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2NE1′s CL Reveals Details About the Group’s Next Album and Her Forthcoming Solo Career

The leader of the K-Pop phenomenon discusses the group's next album, her solo ambitions, and goals that go beyond music When K-pop girl-group phenomenon 2NE1 came to America in August 2012, the timing see...

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February 22, 2013 10:29 am 0

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K-Pop Hot 100: BAE CHI GI Stays at No. 1, CNLBUE Hot on Their Tail

Every week K-Town brings you a deeper analysis of the songs making moves on the K-Pop Hot 100 chart. Hip-hop duo BAE CHI GI spend a second week atop the K-Pop Hot 100 with their rap ballad “Shower Of Tear...

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February 07, 2013 12:41 pm 2

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PSY Rivals Threaten Girls’ Generation on K-Pop Hot 100

Girls' Generation has logged another week at No. 1 with their genre-hopping comeback track "I Got A Boy." The girls rocketed to No. 1 last week and have held off stiff competition in a particularly compet...

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January 25, 2013 10:53 am 0

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PSY Brings Hammer, Video Actors in for ‘Finale’ of ‘Gangnam Style’

Has America seen the last of "Gangnam Style"? Korean rapper PSY performed the song that spawned a billion YouTube views during "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" on Monday night in NYC -- an occasion h...

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January 12, 2013 12:20 am 0

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PSY Plots ‘The Ending of ‘Gangnam Style” For New Year’s Eve

"In America I need a new single because 'Gangnam Style' got too popular," says the K-pop phenom. With his ubiquitous single "Gangnam Style" finally starting to slip on the charts -- the track, which peake...

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January 11, 2013 11:20 pm 0

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K-Pop Hot 100: Lee Seung Gi Ties All-Time Record, Girls’ Generation Returns

In the last few months of 2012, the K-pop landscape has changed: ballads, also known as "healing" music, have been ruling the charts. Lee Seung Gi, the charming prince of such songs, contently spends five...

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January 11, 2013 9:25 am 3

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Girls’ Generation Drop ‘Dancing Queen,’ Set Date for Album Release

Girls' Generation spent 2012 focused on the U.S. and Japan (including earning a Japan Hot 100 No. 1 single), but the ladies are wasting absolutely no time coming back to their home country in 2013. Their ...

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December 28, 2012 11:29 am 0

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‘Gangnam Style’ Leads YouTube’s Top Trending Videos of 2012 – The Best of 2012: The Year In Music

While browsing videos on YouTube the past day you may have noticed that the site's icon in the upper lefthand corner has been taken over by a .gif of PSY and his all too familiar dance. Following this lin...

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December 28, 2012 10:17 am 0

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K-Pop Hot 100: Secret Rises to Top 10 After Van Accident

Popular girl group Secret were set to make a big comeback with their latest single "Talk That." The melancholy, nostalgic ballad was perfect for winter and Secret had just recently landed themselves anoth...

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December 28, 2012 10:02 am 1

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PSY Apologizes for ‘Inflammatory’ Lyrics Against U.S. Military

His video is the most watched in YouTube history and in a short few months he's risen to household-name status in America, but a decade before PSY unleashed "Gangnam Style" he was known for his fiery oppo...

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December 14, 2012 2:04 pm 0