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Billboard (magazine)
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Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events and it is also known for its music charts, including the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular singles and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows, Billboard was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegens interest in 1900 for $500, in the 1900s, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows. It also created a service for travelling entertainers. Billboard began focusing more on the industry as the jukebox, phonograph. Many topics it covered were spun-off into different magazines, including Amusement Business in 1961 to cover outdoor entertainment so that it could focus on music. After Donaldson died in 1925, Billboard was passed down to his children and Hennegans children, until it was sold to investors in 1985. The first issue of Billboard was published in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 1,1894 by William Donaldson, initially, it covered the advertising and bill posting industry and was called Billboard Advertising. At the time, billboards, posters and paper advertisements placed in public spaces were the means of advertising. Donaldson handled editorial and advertising, while Hennegan, who owned Hennegan Printing Co. managed magazine production, the first issues were just eight pages long. The paper had columns like The Bill Room Gossip and The Indefatigable, a department for agricultural fairs was established in 1896. The title was changed to The Billboard in 1897, after a brief departure over editorial differences, Donaldson purchased Hennegans interest in the business in 1900 for $500, to save it from bankruptcy. That May, Donaldson changed it from a monthly to a paper with a greater emphasis on breaking news. He improved editorial quality and opened new offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London and he also re-focused the magazine on outdoor entertainment like fairs, carnivals, circuses, vaudeville and burlesque shows. A section devoted to circuses was introduced in 1900, followed by more prominent coverage of events in 1901. Billboard also covered topics including regulation, a lack of professionalism, economics and it had a stage gossip column covering the private lives of entertainers, a tent show section covering traveling shows and a sub-section called Freaks to order. According to The Seattle Times, Donaldson also published articles attacking censorship, praising productions exhibiting good taste
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An 1896 issue of Billboard
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Cover of Billboard (January 26, 2013).
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New York City
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The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2015 population of 8,550,405 distributed over an area of about 302.6 square miles. Located at the tip of the state of New York. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has described as the cultural and financial capital of the world. Situated on one of the worlds largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, the five boroughs – Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, The Bronx, and Staten Island – were consolidated into a single city in 1898. In 2013, the MSA produced a gross metropolitan product of nearly US$1.39 trillion, in 2012, the CSA generated a GMP of over US$1.55 trillion. NYCs MSA and CSA GDP are higher than all but 11 and 12 countries, New York City traces its origin to its 1624 founding in Lower Manhattan as a trading post by colonists of the Dutch Republic and was named New Amsterdam in 1626. The city and its surroundings came under English control in 1664 and were renamed New York after King Charles II of England granted the lands to his brother, New York served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790. It has been the countrys largest city since 1790, the Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the Americas by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and is a symbol of the United States and its democracy. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. Several sources have ranked New York the most photographed city in the world, the names of many of the citys bridges, tapered skyscrapers, and parks are known around the world. Manhattans real estate market is among the most expensive in the world, Manhattans Chinatown incorporates the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere, with multiple signature Chinatowns developing across the city. Providing continuous 24/7 service, the New York City Subway is one of the most extensive metro systems worldwide, with 472 stations in operation. Over 120 colleges and universities are located in New York City, including Columbia University, New York University, and Rockefeller University, during the Wisconsinan glaciation, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 1,000 feet in depth. The ice sheet scraped away large amounts of soil, leaving the bedrock that serves as the foundation for much of New York City today. Later on, movement of the ice sheet would contribute to the separation of what are now Long Island and Staten Island. The first documented visit by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown and he claimed the area for France and named it Nouvelle Angoulême. Heavy ice kept him from further exploration, and he returned to Spain in August and he proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River, named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange
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Clockwise, from top:
Midtown Manhattan,
Times Square, the
Unisphere in
Queens, the
Brooklyn Bridge,
Lower Manhattan with
One World Trade Center,
Central Park, the
headquarters of the United Nations, and the
Statue of Liberty
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New Amsterdam, centered in the eventual
Lower Manhattan, in 1664, the year
England took control and renamed it "New York".
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The
Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the
American Revolution, took place in
Brooklyn in 1776.
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Broadway follows the Native American Wickquasgeck Trail through Manhattan.
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New York (state)
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New York is a state in the northeastern United States, and is the 27th-most extensive, fourth-most populous, and seventh-most densely populated U. S. state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east. With an estimated population of 8.55 million in 2015, New York City is the most populous city in the United States, the New York Metropolitan Area is one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. New York City makes up over 40% of the population of New York State, two-thirds of the states population lives in the New York City Metropolitan Area, and nearly 40% lives on Long Island. Both the state and New York City were named for the 17th-century Duke of York, the next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, while the state capital is Albany. New York has a diverse geography and these more mountainous regions are bisected by two major river valleys—the north-south Hudson River Valley and the east-west Mohawk River Valley, which forms the core of the Erie Canal. Western New York is considered part of the Great Lakes Region and straddles Lake Ontario, between the two lakes lies Niagara Falls. The central part of the state is dominated by the Finger Lakes, New York had been inhabited by tribes of Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking Native Americans for several hundred years by the time the earliest Europeans came to New York. The first Europeans to arrive were French colonists and Jesuit missionaries who arrived southward from settlements at Montreal for trade, the British annexed the colony from the Dutch in 1664. The borders of the British colony, the Province of New York, were similar to those of the present-day state, New York is home to the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of the United States and its ideals of freedom, democracy, and opportunity. In the 21st century, New York has emerged as a node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance. On April 17,1524 Verrazanno entered New York Bay, by way of the now called the Narrows into the northern bay which he named Santa Margherita. Verrazzano described it as a vast coastline with a delta in which every kind of ship could pass and he adds. This vast sheet of water swarmed with native boats and he landed on the tip of Manhattan and possibly on the furthest point of Long Island. Verrazannos stay was interrupted by a storm which pushed him north towards Marthas Vineyard, in 1540 French traders from New France built a chateau on Castle Island, within present-day Albany, due to flooding, it was abandoned the next year. In 1614, the Dutch under the command of Hendrick Corstiaensen, rebuilt the French chateau, Fort Nassau was the first Dutch settlement in North America, and was located along the Hudson River, also within present-day Albany. The small fort served as a trading post and warehouse, located on the Hudson River flood plain, the rudimentary fort was washed away by flooding in 1617, and abandoned for good after Fort Orange was built nearby in 1623. Henry Hudsons 1609 voyage marked the beginning of European involvement with the area, sailing for the Dutch East India Company and looking for a passage to Asia, he entered the Upper New York Bay on September 11 of that year
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British general
John Burgoyne surrenders at
Saratoga in 1777.
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1800 map of New York from
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The
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Lockport, New York in 1839
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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Native Americans meeting with Europeans, 1764
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Flag
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The signing of the
Mayflower Compact, 1620.
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The
Declaration of Independence: the
Committee of Five presenting their draft to the
Second Continental Congress in 1776
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K-pop music
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K-pop is a music genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements. The more modern form of the genre emerged with one of the earliest K-pop groups, Seo Taiji and Boys and their experimentation with different styles of music reshaped Koreas music scene. As a result, the integration of foreign musical elements has now become common practice with K-pop artists, K-pop entered the Japanese market at the turn of the 21st century and rapidly grew into a subculture among teenagers and young adults of East and Southeast Asia. Although K-pop generally refers to South Korean popular music, some consider it to be an all-encompassing genre exhibiting a vast spectrum of musical and visual elements, the French Institut national de laudiovisuel defines K-pop as a fusion of synthesized music, sharp dance routines and fashionable, colorful outfits. Songs typically consist of one or a mixture of pop, rock, hip hop, R&B, Management agencies in South Korea offer binding contracts to potential artists, sometimes at a young age. Trainees live together in an environment and spend many hours a day learning music, dance, foreign languages. This robotic system of training is often criticized by Western media outlets, in 2012, The Wall Street Journal reported that the cost of training one Korean pop idol under S. M. K-pop is a product that features “values, identity and meanings that go beyond their strictly commercial value. ”It is characterized by a mixture of Western sounds with an Asian aspect of performance. It has been remarked that there is a vision of modernization inherent in Korean pop culture, for some, the transnational values of K-pop are responsible for its success. Many agencies have presented new idol groups to an audience through a debut showcase, groups are given a name and a concept, along with a marketing hook. Sometimes sub-units or sub-groups are formed among existing members, an example subgroup is Super Junior-K. R. Y. Which consists of members Kyuhyun, Ryeowook, and Yesung, and Super Junior-M, online marketing includes music videos posted to YouTube in order to reach a worldwide audience. Prior to the video, the group releases teaser photos. Promotional cycles of subsequent singles are called comebacks even when the musician or group in question did not go on hiatus, modern K-pop is marked by its use of English phrases. In 1995, the percentage of song titles using English in the top 50 charts was 8% and this fluctuated between 30% in 2000, 18% in 2005, and 44% in 2010. Similarly, increasing numbers of K-pop bands use English names rather than Korean ones and this allows songs and artists to be marketed to a wider audience around the world. An example of a Korean song with a proportion of English lyrics is Kara’s Jumping. Increasingly, foreign songwriters and producers are employed to work on songs for K-pop idols, such as will. i. am, musicians, including rappers such as Akon, Kanye West, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg, have also featured on K-pop songs
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The
Bank of Korea has attributed the rapid surge in cultural exports since 1997 to the increased worldwide popularity of K-pop.
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Search volume for K-pop since 2008 according to
Google Trends
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Marilyn Monroe entertaining American soldiers in Korea in 1954
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DJ DOC, one of the popular hip hop trios of the 1990s
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ComScore
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ComScore is an American global media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to many of the worlds largest enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. ComScore Networks was founded in July 1999 in Reston, Virginia, the problem was that the traditional methods in which companies were tracking online behavior would not work in tracking commerce, because of the lower incidence of buying online. Normal panels in tracking visitation would be around 20-30K and, with less than 2-3% of the buying online. They decided to build a large panel using more aggressive recruiting methodology and managing for the error by using advanced statistical methods. Years and tens of millions of dollars went into finding the best ways to measure online buying and other behaviors, in 2000, comScore bought certain assets and the customer agreements of PC Data of Reston, Virginia, which was founded by Ann Stephens in 1991. PC Data was among the earliest Web measurement firms, but increasing competitive challenges put PC Datas future in doubt, the acquisition of PC Datas large customer base helped accelerate the growth of comScores syndicated measurement service. By 2001, Media Metrix had built a market share lead but had been unable to create a financial structure. NetRatings, its closest competitor, was armed with strong capital reserves and announced its intention to acquire, however, after several months, the FTC announced its intention to block the acquisition and accordingly, NetRatings canceled the transaction. ComScore was subsequently able to acquire Media Metrix in a deal announced in June 2002, Media Metrix originated as PC Meter, a business unit of market research company NPD Group and began publishing statistics in January 1996. In July 1997, it changed its name to Media Metrix, in October 1998, Media Metrix merged with its nearest rival, Relevant Knowledge. The company went public as NASDAQ, MMXI in May 1999, in June 2000, the company acquired Jupiter Communications for $414 million in stock and changed its name to Jupiter Media Metrix. In the aftermath of the bubble collapse and associated downturn in internet marketing spending. On March 30,2007, comScore announced its intent to sell shares in a public offering. In May 2008, comScore announced its acquisition of M, Metrics, the transaction involved a cash payment of $44.3 million and the issue of approximately 50,000 options to purchase shares of comScore common stock to certain M, Metrics unvested option holders. ComScore announced in October 2009 the acquisition of Certifica, a provider of real-time web measurement, based in Santiago, Chile, Certifica has offices throughout Latin America, including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Peru. The acquisition enhanced comScore’s presence in the rapidly developing Latin American market, in February 2010, comScore announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the ARSgroup in an all-cash acquisition. Announced on September 1,2010, the acquisition helps comScore accelerate its expansion strategy. On February 11,2014, comScore announced the appointment of Serge Matta as chief executive officer, in February 2015 comScore US entered into a partnership with Kantar owned by WPP with an equity stake purchase
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comScore, Inc.
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Rolling Stone
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Rolling Stone is an American biweekly magazine that focuses on popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who is still the publisher. It was first known for its coverage and for political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine shifted focus to a readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors. In recent years, it has resumed its traditional mix of content, Rolling Stone magazine was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and Ralph Gleason. To get it off the ground, Wenner borrowed $7,500 from his own family and from the parents of his soon-to-be wife, Jane Schindelheim. The first issue carried a date of November 9,1967. Some authors have attributed the name solely to Dylans hit single, At Gleasons suggestion, Rolling Stone initially identified with and reported the hippie counterculture of the era. In the very first edition, Wenner wrote that Rolling Stone is not just about the music, in the 1970s, Rolling Stone began to make a mark with its political coverage, with the likes of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson writing for the magazines political section. Thompson first published his most famous work Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas within the pages of Rolling Stone, where he remained a contributing editor until his death in 2005. In the 1970s, the magazine also helped launch the careers of prominent authors, including Cameron Crowe, Lester Bangs, Joe Klein, Joe Eszterhas, Patti Smith. It was at point that the magazine ran some of its most famous stories. One interviewer, speaking for a number of his peers, said that he bought his first copy of the magazine upon initial arrival on his college campus. In 1977, the magazine moved its headquarters from San Francisco to New York City, editor Jann Wenner said San Francisco had become a cultural backwater. During the 1980s, the magazine began to shift towards being an entertainment magazine. Music was still a dominant topic, but there was increasing coverage of celebrities in television, films, the magazine also initiated its annual Hot Issue during this time. Rolling Stone was initially known for its coverage and for Thompsons political reporting. In the 1990s, the changed its format to appeal to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors
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Cee Lo Green,
Adam Levine,
Christina Aguilera, and
Blake Shelton, on the cover of the February 1, 2012, issue of Rolling Stone
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Pitchfork Media
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Pitchfork is an American online magazine launched in 1995 by Ryan Schreiber, based in Chicago, Illinois and owned by Condé Nast. The site generally concentrates on new music, but Pitchfork journalists have also reviewed reissues, in late 1995, Ryan Schreiber, a recent high school graduate, created the magazine in Minneapolis. Influenced by local fanzines and KUOM, Schreiber, who had no writing experience. At first being Turntable, the site was updated monthly with interviews and reviews, in May 1996, the site began publishing daily and was renamed Pitchfork, alluding to Tony Montanas tattoo in Scarface. In early 1999, Schreiber relocated Pitchfork to Chicago, Illinois, by then, the site had expanded to four full-length album reviews daily, as well as sporadic interviews, features, and columns. It had also begun garnering a following for its coverage of underground music and its writing style. In October, the added a daily music news section. Pitchfork has launched a variety of subsidiary websites, Pitchfork. tv, a website displaying videos related to many independent music acts, launched in April 2008. It features bands that are found on Pitchfork. In July 2010, Pitchfork announced Altered Zones, a blog devoted to underground. On 21 May 2011, Pitchfork announced a partnership with Kill Screen, Altered Zones was closed on November 30. On December 26,2012, Pitchfork launched Nothing Major, a website that covered visual arts such as fine art, Nothing Major closed in October 2013. On October 13,2015, Condé Nast announced that it had acquired Pitchfork, following the sale, Schreiber remained as editor-in-chief. On March 13,2016, Pitchfork was redesigned, some publications have cited Pitchfork in having played a part in breaking artists such as Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Interpol, The Go. Conversely, Pitchfork has also seen as being a negative influence on some indie artists. A dismissive 0.0 review of former Dismemberment Plan frontman Travis Morrisons Travistan album led to a sales drop. On the other hand, an endorsement from Pitchfork – which dispenses its approval one-tenth of a point at a time, up to a maximum of 10 points – is very valuable, indeed. Examples of Pitchforks impact include, Arcade Fire is among the bands most commonly cited to have benefited from a Pitchfork review
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Logo of The Pitchfork Review
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Spin (magazine)
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Spin is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. The magazine stopped running in print in 2012 and currently runs as a webzine, in its early years, the magazine was known for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college rock, grunge, indie rock, and the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard and it pointedly provided a national alternative to Rolling Stones more establishment-oriented style. Spin prominently placed newer artists such as R. E. M, Spins extensive coverage of hip-hop music and culture, especially that of contributing editor John Leland, was notable at the time. Editorial contributions by musical and cultural figures included Lydia Lunch, Henry Rollins, David Lee Roth, the magazine also reported on cities such as Austin, Texas, or Glasgow, Scotland, as cultural incubators in the independent music scene. A1990 article on the country blues scene brought R. L. Burnside to national attention for the first time. During this time, it was published by Camouflage Associates, in 1997, Guccione sold Spin to Miller Publishing. In February 2006, Miller Publishing sold the magazine to a San Francisco-based company called the McEvoy Group LLC and that company formed Spin Media LLC as a holding company. The new owners replaced editor-in-chief Sia Michel with Andy Pemberton, an editor at Blender. The first issue to be published under his command was the July 2006 issue—sent to the printer in May 2006—which featured Beyoncé on the cover. Pemberton and Spin parted ways the next month, in June 2006, the following editor, Doug Brod, was executive editor during Michels tenure. For Spins 20th anniversary, it published a book chronicling the prior two decades in music. The book has essays on grunge, Britpop, and emo, among other genres of music, as well as pieces on musical acts including Marilyn Manson, Tupac Shakur, nirvana, Weezer, Nine Inch Nails, Limp Bizkit, and the Smashing Pumpkins. In July 2012, Spin was sold to Buzzmedia, which renamed itself SpinMedia. The September/October 2012 issue of Spin was the magazines last print edition, in December 2016, Eldridge Industries acquired SpinMedia via the Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group for an undisclosed amount. In 1995, Spin produced its first book, entitled Spin Alternative Record Guide, although the book was not a sales success, it inspired a disproportionate number of young readers to pursue music criticism. Notable contributors to Spin have included, SPIN began compiling year-end lists in 1990, note, The 2000 album of the year was awarded to your hard drive, acknowledging the impact that filesharing had on the music listening experience in 2000. Kid A was listed as number 2, the highest ranking given to an actual album,1994 roadside attack on Spin magazine journalists Anon
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Nirvana lead singer
Kurt Cobain, wife
Courtney Love, and daughter
Frances on Spin, December 1992
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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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Balhae and
Silla, 830 CE
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Jikji, the first known book printed with movable metal type in 1377. Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris
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Google Trends
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The horizontal axis of the main graph represents time, and the vertical is how often a term is searched for relative to the total number of searches, globally. Below the main graph, popularity is broken down by countries, regions, cities, note that what Google calls language, however, does not display the relative results of searches in different languages for the same term. It only displays the relative combined search volumes from all countries that share a particular language and it is possible to refine the main graph by region and time period. On August 5,2008, Google launched Google Insights for Search, on September 27,2012, Google merged Google Insights for Search into Google Trends. Google Trends also allows the user to compare the volume of searches between two or more terms, an additional feature of Google Trends is in its ability to show news related to the search-term overlaid on the chart, showing how new events affect search popularity. Originally, Google neglected updating Google Trends on a regular basis, in March 2007, internet bloggers noticed that Google had not added new data since November 2006, and Trends was updated within a week. Google did not update Trends from March until July 30, and only after it was blogged about, Google now claims to be updating the information provided by Google Trends daily, Hot Trends is updated hourly. On August 6,2008, Google launched a service called Insights for Search. Insights for Search is an extension of Google Trends and although the tool is meant for marketers, the tool allows for the tracking of various words and phrases that are typed into Google’s search-box. The tracking device provided an analysis of results. It also has the ability to categorize and organize the data, in 2012, the Insights for Search has been merged into Google Trends with a new interface. In 2009, Yossi Matias et al. published research on the predictability of search trends, in a series of highly influential articles in The New York Times, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz used Google Trends to measure a variety of behaviors. For example, in June 2012, he argued that search volume for the word nigger could be used to measure racism in different parts of the United States. Correlating this measure with Obamas vote share, he calculated that Obama lost about 4 percentage points due to racial animus in the 2008 presidential election and he also used Google data, along with other sources, to estimate the size of the gay population. This article noted that the most popular search beginning is my husband is is my husband gay, in addition, he found that American parents were more likely to search is my son gifted. But they were likely to search is my daughter overweight. He also examined cultural differences in attitudes around pregnancy, evidence is provided by Jeremy Ginsberg et al. that Google Trends data can be used to track influenza-like illness in a population. A more sophisticated model for inferring influenza rates from Google Trends, inferences from this model for England are presented on the Flu Detector website
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Super Junior
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Super Junior, also known as simply SJ or SUJU, is a South Korean boy band. Formed in 2005 by producer Lee Soo-man of S. M, Entertainment, the group comprised a total of thirteen members at its peak. Super Junior originally debuted with twelve members, consisting of leader Leeteuk, Heechul, Hangeng, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Siwon, Donghae, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun joined the group in 2006. Super Junior launched into international recognition following the release of their best-selling single Sorry, Sorry in 2009, over the years, they have been divided into smaller groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. Largely due to Super Juniors success as entertainers, other Korean entertainment managements began to train their music groups in areas of entertainment. Super Junior is the best-selling K-pop artist for four years in a row, in 2012, they were nominated for Best Asian Act in MTV Europe Music Awards. In 2015, they won the International Artist and Best Fandom in the Teen Choice Awards, in 2000, SM Entertainment held their first overseas casting auditions in Beijing 101, China and recruited Hankyung, who auditioned against three thousand applicants. That same year, Leeteuk, Yesung, and Eunhyuk were recruited after auditioning for the companys annual casting system in Seoul, Sungmin and Donghae became trainees after jointly winning first place in an SM-sponsored contest in 2001. In 2002, Heechul and Kangin were recruited along with Kibum, Siwon became a trainee after being scouted in 2003. Shindong became a trainee in 2004, Ryeowook won the 2004 Chin Chin Youth Festival singing competition and became a trainee just two months before debut in 2005. Kyuhyun then joined the group in 2006, after winning third place in the 2005 Chin Chin Youth Festival, in early 2005, Lee Soo-man announced that he had been preparing for an all-boy project group of twelve members to debut at the end of the year. He called this group to be The Gateway to Stardom of Asia, as most of the members in this group were chosen for their experiences as actors, MCs, models. Heechul and Kibum were already established actors at the time, and most of the members had already made various kinds of appearances in television. This concept was then introduced to the K-pop market. For a while the group was rumoured to be called O. V. E. R, however, before the group settled with their current name, the company simply referred to them as juniors, a representation of the members young ages when they first became SM trainees. Super Junior 05 made their performance on the Korean channel Mnet on September 11,2005. At the showcase, they performed various styles of hip-hop dancing, Hankyung, Eunhyuk, and Donghae also performed a separate dance together, dancing to Ushers Caught Up. However, the performance did not air on television until May 16,2006 as a segment in the Super Junior Show, the group officially debuted on SBSs music program Popular Song on November 6,2005, performing their first single Twins
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Super Junior performing at SMTown Live '08 in
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Thailand
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Super Junior members at
LG Optimus Super Junior Fan meeting at Chateau de Chine in
Kaohsiung,
Taiwan in November 2011. (L-R: Leeteuk, Ryeowook, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Kyuhyun, Sungmin, Yesung, Shindong)
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Sorry, Sorry
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Sorry, Sorry is the third studio album by South Korean boy band Super Junior, released on March 12,2009 in South Korea. Sorry, Sorry was a critically and commercially successful hit in Asia, becoming 2009s best-selling Korean-language album in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, China, in less than a week after pre-orders were announced, over 150,000 copies were pre-ordered. According to South Koreas Hanteo Charts, it debuted at 1st on the charts with almost 30,000 copies sold on the first day, the album won a Disk Daesang at the 2009 Golden Disk Awards. Sorry, Sorry became the last album of the group to feature members Han Geng, in July 2008, Super Junior announced the initial preparations for Sorry, Sorry. In November 2008, Kyuhyun wrote in his fancafe stating that he was preparing for the third album bit by bit. During a press conference in January 2009 for a Super Show encore concert in Seoul and he further commented that while their second album Dont Don did well in 2007, activities promoting the album were lacking due to the activities of different subgroups. Therefore, there will be an effort to increase promotional activities in order to make Sorry, Sorry more successful. On March 2, SM announced the release date to be on March 12,2009. An image teaser of the album was released on March 4,2009, Sorry, Sorry was released as a digital single through various Korean MP3 sites on March 9. The albums second promotional single Its You was revealed on May 11,2009, after only five hours of release, the single became the #1 song on Cyworlds Music Charts. A repackaged version of Sorry, Sorry, with four new tracks which included Its You, was released on May 14,2009. Sorry, Sorry contains primarily pop music, with the album having a mature approach in style in comparison to previous Super Junior albums. It contains more R&B-styled pop songs with lyrics that represent the evolution of boys to men, Songs are less cheerful, melodic instruments play a huge part in most of the songs, showing maturity. Rap is also presented in this album, having a majority of the songs dominated by R&B. The album shows its influence from contemporary dance and R&B. It draws from pop to a lesser degree, unlike their previous albums. The title song Sorry, Sorry was written by Yoo Young-jin, who wrote Dont Don, Yoo reportedly wanted create a song which is both equally fun and easy to listen. The second promotional single Its You was written by E-Tribe, famous for creating hits such as Gee and Lee Hyoris U-Go-Girl and its You similarly draws influences from electronic beats, however, it keeps a heavier emphasis on contemporary R&B
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Billboard Hot 100
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The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play and online streaming, the weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday, when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming data, is available on a real-time basis. A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays, as of the issue for the week ending on April 15,2017, the Hot 100 has had 1,061 different number one hits. The current number one song is Shape of You by Ed Sheeran, prior to 1955, Billboard did not have a unified, all-encompassing popularity chart, instead measuring songs by individual metrics. At the start of the era in 1955, three such charts existed, Best Sellers in Stores was the first Billboard chart, established in 1936. This chart ranked the biggest selling singles in retail stores, as reported by merchants surveyed throughout the country, Most Played by Jockeys was Billboards original airplay chart. It ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys, Most Played in Jukeboxes ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States. On the week ending November 12,1955, Billboard published The Top 100 for the first time, the Top 100 combined all aspects of a singles performance, based on a point system that typically gave sales more weight than radio airplay. The Best Sellers In Stores, Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts continued to be published concurrently with the new Top 100 chart. The week ending July 28,1958 was the publication of the Most Played By Jockeys and Top 100 charts. On August 4,1958, Billboard premiered one main all-genre singles chart, the Hot 100 quickly became the industry standard and Billboard discontinued the Best Sellers In Stores chart on October 13,1958. The Billboard Hot 100 is still the standard by which a songs popularity is measured in the United States, the Hot 100 is ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen BDS, sales data compiled by Nielsen Soundscan and streaming activity provided by online music sources. There are several component charts that contribute to the calculation of the Hot 100. Charts are ranked by number of gross audience impressions, computed by cross-referencing exact times of radio airplay with Arbitron listener data. Hot Singles Sales, the top selling singles compiled from a sample of retail store, mass merchant and internet sales reports collected, compiled. The chart is released weekly and measures sales of commercial singles. With the decline in sales of singles in the US
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Wonder Girls
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Wonder Girls was a South Korean girl group and band formed by producer Park Jin-young under JYP Entertainment in 2006, which debuted in 2007. The groups final line-up consisted of Yubin, Yeeun, Sunmi, members Sunye and Sohee officially left the group in 2015, while Hyuna left in late 2007. They were co-managed in the United States by Creative Artists Agency, the group began their entry into the American market in 2009 as an opening act for the Jonas Brothers World Tour, performing the English version of their hit single Nobody. In late 2009, Nobody charted at number seventy-six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, in 2010, Wonder Girls entered the Chinese market with the compilation album Wonder Girls that included Chinese language versions of their hit singles Tell Me, So Hot and Nobody. In 2012, Wonder Girls signed with DefStar Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music Japan, since 2007, group had released three studio albums, The Wonder Years, Wonder World and Reboot. To date, Billboard reports that the Wonder Girls have sold 19,000 albums in America, Wonder Girls are known as South Koreas Retro Queens, as their music has been noted to contain elements from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The group officially disbanded on January 26,2017, after unsuccessful contract renewal negotiation with some of its members and they released their last single Draw Me on February 10,2017, which also serves as a celebration of their 10th anniversary since debut. After Park Jin-young revealed the name of his first girl group Wonder Girls in May 2006, the first four episodes outlined the characteristics and profiles of each member. Shortly after selecting Yeeun as the member, the Wonder Girls held their first showcase in the MTV Studio. They performed a version of Dont Cha by the Pussycat Dolls as well as original songs, including Irony. Sunye sang her version of Destinys Childs Stand Up for Love, the other three members—Yeeun, Sunmi and Sohee—performed a cover version of Janet Jacksons Together Again. The Wonder Girls officially debuted in early 2007 on MBCs Show, Music Core, performing Irony, the hip-hop single from their first album, The Wonder Begins. The album sold 11,454 physical copies in 2007, shortly after, Wonderfuls, the official Wonder Girls fanclub, was established. The group held several showcases in China after receiving Chinese lessons, in mid-2007, however, members of the Wonder Girls were beset by various injuries and health problems. On June 25, Sohee was sidelined for a month after tearing a ligament in a fall from a running motorcycle during the filming of her movie. In autumn 2007, the talent agency Good Entertainment sent their trainee Yubin to JYP Entertainment as a replacement for Hyuna and she made her debut three days later in the groups live performance of Tell Me on Music Bank. Their first full-length album, The Wonder Years, was released the week with Tell Me as the lead single. Due to the addition of Yubin, the album version does not contain her part
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Wonder Girls performing at Korea Entertainment Awards in 2011. Order from left to right:
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Hanyang University in March 2007. From left to right: SoHee, HyunA, YeEun, SunYe and SunMi
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Wonder Girls performing "Nobody" at the 2008 BICHE opening ceremony in October 2008.
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Nobody (Wonder Girls song)
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Nobody is a song performed by South Korean girl group Wonder Girls, from their first EP, The Wonder Years, Trilogy. It was released as a download single on September 22,2008 in South Korea. The song was written and produced by Park Jin-young and features a sample from the Italian trio La Las Johnny Johnny and it became popular within hours, becoming a top search term and ranking number one on various digital music sites. The song is recorded and released in four different languages, Korean, English, Mandarin Chinese, the live performance was also the first K-pop video to reach 50 million views on YouTube. The single became successful in the countries where it was released, topped charts both in South Korea, China and United States. Nobody was released to iTunes on June 26,2009 and to Amazon MP3 a day later, Wonder Girls have set up an official YouTube account and it includes the English version of music video itself. On the October 31,2009 issue of Billboard Hot 100, Wonder Girls became the first South Korean group to enter the chart. By the end of 2009, the single had sold in excess of 400,000 copies in the United States of both digital and physical copies combined, Nobody had sold over 80,000 downloads in the United States. In 2010, Wonder Girls entered the Chinese market with the Chinese/Taiwan Special Edition, in addition to their hit songs, Chinese versions of Tell Me, Nobody, and So Hot were on the album. The compilation included DVD with three videos, Tell Me, Nobody and So Hot. EP contained Japanese versions of their songs, while DVD included their music videos, various remixes of Nobody were produced for various award shows and end-of-year specials. At the 2008 M. Net KM Music Festival, the Wonder Girls performed a tango version, the rest of the remixes debuted at the 2008 Golden Disk Awards, which showcased each Wonder Girl performing a short clip of a unique Nobody remix. On October 11,2009, the official American remix of the song was released, the remix was done by famous American DJ Jason Nevins. In March 2009, it was reported that both JYP Entertainment and Sony/ATV Music Publishing would be taking action against other Asian musical groups who had adopted or covered Nobody illegally. JYP Entertainment stated that groups and actresses in the Peoples Republic of China and Cambodia had been recklessly copying the groups songs, dances, and costumes. The Wonder Girls had their comeback on the weekend of September 26–28,2008, performing on KBSs Music Bank, MBCs Music Core. At the end of October, the briefly used the Rainstone Remix of the song. On 8 August 2015, they reprised this song with instrumental version in conjunction with their 2015 comeback as a 4 members band group at You Hee-yeols Sketchbook, for their American live television debut, they performed Nobody on The Wendy Williams Show, a FOX morning talk show
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From left: Yubin, Sunye, Sohee, Yeeun, Sunmi
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The Jonas Brothers were an American pop rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network and they consist of three brothers, Paul Kevin Jonas II, Joseph Adam Jonas, and Nicholas Jerry Jonas. Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey, the Jonas Brothers moved to Little Falls, New Jersey in 2005, in the summer of 2008, they starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and its sequel, Camp Rock 2, The Final Jam. They also starred as Kevin, Joe, and Nick Lucas, the band JONAS, in their own Disney Channel series JONAS, the show was eventually cancelled after two seasons. The band released four albums, Its About Time, Jonas Brothers, A Little Bit Longer, in 2008, the group was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 51st Grammy Awards and won the award for Breakthrough Artist at the American Music Awards. As of May 2009, before the release of Lines, Vines and Trying Times, after a hiatus during 2010 and 2011 to pursue solo-projects, the group reconciled in 2012 to record a new album, which was cancelled following their break-up on October 29,2013. They have sold over 17 million albums worldwide, in 2005, Joe, Kevin and Nick recorded Please Be Mine, their first song recorded. Upon hearing the song, the Columbia Records president Steve Greenberg decided to sign the brothers as a group and they considered naming their group Sons of Jonas before settling on the name Jonas Brothers. While working on their studio album, the band toured throughout 2005 with artists such as Jump5, Kelly Clarkson, Jesse McCartney, the Backstreet Boys. They spent the latter portion of the year on an tour with Aly & AJ, additionally, they opened for The Veronicas in early 2006. For their first album, titled Its About Time, the band collaborated with writers, including Adam Schlesinger, Michael Mangini, Desmond Child, Billy Mann. For the album, the Jonas Brothers covered two hit songs by UK band Busted – Year 3000 and What I Go to School For, the Jonas Brothers first single, Mandy, was released on December 27,2005. Its music video was shown on MTVs Total Request Live on February 22,2006, another song, Time for Me to Fly, was released on the Aquamarine soundtrack, also in February. In March, Mandy was featured in the Nickelodeon television film Zoey 101, Spring Break-Up, the groups music was also featured on Cartoon Networks Friday night programming block Fridays. The band covered Yo Ho from Pirates of the Caribbean for the Disneymania 4 album and its About Time was finally released on August 8,2006. According to the manager, it was only a limited release of 50,000 copies. Because Sony was not interested in promoting the band, the Jonas Brothers considered switching labels. On October 3,2006, Nicks 2004 solo single, Joy to the World, was re-released on Joy to the World, the same month, the Jonas Brothers covered Poor Unfortunate Souls from The Little Mermaid
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Jonas Brothers performing in the
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JYJ
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JYJ is a South Korean pop group formed in 2010 by Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu, the three former members of TVXQ. Their group name is taken from the letters of each members names. The trio are managed by C-JeS Entertainment, in April 2010, they released their debut record, the Japanese EP The. Which topped the Japanese Oricon Albums Chart, JYJ is the first K-pop group to perform in Chile and Peru. The three-member group was announced in April 2010 by Rhythm Zone, the group performed two rounds of lives, the four-day Thanksgiving Live in Dome concerts at Osaka Dome and Tokyo Dome in June, and performances at the nationwide a-nation tour throughout August. Was released in September 2010, and debuted at one on Oricon albums charts with 240,000 copies sold in the first week. The DVD for their Thanksgiving Live in Dome concerts sold 116,000 copies the first week after being released, both the album and DVD debuted at №1 on Oricons DVD and album chart in the same week. In September 2010, Avex Entertainment announced plans to all of JYJs Japanese activities. Avex claimed this stemmed from issues the label had with the president of the groups Korean management, JYJ stated it was a conflict over new terms demanded by Avex in contract renegotiation. The group released their English-language global debut album under Warner Music Asia, The Beginning, on October 12, with the Kanye West-produced single Ayyy Girl as lead track. Two weeks before the release of the album,500,000 copies of The Beginning had been pre-ordered, JYJ promoted the new album via a worldwide showcase tour throughout October and November with dates in South Korea, Southeast Asia and the United States. On November 27 and 28, they launched JYJ Worldwide Concert in Seoul and it was directed by the American concert producer Jeri Slaughter. They sang 찾았다 “Found You” – a ballad track from the drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal which starred member Yoochun, JYJ released their Korean EP, Their Rooms Our Story on January 25,2011 in the format of a music essay. Despite the majority of sales being counted in the rather than CD category. In the spring of 2011, JYJ launched their first Worldwide Tour as a group with concerts held in Thailand, Taiwan, China, Canada, in addition, JYJ held two rounds of a special charity concert in Tokyo to benefit those affected by the Tōhoku earthquake. They also held two special performances in South Korea. In September, JYJ released their first Korean studio album entitled In Heaven, there were over 300,000 pre-orders on the first day of advance sales alone. The album sold 165,000 copies within 3 days of being released and reached 220,000 copies sales in October according to Gaon Chart, JYJ held their Unforgettable Live Concert in Japan on October 15 and October 16 with over 84,000 in attendance
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JYJ appears in LG Optimus Q2 photoshoot. From left to right:
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JYJ in Barcelona in 2011
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2014 Asian Games opening ceremony, JYJ performing, "Only One". Left to right: Junsu, Jaejoong, Yoochun.
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The Beginning (JYJ album)
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The Beginning is the debut studio album by South Korean pop group JYJ, formed by three of the five original members of TVXQ. It is the groups first English release, after their 2010 Japanese language extended play The and it was released on October 14,2010 through Vitamin Entertainment, a division of Warner Music Korea. The album was released on November 16,2010 in the United States as a download. Despite the album being sung in English, Jaejoong and Junsu were not fluent in English at the time of recording, the first single from the album was Ayyy Girl, featuring Kanye West and Malik Yusef. The song had success in South Korea, peaking at No.19 on Gaons single charts. The music video for the second single, Empty, was shot in December. The song debuted at No.18 in Korea during the albums release, the band toured Asia in October and November 2010 in promotion of the album. This began with two showcases in Seoul on October 12, at the 11,000 seating Hwaseong Tiger Dome at Korea University, the tickets for these events sold out in 15 minutes, and a portion of the profits was donated to World Vision. The band planned concerts in the United States in New York Las Vegas and Los Angeles, in response to this, the group performed free showcases on these dates and refunded ticket purchasers. JYJs management, C-JeS Entertainment, was unsure of the reason for the visa denial, the bands other planned US dates in Seattle, San Francisco and Hawaii were later cancelled. 6,400 people attended the New York showcase, despite the venue being able to hold 3,400 people, the band was featured in Billboard magazines release of the week in November, the first time an international act has been featured. This led to the website receiving its highest daily traffic day recorded. The band members previous record label as the band TVXQ, SM Entertainment, however, South Korean digital retailers defied the request, and proceeded with the sales on October 14. The injunction was issued due the South Korean courts not having reached a verdict on the ongoing court case with SM Entertainment. In December 2010 they were successful in their lawsuit against SM Entertainment, *Sales figure is based on South Korean imports of the album, as the album has not been released domestically in Japan currently
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Time (magazine)
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Time is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It was founded in 1923 and for decades was dominated by Henry Luce, a European edition is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong, the South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney, Australia. In December 2008, Time discontinued publishing a Canadian advertiser edition, Time has the worlds largest circulation for a weekly news magazine, and has a readership of 26 million,20 million of which are based in the United States. As of 2012, it had a circulation of 3.3 million making it the eleventh most circulated magazine in the United States reception room circuit, as of 2015, its circulation was 3,036,602. Richard Stengel was the editor from May 2006 to October 2013. Nancy Gibbs has been the editor since October 2013. Time magazine was created in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, the two had previously worked together as chairman and managing editor respectively of the Yale Daily News. They first called the proposed magazine Facts and they wanted to emphasize brevity, so that a busy man could read it in an hour. They changed the name to Time and used the slogan Take Time–Its Brief and it set out to tell the news through people, and for many decades the magazines cover depicted a single person. More recently, Time has incorporated People of the Year issues which grew in popularity over the years, notable mentions of them were Barack Obama, Steve Jobs, Matej Turk, etc. The first issue of Time was published on March 3,1923, featuring Joseph G. Cannon, the retired Speaker of the House of Representatives, on its cover, a facsimile reprint of Issue No. 1, including all of the articles and advertisements contained in the original, was included with copies of the February 28,1938 issue as a commemoration of the magazines 15th anniversary. The cover price was 15¢ On Haddens death in 1929, Luce became the dominant man at Time, the Intimate History of a Publishing Enterprise 1923–1941. In 1929, Roy Larsen was also named a Time Inc. director, J. P. Morgan retained a certain control through two directorates and a share of stocks, both over Time and Fortune. Other shareholders were Brown Brothers W. A. Harriman & Co. the Intimate History of a Changing Enterprise 1957–1983. According to the September 10,1979 issue of The New York Times, after Time magazine began publishing its weekly issues in March 1923, Roy Larsen was able to increase its circulation by utilizing U. S. radio and movie theaters around the world. It often promoted both Time magazine and U. S. political and corporate interests, Larsen next arranged for a 30-minute radio program, The March of Time, to be broadcast over CBS, beginning on March 6,1931
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The first issue of Time (March 3, 1923), featuring
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Bibi Aisha on the Cover of Time.
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Time Magazine red X covers: from left to right, Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and Osama bin Laden.
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Sistar
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Sistar is a South Korean girl group formed in 2010 under the management of Starship Entertainment. The group consists of Hyolyn, Bora, Soyou, and Dasom and their debut studio album So Cool was released on 9 August 2011. Their second album, Give It to Me, was released on 11 June 2013 and their biggest hits include So Cool, Alone, Touch My Body, Loving Uand Give It to Me. Their fourth single, So Cool, debuted at one at Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 singles chart. Sistar began their group activities early in 2010 with commercials and magazine photoshoots and they made their official debut with the song Push Push on 3 June 2010. Sistar had their performance on 4 June on Music Bank. The group returned with their second single Shady Girl on 25 August, the music video featured Super Junior member Kim Heechul. The group received a lot of attention when a fan-taken video was uploaded online showing the group filming their performance at Lets Start Sharing Concert on 28 August. During the middle of their performance, member Bora suddenly fell onstage and this prompted the other members to stop singing and assist her off the stage with the help of staff. Several minutes later, Bora returned to stage along with the members to finish filming their performance. The video went viral on the internet and was featured on G4s online show Attack of the Show. on 14 September, Sistar was invited to perform in Japans Hallyu Music Festival as the only Korean girl group present. On 10 October, Sistar performed on the show Teen Superstar in Thailand, the group released their third single, How Dare You, in November. On 9 December the group attended the Golden Disk Awards and won the Newcomer Award, on 27 December, Sistar won their first music show award for How Dare You on Music Bank. On 27 April it was announced that Sistar would debut a sub-unit, Sistar19, with members Hyolyn and their debut song, Ma Boy, was released on 3 May. Sistar19 had their performance on 5 May and promoted throughout the month. Sistar returned on 9 August with their first studio album entitled So Cool, so Cool was the inaugural number one song on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart after the charts launch on 25 August. On 11 September Sistar won their first Mutizen Award on Inkigayo, in early April it was announced that Sistar was going to broadcast their So Cool comeback showcase globally in 41 countries. Their first mini album, entitled Alone, was released on 12 April and their second mini album, Loving U, was released on 28 June
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Sistar performing at
KCON 2015 in Los Angeles on 1 August 2015. Left to right:
Dasom,
Bora,
Soyou and
Hyolyn
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Sistar performing at the Daejon University Festival in 2010
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Sistar performing "How Dare You" in 2011
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So Cool (Sistar song)
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So Cool is the debut studio album by South Korean girl group Sistar. The album was released on August 9,2011 by Starship Entertainment, the song with the same title was used as the promotional song. The album contains 12 songs,5 new songs and a version of the song Ma Boy. The album was released worldwide through iTunes. So Cool was released on August 9,2011 through Starship Entertainment and LOEN Entertainment in South Korea physically and digitally, promotions for the album started on August 11, in KBSs Music Bank. The girls also promoted on MBCs Music Core, SBSs Inkigayo, the song Girls Do It was the first promotional single of the album. After one month of promotions, on September 11, the group won a mutizen for the song So Cool, on September 23, the girls performed the title song in a remix version until September 25. The promotions of the ended on October 2, in the special episode Save the Green Earth of Inkigayo. One day after the release of the album and music video, the song Girls Do It was deemed inappropriate for broadcast due to a seemingly-offensive line. Girls Do It was set for the fifth single, however due to the controversy that followed the track. The girls released Hot Place in its place, Push Push is Sistars debut single, released on June 3,2010. The official music video was unveiled on the same day, the song was written and produced by Brave Brothers, as were the two B-sides, Here We Come and Oh Baby. Push Push was first performed on Music Bank on June 4, the single debuted at number 9 on South Koreas Gaon Singles Chart, and it reached number 59 on the Gaon 2010 digital yearly charts with 1,779,327 copies sold. It was also number 28 on the Gaon Album Chart, shady Girl is the groups second single, released on August 25,2010 and produced by Brave Brothers. The official music video was unveiled on the day. The single also includes the songs Drop the Beat and I Dont Want a Weak Man, shady Girl was first performed on Music Bank on August 27. The single debuted at number 4 on South Koreas Gaon Singles Chart and it was also number 9 on the Gaon Album Chart. The groups third single, How Dare You, was released December 3,2010 and it was written and produced by Brave Brothers, as were the two B-sides, Mighty Sistar and Over
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MGM Grand Las Vegas
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The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The MGM Grand is the largest single hotel in the United States with 5,124 rooms and it is also the third-largest hotel complex in the world by number of rooms and second-largest hotel resort complex in the United States behind the combined The Venetian and The Palazzo. When it opened in 1993, the MGM Grand was the largest hotel complex in the world, owned and operated by MGM Resorts International, the 30-floor main building is 293 ft high. The property includes five outdoor pools, rivers, and waterfalls that cover 6.6 acres, a 380,000 sq ft convention center, the MGM Grand Garden Arena, and the Grand Spa. Instead, the MGM Grand is linked by pedestrian bridges to its neighboring casinos, to the south across Tropicana Avenue, the Tropicana. The property was originally the site of the Golf Club Motel during the 1960s, in 1972, Tom Wiesner co-founded Southwest Securities Development Company, and later founded Wiesner Investment Company. Southwest planned to renovate the structure and add a 14-story addition with 518 rooms. Fred Harvey Company would serve as the operator of the hotel, its restaurants, Fred Harvey had previously opened hotels in other parts of the United States under the Airport Marina name. Southwest also planned to construct a 28,400 sq ft casino that would operate separately from Fred Harvey, the 700-room Marina, located at 3805 South Las Vegas Boulevard, was built by Wiesner Investment Company and was opened in 1975. Kerkorian saw the Marina as a stable and solidly built resort, and decided not to destroy the hotel, during that time, the Marina was known as the MGM-Marina Hotel. The Marina closed on November 30,1990, and ground was broken for the new hotel complex on October 7,1991. The Marina hotel building still exists as the west wing of the hotel building. When the latest MGM Grand opened on December 18,1993, at that time it had an extensive Wizard of Oz theme, including the green Emerald City color of the building and the decorative use of Wizard of Oz memorabilia. After entering the main entrance, one would find themselves in the Oz Casino facing Emerald City. Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion were seen in front of the city and it would end at the door of the city, leading inside for a performance of The Wizards Secrets. When MGM Grand began its refurbishment in 1996, the Oz Casino was the first to go. The Emerald City was completely demolished, and the Emerald City Gift Shop was moved to a new shopping section of the casino, the store remained open until early 2003. Originally, the entrance on the Strip was inside the mouth of a giant cartoon-like version of MGMs logo, Leo the Lion
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A statue of Leo, the MGM lion
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MGM Grand, with sign promoting it as The City of Entertainment, now removed
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MGM Grand Garden Arena
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The MGM Grand Garden Arena is a multi-purpose arena located within the MGM Grand Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip. From 1996 to 2000, it hosted wrestlings WCW Halloween Havoc PPV event, the UWF television event Blackjack Brawl was held at the venue in 1994. As of May 2015, the arena has held 35 Ultimate Fighting Championship events, on September 7,1996, Bruce Seldon vs. Mike Tyson was held here, later that night, rapper Tupac Shakur was shot in a drive-by attack. He eventually succumbed to his injuries six days later, on May 2,2015 Floyd Mayweather Jr defended his world title in a highly anticipated match against fellow superstar Manny Pacquiao. The fight went the distance and Floyd Money Mayweather Jr retained his title, the faces of the sold out crowd were fashion and entertainment icons such as hip-hop artist Jay-Z, UFC fighter Ronda Rousey and former NBA basketball player Michael Jordan. In 1994, the Las Vegas Dustdevils an indoor team in the Continental Indoor Soccer League played one season at the arena. It also previously served through 2015 as the home for select Los Angeles Kings games against the Colorado Avalanche, Phoenix Coyotes and San Jose Sharks. During the 1990s, the served as the site for the WAC womens volleyball tournament. The Professional Bull Riders held its annual World Finals event at the MGM Arena from 1994 to 1998 before moving to the Thomas & Mack Center in 1999 and then to T-Mobile Arena in 2016. On March 13,2012, it was announced that the Pac-12 Mens Basketball Tournament would take place at the arena from at least 2013 through 2016, the MGM Grand Main Event features two four-team brackets, with each team playing two games in Las Vegas. Opening round games are played on campus, the arena has hosted many editions of WCW Monday Nitro. On October 4,2014, MGM GGA held an NHL preseason game between the Colorado Avalanche and the Los Angeles Kings, on October 24,2014, MGM GGA held an NBA preseason game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings
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MGM Grand Garden Arena
MGM Grand Garden Arena
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Las Vegas
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The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment and it is the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World and it is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any city in the world. Today, Las Vegas annually ranks as one of the worlds most visited tourist destinations. The citys tolerance for numerous forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City, and has made Las Vegas a popular setting for literature, films, television programs, Las Vegas was settled in 1905 and officially incorporated in 1911. At the close of the 20th century, it was the most populated American city founded within that century, population growth has accelerated since the 1960s, and between 1990 and 2000 the population nearly doubled, increasing by 85. 2%. Rapid growth has continued into the 21st century, and according to a 2013 estimate, perhaps the earliest visitors to the Las Vegas area were nomadic Paleo-Indians, who traveled there 10,000 years ago, leaving behind petroglyphs. Anasazi and Paiute tribes followed at least 2,000 years ago, a young Mexican scout named Rafael Rivera is credited as the first non-Native American to encounter the valley, in 1829. Trader Antonio Armijo led a 60-man party along the Spanish Trail to Los Angeles, the area was named Las Vegas, which is Spanish for the meadows, as it featured abundant wild grasses, as well as desert spring waters for westward travelers. The year 1844 marked the arrival of John C, frémont, whose writings helped lure pioneers to the area. Downtown Las Vegas Fremont Street is named after him, eleven years later members of the LDS Church chose Las Vegas as the site to build a fort halfway between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, where they would travel to gather supplies. The fort was abandoned several years afterward, the remainder of this Old Mormon Fort can still be seen at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue. Las Vegas was founded as a city in 1905, when 110 acres of adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks were auctioned in what would become the downtown area. In 1911, Las Vegas was incorporated as a city,1931 was a pivotal year for Las Vegas. At that time, Nevada legalized casino gambling and reduced residency requirements for divorce to six weeks and this year also witnessed the beginning of construction on nearby Hoover Dam. The influx of workers and their families helped Las Vegas avoid economic calamity during the Great Depression. The construction work was completed in 1935, in 1941, the Las Vegas Army Air Corps Gunnery School was established. Currently known as Nellis Air Force Base, it is home to the team called the Thunderbirds
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In order from top left, clockwise: 1.
World Market Center Las Vegas; 2.
Fremont East; 3.
Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health; 4.
Smith Center for the Performing Arts; 5.
Downtown Las Vegas with the
Las Vegas Valley in the background; 6.
Grand Central Parkway Interchange; 7.
Symphony Park; 8.
Downtown Arts District; 9.
Las Vegas industrial district looking North away from the
Las Vegas Strip during
First Friday
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Southern
Paiutes at
Moapa wearing traditional Paiute basket hats with Paiute cradleboard and rabbit robe
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Golden Nugget and
Pioneer Club along
Fremont Street in 1952.
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Astronaut photograph of Las Vegas at night
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TVXQ
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TVXQ, an initialism for Tong Vfang Xien Qi, is a South Korean pop duo consisting of U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin. They are known as Tohoshinki in Japanese releases, and are referred to as DBSK. Their name roughly translates to Rising Gods of the East, Entertainment in 2003, TVXQ began as a five-member boy band composed of members U-Know Yunho, Max Changmin, Hero Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun, and Xiah Junsu. They were immediately launched to mainstream recognition following the release of their first physical single Hug and their first studio albums Tri-Angle and Rising Sun were both top sellers, pushing the bands popularity beyond Korea. Under Avex, TVXQ entered the Japanese market with their first Japanese album Heart, Mind and Soul, the latter album also contains the pop hit Mirotic, touted by international music critics as a staple song of K-pop. With four chart-topping singles, TVXQ gained widespread attention in Japan following the release of their fourth Japanese album The Secret Code. However, despite their success, the group plunged into legal turmoil and internal conflict when members Jaejoong, Yoochun. Prior to the departure in 2010, TVXQ released their last Japanese album as a quintet Best Selection 2010. The album spawned two platinum-selling singles, including the long-running hit Share the World / We Are, after a year-long hiatus, TVXQ returned as a duo with remaining members Yunho and Changmin. They released TVXQs fifth Korean album Keep Your Head Down, topping charts in most major Asian markets upon release. Their first two Japanese albums as a duo, Tone and Time, solidified their success in Japan as it forged TVXQs reputation as one of the artists in the country. Their eighth Japanese album With made TVXQ the first and only music act in Japan to have four number-one albums in a row. Selling over 10 million records in the first 10 years of their career and they are often referred to as Asias Stars and the Kings of K-pop for their immense success and contributions to the Hallyu. According to the Oricon, TVXQ have the most number-one singles for a foreign artist and their Time Tour, one of the highest-grossing concert tours of 2013, is the highest-attended concert tour held by a foreign music act in Japan. With the tour, the duo became the first non-Japanese Asian artists to headline a nationwide five-Dome tour, billboard has described the group as K-pop royalty. With the disbandment H. O. T. in 2001 and Shinhwas departure in 2003, Entertainment had to search for another boy band to compete against other popular idol groups in the K-pop market. In early 2003, Lee eventually selected five teenage boys from four different S. M. training teams to debut in a vocal dance unit. Xiah Junsu, the first to join the new group, became an S. M. trainee at age eleven and was trained to be a solo singer
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U-Know Yunho and
Max Changmin performing at the K-Pop World Festival, November 2012
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4Minute
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4Minute was a five-member South Korean girl group formed in 2009 by Cube Entertainment with music singles and albums released primarily in South Korea and Japan. The members of the group were Nam Ji-hyun, Heo Ga-yoon, Jeon Ji-yoon, Kim Hyun-a, the group debuted in June 2009 with its first single, Hot Issue, and in December 2010, it released its first Japanese album, Diamond. In 2011, the group released its first Korean full-length album, the group received the Bonsang Award at the 20th Seoul Music Awards, and the Kpop New Artist Award at the 2010 Billboard Japan Music Awards. In 2016, Cube Entertainment announced the disbandment of 4Minute after unsuccessful contract renewal negotiation with the majority of the members. On May 14, Cube Entertainment announced the formation of a girl group, called 4Minute. Prior to the announcement, the group was unofficially called the Hyuna group. The next member, Nam Ji-hyun, was revealed on May 22, the remaining members were announced the following day. 4Minute released its first single, Hot Issue, on June 15, on June 21, the groups van was raided by fans, who stole clothing and other items. Cube Entertainment said, It was very unfortunate that such an ordeal occurred, on August 20, the group released its first mini-album called For Muzik along with its second single, Muzik. The song won an Inkigayo Mutizen award, on August 27, South Korean radio and television network KBS banned the playing of Wont Give You for what they considered to be overly sexual lyrical content. The lyrics in question, in the style of a first-person narrative, Cube Entertainment responded to the ban by stating that the song was intended to be about the pure feelings of a girl to a guy and that they were very disappointed by the decision. On October 15, the single What a Girl Wants was released, on December 2, 4Minute, with Korean singers Mario and Amen, released the Christmas song Jingle Jingle. The group recorded a remix with American artist Amerie for her song Heard em All which was part of the Asian version of her fourth album, the song featured Korean rapper Jun Hyung of label mate Beast. On January 5,2010, it was announced that the Universal Music Group would be assisting 4Minute with a launch of its album. The group toured Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, and Hong Kong On May 5, the group debuted Muzik as a Japanese single, the single reached number 21 on the Oricon weekly singles chart. On May 19, 4Minute released a mini-album entitled Hit Your Heart, the single featured fellow label mates Beast, who rapped during song Whos Next. HuH peaked at number 3 on the Gaon Singles Chart, on July 19, the song Superstar was digitally released for the Korean TV show Superstar K2. On October 27, the song was released, in December, 4Minute held Japanese concerts 4Minute Energy Live Volume 2, Diamond in Tokyo and Osaka
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4Minute. From left to right:
Jihyun,
Jiyoon,
Gayoon,
Sohyun and
HyunA
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The band performs at
Dongguk University in 2009. From left to right:
Gayoon,
Ji-yoon,
Hyun-a,
So-hyun,
Ji-hyun.
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4Minute performing at the 2010 Asia Song Festival
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4Minute at the DiGi Live K-Pop Party on January 13, 2011
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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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G.NA in April 2012
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G.NA at LG Cinema 3D World Festival, on March 31, 2012
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MBLAQ
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MBLAQ is a South Korean boy band created by South-Korean entertainer Rain under J. Tune Camp. The group consists of Seungho, G. O, and Mir, the group debuted on October 15,2009, at Rains Legend of Rainism concert. On October 14,2009, the released their debut single album, Just BLAQ. The group then released their first extended play album Y on May 19,2010, on December 16,2014, it was announced Joon and Thunder had departed from the group and they will focus on individual activities for the time being. MBLAQ was first announced on September 21,2009 with an appearance in Nylon magazine, the group appeared alongside Rain, in his Legend of Rainism concert. They performed various songs from their produced EP, Just BLAQ and were met with praise, with spectators at the concert. The group released teasers for their song, Oh Yeah on October 12,2009 with the music video being released two days later. Coinciding with the video, MBLAQs debut single album Just BLAQ, was released on the same day. The next day, the made their broadcast debut on M. nets M. Countdown with Oh Yeah. In early December, the group debuted in Japan, following their performance during Rains fan meeting and their performance resulted in a documentary being produced surrounding their stay in Japan. Later that month, the group commenced promotions for their follow up track, two music videos were released, an unofficial music video prior to the official music video, which was released on December 10,2009. In May 2011, Thunder revealed that former member Sang Bae left the group due to his poor health, on May 17,2010, the group released their second single album, Y, a track that Rain wrote, composed, produced and choreographed. The music video for the track, Y, was released on the same day at midnight with teasers being released from May 6. On December 29,2010, MBLAQ released a music video, featuring their song Cry, for their upcoming full-length album. On December 30,2010, J. Tune Entertainment merged with JYP Entertainment, however, as MBLAQ is part of J. Tune Camp, they are not considered as part of JYP Entertainment, or have any ties with the company. MBLAQ returned to the scene in January 2011. MBLAQ participated in the production of BLAQ Style, with Seungho composing and playing the piano for the introductory track Sad Memories, on January 3,2011, J. Tune Camp released MBLAQs music video for Cry on YouTube, an R&B track produced by E-Tribe. The video gained more than 500,000 views within a week, J. Tune Camp announced that MBLAQ would be debuting in Japan in May, signing with Sony Music Japan
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MBLAQ in 2010 - From left to right: Seungho, Thunder, Joon, Mir, G.O
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MBLAQ in 2011
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MBLAQ at the Hello Baby press conference with the child actors
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Beast (South Korean band)
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Highlight is a South Korean boy band formerly known as Beast. The band consists of five members, Yoon Doo-joon, Yong Jun-hyung, Yang Yo-seob, Lee Gi-kwang, original member Jang Hyun-seung officially left the group in April 2016. Later that year, the five remaining members moved labels from Cube Entertainment to Around Us Entertainment, as Beast, the group released three Korean full-length albums, nine Korean mini-albums, two Japanese full-length albums, and numerous singles. The group debuted in 2009 with the mini-album, Beast Is the B2ST, in 2011, they released their first full-length album, Fiction and Fact, and made their Japanese debut with the single, Shock. As Highlight, the group debuted in 2017 with the mini-album, Beast initially received attention for the lack of industry success previously experienced by its members, with media outlets referring to them as a group of recycled material. Prior to their debut, Korean news outlets reported that Cube Entertainment would be releasing a new boy group known as B2ST and this name was changed to Beast before their debut, but the group retains the original stylisation in all their promotional material. Beasts fanclub name became B2uty and B2sties, in reference to the tale of Beauty. In October 2009, Beast held their debut showcase at the MTV GongGae Hall and made their performance debut on KBS Music Bank with their debut single. A documentary recording the story of the groups debut titled MTV B2ST was filmed during this time, showing the members as they filmed their first music video and bonded with each other. Their debut mini-album, Beast Is the B2ST featured five songs, including the intro track Beast Is the B2ST, Mystery, the song Yet was banned from airplay due to swearing in Jun-hyungs rap. Beast won their first award, Rookie of the Month for December, awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, in early 2010, Beast promoted their second single, Mystery, from the mini-album. The members created their own humorous amateur music video for the song, featuring fellow Korean pop singers including members of Girls Generation and Kara. The mini-album went on to sell 40,000 copies, a feat for a Korean rookie group. The group was awarded the Best Newcomer Award alongside girl groups T-ara, Beast released their second mini-album Shock of the New Era in March 2010 with the lead single Shock. The group achieved their first number-one win on Mnet’s M. Countdown with Shock, the album quickly sold 20,000 copies in Korea, and was certified into the Gold Disk category in Singapore. During the promotion period for Shock, the group performed a version of Korean group Noels ballad Despite Holding On. A digital single version of their track Easy from their Shock of the New Era album was released in April 2010 with the title Easy, the track used strings and piano as opposed to the hip-hop feel and electronic instruments of the original. In August 2010, Beast received the Golden Disk Award from Singapore, Malaysia, Beast and 4minute also became the first Korean artists to be invited to perform on the Singapore Youth Olympics pre-opening stage
Beast (South Korean band)
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Beast performing at
Lotte Giants 2010 Special Concert. From left to right: Yoon Doo-Joon, Son Dong-Woon, Lee Gi-Kwang, Yang Yo-Seob, Jang Hyun-Seung, Yong Jun-Hyung.
Beast (South Korean band)
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Beast at the 2010
Mnet 20's Choice Awards, in August 2010
Beast (South Korean band)
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Beast performing at the
Beautiful Show in
Berlin
Beast (South Korean band)
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Beast performing at the
Expo 2012 in
Yeosu
31.
Shinee
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Shinee is a South Korean boy group formed by S. M. The group is composed of five members, Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, the group gained attention for starting a fashion trend amongst students, which the media dubbed the Shinee Trend. In August,2008, the released their first Korean studio album The Shinee World. Shinee further consolidated their popularity on the South Korean music scene with follow-up singles Ring Ding Dong, Ring Ding Dong charted on top of several Korean music charts and gained popularity all over Asia. Lucifer was nominated for the Best Dance Performance Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards in 2010 for its outstanding choreography, in 2012 the group released Sherlock, which became the fifth most sold album of the year with over 180,000 copies sold. The group has also included in the Forbes list of Korea Power Celebrity multiple times, once in 2014. In mid-2011, Shinee signed with EMI Records Japan to venture into the Japanese music scene. Their Japanese version of their single Replay sold over 100,000 copies and it was followed by their first Japanese studio album, The First, on December 7,2011 — both were certified Gold by RIAJ for selling over 100,000 copies. In 2011 the group held their Japan Debut Premium Reception at Abbey Road Studios in London making them the first Asian artists to perform there. Two years later released their second Japanese album Boys Meet U, followed by Im Your Boy, D×D×D. Shinees signature musical style is contemporary R&B but the group is known for their sound, incorporating various genres including funk rock, hip hop. The groups popularity in their native country South Korea has earned numerous accolades and titles like Princes of K-pop. Prior to the debut, the label company, SM Entertainment, introduced an upcoming contemporary R&B boy group with its goal to be trendsetters in all areas of music, fashion. The groups Korean name, Shinee is a new coined word and explained as a combination of shine meaning light, and the suffix ee, therefore meaning one who receives the light. On May 22,2008, the groups first EP, Replay, was released, in May 2008, Shinee had their first stage performance on SBSs Inkigayo with their single Replay. In the same month, Shinee subsequently released their first full-length album, The Shinee World, which debuted at number three, selling 30,000 copies. Its title track Sanso Gateun Neo is a cover of Show the World by Martin Hoberg Hedegaard, originally written by the Danish songwriting and production team of Thomas Troelsen, Remee and Lucas Secon. On September 18,2008, the song won first place on M. Countdown making it the groups first win on Korean music shows since debut
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Shinee performing during the SMTown Live World Tour IV (L-R): Onew, Taemin, Jonghyun, Minho, Key.
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Shinee in February,2009 performing at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Shinee performs "Ring Ding Dong" at the SMTown concert in New York.
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Shinee performs "Sherlock" at the Special Stage Expo 2012.
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Brown Eyed Girls
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The Brown Eyed Girls, often abbreviated as B. E. G. BG or 브아걸 is a South Korean girl group managed by Mystic Entertainment, the group consists of four members, JeA, Miryo, Narsha, and Gain. They debuted as an R&B/Ballad vocal group with Come Closer in 2006 and have since challenged themselves with a variety of different music genres. They rose to popularity in 2008 with L. O. V and they returned to Korea in late 2011, to garner further success and critical acclaim with their 4th album and its title track Sixth Sense. Other than promoting as a group, all of the members have released solo albums, Narsha was chosen when Jea remembered her as a talented singer from her high school days, and Ga-in was selected by the three members after she was eliminated from Battle Shin Hwa. According to Ga-in, she was crying in the bathroom after failing the audition, was found by composer Ahn Jung Hoon, singer Yoari trained with the group until 2006, when it was decided she would be the lead singer for Sprinkler. The four members held several small concerts, and was actually known as Crescendo before officially debuting as Brown Eyed Girls. Debuting as a group they did not appear on any visual media. The album was received by critics but did not do as well as expected commercially. The album was later re-released to include Hold The Line and this song became a hit, further boosting the bands popularity. Hold the Line was disclosed across the world because it was included in the list of songs from the game Pump it Up. After a short break, the group went back into the studio to work on their second album Leave Ms. Kim, subsequent singles were Oasis featuring Lee Jae Hoon and Its Mine, a collaboration with fellow group SeeYa. During the break between their debut and second albums, the Brown Eyed Girls released their first digital single entitled I Am a Summer, the first two albums contained typical R&B ballads which had been very popular in the K-pop scene. However, the success was relatively higher in two singles between the first and second albums. Moreover, the album containing You Got Me Fooled was released at nearly the same time as Wonder Girls Tell Me which received a nationwide success in Korea. Therefore, their album was once again a commercial disappointment. At the same time, the general K-pop scene was changing from R&B ballads to dance music, in January 2008, Brown Eyed Girls came back with their first mini-album With L. O. V. E. Their single, L. O. V. E, was a departure from the B. E. G
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Brown Eyed Girls at
Expo 2012 in
Yeosu,
South Korea, July 10, 2012. Left to right: Jea, Ga-In, Narsha, Miryo
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Brown Eyed Girls performing in 2013 at the World Rowing Championship Event
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Psy
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Park Jae-sang, known professionally as Psy, stylized PSY, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Psy is known domestically for his humorous videos and stage performances, the songs refrain Oppan Gangnam Style was entered into The Yale Book of Quotations as one of the most famous quotations of 2012. On October 23,2012, Psy met United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the UN Headquarters where Ban expressed his desire to work with the singer because of his unlimited global reach. On December 21,2012, his video for Gangnam Style exceeded one billion views on YouTube. Psy was subsequently recognized by the media as the King of YouTube, on May 31,2014, the video for Psys Gangnam Style hit two billion views. As of April 2017, it is still the most viewed video on YouTube, Park Jae-sang was born on December 31,1977, to an affluent family in the Gangnam District of Seoul, South Korea. His father, Park Won-Ho, is the chairman of DI Corporation. His mother, Kim Young-hee, owns several restaurants in Gangnam, Park attended Banpo Elementary and Middle Schools and Sehwa High School. He disliked school and bothered some of his classmates, although he sometimes made them laugh. In an interview on South Koreas Seoul Broadcasting System, a teacher of Park said. He had such a big influence that he would drive the entire class to his jokes, I disliked him at the time, but looking back, I see that he added a great energy to the class. Park told CNNs Alina Cho that when he was 15 years old, one particular episode showed a concert at Wembley Stadium held by the British rock band Queen where they performed their 1975 hit single Bohemian Rhapsody. Park said it was this footage that sparked his love for music. As part of preparations to take over DI Corporation from his father, after attending an English-language summer course and studying for one semester, Park dropped out of Boston University and applied to study at Berklee College of Music instead. In South Korea, Psy made his first appearance on Korean national television in 2000 after his dancing caught the eye of a TV producer, in January 2001, Psy debuted his full-length album Psy from the Psycho World. For which he was fined by South Korean government authorities due to his albums inappropriate content and his second album Sa 2 also created controversy upon its release in 2002, earning complaints from civil groups due to the potentially negative influence his album would have on children and teenagers. Since then, Psy has been thought of as a controversial artist, in September of the same year, Psy released his third album 3 Psy. The albums title song, Champion, saw great success due to the hype from the World Cup games held in Seoul
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PSY at the 2012 EMTV Awards in Frankfurt, Germany, December 2012
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Psy with the Gangnam Style logo
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U.N. Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon scheduled a meeting with Psy in the belief that music has great power to overcome intolerance.
Psy
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Psy performing in
Cannes, France, at the January 2013
NRJ Music Awards ceremony.
34.
Gangnam Style
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Gangnam Style is the 18th K-pop single by the South Korean musician Psy. The song was released on July 15,2012, as the single of his sixth studio album Psy 6, Part 1. On December 21,2012, Gangnam Style became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views. The songs music video has been viewed over 2.80 billion times on YouTube, and has been YouTubes most watched video since November 24,2012, the phrase Gangnam Style is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. The song and its music video went viral in August 2012 and have influenced popular culture worldwide since then. In September 2012, Gangnam Style was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most liked video on YouTube and it subsequently won Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards held later that year. It became a source of parodies and reaction videos by many different individuals, groups and organizations. By the end of 2012, the song had topped the charts of more than 30 countries including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain. Gangnam Style is a Korean neologism that refers to an associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. The term was listed in Times weekly vocabulary list as an associated with lavish lifestyles in Seouls Gangnam district. The song talks about the girlfriend who knows when to be refined. The songs refrain 오빤 강남 스타일 has been translated as Big brother is Gangnam style, during an interview with The New York Times, Psy revealed that the Korean fans have huge expectations about his dancing, so he felt a lot of pressure. In order to keep up with expectations, he studied hard to find something new, during an interview with Reuters, Psy claimed that Gangnam Style was originally produced only for local K-pop fans. On July 11, Psy and his music label YG Entertainment started releasing several promotional teasers for Gangnam Style to their subscribers on YouTube. On July 15,2012, the music video of Gangnam Style was uploaded onto YouTube and was immediately a sensation. Although it has spread to the Middle East, Eastern Europe, however, social media networks such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter have made it easier for K-pop musicians to reach a wider audience in the West. According to Mark James Russell from Foreign Policy, while the Korean Wave may not turn heads in Los Angeles or London, the song has received mixed to positive ratings from music critics. Music journalist Bill Lamb from About. com praised the song for spreading smiles, Billboard K-Town columnist Jeff Benjamin became one of the first music critics to review the song when he published an article and reported that Gangnam Style has gone viral on the Internet
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Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1 Disc artwork
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"Gangnam Style"
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The district of
Gangnam in
Seoul
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Dancers performing "Gangnam Style" at the
Gimje Horizon Festival
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CNN
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The Cable News Network is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. It was founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner as a 24-hour cable news channel, upon its launch, CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage, and was the first all-news television channel in the United States. While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from the Time Warner Center in New York City and its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta is only used for weekend programming. CNN is sometimes referred to as CNN/U. S. to distinguish the American channel from its sister network. As of August 2010, CNN is available in over 100 million U. S. households, broadcast coverage of the U. S. channel extends to over 890,000 American hotel rooms, as well as carriage on cable and satellite providers throughout Canada. Globally, CNN programming airs through CNN International, which can be seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories, as of February 2015, CNN is available to about 96,289,000 cable, satellite, and telco television households in the United States. The Cable News Network was launched at 5,00 p. m. Eastern Time on June 1,1980, after an introduction by Ted Turner, the husband and wife team of David Walker and Lois Hart anchored the channels first newscast. Burt Reinhardt, the vice president of CNN at its launch, hired most of the channels first 200 employees, including the networks first news anchor. Since its debut, CNN has expanded its reach to a number of cable and satellite providers, several websites. The company has 36 bureaus, more than 900 affiliated local stations, the channels success made a bona-fide mogul of founder Ted Turner and set the stage for conglomerate Time Warners eventual acquisition of the Turner Broadcasting System in 1996. A companion channel, CNN2, was launched on January 1,1982, on January 28,1986, CNN carried the only live television coverage of the launch and subsequent break-up of Space Shuttle Challenger, which killed all seven crew members on board. On October 14,1987, Jessica McClure, an 18-month-old toddler, fell down a well in Midland, CNN quickly reported on the story, and the event helped make its name. This was before correspondents reported live from the capital while American bombs were falling. Before Saddam Hussein held a press conference with a few of the hundreds of Americans he was holding hostage. Before the nation watched, riveted but powerless, as Los Angeles was looted and burned, before O. J. Simpson took a slow ride in a white Bronco, and before everyone close to his case had an agent and a book contract. This was uncharted territory just a time ago. The moment when bombing began was announced on CNN by Bernard Shaw on January 16,1991, as follows, lets describe to our viewers what were seeing. The skies over Baghdad have been illuminated, were seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky
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Replica of the newsroom at CNN Center.
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Operation Desert Storm as captured live on a CNN
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The stage for the second 2008
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IU (singer)
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Lee Ji-eun, better known by her stage name IU, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actress. While still in school, IU auditioned for various talent agencies with ambitions of becoming a singer. She signed with LOEN Entertainment in 2007 as a trainee and began her career at the age of 15 with her debut album, Lost. Her follow-up albums, Growing Up and IU. IM, brought her success, but it was through Good Day, the lead single from her 2010 album Real. Good Day spent five weeks at the top position of South Koreas Gaon Digital Chart. 2011 also saw her first foray into song-writing with Hold My Hand, while her subsequent releases, including albums A Flower Bookmark and Chat-Shire, continued to deviate from the mainstream K-pop style, IU retained her dominance on music charts. Chat-Shire marked the first time she is credited as the sole lyricist, IU has released three studio albums and nine extended plays, scoring two number-one albums and fourteen number-one singles on the Gaon Music Charts. Billboard recognized IU as the leader of its Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart with the most number-one songs. Aside from her career, IU has also ventured into hosting radio and television shows. IU was born Lee Ji-eun on May 16,1993 in South Korea, at an early age, IU became interested in pursuing a career in the entertainment industry and began attending acting classes. Soon after her school years, her familys financial situation deteriorated. She and her brother lived apart from their parents in a studio room with her grandmother. IU had little contact with her parents over this period of time, during her middle school years, IU found her passion for singing and decided to become a singer after feeling delight in performing at her schools sports competition and for the audiences applause. She attended 20 auditions but failed all and was also scammed by fake entertainment companies, before joining LOEN Entertainment in 2007, IU trained at Good Entertainment with Uee, Yubin, Heo Ga-yoon, and Jun Hyoseong. After signing with LOEN, IU moved to Bangbae, Seoul, despite thinking that she might eventually be put into a girl group after three to four years of training, she received ten months of training before her solo debut in 2008. Due to her living conditions at the time, IU stated that she loved being at the studio, prior to her debut, LOEN coined her stage name IU, deriving from the phrase I and You to symbolize the unifying force of music between people. Her burgeoning career led to her attendance at school and declining grades. After graduating from Dongduk Girls High School in 2011, IU decided not to pursue education in tandem with her singing career
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IU in Hong Kong on September 12, 2015
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IU at Disney Channel and Disney Junior launching event in South Korea on June 29, 2011
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IU performing "The Red Shoes" on October 16, 2013
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Miley Cyrus
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Miley Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her father Billy Ray Cyrus also starred in the show and she released her second album Breakout and launched her film career as a voice actress in the animated film Bolt in 2008. Cyrus starred in the feature film Hannah Montana, The Movie, in 2010, she released her third album Cant Be Tamed, which stands as the lowest-selling record of her career, and starred in the coming-of-age film The Last Song. Cyrus focused on her career with several television and film appearances in 2011 and 2012. Her sexually explicit behavior generated widespread controversy while promoting her fourth album Bangerz, Cyrus independently-released fifth studio album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz deviated from her traditional pop style for more psychedelic experimentation. In 2016, she was a coach for the season of the singing competition series The Voice. With Bangerz, Cyrus achieved her third album on the U. S. Billboard 200. She has logged seven top 10 entries on the U. S. Billboard Hot 100 with, See You Again,7 Things, The Climb, Cant Be Tamed, We Cant Stop and the chart-topping Wrecking Ball. Cyrus has earned awards and nominations, as Billboard ranked her as the fourth best-selling female artist of 2009. She was ranked number thirteen on Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2010 and she has been included on the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2008 and 2014. Destiny Hope Cyrus was born November 23,1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, to Leticia Jean Tish Cyrus, Cyrus was born with supraventricular tachycardia, a condition which causes an abnormal resting heart rate. She changed her name to Miley Ray Cyrus, her middle name honors her grandfather, against the advice of her fathers record company, Cyruss parents secretly married on December 28,1993, a year after her birth. They had two children together, son Braison and daughter Noah. From previous relationships, her mother has two children, Trace and Brandi, while her father has a son named Christopher. Cyrus godmother is entertainer Dolly Parton, Cyrus grew up on a 500-acre farm in Franklin, and attended Heritage Elementary School. While working on Hannah Montana, she enrolled at Options for Youth Charter Schools, raised a Christian, she was baptized in a Southern Baptist church before moving to Hollywood in 2005. She attended church regularly while growing up and wore a purity ring, in 2001, when Cyrus was eight, she and her family moved to Toronto, Canada while her father filmed the television series Doc. After Billy Ray took her to see a 2001 Mirvish production of Mamma Mia. at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Cyrus grabbed his arm and told him, This is what I want to do and she began taking singing and acting classes at the Armstrong Acting Studio in Toronto
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Cyrus performing at the 93.3 FLZ Jingle Ball, December 2013
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Cyrus in 2007
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Cyrus performing on the
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Cyrus at the
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Justin Bieber
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Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After a talent manager discovered him through his YouTube videos covering songs in 2008 and signed to RBMG, Bieber released his debut EP, My World and it was certified Platinum in the U. S. He became the first artist to have seven songs from a record chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Bieber released his first full-length studio album, My World 2.0 and it debuted at or near number one in several countries, was certified triple Platinum in the U. S. and contained his single Baby. He released his studio album, Under the Mistletoe, in November 2011. Bieber released his studio album, Believe, in 2012. His fourth studio album Purpose was released in November 2015, spawning three number one singles, What Do You Mean and his U. S. album and singles sales total 44.7 million. He has sold an estimated 100 million records, making him one of the world’s best-selling music artists, Bieber has won numerous awards, including the American Music Award for Artist of the Year in 2010 and 2012. In his career, he has won one Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for the song Where Are Ü Now at the 2016 ceremony. He has been listed four times by Forbes magazine among the top ten most powerful celebrities in the world in 2011,2012, Bieber also became the first artist to surpass 10 billion total video views on Vevo. Bieber was born on March 1,1994, in London, Ontario, at St Josephs Hospital and he is the only child of Jeremy Jack Bieber and Patricia Pattie Mallette. Pattie raised her son with the help of her mother, Diane and his mother is of French-Canadian descent, his paternal great-grandfather was of German ancestry, and his other roots are English, Scottish and Irish. He has also claimed that he has some undetermined Aboriginal Canadian ancestry, through Jeremy, Bieber has two younger half-siblings, Jazmyn and Jaxon. Pattie worked a series of low-paying office jobs, raising Bieber as a mother in low-income housing. Bieber has maintained contact with his father, Bieber attended a French-language immersion elementary school in Stratford, the Jeanne Sauvé Catholic School. Growing up, he learned to play the piano, drums, guitar and he graduated from high school in Stratford, Ontario, the St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in 2012 with a 4.0 GPA. In early 2007, aged 12, Bieber sang Ne-Yos So Sick for a singing competition in Stratford and was placed second. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and she continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Biebers popularity on the site grew
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Bieber at the 2012 NRJ Music Awards
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Bieber in 2010, displaying his earlier haircut.
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Bieber performing during his
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Bieber performing in
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Infinite (band)
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Infinite, stylized as INFINITE, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010 by Woollim Entertainment. The group consists of Sungkyu, Dongwoo, Woohyun, Hoya, Sungyeol, L and their first full album, Over The Top, was released in July 2011. Their mini-album New Challenge, released in March 2013, sold over 160,000 copies in South Korea alone and was one of the albums of 2013. Their second full album, Season 2, was released in May 2014, in 2010, Infinite first appeared in a Mnet pre-debut reality show You Are My Oppa along with Lovelyzs Jiae. In the same year on June 9, they debuted with their first mini album First Invasion with the singles Come Back Again and they made their first debut stage on M. Countdown on June 10. On January 7, the returned with the single Before the Dawn from their second mini album Evolution. Their first studio album Over The Top was released on July 21 along with the video of their title track Be Mine. They received their first music show first place award at M. Countdown on September 1, following the success of Be Mine, Infinite re-released Over The Top as a repackaged album titled Paradise, along with its title track of the same name, on September 26. On October 9, Infinite came first on Inkigayo for Paradise, Infinite then won their second trophy with Paradise on October 13 on M. Countdown. Infinite unofficially debuted in Japan with their first Japanese single To-Ra-Wa on January 26, immediately after its release, their Evolution mini album hit #3 on real-time charts for sales in Korea. The song was the top downloaded ringtone on the charts of the K-POP section of Japan’s top mobile website. Infinite released various rental singles including Shes Back, BTD, Infinite made their official Japanese debut with the release of the Japanese version of BTD on November 19. The B-side for the single is Can U Smile, a remake of a track from their 2nd mini album Evolution and it is the 3rd track of their first single album Inspirit. In December 2011, they released their first Christmas song, White Confession, Infinite performed their very first Korean concert in front of approximately 8,000 fans on February 11–12 at the Seoul Olympic Park in Songpa District, eastern Seoul. The concert was titled Second Invasion, following up the bands debut EP, tickets to the concert sold out within 10 minutes after being released online on December 14,2011. Throughout the year, the focused on individual activities. Dongwoo was featured in Baby Soul and Yoo Jiaes new single Shes a Flirt which was released on January 18, L was casted in the tvN TV drama Shut Up Flower Boy Band which started airing on January 30. Hoya was casted in Reply 1997 which aired on July 24, Woohyun was casted in The Thousandth Man which started airing on August 17
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Infinite at the 2012 K-Collection in Seoul. Members from left to the right: L, Hoya, Sungkyu, Sungyeol, Woohyun, Dongwoo, Sungjong
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Infinite in August 2011
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Infinite performing at Cyworld Dream Music Festival in 2011
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Infinite in 2013 at the K-POP World Festival in
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YouTube
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YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005, Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, YouTube now operates as one of Googles subsidiaries. Unregistered users can watch videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Videos deemed potentially offensive are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old, YouTube earns advertising revenue from Google AdSense, a program which targets ads according to site content and audience. As of February 2017, there are more than 400 hours of content uploaded to YouTube each minute, as of April 2017, the website is ranked as the second most popular site in the world by Alexa Internet, a web traffic analysis company. YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, Hurley had studied design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Karim could not easily find video clips of either event online, Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service, and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not. YouTube began as a venture capital-funded technology startup, primarily from an $11.5 million investment by Sequoia Capital between November 2005 and April 2006, YouTubes early headquarters were situated above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California. The domain name www. youtube. com was activated on February 14,2005, the first YouTube video, titled Me at the zoo, shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. The video was uploaded on April 23,2005, and can still be viewed on the site, YouTube offered the public a beta test of the site in May 2005. The first video to reach one million views was a Nike advertisement featuring Ronaldinho in November 2005. Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site grew rapidly, and in July 2006 the company announced that more than 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day, and that the site was receiving 100 million video views per day. The site has 800 million unique users a month and it is estimated that in 2007 YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000. The choice of the name www. youtube. com led to problems for a similarly named website, the sites owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, filed a lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006 after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube has since changed the name of its website to www. utubeonline. com, in October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock, and the deal was finalized on November 13,2006. In March 2010, YouTube began free streaming of certain content, according to YouTube, this was the first worldwide free online broadcast of a major sporting event. On March 31,2010, the YouTube website launched a new design, with the aim of simplifying the interface, Google product manager Shiva Rajaraman commented, We really felt like we needed to step back and remove the clutter. In May 2010, YouTube videos were watched more than two times per day
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Screenshot of YouTube's homepage
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YouTube's headquarters as of 2010 in
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Gentleman (Psy song)
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Gentleman is a K-pop song by South Korean musician Psy released on April 12,2013, serving as his 19th single. The song serves as the follow-up to his hit single Gangnam Style. The first public performance of the song, with its dance, was unveiled at 6,30 pm on April 13 at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul. A poster and Twitter message was released containing the line of the song Im a mother f••••• gentleman. As of March 2017, the video has been viewed more than 1 billion times, the song has reached number one on charts in three countries and has topped iTunes charts in 40 countries. Psy first announced a new single would be forthcoming by Twitter on March 8 and he originally intended to follow up Gangnam Style with a song called Assarabia, which is Korean slang for Oh Yeah. But changed course upon realizing that the title might be offensive to Arab listeners, for the April 13 debut of the dance, Psy instructed fans to attend in white attire. 50,000 people attended the April 13 World Cup Stadium performance, the 6,30 pm Seoul time/2,30 am U. S. ET performance was broadcast live on YouTube. Psy felt a lot of pressure to satisfy his growing fanbase, saying Of course I feel more burden than before, the new dance is characterized by fast, hip-swinging movements in Stuff. Or motherf***er depending on the interpretation of PSYs accent, a poster was also released containing the main line of the song Im a mother fxxxxx gentleman. At a press conference for the Happening concert, PSY mentioned that he chose the phrase because it was easy to pronounce and he also chose alangamola as a common lyric in the song as it was easy to sing along to. The song features more English than Gangnam Style, the website The Huffington Post classifies the song as electropop, while Time describes it as K-pop. He described the song as a sort of a mash-up of my previous 10 tracks and 10 hooks, I made a surgery with those 10 songs. Initial reactions were mixed as critics acknowledged the catchy tunes of Gentleman, cNNs Jake Tapper asserted that Psys concern about being left behind as a one-hit wonder is completely founded. Simon Vozick-Levinson, associate editor at Rolling Stone, pointed out that Its almost impossible to create another hit like Gangnam Style, Psy responded to these concerns and says, I’ve been doing this for 12 years. Would it be fair to me a one-hit wonder just because my next song falls flat. I gained international fame almost by accident but that not mean that I will make desperate efforts to maintain that global popularity. I will just continue to do what I have been doing for all these years, if it satisfies people’s appetite it will
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"Gentleman"
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Hyuna
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Kim Hyun-ah, better known by the mononym Hyuna, stylized as HyunA, is a South Korean singer, dancer, songwriter and model. She was a member of the South Korean girl group 4Minute. She is a member of the musical duo Trouble Maker, she is also a member of the trio Triple H, Hyuna first rose to fame in the South Korean girl-group Wonder Girls, before she left in 2007 for health reasons. In 2008, she signed with Cube Entertainment and subsequently debuted with 4Minute a year later and their debut single, Hot Issue, was immediately successful as it grabbed attention from the public even before their debut stage. She has a solo career, having several hit songs such as Bubble Pop. She is also known for her appearance in Psys worldwide hit Gangnam Style. She describes her career as performance-oriented music. Hyuna was born on June 6,1992 in Seoul, South Korea and she attended Choongam Middle School and Korea High School of Music and Arts and currently attends Konkuk University, majoring in art culture, receiving special admission to the school. However, her Chinese teacher told her that it sounded bizarre in Mandarin, Hyuna agreed to the change after commenting that 泫雅 sounded adorable. In 2006, Hyuna was revealed as a 2nd member of Wonder Girls at age 14 and she participated in the groups debut mini album The Wonder Begins, released in February 2007. She was a part of the television shows MTV Wonder Girls for two seasons, and co-hosted Show. Music Core with Wonder Girls Sohee and Fly to the Sky singer Brian Joo from May 12 to June 30, Hyuna left Wonder Girls in July, when she was removed by her parents due to their concern over her health—in particular, chronic gastroenteritis and fainting spells. In 2008, she transferred to Cube Entertainment, Hyuna then debuted as part of the girl group 4Minute. Announced in May 2009, the group debuted with the single, on August 13 she rapped for Navis song Wasteful Tears and she also appeared in its music video. Hyuna also appeared in Mighty Mouths music video for Love Class with Uee from After School, Hyuna also featured in Brave Brothers song Bittersweet, released August 18. She became part of the Dream Team Girl Group, a group for Samsungs Anycall phone with Seung Yeon. Their first digital single Tomorrow was released on October 6,2009, Hyunas individual version of the music video was released on October 27. Hyuna was also part of Invincible Youth, a South Korean variety show, however, she left the show due to some scheduling conflicts with her groups overseas promotions on June 11,2010
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Hyuna performing at the Hallyu Dream Concert in 2014.
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Hyuna in 2012
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HyunA in December 2013, during the 2013 Korea Yakult Seven Pro BaseBall Golden Globe Award.
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Ice Cream (Hyuna song)
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Ice Cream is song by South Korean singer Hyuna, and is taken from her second EP, Melting. The song alternative also features Maboos, on the day that the song was released,22 October 2012, it was viewed two million times. Within four days, the video for Ice Cream had almost reached eight million views on YouTube. Cube Entertainment released the video on YouTube, on 26 October, the video reached ten million views on YouTube, nine days faster than Gangnam Style, HyunAs first collaboration with PSY. There is a discussion concerning whether or not the video should have a nineteen-plus rating. The song has a strong sound and unique rapping from Hyuna. On 21 October 2012, the extended play Melting was leaked on a music site. The song nevertheless managed to reach first place on music websites. The full music video was released at SBS MTV on October 21, at the start of the video, PSY is gobbling up a few ice cream cones. The songs music also features a cameo by South Korean rapper PSY. Hyuna had previously featured in the video for PSYs Gangnam Style. The video featured bubbles, a man and ice cream. Four days after its release, the music video tied the record for the K-idol music video to achieve ten million views on YouTube the fastest, Hyuna - vocals, rap Brave Brothers - producing, songwriting, arranger, music
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G-Dragon
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Kwon Ji-yong, better known by his stage name G-Dragon, is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and fashion icon. After six years as a trainee under the record label YG Entertainment, G-Dragon has been involved with writing, composing, and producing many of Big Bangs and his own hit tracks. As of 2017, he has written 22 number one songs, Heartbreaker also sparked major controversies for the artist, including accusations of plagiarism. After almost a year of hiatus, G-Dragon and bandmate, T. O. P collaborated to record and release the album GD & TOP. The album saw the release of three singles, High High, Oh Yeah, and Knock Out, all of which have charted within the top three positions of the Gaon Chart, with High High becoming a chart-topper. 2012 saw the release of his first EP One of a Kind, which yielded hit singles One of a Kind, Crayon, the album was critically acclaimed, earning Record of the Year at the 22nd Seoul Music Awards. His second full album in four years, Coup DEtat matched the success of his previous work and he also earned the Worlds Best Entertainer and Worlds Best Album awards at the 2014 World Music Awards. He became the member of Big Bang to make a solo debut in Japan after his bandmate Daesungs solo concert tour. In 2013, he embarked on his worldwide tour as a solo artist. Recognised as one of the most influential leaders in music and fashion in his country, G-Dragon was named by Forbes Asia the Most Influential Person Under 30 in Eastern’s Entertainment and Sports. Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Kwon Ji-yong began his career at age five as part of the group Little RooRa, after releasing a Christmas album, the groups contract was terminated by their record company, which Kwon described as shock. Although he vowed to his mother that he wouldnt again, he was scouted by SM Entertainment while on a ski trip with his family. He was a trainee under the label for five years. In third grade, Kwon was introduced to the American rap group Wu-Tang Clan by a friend, inspired by their music, he developed an interest in rapping and began taking class. Under People Crews tutelage, he participated in the release of the Korean hip-hop Flex album in 2001, becoming the youngest Korean rapper at just 13 years old. Although he wrote his own lyrics for the song, he admitted that his English was weak and the story behind the lyrics was just another typical Im young, but Im the best. Kwon caught the interest of Sean of the hip-hop duo Jinusean from YG Entertainment, after signing a contract with the record label, Kwon spent the first year cleaning the studio for the other artists in the record label and fetching them water bottles during dance practice. He and another trainee Dong Young-bae, originally planned to debut as the hip-hop duo GDYB, after six years of training, Kwon made several featured appearances on other artists albums and even released several singles with Dong under the name GDYB
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G-Dragon at MTV Fast Forward, Thailand
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G-Dragon performing with T.O.P. in 2011
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Flower Power (song)
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Flower Power is the sixth Japanese single released by South Korean girl group Girls Generation. The single was released on November 14,2012, via download on iTunes Japan. It serves as the single from their second Japanese studio album. Despite limited release, Flower Power sold 29,000 copies in its first week, peaking at five on the Oricon Singles Chart. After the success of the singles, Paparazzi and Oh. Flower Power was released in Japan on November 14,2012, a concept photo released by the groups Japanese label shows the group trying to escape searchlights. The song is mainly in Japanese with interspersed English phrases, sekirara human nature, kawasu shisen wa me to me, kakehiki no border. Stark naked, human nature, without exchanging looks, eye to eye, the single was not released physically until November 21 because of problems with production. The singles B-side, Beep Beep, is not included on Girls & Peace, the single also contains a medley of the accompanying album which features Jamaican rapper Sean Paul. Flower Power is written by Johan Gustafson, Fredrik Häggstam, Sebastian Lundberg, lyrically, the song describes the strategic moves between a man and a woman on the dancefloor, sung by the group with the sound and light of a glitzy atmosphere. On October 31,2012, the music was released in two versions, the regular and dance version. Within the song’s perspective of the world, the nine girls sing and dance in a near future cosplay image of “bondage”-like cabin attendants under an airline company. On April 5,2013, a version of the music video for Beep Beep was released. A full version of the video was released on the groups third Japanese album. The single didnt match the success of its predecessors in its first week, the single managed to sell 13,000 copies on its first day, charting at number two on Oricons Daily Single Chart. It eventually sold 29,000 copies during its first week of physical release, the single raced to number six on the Japan Hot 100 in its second week, jumping nineteen spots. The single also charted on the Hot Single Sales chart at number four, as well as Billboard Japans airplay charts, twelve on Contemporary Airplay, the group performed the song for the first time on TBS Kayou Kyoku on November 13,2012. The same day, the group held their Playing with Girls Generation fan meeting with 10,000 people at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, the group performed the song along with Gee and Oh
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Kara (South Korean band)
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Kara was a South Korean pop girl group formed by DSP Media in 2007. The groups final lineup was composed of Park Gyuri, Han Seungyeon, Goo Hara, members Nicole Jung and Kang Ji-young officially departed from the group in 2014, while Kim Sung-hee left in 2008. The groups name comes from the Greek word chara, which they interpreted to mean sweet melody, the groups fanclub is known as Kamilia. The group originally started off as a quartet and made their debut with Break It while displaying a strong female image, expectations for the group were big because they were considered as successors to their senior labelmate, Fin. K. L. They released their first studio album titled The First Blooming in March 2007, however, their debut was not well received by the public and was a commercial failure. The following year, Kim Sung-hee departed the group due to parental pressure, after their addition, the group also changed their musical style and their image to the pretty but natural appeal, releasing their first mini-album, Rock U in July 2008. They achieved their first number one song with Honey and their follow-up singles including Lupin, Jumping, Step, and Pandora were also successful and helped further establish the group within the Korean music industry. The group were ranked at No.6 and No.5 in Gallup Korea in 2009 and 2010 respectively and they were also ranked at No.4 and 13 in February 2012 and 2013s Forbes Korea Power Celebrity list. After finding national success, the group began to expand their music to Japan by signing to Universal Music Japans subsidiary label, Universal Sigma in 2010. The groups debut was a success as they were dubbed as Japans No.1 Rookie Artist of 2010 by Oricon, overall, the group managed to sell over one million physical singles within two years, making them one of the fastest-selling South Korean acts in Japan. Following their departures, a reality show titled Kara Project was aired on TV to select members to join the group, seven trainees from DSP Media took part in the program. The winner of the competition was Heo Youngji who became the latest member to join the group, on January 15,2016, DSP Media announced that the contracts with Park Gyu-ri, Han Seung-yeon and Goo Ha-ra expired and they decided not to renew their contracts. In April, Park Gyu-ri revealed that the group did not disband, the group started off as a quartet with members consisting of Park Gyuri, Han Seung-yeon, Kim Sung-hee, and Jung Nicole. The group debuted on March 29,2007 with Break It on M. nets M. Countdown from their first album The First Blooming while displaying a strong female image, the album also produced the singles If U Wanna and Secret World. Music videos for the first two singles were created and they were often compared to their senior labelmates, Fin. K. L, because of their similarity and the fact that the two groups were signed to the same label. Additionally, each member of Kara was paralleled to a member of Fin. K. L. In response to the comparisons, the stated that they regarded the comparison as beneficial. Although their album was acclaimed by critics, it was not well received by the public and was overshadowed by other girl groups who debuted the same year
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Kara in August 2014 From left to right: Heo Young-ji, Park Gyu-ri, Han Seung-yeon and Goo Ha-ra.
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Kara and after school performing at the
Hanyang University Festival, 2009
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KARA on the red carpet of
MAMA
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in 2010
Asia Song Festival Kara press conference
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Pandora (EP)
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Pandora is the fifth EP by South Korean pop girl group, Kara. It was released on August 22,2012, on August 6,2012, the title track of the Pandora album was revealed. The song was leaked at KBS radio show, 2FM Super Juniors Kiss the Radio on August 17. Following the leak, the representatives and the staff working for the show apologized on Twitter. On August 7,2012, the EPs title was revealed by Karas agency, the concept of the album was to show the groups matured charms through a modern interpretation of Pandoras Box. Steward Ho for M. net noted that the group were about to ditch their younger image, group member Nicole Jung stated during the albums show case that the group aimed to display their maturing feminism. The EP contains four songs plus a version of the title track. The group worked with Han Jae-ho and Kim Seung-soo along with Sweetune, the title track, Pandora, is a synthpop dance track. The group held a showcase to promote the release of the Pandora EP at the Seoul Walkerhill Hotel on August 22, the event was streamed live at M. net Globals website. The groups agency also stated that the members are devoting themselves towards the promotion of the album in South Korea, the group began their weekly promotions for the album starting on KBS Music Bank where they performed some of the albums songs including Pandora and Miss U. A promotional truck that was covered with the albums jacket cover traveled through various parts of Seoul, including Gangnam, Hongdae, Itaewon. Enewsworld editor Erika Kim stated that the group had improved in their vocals and she complimented the members role within the song and noted some influences from Japanese pop music such as the opening theme songs of magical-girl anime series like Sailor Moon. Throughout the day of release, the members of the group become the most searched terms on several popular Korean search engines which includes Naver. Following the music release, some concerns were raised regarding the groups suggestive choreography. A representative for KBSs Music Bank stated that the group may need to make changes, however no changes were made when the group made their first televised performance on August 24 at the music program to start their weekly album promotion cycle. In South Korea, the EP peaked at number 1 in Gaon Album Chart, the other three songs from the EP, Way, Miss U, and Idiot also placed on the Gaon Digital Chart. In Japan, the EP debuted at number 104 in Oricon Albums Chart through importation from South Korea, after the Japanese edition was released, the EP peaked number 15 on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart
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Digital cover
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Big Bang (South Korean band)
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Big Bang is a South Korean boy band formed by YG Entertainment. Consisting of members G-Dragon, T. O. P, Taeyang, Daesung, and Seungri, despite initial lukewarm receptions, their breakthrough came with the extended play, Always, which yielded the number one song Lies. The song went on to top major Korean music charts for a seven consecutive weeks. Big Bangs follow-up releases furthered their success and popularity, Hot Issue spawned the chart-topping song Last Farewell and they would go on to release three more Japanese studio albums, Big Bang, Big Bang 2, and the Japanese-language edition of Alive. After a two-year hiatus in South Korea, Big Bang reunited in 2011 with their EP Tonight, promotions were cut short when multiple members encountered legal issues. By the end of the year, Big Bang emerged as the inaugural Best Worldwide Act winner at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards. Three months after their win in Europe, Big Bang released their most successful physical album, Alive became the first Korean album to chart on the Billboard 200, with the group embarking on their first ever world tour that concluded in early 2013. The critically acclaimed Made was preceded by several chart-topping singles, winning the group their third Artist of the Year award at the 17th Mnet Asian Music Awards. Their second world tour in support of the album gathered 1.5 million attendance, Big Bang was the first Korean artist to enter Forbes Magazines Celebrity 100 and the 30 under 30 most influential musicians in the world lists. Citing their global popularity and contribution to K-pop, The Washington Post have described them as the biggest band in Asia, prior to the groups debut, a few of the members were already exposed to the entertainment industry. G-Dragon and Taeyang were the first ones to receive training under YG Entertainment at the age of eleven. After G-Dragon was approached by YG Entertainment for possible candidates to start a boy group, G-Dragon contacted T. O. P, his childhood friend, at the time, T. O. P was an underground rapper under the stage name Tempo. One of his most popular tracks was Buckwild with NBK Gray, Seungri first appeared on the reality television series Lets Cokeplay, Mnet Battle Shinhwa, a show in which idol group Shinhwa search for members to make up the second-generation Shinhwa. The original lineup consisted of six members, the ones along with Daesung and Hyun-seung. Their formation was documented on television, prior to their official debut, Big Bang held their official debut on August 19,2006 at the Gymnastics Arena in Seoul Olympic Park during the YG Family 10th Year Concert, which was broadcast the following month. The single went on to sell nearly 40,000 copies, the second single, BigBang Is V. I. P, was released in September, eventually topping 32,000 copies sold. Their last single, Bigbang 03, followed, with sales nearing 40,000 copies. The group held their first concert, The Real, that December, followed by their debut album,3, the album went on to sell over 110,000 copies
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Left to right: G-Dragon, T.O.P, Seungri, Taeyang, Daesung.
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Big Bang at MTV Fast Forward, Thailand, December 2007
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Big Bang in 2011
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Big Bang performing in 2012
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The Washington Post
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The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. It is the most widely circulated newspaper published in Washington, D. C. and was founded on December 6,1877 and its current slogan is Democracy Dies in Darkness. Located in the city of the United States, the newspaper has a particular emphasis on national politics. Daily editions are printed for the District of Columbia, Maryland, the newspaper is published as a broadsheet, with photographs printed both in color and in black and white. The newspaper has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes and this includes six separate Pulitzers awarded in 2008, the second-highest number ever awarded to a single newspaper in one year, second only to The New York Times seven awards in 2002. Post journalists have also received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards, in years since, its investigations have led to increased review of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In 2013, its owners, the Graham family, sold the newspaper to billionaire entrepreneur. The newspaper is owned by Nash Holdings LLC, a holding company Bezos created for the acquisition, the Washington Post is generally regarded as one of the leading daily American newspapers, along with The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. The Post has distinguished itself through its reporting on the workings of the White House, Congress. It is one of the two daily broadsheets published in Washington D. C. the other being its smaller rival The Washington Times, unlike The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post does not print an edition for distribution away from the East Coast. In 2009, the newspaper ceased publication of its National Weekly Edition, the majority of its newsprint readership is in District of Columbia and its suburbs in Maryland and Northern Virginia. The Sunday Style section differs slightly from the weekday Style section, it is in a tabloid format, and it houses the reader-written humor contest The Style Invitational. Additional weekly sections appear on weekdays, Health & Science on Tuesday, Food on Wednesday, Local Living on Thursday, the latter two are in a tabloid format. In November 2009, it announced the closure of its U. S. regional bureaus—Chicago, Los Angeles and New York—as part of a focus on. political stories. The newspaper has bureaus in Maryland and Virginia. While its circulation has been slipping, it has one of the highest market-penetration rates of any metropolitan news daily, for many decades, the Post had its main office at 1150 15th Street NW. This real estate remained with Graham Holdings when the newspaper was sold to Jeff Bezos Nash Holdings in 2013, Graham Holdings sold 1150 15th Street for US$159 million in November 2013. The Washington Post continued to lease space at 1150 L Street NW, in May 2014, The Washington Post leased the west tower of One Franklin Square, a high-rise building at 1301 K Street NW in Washington, D. C
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Front page for May 21, 2015
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The headquarters of The Washington Post in
Washington, DC.
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Washington Post building in 1948
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The Monday, July 21, 1969, edition, with the headline
"'The Eagle Has Landed' — Two Men Walk on the Moon"
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The Globe and Mail
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The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed Canadian newspaper owned by The Woodbridge Company, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across the country. The Globe and Mail is regarded by some as Canadas newspaper of record, the predecessor to The Globe and Mail was The Globe, founded in 1844 by Scottish immigrant George Brown, who became a Father of Confederation. Browns liberal politics led him to court the support of the Clear Grits and he selected as the motto for the editorial page a quotation from Junius, The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. The quotation is carried on the page to this day. By the 1850s, The Globe had become an independent and well-regarded daily newspaper and it began distribution by railway to other cities in Ontario shortly after Canadian Confederation. At the dawn of the century, The Globe added photography, a womens section, and the slogan Canadas National Newspaper. It began opening bureaus and offering subscriptions across Canada, on 23 November 1936, The Globe merged with The Mail and Empire, itself formed through the 1895 merger of two conservative newspapers, The Toronto Mail and Toronto Empire. Press reports at the stated, the minnow swallowed the whale because The Globes circulation was smaller than The Mail. The merger was arranged by George McCullagh, who fronted for mining magnate William Henry Wright and became the first publisher of The Globe, McCullagh committed suicide in 1952, and the newspaper was sold to the Webster family of Montreal. As the paper lost ground to The Toronto Star in the local Toronto market, the newspaper was unionised in 1955, under the banner of the American Newspaper Guild. From 1937 until 1974, the newspaper was produced at the William H, in 1965, the paper was bought by Winnipeg-based FP Publications, controlled by Bryan Maheswary, which owned a chain of local Canadian newspapers. FP put an emphasis on the Report on Business section that was launched in 1962. FP Publications and The Globe and Mail were sold in 1980 to The Thomson Corporation, after the acquisition there were few changes made in editorial or news policy. However, there was more attention paid to national and international news on the editorial, op-ed, the Globe and Mail has always been a morning newspaper. Since the 1980s, it has been printed in editions in six Canadian cities, Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary. Southern Ontario Newspaper Guild employees took their first ever strike vote at The Globe in 1982 and those negotiations ended without a strike, and the Globe unit of SONG still has a strike-free record. SONG members voted in 1994 to sever ties with the American-focused Newspaper Guild, shortly afterwards, SONG affiliated with the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. Under the editorship of William Thorsell in the 1980s and 1990s, during this period, the paper continued to favour such socially liberal policies as decriminalizing drugs and expanding gay rights
The Globe and Mail
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The January 25, 2013 front page of The Globe and Mail
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The Globe's Office in Toronto
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Globe and Mail staff await news of the
D-Day invasion. June 6, 1944.
