The ‘Top 10′ list for the ‘2010 Melon Music Awards‘ has finally been revealed after an aggressive voting ‘battle royale’ between the nominees. The ‘Melon Music Awards’ opened up its first round of votes on November 11th, which allowed users to submit their nominations for the ‘Artist of the Year’ award.
Wrapping up on the 21st, the ‘top 10′ artists have been determined as follows:
The second round of votes has just begun, so users start voting at ‘www.melon.com’ now. The winner will be determined by a combination of votes (20%) and digital album sales (80%).
The ‘2010 Melon Music Awards’ will air on December 15th, so stay tuned to K-Soda for updates!
Source: TV DAILY & allkpop
Having been pre-empted last week for the “2010 Love Sharing Concert“, Inkigayo is back once more with a fun and exciting show filled with amazing performances from the top singers in Korea.
During the show, 2AM was awarded the Mutizen award for last week’s show which had been pre-empted. This was 2AM’s first award since making a comeback! Congratulations!
The Take 7 nominees for this week were 2NE1 (‘It Hurts‘), SNSD (‘Hoot‘), Psy (‘Right Now‘), B2ST(‘Beautiful‘), 2NE1 (‘Go Away‘), Supreme Team (‘Then Then Then‘), and 2AM (‘You Wouldn’t Answer My Calls‘). Due to special circumstances, neither 2NE1 nor Supreme Team performed.
Having won the Mutizen at the beginning of the month and then losing out last week, SNSD came back to reclaim the top spot with their 2nd win on Inkigayo. Congratulations!
Other performers tonight include SNSD, 2AM, PSY, B2ST, KCM, Co-Ed, Beige, Yun Hwa Jae In, D.Heaven, Maeng Yuna, LED Apple, Touch, Bohemian, Miho, O.P one, and Sunday Brunch.
D.Heaven.
Yun Hwa Jae In.
Bohemian.
2PM did the “Copyright Song” this week.
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Music Bank is back for the first week of November with a fun and exciting show filled with amazing performances!
Besides the usual fare, there was a comeback by Girl’s Day, who underwent member changes, December’s comeback, miss A and 2PM saying their goodbyes, rookie girl group VNT making their debut, and Kim Jang Hoon leading the charge together with this juniors with tribute stages to legendary Korean musician, Kim Hyun Sik.
SNSD and SG Wannabe were up for #1 on the K-Chart this week. In the end, it was SNSD who “hooted” their first trophy for “Hoot,” and it’s surely the first of many to come.
Congratulations to SNSD!
Other performers tonight include Deevine, Woo Joo, Touch, Norazo (feat. Kimm), NS Yoon Ji, Seo Young Eun, Supreme Team, J.Lim, Rainbow, Seo In Kook, Sunday Brunch, and 2AM.
Check out their performances below!
Norazo feat. Kimm
Sunday Brunch – 10 Won
DeeVine – Propose
Touch – Me
Woo Joo – Happy Together
Seo Young Eun – You Melt My Heart
Seo In Guk – My Baby U
NS Yoon Ji – Just Dance
Supreme Team – Then Then Then
Rainbow – MACH
Lim Jeong Hee – Would Never Be Real
SG Wannabe – Sunflower
2AM – You Wouldn’t Answer My Calls
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We reported earlier that after returning from the military a few months ago, singer Lee Jung finally released his new digital single, “Breaking Up“.
One might say that no one can beat the idols in the K-pop industry, however, Lee Jung (aka the “R&B Prince”) has proven that even idols have to face the music sometime.
The veteran’s single shot to the number 1 spot on the real time charts in just 11 hours, which set a new personal record for him. Considering the big competition at the moment, particularly with 2AM and SNSD, the feat is very impressive indeed.
“Breaking Up” was a song written by Lee Jung during his time in the military and features Leessang.
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2AM’s Jo Kwon has revealed his feelings on releasing the group’s first official album after spending nearly 10 years a JYPE trainee.
The group held an album showcase and press conference for “Saint O’Clock” on October 27th and stated, “We still can’t believe it, that’s how glad we are.”
Leader Jo Kwon continued, “When I first received ‘This Song‘ as a trainee, I practiced extremely hard to sing that one song. At the time, I waited for my debut without greed. Having always seen mini-albums, it’s hard to believe that we finally have an 11 track official album.”
With their debut in 2008, 2AM began releasing singles and mini-albums while going into acting and making variety program appearances. After two years and three months, the group finally produced their first official album consisting of 11 tracks.
Jo Kwon added, “Listeners will be able to hear a variety of different genres. There are standard and limited editions produced. You will not be disappointed.”
2AM will be promoting two tracks for this promotion cycle, including “You Wouldn’t Answer My Calls” and “Like Crazy.” Changmin introduced the songs by stating, “‘Like Crazy’ focuses primarily on the melody while ‘You Wouldn’t Answer My Calls’ focuses on each of the members’ voices. Listening to the two different atmospheres will be an enjoyable experience.”
The group relied on research from Nielsen Korea in order to choose their title tracks. Due to receiving a positive response on both of the songs, they decided to go with a double title promotion. Jinwoon added, “We have different outfits and music videos for both songs.”
Jo Kwon went on to thank SNSD for their overlapping promotion cycles. “Our cycles overlapped during our ‘Can’t Send You Even if I Die‘ cycle. We’re competitors with good intentions. I personally bought and listened to ‘Hoot‘ and found that it’s a very bright, cute song. I’m thankful for them for giving me another opportunity to express my kkap.”
Regarding the competition, Jo Kwon continued, “Our song is a ballad that fits well with the cold winter season. I think there will be a lot of people that are looking for ballad songs.”
2AM will be holding their first comeback stage on Mnet’s “M Countdown” on October 28th. The showcase held today was filmed in 3D and will be shown in theaters in December.
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2AM will be going up against SNSD for the third time this year with their first official album, “Saint O’Clock,” due for release on October 26th, and SNSD’s “Hoot” due for release the next day on the 27th.
This is the third time their promotion cycles have overlapped, the first cycle being 2AM’s “Can’t Let You Go Even If I Die” going up against SNSD’s “Oh!,” both released just four days apart.
2AM’s follow-up track, “I Did Wrong,” was released on March 16th, and again, SNSD followed with “Run Devil Run” on March 22nd.
Although both of 2AM’s tracks were recorded as big hits, the majority of industry representatives believe that 2AM could have fared better if they weren’t up against SNSD during both promotion cycles.
They’ll be facing each other off once more, this time with SNSD’s guerrilla style release, already dominating portal sites and search rankings with just their teasers alone. But 2AM has been showing themselves as strong competitors as well. This being their first official album release, the anticipation for the album has remained consistently high, with their official homepage already crashing with just audio teasers.
Both groups have done fantastic thus far, with 2AM showing their power on digital music charts while SNSD dominating album sales charts. SNSD hit a home run right off the bat while 2AM steadily and consistently worked their way up. Each face-off has brought more changes in the styles of each group, from dance, to ballad, to mature concepts, and to cute concepts, furthering the anticipation of music fans as to what they’ll show off next, and how they’ll fare this time around.
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