Day. One Day spawned two boy bands, 2AM and 2PM, the latter of which Taecyeon became a member of, so far 2PM has released five Korean studio albums, four Japanese studio albums, and one EP. Taecyeon is featured in Yes Im In Love by Bada on her fourth album, in 2012, Taecyeon teamed up with his fellow Dankook University alumni students to produce a digital album, Blue Bears with Taecyeon. The album was performed live on 2012/02/24 at Dankook University for the matriculation ceremony, the title song “Wings ” was written and composed by Life Music and the Dankook University students, and featured personally penned rap lyrics written by Taecyeon. The second song, a remake of Lee Gwangjos “A Night Like Tonight ” was also included in the performance, the album went on sale 2012/02/29, with all proceeds donated back the University. On 2012/05/25 Taecyeon performed Kiss and After youve left me for his solo stage, both songs were written and composed by Taecyeon himself. On 2012/06/18 Taecyeon, composing as TY, uploaded a message on 2PMs Official Fan Cafe with his newest self-composed song, Taecyeon included the. mp3 as a free download for Hottest, asking them to like the song. Taecyeon released his 1st solo album on 18th Jan 2017, as part of the solo project, he successfully held his first solo concert, Taecyeon Premium Concert at the Tokyo Dome City Hall in Japan on January 2 and the 3rd, attracting many fans. He formerly hosted SBSs music show Inkigayo with Wooyoung, and was a permanent cast member on Family Outing 2 before it was cancelled, in 2010 he made his acting debut in Korean Broadcasting System drama series Cinderellas Sister alongside Moon Geun-young and Chun Jung-myung. He then starred in high school drama Dream High, which received high ratings as well as international popularity
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Nichkhun
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Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul, known mononymously as Nichkhun, is a Thai-American rapper, singer, songwriter, model and actor. He is currently based in South Korea as a member of the South Korean boy band 2PM, Nichkhun was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California to ethnic Chinese parents from Bangkok. His paternal grandmother is from Hainan, China while his grandfather is a Thai born ethnic Chinese. His mother Yenjit Horvejkul was born in Thailand to Hainanese immigrant parents from China and his mother is the chief executive officer of a Thai pharmaceutical company, Union Medical, established in 1976, which acts as an importer and distributor. He has said that he has extended family and distant ancestors from Guangzhou and he holds dual citizenship in Thailand and USA. He comes from a background, which earned him the nickname “Thai Prince in South Korea. Nichkhun has one brother, Nichan, and two younger sisters, Nichthima and Nachjaree. At the age of five, he moved to Thailand from the United States with his family and studied at Dhepkanjana School and he was scouted by a scout manager of JYP Entertainment at the Los Angeles Korean Music Festival. Park Jin-young informed him that he was required to learn how to sing and to dance, learn Korean and Mandarin Chinese and he is now fluent in Thai, English, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese and basic French. As a male citizen of Thailand, he was subject to the draft lottery in 2009. On 4 September 2008, Nichkhun debuted as part of 2PM in their first single 10 Points out of 10 Points from their single album Hottest Time of the Day and they have released five studio albums in Korea and four studio albums in Japan. Nichkhun was one of the hosts for the Korean Music Wave in Bangkok in 2010,2011, in 2010, along with Taecyeon and Yoon Eun-hye, Nichkhun played one of the main characters in a 12-minute music video drama for Cass Beer, which was released on February 8. He also hosted JYPs talent competition Superstar Survival, on June 2010, he was cast in the second season of variety show We Got Married, pairing up with Victoria of f. The couple, known as Khuntoria, was featured on the show leaving in September 2011, in 2011, Nichkhun appeared in the music video of the single Touch by Taiwanese Mandopop artist Wilber Pan, which premiered on January 31. In May, he was selected as the new model for Everlands Caribbean Bay Aqualoop CF and he also starred in the Japanese live-adaptation film of Ouran High School Host Club as Lawrence, the president of a Singaporean corporation, followed in 2012 by the Thai film Seven Something. In 2013, he filmed the Chinese TV series One and a Half Summer, the series aired between June and July 2014. In 2014, he had a cameo in the Thai movie Chalouis and he teamed up with CNBLUEs Jung Yong-hwa, B1A4s Baro, Infinites L, and Winners Mino for project group Lucky Boys for the 2014 SBS Gayo Daejun. Nichkhun and Baro also hosted the show, in 2015, Nichkhun joined the cast of the Chinese movie Forever Young, Gardenia in Blossom, starring Li Yi Feng and Zhang Hui We and a new Chinese music reality show Youth Trainee
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Jang Wooyoung
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Jang Woo-young, generally known as Wooyoung, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actor. He is currently based in South Korea as a member of 2PM and he is mainly known for his work in 2PM and his role as Jason in the South Korean Drama Dream High. In 2009, he began to study broadcasting at Howon University, on 4 September 2008, Wooyoung debuted as part of 2PM in their first single 10 Points out of 10 Points from their single album Hottest Time of the Day. They have released six albums in Korea and four studio albums in Japan. On May 24,2012 it was revealed that Wooyoung will release solo album in early July, on June 28, he performed the title track Sexy Lady at the Mnet 20s Choice awards. His first solo mini-album 23, Male, Single was released on July 8, in September 2012, Wooyoung, along with JY Park, Taecyeon and miss As Suzy, promoted the clothing line Reeboks Classic Campaign with a collaboration song named Classic. On June 9,2014, Wooyoung released two duets, Two Hands Clasped with Park Se-young, and Fireflies Glow with lel. On March 4,2015, he made a debut in Japan with the single R. O. S. E, preceded by a tour of concerts in Tokyo, Osaka. He released music videos for tracks R. O. S. E and Happy Birthday, and, in April, Wooyoung, along with fellow 2PM member Taecyeon, hosted SBSs music show Inkigayo from July 2009 to July 2010. On February 2,2010, he was named a sub-MC for Kim Seung-woos KBS talk show Win Win alongside Girls Generations Taeyeon, Kim Shin-young and he received praise as a genius in the making for his natural MC style and quick wit. He left the show on August 3, along with Taeyeon, Wooyoung debuted as an actor in the 2011 KBS drama series Dream High, in which he played the role of Jason, a Korean-American. His performance in the drama made him famous for the English line Is it my turn already and he had help from fellow 2PM member Taecyeon and Nichkhun with his English due to their both being experienced in the language. After his drama debut in Dream High, Wooyoung expressed a desire to continue acting while maintaining a musical career, a representative for JYP Entertainment noted the future opportunities, saying Were planning to continue Wooyoungs acting career when he receives another great project. He was worried before Dream High began filming, and often wondered whether hed be able to act, hes gotten very interested in the acting field, so we plan to continue his acting career, along with fellow member Taecyeons. In September 2011, Wooyoung and Dream High co-star Suzy made a appearance in the KBS Drama Special Human Casino. The two idols played the role of a couple caught up in gambling scandals and their scene wasnt a part of the actual drama, but were rather featured towards the end with the rolling credits. The producer stated I told these two that I was starting a new project and they told me they wanted to visit, Wooyoung trained actress Kim Gyu-ri for her performance on MBCs Dancing With the Stars in July 2011. Netizens praised his talents as a dancer for having the chance to others about it
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Hwang Chan-sung
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Hwang Chansung, generally known as Chansung, is a member of the Korean boy band 2PM, where he is a South Korean idol singer, rapper and actor. He is the youngest of the group, Chansung made his debut as an actor in the 2006 MBC comedy Unstoppable High Kick, and has gone on to co-star in the Japanese drama Kaito Royale. Chansung was born in Seoul, South Korea, where he still resides, Chansung was educated at Korean Art High School and Howon University. Before becoming a singer in 2PM, Chansung was an actor having played roles in MBCs 2006 comedy Unstoppable High Kick. It was also during this time, in 2006, that he auditioned for, in 2008, he took part in Mnets Hot Blood Men which follows the extreme training of 13 trainees in order to become a member of the boy band One Day. One Day spawned two boy bands, 2AM and 2PM, of which the latter one Chansung became a member of, so far, 2PM has released three studio albums and three EPs. Chansung speaks fluent Korean, intermediate Japanese, and basic English and he is also trained martial artist, having achieved high levels in Taekwondo and Kumdo. Chansung revealed on Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education that he holds a 3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo, on June 1,2012 JYP Entertainment announced through their official Twitter that Chansung will be opening a fitness center with his weight trainer, Hwang Mo. The fitness center will be located in Nonhyun-dong, Seoul in July, jeonggam, or sometimes, Jeonggamie is Chansungs cat. Jeonggam has become almost as popular as Chansung himself, having appeared on 2PMs YouTube channel, and in numerous tweets and pictures
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Jay Park
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Jay Park is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, record producer, model, choreographer, entrepreneur and actor. He is a member of the Seattle-based b-boy crew, Art of Movement, as Park grew up as a b-boy and dancer, he has become known for these skills, as well as his charismatic performances and stage presence. Park also branched out into entrepreneurship where he became the founder and CEO of the AOMG, Park initially rose to fame as the leader of South Korean boy band 2PM, formed by record label JYP Entertainment in 2008, after having previously been a trainee for 4 years. In September 2009, Park returned home to Seattle after comments he wrote about Korea in 2005 as a teenager were publicized by the Korean media, Park officially left the group in early 2010. In March 2010, Park uploaded a video of B. o. Parks first mini album, Take a Deeper Look, released in 2011. Park became the first ever artist crowned winner on a stage by winning on KBS Music Bank with Abandoned. Later in 2011, Park released singles Demon, Girlfriend, and Star, co-starred in the Korean movie, Mr. Idol, at the end of 2011, Park released an EP, New Breed Part 1, the precursor to Parks first full-length album. In February 2012, Jay Park released his first full-length album, New Breed, quickly topping charts in South Korea and internationally, and went multi-platinum in less than a week. Park also released an English mixtape, Fresh Air, Breathe It, following the release of New Breed in 2012, Park successfully held his first solo concert in Seoul, as well as embarking on tours around Asia and Australia. Park headlined the Verizon APAHM Tour in the United States, and was the act at MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia 2012. Also in 2012, Park returned to KBS Immortal Songs 2, became a panel member on MBCs Come to Play. Park became a permanent cast member of Saturday Night Live Korea in early 2013, in 2014, Jay Park performed 2014 South by Southwest as a Korean representative pop singer. Jay Park released his album Worldwide in November 2015, born in Edmonds, Washington, in the Seattle metropolitan area, Park showed great interest in hip hop music and breakdancing at a young age. Park attended Edmonds Woodway High School, where he spent most of his break, Park started listening to hip hop and rap music in his early teens, and spent time learning and writing raps himself during high school. In 2003, Park became one of the first members of the Seattle-based b-boy crew Art of Movement. Park has stated he couldnt converse with all the new people he met, due to not being able to speak the language very well, and he didnt know what to eat. Park says he cried every day for the first two weeks he was in Korea, but decided to work even though he wanted to go back home. Jay Park eventually completed his university education at Dankook University, Park first appeared through Mnets Hot Blood Men, a documentary-style reality program that showed the future members of One Day, split as idol groups 2AM and 2PM, in training
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Hands Up (album)
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Hands Up is the second studio album by South Korean boy band, 2PM. The album was released in digital format on June 20,2011, the Japanese edition of the album include a 24-page photobook. A teaser for the video of HANDS UP, the lead single of their album, was released in June 14,2011 on the 2PMs official YouTube account. The full music video was released in June 20,2011 along with the album and they released a music video for HANDS UP on July 14,2011. They released 2 music videos for HOT and Give It To Me to promote the movie Blind, Give It To Me was written by Junho and released on July 19. K and was released on July 25, both on the 2PMs official YouTube account, HANDS UP Music Video Teaser on YouTube HANDS UP Music Video on YouTube HANDS UP Music Video on YouTube Give It To Me Music Video on YouTube HOT Music Video on YouTube Official Website
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Grown (album)
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Grown is the third Korean studio album by South Korean boy band 2PM. The album was released in digital format on May 6,2013, a teaser for the music video of Comeback When You Hear This Song, the lead single of their album, was released in May 2,2013 on the 2PMs official YouTube account. The full music video was released in May 6,2013 along with 10 songs from the album and this album is a two title track album, the track A. D. T. O. Y. was released on May 11,2013. As part of their activities for the album, from 2 May to 31 July 2013. It is part of the G+Dream Project by Gangnam-gu Office for disadvantaged youth, Comeback When You Hear This Song Music Video Teaser on YouTube Comeback When You Hear This Song Music Video on YouTube A. D. T. O. Y. Music Video on YouTube Official website
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Go Crazy (album)
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Go Crazy. is the fourth Korean studio album by South Korean boy band 2PM. The album was released in physical and digital format on September 15,2014 by JYP Entertainment. All the members and staff present at the time were confirmed to be unharmed, the comeback that was to be in April was postponed by JYP Entertainment and 2PM due to their individual activities. A JYP Entertainment rep told Newsen on the 14th that 2PMs comeback has been delayed for the time being and it will be in the latter-half of this year but the exact date has not been decided yet. On August 28, Taecyeon, through his personal Twitter, released a photo of Nichkhun, K who released a photo of Taecyeon and Chansung on his Twitter. Next Wooyoung released a photo of Jun. K and Junho and these three photos hinted that their comeback was near. Next, insiders revealed that their comeback would be on September 15, on September 1, JYP officially released all three teaser photos and one group photo for 2PMs comeback as well as the date for their comeback, September 10. On September 3, six more teaser photos was released ahead of their comeback, on September 5, a teaser video was uploaded on JYPs YouTube channel. A party version teaser was released on September 7, the full track list for the normal edition and grand edition was released the next day. It is revealed that the normal edition consists of 11 tracks including two Korean versions of their Japanese singles, Beautiful and Im Your Man which will be released online on September 15, at 0000. The grand edition will be released on September 29, 12pm with seven additional tracks, on September 9, an album spoiler was uploaded on JYPs YouTube channel. The full music video was released on September 10, at 0000, a party version of the music video was released on September 15, at 12pm. The group will make their appearance for the album was on M. nets M. Countdown on September 11. The following music shows will be scheduled on KBSs Music Bank, MBCs Show. Music Core, SBSs Inkigayo and MBC Musics Show Champion https, Album spoiler on YouTube 2PM “미친거 아니야. ”M/V on YouTube 2PM “미친거 아니야. ”M/V party ver. on YouTube Official website 미친거 아니야. Go Crazy. on iTunes 미친거 아니야. on MelOn
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No.5 (2PM album)
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No.5 is the fifth Korean studio album by South Korean boy band 2PM. The album was released in physical and digital format on June 15,2015, by JYP Entertainment. On May 13, JYP said that they would be working with Naive Creative Productions for the music video, the albums track list was revealed on June 10,2015. The album along with title tracks video was subsequently released on June 15,2015 in South Korea. The albums lead track, My House, is a song and was written. K, who wrote and composed Go Crazy on their last Korean release. Other group members also participated in the production of the album, No.5 debuted at number one on the Gaon Album Chart for the week of June 14,2015. As of 2015, the album had sold 62,618 copies in South Korea, in Japan, the album debuted at number fourteen on the Oricon Albums Chart, selling 6,307 copies in its first week. By the end of June, No.5 had sold 9,132 copies, in the United States, the album debuted at number three on the Billboard World Albums chart. Notes ^a Taecyeon is also credited for writing and producing the songs rap
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Republic of 2PM
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Republic of 2PM is the first Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band 2PM. It was released in November 30,2011 in three editions,2 CD+DVD and a Regular edition, the album includes 8 original Japanese songs. It also includes Japanese versions from each lead single from their Korean EPs, most notably, Heartbeat from 1, 59PM, Without U from Dont Stop Cant Stop, Ill Be Back from Still 2, 00PM and Hands Up from the album with same name. It also has a written by the member Jun. K. The lead single of the album is Take Off and it was released in May 18,2011 and sold more than 75.000 copies at the date. The second single is the song Im Your Man and it was released in August 17,2011 and sold more than 85.000 copies at the date. The third and last single from the album is Ultra Lover and it was released on November 2,2011 and sold more than 100.000 copies at the date. This is the first single of the group to get certified Gold by RIAJ, all singles peaked number 4 in Oricons Weekly chart. To promote the album, they released a video for the song Hands Up. It premiered on the Japanese major music channels in November 21,2011
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Legend of 2PM
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Legend of 2PM is the second Japanese studio album by South Korean boy band 2PM. It was released on February 13,2013, in three editions, Regular edition, CD Limited Edition A, CD + DVD Limited Edition B, tracks from both Beautiful and Masquerade are also included in this album. This Is Love and So Bad were released digitally in iTunes Store on February 18–19,2013, There is also PLAYBUTTON Limited Edition. It is released in 7 different editions, each have the 13 tracks +1 bonus track
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2PM Member's Selection
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2PM Members Selection is the third compilation album by South Korean boy band 2PM. It was released on May 21,2012, details of the album were announced in May 18, on the website Naver. It was later announced that the version of the album was limited to 20,000 copies. The album also includes a 72-page photobook and 8 postcards of the group, songs such as Only You were re-recorded to exclude the vocals of Jaebeom, who left the band in 2009. In the iTunes Store version, the album was divided into 2 discs with 9 tracks each, with the song Alive on disc 1 and Move On on disc 2
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Don't Stop Can't Stop
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Dont Stop Cant Stop is the third single by South Korean boy band, 2PM. The single was released in digital and physical format by April 19,2010, without U served as the lead single, which reached number one on several music charts. Though not as an official single announced, a video for 목숨을 건다 was made
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Take Off (2PM song)
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Take Off is the debut Japanese single by South Korean boy band, 2PM. This single was released on May 18,2011 in 4 editions, CD+DVD, CD+Photobook, CD only limited, the song was used as ending song theme for the first 6 episodes of Season 1 of the anime Blue Exorcist. It peaked no.4 in Oricons Weekly singles chart with 59,059 sold in the first week, the B-side is a Japanese version of their Korean song Heartbeat, which is the lead single of their first Korean album 1, 59PM
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I'm Your Man (2PM song)
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Im Your Man is the second Japanese single by South Korean boy band, 2PM. It was released on August 17,2011 in 3 editions, CD+DVD, CD+Photobook, the B-side is a Japanese version of their Korean song Without U, which served as the lead single of their EP Dont Stop Cant Stop. A teaser of the video was released on July 5 into 2PMs official Japanese website. The full music video premiered on MTV Japan in July 30, in the music video the boys are dancing in various studios dressed in formal attire. There are individual scenes of each member who are dealing with relationship problems and they made the first performance of the song on the August 26s episode of the TV Asahis show Music Station. The group made another performances of the song on the shows Happy Music in August 27, the song was also performed in the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan on June 23,2012, along with Beautiful. All lyrics written by J. Y. Park The Asiansoul, Yu Shimoji and KOMU
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Ultra Lover
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Ultra Lover is the third Japanese single by South Korean boy band 2PM. It was released on November 2,2011 in 3 editions, CD+DVD, CD+Photobook, the single was released along with the groups second live DVD 1st Japan Tour 2011 Take Off in Makuhari Messe. The single ranked #4 in Oricons Weekly chart, Ultra Lover is an original Japanese song. The B-side is a Japanese version of their Korean song Ill Be Back, a teaser of the music video was released on October 1, into 2PMs official Japanese website and the full music video on October 9. It premiered on the Japanese TV network Space Shower TV, in the choreography scenes of the music video, the member Taecyeon doesnt appear. Taecyeon was hurt during opening tour of 2PMs Asia tour in Seoul, the group made the first performance of the song on the show Happy Music in November 12. The group made other performance of the song on the show Music Fair in November 26, for December 2011, Ultra Lover is certified Gold for selling over 100, 000+ by RIAJ. Making it their first single with this certification in Japan
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Beautiful (2PM song)
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Beautiful is the fourth Japanese single by South Korean boy band 2PM. It was released on June 6,2012 in 3 editions, CD+DVD, CD+Photobook, the single was released along with the groups third live DVD Arena Tour 2011 Republic of 2PM. Beautiful is an original Japanese song composed by J. Y. Park The Asiansoul, Nice73, the B-side Kimi ga Ireba is also an original Japanese song, composed by the member Junho. This is the first single to include an original Japanese song as B-side, a teaser of the music video was released on May 14, into 2PMs official Japanese website and the full music video on May 22. It premiered on the Japanese TV network M-On, the group made the first performance of the song on the show Music Fair in June 2. The group also performed the song in NHKs show Music Japan on June 10 and in 2012 MTV Video Music Awards Japan, on June 23,2012
