Heize
Jang Da-hye (; born August 9, 1991), better known by her stage name Heize, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, composer and producer currently signed to P Nation. The name Heize was inspired by the name of an American rapper Angel Haze, but instead of using the same English spelling, she decided to use Heize instead of Haze, because that was the spelling that came to mind. After making her debut in 2014 with the EP ''Heize'', she gained attention after appearing on the second season of South Korean reality show ''Unpretty Rapstar''. Shortly after, her breakout hit “Star” reached the top of the music charts. Career 2014–present: Solo debut, first and second full-length album Heize made her debut in 2014 with her EP ''Heize'', which included a total of six songs. Heize took part in Mnet's reality rap show ''Unpretty Rapstar'' but was eliminated in the semi-finals. Nevertheless, her appearance brought her attention as a singer. Heize released her second EP ''And ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Giriboy
Hong Si-young (; born January 24, 1991), better known by his stage name, Giriboy (Hangul: 기리보이), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter,record producer,and actor signed to Just Music. Career Giriboy began his musical career in 2011 with the single "You Look So Good to Me", released under Just Music, a label that had been recently founded by rapper Swings. The following year, he released the EP ''Fatal Album,'' much of which he had written years earlier as a high school student''.'' He released a second EP titled ''Fatal Album II'' later that year. Giriboy competed on season three of the TV show '' Show Me the Money'' in 2014. That year, he also entered the top 100 of the Gaon Digital Chart for the first time with the single "Fluttering Feelings", a collaboration with singer NS Yoon-G. The song ultimately peaked at No. 6 on the chart. In 2015, he appeared on the reality show ''No Mercy'', in which he collaborated on songs with the contestants (who would go on ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Volume Up (radio Show)
''Volume Up'' () is a South Korean radio show currently hosted by Heize on KBS 2FM in Seoul and UKBS MUSIC DMB in the provinces, airing every day at 20:10–22:00 ( KST), just right after KBS 2FM News 8PM edition. Known as the ''ruler of the dinner time'' the show became the highest-rated radio program in its time slot across both AM and FM bandwidths in Seoul. KBS 2FM was South Korea's No. 10 station. Popular for soft music playlist, a short soap opera segment called ''Lie to Me'' based on the 2011 TV drama of the same title and Yoo's "My Final Message". Host : – Current host See also * ''Kiss the Radio'' * KBS 2FM KBS Cool FM (Hangul : KBS 쿨FM)(also known as KBS 2FM Hangul : KBS 제2FM방송) is a 24-hour Hot AC music radio station of the Korean Broadcasting System. It plays mostly older K-pop Music from the 90s compared to KBS Happy FM which plays t ... References External links *{{Official website, http://program.kbs.co.kr/2fm/radio/kvolumeVolume Upon Ins ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Studio Blu
Studio Blu (Korean: 스튜디오블루) was an in-house label founded in 2018 by Stone Music Entertainment. The label was integrating with CJ ENM other label in August 2021 as Wake One History Studio Blu was founded in 2018, and houses artists such as Heize, Mia, DAVII and Truedy. $ammy joined the company in 2019. It was announced that 3 years after their disbandment, I.O.I was set to return in December 2019, potentially with all 11 original members, and will be co-managed by Swing Entertainment and Studio Blu. However, the comeback has been virtually canceled due to scheduling conflicts between the members and the ongoing Produce investigations. Former artists * I.O.I (2019) (co-managed with Swing Entertainment) ** Lim Na-young (2019) ** Kim Chung-ha (2019) ** Kim Se-jeong (2019) ** Jung Chae-yeon (2019) ** Zhou Jieqiong (2019) ** Kim So-hye (2019) ** Choi Yoo-jung (2019) ** Kang Mi-na (2019) ** Kim Do-yeon (2019) * Heize (2018–2020) * DAVII * Mia * Truedy * $ammy Refer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Unpretty Rapstar 2
''Unpretty Rapstar 2'' () is a 2015 South Korean music competition program focusing on female rappers. It is the second season of ''Unpretty Rapstar'', which premiered in January 2015 on Mnet and was hosted by Korean rapper San E. It is a spin-off of '' Show Me the Money''. Contestants Winner: Truedy (Signed with MNET before show, SMTM6 contestant) First runner-up: KittiB (rapper signed with Brand New Music after the show ended) Second runner-up: Hyolyn (former Sistar member) Third runner-up: Moon Sua (former YG Entertainment Trainee. Now member of Billlie under Mystic Story) Semi-finalists: * Heize (Now with P Nation) * Yubin (former Wonder Girls member) * Jeon Jiyoon (former 4Minute member) (Joined in episode 4) *Yezi (former Fiestar member) * * * Eliminated contestants: * * * * * Kasper (former Play the Siren member, SMTM4 and SMTM6 contestant) (Eliminated in episode 8) * Exy of Cosmic Girls (Joined in episode 6, eliminated in episode 8) * Kim of Rubber Soul, (The Un ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Suga (rapper)
Min Yoon-gi (; born March 9, 1993), known professionally by his stage names Suga (stylized in all caps) and Agust D, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer. Managed by Big Hit Music, he debuted as a member of the South Korean boy band BTS in 2013. In 2016, he released his first solo mixtape, '' Agust D''. In 2018, he re-released the mixtape for digital purchase and streaming. The reissue reached number three on '' Billboard''s World Albums Chart. In 2020, he released his second solo mixtape, '' D-2''. Commercially, the mixtape peaked at number 11 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, number seven on the UK Albums Chart, and number two on Australia's ARIA Album Chart. The Korea Music Copyright Association attributes over 100 songs to Suga as a songwriter and producer, including Suran's "Wine" which peaked at number two on the Gaon Music Chart and won best Soul/R&B track of the year at the 2017 Melon Music Awards. Early life and education Min Yoon-gi was born ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stone Music Entertainment
Stone Music Entertainment (Hangul: 스톤 뮤직 엔터테인먼트), is a South Korean music distribution company under CJ ENM, along with music streaming store Genie Music. It was one of the largest co-publisher companies in South Korea. The company was also formerly a music production and management company and managed artists such as SG Wannabe, Davichi, Roy Kim, Son Ho-young, Eric Nam, Fromis 9, HEDY, and TO1, before the business closed in April 2021. Stone Music Entertainment (formerly CJ E&M Music) was named ''Music Distributor of the Year'' at the Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards in 2014. History The company was originally established as Mediopia in May 1993 and later renamed as Mediopia Technology Co., Ltd in June 1994, as a manufacturer and distributor of electronic devices. In January 2002, the company was listed on KOSDAQ. In August 2004, Maekyung Hudson was incorporated as a subsidiary. In July 2006, the largest shareholder changed from Poibos Co., Ltd. to CJ Corporatio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jooyoung
Kim Joo-young (; born March 9, 1991), better known as Jooyoung, is a South Korean singer-songwriter. He debuted in 2010 has released several singles and two extended plays, ''From Me To You'' (2012) and ''Fountain'' (2018). Career Prior to his debut under RealCollabo, Jooyoung and his schoolmate Shin Dong-woo (who later debuted as B1A4's CNU) created a J&D duo for 2009 Chinchin Youth Song Festival. They had a band named 갭골 (Gapgol), and Jooyoung's nickname was 갭주 (Gapjoo). RealCollabo days (2010–2013) Jooyoung was first introduced to public through a cover of George Benson's Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You uploaded on October 11, 2010 on RealCollabo's YouTube channel as RealCollabo's 2nd artist. A month later he released another cover of Jeremy Passion's Well Done. He finally debuted on December 7 with digital single "그대와 같아 (Same as You)". On December 11, 2012 he released his first mini album "From Me to You" with self composed song "네게 난" ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pukyong National University
Pukyong National University (PKNU) is a national university in Busan, South Korea, formed in 1996. The university has two campuses, Daeyeon-dong and Yongdang-dong, situated near the coastal district of Nam-gu. PKNU has a traditional focus on fisheries sciences and other maritime fields, and has extensive facilities for Marine and Technology studies. The school's symbol mascot is anthropomorphic Moby Dick, "Baek Kyung-i". The school name was changed through a vote in August 2021. History PKNU was formed in 1996 from the merger of two national universities with long histories, the National Fisheries University of Busan, established in 1941, and the Busan National University of Technology, which was established in 1924. Historically, Daeyeon-dong was a small fishing village populated by anchovy fishermen. In the early years of the 20th century these fishermen found their products in high demand and they became quite wealthy. They used the money to purchase what is now the Daeye ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mnet (TV Channel)
Mnet (acronym of Music Network) is a South Korean pay television music channel owned by CJ E&M, a division of CJ ENM, part of CJ Group. The CJ E&M Center Studio located in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul is the broadcast and recording centre of many Mnet programs with a studio audience, namely the live weekly music show '' M Countdown''. It is also the venue for live performances in survival shows such as ''Superstar K'', '' Show Me The Money'', ''Unpretty Rapstar'', ''Produce 101'' series, ''High School Rapper'', '' Queendom'', ''Road to Kingdom'', ''Kingdom'' and ''Girls Planet 999''. Other shows are filmed in CJ E&M Studio in Ilsan and CJ E&M Contents World in Paju. History The global website named for Mnet Global changed to MWave in April 2013. Other sites from Mnet are not affected with the change. On February 5, 2020, it was revealed that CJ ENM had begun restructuring Mnet's "We Are K-Pop" slogan and brand after the controversy behind "Produce 101" damaged the network' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sunwoo Jung-a
Sunwoo Jung-a (Hangul: 선우정아, born May 11, 1985), is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer who has worked with numerous Korean artists including IU, Suran (singer), GD & TOP, 2NE1, Lee Haeri, Lee Hi, and San E Jung San (; born ), more commonly known by his stage name San E (), is a South Korean rapper. He debuted in 2010 under JYP Entertainment, where he was the label's first solo rapper. He left the company in 2013 to sign with hip hop label Brand Ne .... She released her debut album, ''Masstige'', on May 10, 2006. Discography Studio albums Extended plays Singles Other charted songs Soundtrack appearances Production credits Filmography TV Program Awards and nominations References {{Authority control 1985 births Living people South Korean rhythm and blues singers South Korean pop singers 21st-century South Korean women singers Seonu clan of Taiyuan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Daegu
Daegu (, , literally 'large hill', 대구광역시), formerly spelled Taegu and officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; it is the third-largest official metropolitan area in the nation with over 2.5 million residents; and the second-largest city after Busan in the Yeongnam region in southeastern Korean Peninsula. It was overtaken by Incheon in the 2000s, but still it is said to be the third city, according to the "Act on the Establishment of Daegu City and Incheon City" (Act No. 3424 and April 13, 1981). Daegu and surrounding North Gyeongsang Province are often referred to as Daegu-Gyeongbuk, with a total population over 5 million. Daegu is located in south-eastern Korea about from the seacoast, near the Geumho River and its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do. The Daegu basin is the central plain of the Yeongnam List of regions of Korea, regio ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gaon Digital Chart
The Circle Digital Chart, previously known as the Gaon Digital Chart, is the music industry standard record chart ranking the 200 most popular singles in South Korea. It provides rankings on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis, which is based on an aggregate of streaming, downloads and background music from major South Korean music platforms. It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart. History The Gaon Digital Chart was launched as a part of the Gaon Chart in February 2010, by Korea Music Content Association and South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. It started with compiling data from six major South Korean music platforms Melon, Dosirak, Mnet.com, Bugs, Cyworld, and Soribada. Spotify Korea was included from chart starting December 2021. It currently compiles data from Melon ( KakaoMusic), Genie, Flo, Naver VIBE, Bugs, Samsung Music, and Spotify Korea. Apple Music Korea was included from chart starting July 2022. In July 2022, G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |