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Madtown
Madtown (), often stylized as MADTOWN, was a South Korean boy band formed in 2014 by J. Tune Camp. The group consisted of Moos, Daewon, Lee Geon, Lee Jong-hwa (actor), Jota, Heo Jun, Buffy and H.O. Their debut album, ''Mad Town (EP), Mad Town'', was released on October 6, 2014. Two of the members, Moos and Buffy, originally debuted as the hip hop duo ''Pro C'' in 2013. Madtown's official fan-base name is Mad-people. Starting December 22, 2016, Madtown's contract was sold to GNI Entertainment after J. Tune Camp closed. On ''The Unit'', Daewon and Lee Geon confirmed Madtown's disbandment. History 2014: Debut with ''Yolo'' and Mad TV Earlier-generation groups such as g.o.d (South Korean band), g.o.d, Dynamic Duo (South Korean duo), Dynamic Duo and idol groups such as Sistar, VIXX, Secret (South Korean band), Secret, BTS (band), BTS, High4 and Jay Park held a banner which had 'Welcome to Mad Town' pasted on it, arousing curiosity and suspicion of whether it was an MBLAQ comeback ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mad Town (EP)
''Mad Town'' is the debut extended play by South Korean boy band Madtown. It was released digitally on October 6, 2014, and physically on October 9, 2014. The song "YOLO" was used to promote the EP. Music video Prior to the release of the full music video, J. Tune Camp uploaded the music video teaser for ''"YOLO"'' on its official YouTube channel on October 1, 2014. The full music video was subsequently released 5 days later on October 6, 2014. Track listing Charts Sales and certifications Release history References {{Authority control 2014 debut EPs K-pop EPs Kakao M EPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Jong-hwa (actor)
Lee Jong-hwa (born February 15, 1994), also known as Jota, is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He is a former member of South Korean boy group Madtown. Early life In high school, Lee planned to become a professional judo competitor. However, an ankle injury ended that dream and he decided to pursue a career in entertainment instead. In 2013, he was a backup dancer in Lee Hyori's "Bad Girls" music video and promotions. Career Lee debuted with the South Korean boy group Madtown in October 2014, under his stage name Jota. In December 2015, he auditioned for ''Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education,'' where he was chosen for judo and was announced as the new ace due to his professional judo skills. He won many matches with experienced judo players. In early January 2016, it was confirmed that he would be a cast member of the '' Law of the Jungle in Tonga''. In May 2016, he joined the fourth season of ''We Got Married'', appearing alongside model Kim Jin-kyung. In 2017, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jota (singer)
Lee Jong-hwa (born February 15, 1994), also known as Jota, is a South Korean actor, singer and model. He is a former member of South Korean boy group Madtown. Early life In high school, Lee planned to become a professional judo competitor. However, an ankle injury ended that dream and he decided to pursue a career in entertainment instead. In 2013, he was a backup dancer in Lee Hyori's "Bad Girls" music video and promotions. Career Lee debuted with the South Korean boy group Madtown in October 2014, under his stage name Jota. In December 2015, he auditioned for ''Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education,'' where he was chosen for judo and was announced as the new ace due to his professional judo skills. He won many matches with experienced judo players. In early January 2016, it was confirmed that he would be a cast member of the '' Law of the Jungle in Tonga''. In May 2016, he joined the fourth season of ''We Got Married'', appearing alongside model Kim Jin-kyung. In 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wassup (band)
Wassup (, stylised as WA$$UP) was a South Korean girl group formed by Mafia Records and Sony Music. The group consisted of four members: Sujin, Nari, Jiae and Woojoo. They debuted on August 7, 2013, with the single, "Wassup". History 2013: "Hotter Than A Summer" and ''Nom Nom Nom'' On August 3, 2013, Sony Music announced a girl group which had been training for three years, with a dancehall genre of music and the dance of ''twerking''. Sony Music said, "Wassup will be different from other girl groups. They aim to spread hip hop music through their numerous activities." On August 7, the group released their debut music video "Wassup". They later held their debut performance on Show Champion. On September 4, the group released the music video for "Hotter Than A Summer", a reggae track composed by Red Roc and written by YE YO. On November 20, 2013, the group released their first EP, ''Nom Nom Nom'', alongside a music video for the lead single of the same name. They had their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badkiz
Badkiz (), formerly known as Hot Place (), is a South Korean girl group that debuted in 2014 with the song, "Ear Attack." The group’s current line-up consisted of Somin, Seoeun, Rosy and Yousi. On February 15, 2019, after the departure of fifteen members, Badkiz changed their name to Hot Place. A year later after the departure of members Sihyeon and Taeri they returned to their name of Badkiz. On October 14, 2020, Rozi confirmed Badkiz disbanded after all members wrote farewell letters to the fans. On September 14, 2022, the group announced on their Instagram that they are planning to be active again. The lineup currently consists of Somin (formerly Eunyu), Seoeun, Rosy (formerly Rozi) and Yousi (formerly U-Si). History Pre-debut Before K.Me and Duna joined Badkiz, they were members of the group ZZBEst under Faith Entertainment, using their former stage names Miri and DanA respectively. The group disbanded before they could debut in 2015. After Duna left ZZBEst, she joined th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. Online music store Paid downloads are sometimes encoded with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in October 1982 in Japan and branded as ''Compact Disc Digital Audio, Digital Audio Compact Disc''. The format was later adapted (as CD-ROM) for general-purpose data storage. Several other formats were further derived, including write-once audio and data storage (CD-R), rewritable media (CD-RW), Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Photo CD, Picture CD, Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-i) and Enhanced Music CD. Standard CDs have a diameter of and are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio or about 650 mebibyte, MiB of data. Capacity is routinely extended to 80 minutes and 700 mebibyte, MiB by arranging data more closely on the same sized disc. The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from ; t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaon Chart since 2017
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Gaon Music 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, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
