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Face The Sun
''Face the Sun'' is the fourth studio album by South Korean boy band Seventeen. It was released on May 27, 2022 by Pledis Entertainment through YG Plus. The album contains nine tracks, with "Hot" serving as lead single. The first track, "Darling", was pre-released on April 15, 2022. The repackaged version of the album, titled ''Sector 17'', released on July 18 alongside its lead single "World". The fourth track, "Cheers", was pre-released on July 7, 2022. Background In March, seven months after the release of the commercially successful EP '' Attacca'', Pledis Entertainment announced that Seventeen would be releasing a studio album, their first since ''An Ode'' (2019), in May. Following the release of the group's first-ever English single "Darling" on April 15, the label confirmed that Seventeen would return on May 27 with a fourth studio album titled ''Face the Sun''. Starting on April 26, the group released "Inner Shadows", a 13-part trailer on YouTube to tease the new alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seventeen (South Korean Band)
Seventeen (; stylized in all caps or as SVT) is a South Korean boy band formed by Pledis Entertainment. The group consists of thirteen members: S.Coups, Jeonghan, Joshua, Wen Junhui, Jun, Hoshi (South Korean singer), Hoshi, Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, The8, Boo Seung-kwan, Seungkwan, Vernon, and Dino. The group debuted on May 26, 2015 with the extended play (EP) ''17 Carat'', which became the longest-charting K-pop album of the year in the US and the only rookie album to appear on Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'''s "10 Best K-Pop Albums of 2015" list. Seventeen has released four studio albums, twelve EPs and three reissues. Seventeen is considered a "self-producing" Korean pop idol, idol group, with the members actively involved in songwriting and choreographing, as well as many other aspects of their music and performances. They perform as one group and are divided into three units—hip-hop, vocal, and performance—each with a different area of specialization. They have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 MAMA Awards
The 2022 MAMA Awards ceremony, organized by CJ E&M and broadcast through its music channel Mnet, was broadcast live on November 29 and 30, 2022. The ceremony was held at the Kyocera Dome Osaka, Japan. The theme for the ceremony is titled "K-POP World Citizenship" with sub-themes per night, "The world we build together" for day 1, and "We are K-POP" for day 2. The ceremony is the first to carry the new rebranded name, the first to take place overseas during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 24th in the show's history. This year's ceremony saw the addition of the MAMA Platinum award which will be given to artists who've won all 4 daesangs (Grand Prizes) for 3 consecutive years. BTS was the first to receive the award. Background On August 23, 2022, CJ E&M announced that the "Mnet Asian Music Awards" would be rebranded as simply the "MAMA Awards" going forward. On October 26, 2022, Mnet announced the first line up of artists for the ceremony. On November 9, 2022, Mnet announced the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Of The Shops
The Top of the Shops or TOTS are the main Croatian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Croatian Phonographic Association HDU (''Hrvatska diskografska udruga''). The charts are a record of the highest selling albums in various genres in Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capit .... TOTS became the official Croatian album chart in January 2006. TOTS Charts *TOTS Top 40 Domestic Albums Chart *TOTS Top 40 Foreign Albums Chart *TOTS Top 50 Combined Albums Chart TOTS certifications A music album qualifies for a platinum certification if it exceeds 15,000 copies and a gold certification for 7,000 copies sold. There are also silver and diamond certifications for selling 3,500 and 30,000 copies respectively. References {{reflist External links TOTS Charts home page Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956. It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties. The association has more than 100 members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small. History In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia's major record companies. It was replaced in the 1970s by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which was established by the six major record companies operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Digital Album Chart
The ARIA Digital Album Chart ranks the highest selling legally downloaded music albums within Australia and is provided by the Australian Recording Industry Association. History The Digital Album Chart was established in 2009 and first published on 16 November. The chart still runs weekly . Trivia Albums with the most weeks at number one ;24 Weeks *Adele - '' 21'' (2011/2012) ;20 Weeks *Michael Bublé – ''Christmas'' (2011-2019) ;14 Weeks *Ed Sheeran - '' ÷'' (2017/2018) ;13 Weeks *Various artists - '' The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' (2018-2019) ;9 weeks *Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper - '' A Star Is Born'' (2018) ;8 weeks *Taylor Swift – '' 1989'' (2014/2015) ;7 weeks *Adele – '' 25'' (2015-2017) ;6 Weeks *Ed Sheeran – '' X'' (2014/2015) *Ed Sheeran - '' +'' (2011/2012/2013) *Mumford & Sons - '' Sigh No More'' (2010) *Eminem - ''Recovery'' (2010) ;4 weeks * INXS - '' The Very Best'' (2014)/(2019) *Eminem - ''Kamikaze'' (2018) *Meghan T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apple Music
Apple Music is a music, audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing playlists. The service also includes the Internet radio stations Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits, and Apple Music Country, which broadcast live to over 200 countries 24 hours a day. The service was announced on June8, 2015, and launched on June30, 2015. New subscribers get a one-month free or six months free trial with the purchase of select products before the service requires a monthly subscription. Originally strictly a music service, Apple Music began expanding into video in 2016. Executive Jimmy Iovine has stated that the intention for the service is to become a "cultural platform", and Apple reportedly wants the service to be a "one-stop shop for pop culture". The company is actively investing heavily in the production and purchasing of video content, both in terms of music videos and concert footage th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoshi (South Korean Singer)
Kwon Soon-young (; born June 15, 1996), professionally known by his stage name Hoshi (), is a South Korean singer, dancer and choreographer under Pledis Entertainment. He is a member of the boy group Seventeen and the leader of the Performance Team. He is also part of the special unit BSS. Hoshi released his first solo mixtape, ''Spider'', on April 2, 2021. Early life Kwon Soon-young was born in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Hoshi attended Maseok High School and then enrolled in Hanyang University. Career 2011-2014: Pre-debut He joined Pledis Entertainment in late 2011, where he received training for the next 4 years. In 2013, he appeared on '' Seventeen TV'', an online reality show that introduced Pledis' trainees and showed potential members of the boy group Seventeen before their official debut. The show was broadcast periodically on Ustream, where the trainees showed themselves training, singing, creating choreographies and playing games. The online show a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Brown (record Producer)
Thomas Lee Brown (born May 1, 1986), also known as TBHits, is an American record producer, songwriter and rapper. Brown currently lives in LA and was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is an ASCAP award winner and a Grammy nominee. He has scored multiple chart topping albums while working with Ariana Grande on all six of her studio albums. Brown has also collected production credits for three songs on Grammy-award-winning artist Meghan Trainor's second album, ''Thank You''. Brown learned from production greats Roy "Royalty" Hamilton and Rodney Jerkins, while working alongside them and eventually creating a team of his own. Producing and songwriting Before working in music, Brown worked at Sears in Atlanta, Georgia. Every night, he would hand out around 50 CDs with his songs on them and snippets of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Ten Crack Commandments" over the tracks. He was finally contacted by Gorilla Zoe who invited Brown to work in the studio with him. Originally, star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanie Joy Fontana
Melanie Joy Fontana (born October 3, 1986)Joyce Cohen''New York Times'', December 26, 2004. is an American singer, composer and songwriter signed to Universal Music Group. Early life Fontana was born in Newington, Connecticut. She moved to New York City when she was 18, after spending seven years commuting to Manhattan, where she would audition for singing roles and work as a demo singer, recording songs for writers to pitch to record companies. Career Fontana co-wrote the 2011 Justin Bieber song "Home This Christmas" with Nasri Atweh. It was featured on Bieber's Christmas album '' Under the Mistletoe''. Also in 2011, Fontana co-wrote the original theme song to ''Shelter Me'', a PBS show, hosted by Katherine Heigl that celebrated the human-animal bond. The series focuses on shelter animal success stories. The theme song, "Love is Everything (Shelter Me)," was written by Austin Bis, Fontana and Daniel Walker, and performed by Fontana. In 2014, she co-wrote the song "Hit Me Up" w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Rigo
Dan August Rigo (born August 6, 1986) is a Filipino-Canadian recording artist, songwriter, producer and musician. August Rigo is signed to a publishing contract with Sony/ATV as a songwriter. Early life Rigo was born on August 6, 1986, in Toronto. He became passionate about music when he watched Michael Jackson's performance of "Billie Jean" on Motown's 25th Anniversary TV Show. He taught himself to play keyboards and guitar while in his teens. Music career He Co-wrote ''U Smile'', "Stuck in the Moment" and "Kiss And Tell" for Justin Bieber, ''Solo'' for Iyaz and ''Outta this World'' for JLS. He is featured on Cheryl Cole's second album, Messy Little Raindrops, on the song Better To Lie. He is the executive producer of Musiq Soulchild's 2011 release of "musiqinthemagiq" and co-wrote "Anything", "SayIDo", "Silver & Gold", "WaitingStill" and "BackToWhere". In 2010, August secured a publishing deal with Sony/ATV as well as an admin society deal with BMI. He is also signed with I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bumzu
Kye Beom-ju (Hangul: 계범주, born November 8, 1991), better known by the stage name Bumzu (Hangul: 범주), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and record producer. He was a contestant on '' Superstar K4'' and released his debut album, ''Something Special'', on September 27, 2013. Bumzu is best known for writing and producing much of the discographies of boy bands NU'EST and Seventeen. Discography Studio albums Extended plays Singles Collaborations Soundtrack appearances Production discography All song credits are adapted from the KOMCA The Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) is a South Korean non-profit copyright collective for musical works, administering public performance and broadcasting rights, and mechanical recording and reproduction rights. Founded in 1964, it is ... database. References External links {{authority control 1991 births Living people Pledis Entertainment artists 21st-century South Korean male singers South Korean recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
