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oneday is formed from a reality show M.Net Hot Blood Documenter (for more about Hot Blood member and the documentary, see “about Hot Blood”). Consist of 7 members, Jaebum as (ex) leader, Junsu, Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung, Junho and Chansung. They sing in dance genre, and make a different performance from other idol by adding acrobatic moves to their dance. Debut at September 4, 2008 with song 10 Points out of 10 Points (10점 만점에 10점). They have several other hit single like Only You, Again&Again, I Hate You (니가 밉다), Heartbeat and Tired of Waiting (기다리다 지친다). They have been topped in a music show’s chart with single Again&Again, I Hate You (니가 밉다) and Heartbeat. 2PM was also releasing several other single featured on other artists’ song or for CF and OST. After Jaebum quit from 2PM and left Korea on September 2009, 2PM continue their activity without their leader. He has to leave 2PM due to his myspace controvercy for making a comment in 2005, that insulting Korea. As for the group (from September 2009 when Jaebum left until February 2010), no one replacing the leader spot on 2PM. It’s left empty because there’s still a chance that he will coming back as 2PM’s member and leader. But as annouced at 25th February 2010, Jaebum is stated that he’s permanently quit from 2PM because some “personal mistakes” (that can’t be revealed) occured during Again&Again promotion, and currently there’s no new leader appointed in 2PM nor a plan that a new member will be added into 2PM (read more about this controvercy at Jaebum’s profile). On April 22nd, 2010, 2PM is back active again to promote the song Without U and Don’t Stop Can’t Stop.

TEEN TOP (Korean: 틴탑) is a South Korean boy group that consists of six members: C.A.P, Chunji, L.Joe, Niel, Ricky, Changjo. Under T.O.P. Media, they were founded by Andy Lee of Shinhwa in 2010. They released their first single album "Come Into the World" on July 9, 2010 and made their Official Debut on July 10, 2010 on MBC's Show! Music Core. Teen Top's Official Fan Club name is "Angel" and was formerly (unofficially) referred to as "Andromeda" (adapted from their Daum Cafe).

On May 30, 2012, their new album "Artist" was released digitally, followed by the MV for their title track, "To You". Their single, "To You" was produced by the Brave Brothers and written by the YG Entertainment trainee Kang Park. They have already gained much attention with this album, topping major music charts. Physical albums will be released on June 4th, 2012.Beginning June 19, 2012, they will begin their 'Teen Top Zepp Tour 2012' in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo.

Beast is a new boyband from South Korea under CUBE Entertainment. The group consists of 6 members. Originally the group were known as B2ST (Boys to Search for Top). However, their name was changed to BEAST (Boys of EAst Standing Tall),a couple of days before they debuted.
Beast members consists of : Yoon Du Jun, Jang Hyun Seung, Yong Jun Hyung, Yang Yo Seob, Lee Gi Kwang, Son Dong Woon.
On October 14, 2009, they released their first mini-album BEAST Is the B2ST on the same day they also held a showcase performance on MTV. To date, the mini-album has shipped over 10,000 copies. Before debuting the group was featured in a MTV documentary titled MTVnB2ST, which showcased their journey leading up to their debut.
Beast is the best Rookie Korean Band of the year 2010. As a new band, the group popularity has increased a lot, surpassed another Boyband such as MBLAQ. Beast also has gained so many awards such as :
2009
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism: Rookie Music Award (December)
Cyworld Digital Music Awards: Rookie of the Month (December) (“Mystery”)
2010
19th Seoul Music Awards: Best Newcomer Award
2010 Mnet 20′s Choice Awards : Smoothie King Cool Star Award
2010 Asia Song Festival : Asia Influential Artist
11th Korean Visual Arts Festival – Photogenic Award
25th Golden Disk Awards : Samsung Yepp Newcomer Award

Super Junior (Korean: 슈퍼주니어) is a 13 member K-pop boyband. The group initially debuted with 12 members on November 6, 2005 with their first single, Twins. The original 12 members, in age order (from oldest to youngest), were LeeTeuk (the leader), HeeChul, HanKyung, n May 23, 2006 SM Entertainment announced the addition of a new member, Cho KyuHyun, being the youngest member. The new 13 membered group released its new look and its newest single U online on May 25, 2006. The title song became a success and enjoyed the #1 spot on music programs for the first time in the group’s caYeSung, KangIn, ShinDong, SungMin, EunHyuk, DongHae, SiWon, RyeoWook, and KiBum.
By the time of the debut, eleven of the members were Korean and one was Chinese. The Chinese member, HanKyung, was picked among from 3000 applicants through auditions held in China by SM Entertainment in 2001. Many of the members had already made a name for themselves prior to Super Junior’s debut through acting, VJ-ing, and modeling. On May 23, 2006 SM Entertainment announced the addition of a new member, Cho KyuHyun, making them the 13 member group they are today.
Before their official debut, Super Junior was already a hot topic over the Internet. News broke about SM Entertainment’s unprecedented plans of forming a large 12 member group. Rumors about the identity of the members as well as the group’s name circulated for months. For awhile, many speculated that they were going to be known as “Common Ground.” Another speculation claimed that the band was going to be called “O.V.E.R” (Obey the Voice for Each Rhythm). Before officially debuting as a group, they had already made appearances on television via acting, VJing on music programs, or modeling. Some of the members still continue to do so today, such as Kim Hee Chul, Choi Si Won and Kim Ki Bum, who are active in dramas and movies

Big Bang (Korean: 빅뱅; commonly stylized as BIGBANG) is a popular South Korean boy group formed by CEO Yang Hyun Seok of YG Entertainment in 2006, one of the largest entertainment companies in Asia. Big Bang is considered to be one of the most successful South Korean music groups both within and outside Asia. The group consists of leader G-Dragon, T.O.P, Taeyang, Daesung and Seungri.

Big Bang is one of Asia's most successful acts and has been labelled as the "Revolutionary Group of Hallyu Wave" and "South Korea's Most Wanted" for their unique urban-originated music and flamboyant fashion
style compared to other boy bands and girl groups. They have been also coined as Hallyu wave's leading boy group due to their immense popularity, remarkable success, and influence worldwide.

Since their debut, Big Bang had already released several successful singles, extended plays, and studio albums. Although their first full-length album, BigBang Vol. 1, did not fully captivate the general audience due to their attempt of the hip hop and R&B genres, they later found success with their first extended play, Always, released in 2007, nearly a year after their debut. The extended play spawned their first no. 1 hit Lies, which stayed on the top spot on various music charts for seven consecutive weeks. Since the fame of Seo Taiji and Boys, Big Bang was the first rookie group to be placed as no. 1 for a month-long period. Late in the same year, Big Bang received the "Best Male Group" and "Song of the Year" awards for Lies at the 2007 Mnet Asian Music Awards.

The follow-up extended plays, Hot Issue and Stand Up, were also similarly successful, spawning no. 1 hits Haru Haru and Last Farewell. After they had received the "Artist of the Year" award from the 2008 Mnet Asian Music Awards and the "Seoul Gayo Daesang" award from the 2008 Seoul Music Awards, the group expanded their endeavors and activities to Japan, releasing several mini-albums and airplay singles. Their materials did not receive major promotion until the following year with the release of their first physical Japanese single, My Heaven. Since then, the group had attained considerable success and popularity all-over the country. They became the first foreign group in Japan to receive the "Best Newcomer" award from the Japan Cable Broadcasting Station.

In recent years, the members had branched out to do solo activities. Taeyang and G-Dragon had released solo materials while the remaining three had started acting in both dramas and musicals and participating in different variety programs.

After nearly two years of hiatus, representing the Asia-Pacific region, Big Bang emerged as the inaugural "Best Worldwide Act" winner at the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards held at Belfast, Northern Ireland.There, apart from Queen, the group was the only winner not from North America and the first musical act in history to receive the prestigious award.

Starting on January 20, 2012, YG Entertainment released information on Big Bang's comeback and new mini-album through various teasers posted on YG-Life's official blog. It was later announced that the album would be titled Alive. On February 1, 2012, YG-Life revealed the album's full tracklist and release date, which was scheduled to be February 29, 2012. The mini-album has 6 different versions and includes 7 new tracks, including a solo song performed by Daesung, titled "Wings".

and here is the full track of Big Bang's mini album 'Alive'


No.          Title                       Lyrics                                       Music                        Arrangement     Length
1.     "Alive" (Intro)       G-Dragon, Teddy, T.O.P         Dee.P, G-Dragon, Teddy    Dee.P                0:48
2.     "Blue"                   G-Dragon, Teddy, T.O.P        Teddy, G-Dragon                Teddy                3:53
3.  "Love Dust"             G-Dragon, Teddy, T.O.P        G-Dragon, Teddy                Teddy                3:52
(사랑먼지; Sarangmeonji)
4.     "Bad Boy"            G-Dragon, T.O.P                    G-Dragon, Choice 37          Choice 37          3:57
5.   "Ain't No Fun"        G-Dragon, T.O.P              G-Dragon, DJ Murf, Peejay   DJ Murf, Peejay    3:42
(재미없어; Jaemieobseo)
6.  "Fantastic Baby"       G-Dragon, T.O.P                     Teddy, G-Dragon              Teddy                3:51
7.   "Wings"                   G-Dragon, Daesung              Dragon, Choi Pil Kang     Choi Pil Kang          3:43
(날개; Nalgae) (Daesung solo) 

Other Name: Ballad Idol, Full Talented Idol, 2 in the Morning, AM
.Debut Date: July 11, 2008
.Debut Song: This Song (이노래)
.Members: 4
.Official Fanclub: I AM
.Official Fanclub Motto: I Exist Because of I AM
.Official Color : Black/Metallic Gray with “2AM” Engraved on It
.Genre: Ballad
.Speciality: Variety Show

2AM is a branch of oneday (an 11-membered group) from JYP Entertainment. oneday is formed from a reality show M.Net Hot Blood Documenter (for more about Hot Blood member and the documentary, see “about Hot Blood”). Consist of 4 members, Jokwon as leader, Changmin, Seulong and Jinwoon. They sing in ballad genre. Debut at July 11, 2008 with single “This Song” (이노래). They have several other hit single like “What Do I Do” (어떡하죠), “a Friend’s Confession” (친구의 고백) and I can’t Let You Go even if I Die (죽어도 못 보내) . With song I can’t Let You Go even if I Die, 2AM get their first Mutizen award on SBS Inkigayo. On their 3rd single album which is released on January 21 2010, 2AM is featuring several artists. There are Baek Chan and Joo Hee from 8eight, also Chansung from 2PM featured on the song. In March 2010, 2AM is releasing the repackaged version of I can’t Let You Go even if I Die album, with one new song, I was Wrong (잘못했어) and making a mini-drama instead of MV for promotion of this song. They also released several other song featuring on other artists’ song or for OST. 2AM is choosen as Pepsi’s star for their newest endorsement. This is a quite big deal since in Korea, just a really big artist is picked as a star for a soda beverage endorsement. This is a hillarious matter too, because while 2AM is the starring in Pepsi CF, 2PM, in the opposite, is starring in Coca Cola CF just awhile ago. Despite the controvercy that happened to their brother band 2PM, 2AM popularity is increasing due to their hillarious performance at variety show and charismatic stage presence while singing.

Coming up new Boy band from South Korea BOYFRIEND. Boyfriend debut 26th May 2011 on Mnet! Countdown with their single debut "Boyfriend". They are one agency with SISTAR and K.Will, StarShip Entertainment. Their fan club name is Best Friend.

Member classify themselves as a band 'New Wave', which consists of six members who literally aims to be the boyfriend of their fans through their song, "Boyfriend." Brave Brothers to bring out the color of unqiue vocals each member through the rhythm and lyrics of sweet memories.

Group Name : SHINee
Origin : Seoul, South Korea
Genres : R&B, pop
Years active : 2008 –present
Labels : SM Entertainment (South Korea)
EMI Music Japan (Japan)
Member : Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho, Taemin Shinee (샤이니, stylized as SHINee, pronounced /ˈʃaɪniː/ “shiny”) is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS’s Inkigayo with their promotional single, “Noona Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)” (“누난 너무 예뻐 (Replay)”, lit. “Older Girl, You’re So Pretty (Replay)”). Since their debut, Shinee has won numerous awards. They have also starred in their own reality show based on their song, “Noona Neomu Yeppeo (Replay)”. Shinee is considered to be a fashion icon having started the “Shinee Trend”

Block B (Hangul: 블락비) is a South Korean boy group created by Cho PD under his label Brand New Stardom. On April 15, 2011, they made their debut on KBS Music Bank with their promotional single, "Freeze!" ("그대로 멈춰라!"). The group consists of seven members: Zico (Woo Jiho), Lee Taeil, B-Bomb (Lee Minhyuk), Ahn Jaehyo, U-Kwon (Kim Yukwon), Park Kyung, and P.O (Pyo Jihoon). The members of Block B have dancing, rapping, composing, and singing experience. Their debut single, titled "Do You Wanna B?" consists of three tracks. Block B is short for the term Blockbuster, with the group having high hopes of making it big in the music industry. The group has its roots in hip hop, but have interest in branching out into different genres.

Infinite (Korean: 인피니트, Japanese: インフィニット; stylized as INFINITE) is a seven member South Korean pop boy group under Woollim Entertainment, which is also home to other talents such as Epik High and Nell. The group consists of 7 members: Sunggyu, Dongwoo, Woohyun, Hoya, Sungyeol, L, and Sungjong. The group is known for their highly synchronized dancing as well as the 'Scorpion Dance' in their "Before The Dawn" MV. With 2011 being their breakout year, Infinite continues to become successful and gain more popularity amongst other idol groups in both South Korea and Japan.

SS501 debuted in 8 June 2005 with their first single “경고” (“Warning”), with a second single “Snow Prince” released in late 2005. The group was inactive in Korea for most of 2006, although they had a fan meeting in Japan in April.^{[citation needed]} The hiatus was due to Heo Young Saeng’s throat condition which required surgery, thus resulting in a need for time to fully recover.^{[citation needed]}. In mid-2006, they held their first concert, “Step Up Concert” in Osaka, Japan. In late 2006, they returned to Korea in order to promote their first full album, which was released on November 10. Singles from the album included “Unlock” and “Four Chance”. As well as promoting the album on various variety and music shows, they also filmed a show on MNet called SOS. On their 600th day (January 28, 2007), they won the Mutizen award from SBS Inki Gayo for their song “Four Chance”.

Entering Japan

Later in 2007, the group debuted in the Japanese market. A Japanese fanclub has been established with the name of “Triple S Japan”; it officially debuted on March 25, 2007, when SS501 had their first official meeting with the group. In Korea, their fan club members number around 41,700^{[citation needed]}. The group had a Japanese single “Kokoro”, which had multiple versions, including one with all members and five others featuring the members individually. The single debuted at #5 on the Oricon chart,and jumped to #3 the next day. A full album was released later in the year.

Comeback to Korea

In 2008, SS501 returned to Korea with their single Deja Vu released on March 8, 2008. The title track was the first song to be promoted, and they started their comeback on music channel M.Net’s M Countdown.^[1] After success with their single “Deja Vu”, they began to promote their second single, “A Song Calling For You”. They performed their Goodbye Stage on Music Bank on June 6th, 2008, to return to Japanese activities.

Shinhwa debuted on March 24, 1998 with a concert performance on Korean music show, KM Music Tank, of their first single, entitled "Hae Gyul Sah" ("Problem Solver").

Initially, SM Entertainment auditioned and formed the group, but in July 2003 Shinhwa did not renew their contract. In the midst of rumours of breaking up, Shinhwa decided to sign with a different label, Good Entertainment.

On December 10, 2004, Shinhwa was awarded the Daesang for Best Artist of The Year for the first time at the Seoul Gayo Daesang Awards. Several weeks later, on December 29, Shinhwa was awarded their second Daesang at the 2004 SBS Gayo Daejun Awards.

Currently Shinhwa is on HIATUS due to their two members, Eric and Dongwan, and more later, going on the military. Their latest Album to date is the 9TH GIB, with it's popular track, RUN & JUST ONE MORE TIME. The last single Shinhwa released is DESTINY OF LOVE, on they dedicated to the fans. Shinhwa is predicted to come back after 6 years maximum, just after all the members have come back from their military duties. Until then, SHINHWA HWAITING!

MBLAQ, (엠블랙) is a South Korean quintet boy band created by Korean pop R&B singer Rain under his label J.Tune Entertainment. The group debuted in October 9, 2009 at Rain's Legend of Rainism concert. On October 14, 2009 the group released their debut single album, "Just BLAQ", which topped various on-line and off-line music charts in South Korea.


Having trained for two years, MBLAQ was first announced on 21 September 2009, with an appearance on 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. The group released teasers for their debut song, "Oh Yeah" on October 12,with the music video being released two days later. Coinciding with the music video, MBLAQ's debut single album Just BLAQ, was released on the same day, topping various charts in South Korea. The next day, the group made their broadcast debut on M.net's M!Countdown, performing "Oh Yeah".

In early December, the group debuted in Japan, following their performance during Rain's fan meeting- resulting in a documentary being produced surrounding their stay at Japan. Later in the month, the group commenced promotions for their follow up track, "G.o.o.d Luv", with the music video being released December 10 2009. On December 15, it was announced that the group would be part of Season five of the Idol Show (Hangul: 아이돌 군단의 떴다! 그녀 lit. Idol Corps, She Has Arrived!), with the first episode airing a day later.

F.T. Island (Korean: 에프티 아일랜드 Japanese: エフティー・アイランド; stylized as FTISLAND), short for Five Treasured Island, is a five-member South Korean band. The members are Choi Jong Hun (guitar and keyboard), Lee Hongki (lead vocals) Lee Jae Jin (bass and vocals), Song Seung Hyun (guitar and vocals), and Choi Min Hwan (drums). Their debut album, titled "Cheerful Sensibility", was the sixth best-selling album in 2007. Their debut song "Lovesick" topped the K-Pop charts for eight consecutive weeks.[2] Oh Won Bin was a member of the band up until the beginning of 2009.

Infinite (Korean: 인피니트, Japanese: インフィニット; stylized as INFINITE) is a seven member South Korean pop boy group under Woollim Entertainment, which is also home to other talents such as Epik High and Nell. The group consists of 7 members: Sunggyu, Dongwoo, Woohyun, Hoya, Sungyeol, L, and Sungjong. The group is known for their highly synchronized dancing as well as the 'Scorpion Dance' in their "Before The Dawn" MV. With 2011 being their breakout year, Infinite continues to become successful and gain more popularity amongst other idol groups in both South Korea and Japan.

Group Name : CNBlue a.k.a Code Name Blue
Origin : Seoul, Republic of Korea
Genres : Pop rock , power pop
Years active : 2009 – present
Labels : AI/Victor (Japan) ; FNC/Mnet (South Korea) ; FNC/AI/Universal (Philippines) CN Blue (Korean: 씨엔블루), stylized as CNBLUE, is a South Korean Indie rock band, which debuted on August 19, 2009 in Japan with the band’s first mini album, Now or Never. They were coined as the “2nd FT Island”. The group released four teasers for their 1st album Bluetory, starring one member per each of the videos in the sequence of Jonghyun, Minhyuk, Jungshin and lastly, Jung Yong Hwa on the 6th, 8th, 11th and 13 January respectively. On the January 14, CN Blue debuted their first mini-album with lead single “I’m a Loner” (Korean: 외톨이야).

JJ Project is a new South Korean Boyband. JJ Project is duo from JYP Entertainment’s newest idols home of Wonder Girls, 2PM, 2AM, and miss A. JJ Project member are JB (Im Jae Bum/임재범) and Jr. (Park Jin Young/박진영). JB role as a leader in JJ Project. The duo debuted as actor in Television Drama Dream High Season 2 on January 30th, 2012. JB role as JB and Jr. role as Jung Eui Bong. JB and Jr. debuted as boyband JJ Project on May 27th, 2012 on SBS Inkigayo with their first single "Bounce". The boys are sporting a hip-hop style.

Name: HITT (히트) [Here Is The Top]
Language: Korean
Label: Jay K Entertainment, Happy Holic Entertainment
Genre: Ballad/Dance/Pop
Debut: 8th July 2011
Years Active: 2011~present


HITT is a 6 members Korean group who made their debut this year.Here Is The Top and had been praised by both 4men and Yiruma in terms of their vocal ability.

The idol group released their debut album back on July 8th, and gained attention even before their debut for being known as the group chosen by Sony Music.

A representative from their agency stated, “HITT’s fan cafes in Japan, Germany, France, and Indonesia have been created and 5,000 copies of their album were pre-ordered.”

Concerning the group’s rising popularity overseas despite their rookie status, the representative commented, “Hallyu content is currently in the spotlight overseas and HITT gained significant popularity by appearing in music programs that can be viewed overseas.”

A representative from Sony Music stated, “Attention being focused on a rookie group that doesn’t have any experience and has never carried out standard activities is an unprecedented occurrence.”

HITT is composed of 6 members, Hayong, Joontaek, Hyunjoon, Wooram, Jaehoon, and Howonand are currently promoting their title song, “Good Night“.

Cross Gene, the unit group composed of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese members that has been attracting attention, is finally unveiled.

The group’s emergence in the world of singers brought a great impact even before the debut, and on the 26th of May, all members are finally revealed through the official website.

The members are Shin Won Ho, one of the rising stars in 2012 who made frequent appearance in TV series and commercials, Takuya who is known as a pretty boy from the special feature for Asian stars of KBS 2’sDream Team, Casper, Sangmin, J.G, and Yongseok. They are all talented in many fields, such as singing and dancing, and became popular with their outstanding skills.

As the name “Cross Gene” refers to, the team is where people who possess outstanding “genes” of each nation “cross.” You can see their tall, slim figures and handsome looks in the recent posting which gives an inviolable aura and flutters fans’ hearts.

Amuse Korea, the group’s agency, says, “After revealing one member after another, all member are finally unveiled. In addition to their handsome appearance, each member has special charms, so we ask you for our support and love.”

Cross Gene will perform its debut show-case at AX-Korea in Gwangjang-dong on June 7.

B1A4 (Korean: 비원에이포) is a five member South Korean boy band founded by WM Entertainment in 2011. The band consists of Jinyoung (leader), Baro, Gongchan, Sandeul, and CNU (Shin Woo). They have gained much interest due to being first introduced in a webtoon and for their unique sound mixing pop with rock for their debut album. Their group name, B1A4, has been explained as being due to one member having B blood type, and the other four having A blood type. It also stands for "Be The One, All For One" .

2011: Debut 'O.K'

B1A4 debuted on April 21, 2011 with their debut track 'O.K' off of their album 'Let's Fly' and released a music video. They were first introduced to the world through the creative marketing of webtoons before their actual pictures were released. Their debut album 'Let's Fly' includes a song written and composed by the leader Jinyoung. As rookies, this garners much interest being that most debut albums contain little input from the members.

A new 5-member boy band named “Boyz” is prepping to debut soon.
The group is from VIP Entertainment and originally their group name was supposed to be “VIP,” for obvious reasons.  However, due to Big Bang’s fanclub name being VIP, they decided to change the groups’ name to “Boyz.”
The names of the 5 members are, Enok, Noa, Yoondam, Junwon and Haru.

If you’re a fan of Hwanhee, you’ve most likely heard of his new boy group, MYNAME, who’s slated for their debut in just a few days. The group is considered his last present before he enlists in the army and many are highly anticipating whether the boys will make an impact on the industry like their senior was able to.
Comprised of members Chaejin, Joon Q, Seyong, Gunwoo, and Insoo, MYNAME boasts quite the history of experience despite their young age. Some might recognize Seyong, as he once starred in the drama, “I Believe in Love,” and was also a JYP Entertainment trainee.
As for one of the most important aspects of success, Seyong chose teamwork. “We’ve been rehearsing so much lately that we don’t even feel like we’re going to make our debut. Through my long years as a trainee, I’ve seen a lot of groups form and disband. In the end, I realized that if there’s no communication and teamwork, the group has no way to go but down. That’s why even after rehearsals, we’ll gather up and talk for at least 10 minutes before we fall asleep.”
Before Seyong dreamed of becoming a singer, however, he was on his way to becoming a soccer player. “I always wanted to play soccer and had decent talent in it. After receiving a casting offer from JYP, however, I gave up soccer. I honestly had no intentions of becoming a JYP trainee but their officials came all the way to Busan to scout me and my parents thought it’d be a good opportunity.”
Insoo is another recognizable face, as he was in “Superstar K2” and is also the best friend of MBLAQ‘sSeungho. Although he studied theater and film at Anyang High School, he was accepted to his school’s dance major, putting him at a sort of crossroads. For two years, he cried himself to sleep because he didn’t want to wear tights. Once he nailed a complex turn, however, he grew to love dancing and even majored in it in college.
“Superstar K2 was an opportunity for me to test myself. Since I kept being met with good results, it is true that I think I thought a bit highly of myself. I received a lot of casting offers from different agencies, but I wanted to join Hwanee’s so I ignored all of them and auditioned for his company. ‘Superstar K2′ was an opportunity for me to learn and grow,” Insoo revealed.
Gunwoo is the group’s leader. “Until now, I’ve never once failed in my life. I’m confident in our debut stage.” Gunwoo considers himself a lucky guy. Like Gunwoo and Seyong, he was a big soccer fanatic as a student. The reason he quit, however, is different. “Playing soccer makes me hot and I get too tanned from it…”
Member Joon Q topped portal searches for his striking resemblance to Lee Seung Gi. Behind his cute looks, however, is a bold laughter that rings in the room. He looks like he’d be the type to sing smooth ballads to win the hearts of nuna fans, but he’s actually the group’s rapper. “I began rapping in junior high while performing with a band. For some reason, I’m more partial to rap music than ballads.”
Maknae Chaejin lives up to his role of maknae and is quite babyish in his words and looks. His charm is his adorable eye smile. He’s not just an innocent soul, however, as he knows how to use his cute looks to his advantage. He revealed, “There are times when the hyungs will reprimand the dongsengs. When I make my eye smile, they can’t do anything. It’s my biggest charm, actually.”
Chaejin doesn’t have a cell phone and lives with the members in a dorm away from his parents. The members were quick to reveal that he’d cry sometimes because he missed his mom so much.”
Asked about their mentor and producer, Hwanhee, MYNAME turned serious. “Hwanhee not only puts a lot of emphasis on the quality of our music, but also our character. He always tells us not to get too cocky with our selves. There is pressure in the fact that he produced us but we love it and consider it an honor because of the impact he made in the industry. He’s nice when he has to be, but when it comes time to record, he’s strict and tiger-like. Recently, he told us to leave the studio because we hadn’t taken care of our vocals. That’s how detailed he is, and we’re very grateful for that.”
MYNAME will debut on October 27 on Mnet “M! Countdown” with “Message.”

JYJ, a subgroup of Asia’s legendary boyband Dong Bang Shin Ki is finally making their debut in the US.
The group consisting of 3 out of 5 members from Dong Bang Shin Ki has launched their first album “The Beginning” under Warner Music.
The album, a mixed tape of various genres and languages boast of several high profile collaborations never done before in the history of Asian pop. The lead single “A Girl” is produced by hip hop maestro Kanye West and promises a duet of epic proportions in trendsetting East Meets West fashion.
Now in an effort to reach out to their global fanbase, they have cut their first album with predominantly English tracks <please fill in other tracks in labum>
JYJ members include Kim JaeJoong (23), Micky, Park Yoochun (22) and Kim Junsu (22). They have a massive fanbase all over the world and their first concert held in Tokyo June 2010 as a new regrouped identity attracted over 200,000 fans in attendance from 44 countries worldwide.
The concert DVD “JYJ Thanksgiving Live in Dome” topped the Oricon Charts at #1 shifting 140,000 copies in its first week of release. It is the second best selling DVD to date in Japan in 2010
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Led Apple (Korean: 레드애플), commonly stylized as LEDApple or Ledapple, is five-member South Korean rock band formed by Startory Entertainment in 2010. The band currently consists of Youngjun, Hanbyul, Hyoseok, Kwangyeon and Kyumin.
The part "Led" in Led Apple stood for "Logic Egoism Delete" and was promoted during their debut but they stopped referring to it since their CODA mini-album was released. Instead they replaced it with a practical explanation of "shining as brightly as LED whenever they perform" which was eventually referred to as a tribute to their role-model, Led Zeppelin. The word "Apple" in the band's name is supposed to represent their fresh image as idols and fresh music that they release As of 2011, fans of Led Apple are officially known as "LEDAs"
The band made their debut on October 6, 2010 with their promotional single, "Dash" (Korean: 대쉬), a remake of Baek Ji-young's song of the same name Since their debut, the band have released six singles and three mini-albums

The group was formed by Cube Entertainment. In April 2012 released a debut album, Born to Beat, with songs co-written by Jörgen Elofsson.BtoB was chosen as the new group in order to show their competitiveness and their survival strategies for being known as 'performance-dols' within the competition of the music world for cable Mnet's reality program 'Amazon (Idol Master ZONE) for their first broadcast to be on the 4 April 2012 which marks BtoB first reality program. It was stated from the start that Seo Eunkwang, Lee Minhyuk, Lim Hyunsik, Jung Ilhoon and Lee Minwoo (이민우) were on the list of original members who are waiting to be debuted under the name of "BtoB". However, Lee Minwoo had dropped out of the list of confirmed members after their first appearance on the sitcom and the fact of him not debuting with BtoB had upset many fans. On March 23, 2012, Cube Entertainment had clarified that there are problems with Minwoo's health resulting in him being unable to blend into the group. Adding on, he will still be a trainee under Cube. If his health is to recover, he might still get a chance to debut. Minwoo was confirmed to debut as a C-Clown (Crown Clown)member under Yedang Entertainment.

NU'EST (New Established Style and Tempo) (Hangul: 뉴이스트) is a South Korean boy group formed by Pledis Entertainment in 2012. They are also Pledis Entertainment's first male group, consisting of JR, Aron, Minhyun, Baekho and Ren. Their musical style is described as 'urban electro'.

Before making their official debut, NU'EST members Aron, Minhyun, Ren, and Baekho were backup dancers for After School Blue's "Wonder Boy" MV, also performing in the live showcases. On the contrary, JR was featured in After School's Uee's debut song "SokSokSok". He appeared with a rap after the second chorus and also rapped throughout the end of the song. JR was also dubbed as "Bangkok boy" after appearing in Orange Caramel's "Bangkok City", while Minhyun starred in the music video of "Shanghai Romance". Baekho appeared in After School follow-up single music video "Play Ur Love".

NU'EST was also featured on "Love Letter", a holiday single with label mates Son Dambi and After School. The artists later appeared on various stages to promote the single. Minhyun also appeared in labelmates' Orange Caramel's MV for "Shanghai Romance".

The group made their second major unofficial appearance on December 29, 2011, by performing a shuffle dance with After School at the 2011 SBS Gayo Daejun. They even released a CF with label mate Lizzy.

T-MAX is made from ‘Triple, Trinity’ and such which contains 3 meaning in the word’s first alphabet T. And will present the energy and talent till MAX form phrase ’3 perfect group and their dominance ‘ that’s forms the team.
To be able to present R&B, Rock’s charming singing by Shin Min Chul, possessing the special neutral vocal from Park Yun Hwa and have Kim Jun’s outstanding deep voice rapping. These three have made up the T-MAX group. It was borned and achieved after they have been trained for almost 3 years.
From the start of the process, their music and style have attracted japan’s eye, which resulted in a lot of japan workers’ participation, it seems that their later album creation was made in Japan itself. According to Japan’s local workers, the manager(BIZ INC) for the famous R&B singer Hirai Ken, Sowelu, Crystal Kay, who has a lot of fans from the America, after listening to T-MAX’s sample album, decided to participate in the album creation, and naturally join their procession, with the makers of  TVXQ  album [Heart mind and soul] japan, SONY Tokyo recording room’s function room responsible for ‘原刚’ and japan’s album engineer ‘武田’ as mixing record engineer for T-MAX’s album with more profound colourful personality.
Even though T-MAX is remarkable from it’s vogue music, but it is also a music that can be enjoyed by all age, as the team has a friendly image. This time’s album’s main song ‘Blooming’ have obviously been presented, like a cool breeze in summer swirling around us warmingly, together with light beat music and dance, it is prepared to touch the hearts of those couples who just started to fall in love. Advance melody that possessed soothing sound, the fascinating 3 person group’s vocals that made up T-MAX’s music will make people want to listen it more.

U-KISS is a seven-member South Korean boy band formed by NH Media in 2008. The members include Shin Soohyun, Elison Kim also known as Eli, Kevin Woo, Shin Dong Ho, Lee Kiseop, Hoon and AJ (both joined the group in 2011).

U-KISS stands for Ubiquitous Korean International (Idol) Super Star. They debuted in Japan on August 15, 2008 and in South Korea on August 28, 2008. Later in late 2009, six-member U-KISS was turned into seven-member U-KISS with the addition of Lee Kiseop. When the original members Alexander Lee Eusebio and Kim Kibum's contracts were terminated in early 2011, they were replaced by Hoon and AJ.

The group has released one full-length album, five mini albums and various singles. Their first full length album, Only One, was released on February 3, 2010.

Xenos-5 (엑스파이브, often referred to as X-5 or X-Five is a South Korean boy band with five members, formed under Open World Entertainment in 2011. 'XENOS', is an allomorph for the Greek word of 'stranger', where the name 'X-5' (referring to 5 Xenos), originated from.
After being officially announced by Open World Entertainment that they were debuting another boy band early 2011, X-5 debuted on April 20, 2011 with their song 'The Show is Over' at their debut showcase. On April 22, 2011, they officially debuted through KBS2's Music Bank with 'The Show is Over' ('쇼하지마'), also known as 'Don't Put On An Act', after releasing the respective music video.