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On Brazil’s Rede TV aired on February 26th, the result of the survey entitled ‘If there’s Kpop artiste coming over to perform, who would it be?‘ was announced.
From the result, Super Junior, BoA, SNSD and SHINee took the top 4 spots, proving once again the domination of SM artistes. Super Junior garnered huge support from the Brazilian viewers with 30.9% while BoA came in 2nd with 27.47%. SNSD received 19.87% of the total votes and they were ranked 3rd in the survey.
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SM Entertainment has shown fans once more that the artists aren’t just labelmates, but a bona fidefamily that supports and cares for one another.
Various artists and idol groups got together to record a video message for f(x)’s Luna, encouraging the idol to do her best in her musical debut on February 4th. Luna was chosen to play the leading role of ‘Elle Woods’ in the musical adaptation of “Legally Blonde“.
BoA, KangTa, SNSD, SHINee, TVXQ, and Super Junior all made time out of their busy schedules to congratulate Luna, but it was f(x) who displayed the most joy for their fellow group member.
The f(x) members revealed that they were more nervous for Luna than Luna was herself, and they each made sure to ask viewers to look forward and lend their interest to her debut.
Jessica, who previously played the role of ‘Elle Woods’, showed her support with the other SNSD members by performing a dance from the musical.
Meanwhile, TVXQ complimented Luna’s determination and shouted ‘fighting!’ in encouragement. BoA, KangTa, SHINee, and Super Junior all added, “Luna fighting! ‘Legally Blonde’ fighting!”
Source: Newsen via Nate
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SNSD topped Hanteo’s annual “Singer Award” chart for 2010!
Based on album sales data collected by analyst Hanteo, the “Singer Awards” chart revealed that SNSD sold a total of 303,442 copies from January 1st through December 26th.
The chart takes into account all albums released throughout the artists’ career, but only factors in sales that those albums made during 2010.
As of December 26th, SNSD’s “Oh!” sold 123,668 copies, “Hoot” sold 94,942 copies, and their repackaged album released in February sold 57,037 copies. “Genie” and “Gee,” which were both released last year, sold 5,500 copies this year as well.
Super Junior ranked in second with 262,610 copies sold from 23 albums (132,127 copies of which came from “Bonamana“), SHINee came in third with 154,332 copies sold from nine albums (58,628 copies of which came from “Lucifer“), and JYJ came in fourth with 127,456 copies sold from three albums.
B2ST, who were recently honored as the only rookie group to have passed 100,000 in album sales this year, rounded out the top 5 by coming in at fifth with four albums.
On their homepage, Hanteo boasts, “Our chart is made up of one of the most unique systems in the world. Sales data from affiliates all across the nation, along with large record stores and smaller internet shops, are all updated live into our system.”
Hanteo has always shown close results to that of systems used by entertainment agencies and distribution companies as well.
Source + Photos: Hanteo 2010 Singer Award Chart
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On an episode of KBS2TV’s “100 Points out of 100,” SHINee’s Minho and SNSD’s Yuri reenacted a scene of the musical “Grease” while attempting to learn how to express a wider variety of emotions.
Yuri joined the program’s school special as a new student and captured the attention of the studio by performing SNSD’s latest hit, “Hoot.” In a corner created to help stars become more sensitive and emotional, Yuri and Minho were asked to act out “Summer Nights,” a number of the musical “Grease.”
Musical actress Kim So Hyun was highly impressed with Yuri’s skills and complimented, “You could go stand on stage right now!”
The show ended its episode with a kiss scene between Yuri and Minho, and this will be shown on December 4th at 5:15 PM through KBS2TV.
Source: Newsen via Nate
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