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Jang Minho
Jang Ho-geun ( ko, 장호근, born 11 September 1977), known professionally as Jang Minho, is a South Korean singer. He competed in the TV Chosun audition show ''Mr. Trot'', placing in the top sixth. He is also a model, dancer, and TV presenter. Early life Jang Ho-geun was born on September 11, 1977, in Busan and moved to Incheon while he was little. He is the youngest of three siblings. He has a brother and a sister. When he was a high school student, he went to acting school in Seoul from Incheon and did modeling for various TV commercials. Career Singer debut as a leader of an idol group U-BeS (1997–1999) Jang started his musical career as a leader of the Korean idol group U-BeS in 1997. At that time, he used his real name. He spent a year before debut as a trainee for practicing singing and dancing with his group members. The group released two regular albums but disbanded due to poor album sales and disagreements with the agency. He revealed in a 2020 interview t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busan
Busan (), officially known as is South Korea's most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.4 million inhabitants. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" (including Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, Daegu, and some of North Gyeongsang and South Jeolla) is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification . Busan is divided into 15 major administrative districts and a single county, together housing a population of approximately 3.6 million. The full metropolitan area, the Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region, has a population of approximately 8 million. The most densely built-up areas of the city are situated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Chart
The Circle Chart (), previously known as the Gaon Music Chart or the Gaon Chart (), tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in South Korea. It is produced by the Korea Music Content Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Founded in 2010. History Gaon Chart was launched in February 2010 by the Korea Music Content Association, under the sponsorship of the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with the aim to create a domestic national chart similar to the ''Billboard'' charts of the United States and the Oricon charts of Japan. The word ''gaon'', which means "middle" or "center" in Korean, was chosen to represent fairness and reliability. The chart started tracking sales from the beginning of that year. A small awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the launch ceremony on February 23, at the Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. Girl group Girls' Generation was awarded the Top Artist of January, boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakao Entertainment
Kakao Entertainment Corp. (), stylized as kakao ENTERTAINMENT, is a South Korean entertainment, mass media, and publishing company founded in 2021. A subsidiary of the internet company Kakao, it was established subsequent to the merger of the latter's two subsidiaries KakaoPage and Kakao M. History KakaoPage Corp. Podotree Co, Ltd. was founded on July 20, 2010, as a subsidiary of Kakao, and launched KakaoPage three years later. On August 1, 2018, the company changed its corporate name to KakaoPage Corp. Kakao M Seoul Records, Inc. was founded in October 1978 by , the owner of local educational company (formerly Sisa English). In 2005, the company was acquired by SK Telecom and relaunched as LOEN Entertainment, Inc. three years later, before being sold to Star Invest Holdings (a subsidiary of Affinity Equity Partners). In January 2016, it was taken over by Kakao and renamed again as Kakao M Corp. in December 2017. In October 2020, the company expanded in Asia by launching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (Jang Minho Album)
''Drama'' (드라마) is an album by South Korean singer Jang Minho. It was released on January 2, 2017, by Korean record label Elijah Entertainment'. The album is trot oriented, allowing many different tempos and styles. Background It is Jang's first full-length album as a trot singer since his trot debut in 2011. It features the song "Drama". The album includes his hit song " The Man Says" which was released previously and included in the same title single album. Rediscovered Jang has performed the song "You Know My Name" at the popular TV show ''Romantic Call Centre'' where he stars every week as a regular cast since 2020. The song entered the chart three years after the album was released. One of this song's YouTube videos is gaining 1.5 million views. The 42nd episode of ''Romantic Call Centre'', which he performed the song "You Know My Name" for the second time, soared to 13.9% nationwide and 15.7% per minute based on Nielsen Korea. "Yeol-li-ji was sung by fellow trot s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Album Chart
The Circle Album Chart, previously known as the Gaon Album Chart, is a record chart ranking the 100 most popular albums, extended plays and single albums in South Korea based on their pure sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart. It compiles shipments in weekly, monthly and year-end format with detailed album sales. History The Gaon Album 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 South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) is a central government agency responsible for the areas of tourism, culture, art, religion, and sports. It has two vice ministers, three assistant ministers, one commission, and .... In February 2011, Gaon Chart published information on both online and offline albums sales of 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data and was the first time that offline album sales was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallup Korea
Gallup Korea () or Gallup Korea Research Institute () is a South Korean research company. Founded by Park Moo-ik in 1974, the company became a member of Gallup International Association in 1997. It is best known for conducting public surveys on political, entertainment, sports, as well as on social subjects. History Park Moo-ik (1943–2017) founded the South Korea's first public opinion survey company, Korea Survey Polls, in Jongno-gu, Seoul, in 1974. Started correspondence with George Gallup in 1977, the company became a member of Gallup International Association in 1979. In the same year, with George Gallup's consent for exclusive use of the "Gallup" trademark, the company changed its name to Gallup Korea or Gallup Korea Research Institute. In 1987, Gallup Korea, headed by Park Moo-ik, became the first company to successfully predict the results of a presidential election in South Korea. Furthermore, it almost correctly projected the number of votes won by the candidates in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent Duffy Square, Times Square is a bowtie-shaped space five blocks long between 42nd and 47th Streets. Brightly lit at all hours by numerous digital billboards and advertisements as well as businesses offering 24/7 service, Times Square is sometimes referred to as "the Crossroads of the World", "the Center of the Universe", "the heart of the Great White Way", “the Center of the Entertainment Universe”, and "the heart of the world". One of the world's busiest pedestrian areas, it is also the hub of the Broadway Theater District and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Times Square is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 50 million visitors annually. Approximately 330,000 people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Know My Name (Jang Minho Song)
"You Know My Name" is a song by South Korean Trot musician Jang Minho. It was released on Jang's first trot regular album ''Drama'' in 2017. Song information ''You know my name'' in Korean (내 이름 아시죠) is the same translation of a gospel song 'He knows my name'. Jang seems to have been influenced because he is a Christian. The lyrics is a first person perspective talking to 'you', so it was translated to ''You know my name'' in English instead of ''He knows my name''. This song was written by Jang Minho, missing his deceased father, and composed with Yoo Jongwoon. It is the fourth track of Jang's first trot regular album, ''Drama''. At the time of release, nothing other than the title song was known. During the recording of '' Romantic Call center'' he revealed that it was the first time singing in front of the audience because the song makes him too emotional to perform. The audience who requested this song also became a topic because she was 100 years old and a hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compassion International
Compassion International is an American child sponsorship and Christian humanitarian aid organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, that aims to positively influence the long-term development of children globally who live in poverty. As of 2019, the organization coordinated donations from at least ten participating countries, operated childhood programs in 25 impoverished nations (including Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, and Kenya), and involved more than two million participants, from infants through young adults, in its programs. Preliminary independent, secular research in the '' Journal of Political Economy'' studied the organization, concluding that it had large and statistically significant impacts on participants' years of school completion, the probability of later employment, and the quality of that employment, in part as a consequence of improved self-esteem and expectations in participating children. History The Everett Swanson Evangelistic Associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Chan-won
Lee Chan-won (Korean: 이찬원, born 1 November 1996) is a South Korean celebrity and singer. He is one of the top 7 of ''Mr Trot'' in 2020. He is nicknamed ''Chantobaegi'' (Korean: 찬또배기) for singing ''Jintobaegi'' by Lee Sung-woo during Mr Trot. Lee graduated from Kyungwon High School, where he used to be an emcee of school events. One of his teacher had requested him to sing ''Day of Dawn'' by Song Dae-kwan during the episode 2 of ''Romantic Call Centre'' on 9 April 2020. 5 days later, he made a contract with Bliss Entertainment. Philanthropy In July 2022, Lee donated 1.5 million won as prize money for the June Good Han Star singing competition, to patients with childhood cancer Leukemia and rare incurable diseases. On September 5, 2022, Lee donated 1.5 million won to Good Han Star August for childhood cancer patients, Leukemia and incurable diseases. On October 5, 2022, Lee donated 2 million won to Good Han Star September for childhood cancer patients, Leukemia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
