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Real (IU EP)
''Real'' is the third Korean-language extended play (EP) by South Korean singer-songwriter IU (singer), IU. It was released and distributed by LOEN Entertainment on December 9, 2010. The special edition of the album was sold out during pre-order, which revealed the high anticipation for the album. IU collaborated with some of the top vocalists and producers in South Korea such as Yoon Jong-shin, :ko:김형석 (음악가), Kim Hyeong-seok, :ko:이민수 (작곡가), Lee Min-soo, Kim Eana, Shinsadong Tiger, and Choi Gap-won to work on the album. The album's success strengthened the singer's position as the "Nation's little sister" in her native country. In November 2019, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' magazine compiled a list of the 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s, with the single "Good Day (IU song), Good Day" ranking at number one. Background and release ''Real'' consists of six songs and an instrumental of the title track, "Good Day". The album came in two different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IU (singer)
Lee Ji-eun (; born May 16, 1993), also known by her stage name IU (), is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She signed with LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment) in 2007 as a trainee and debuted as a singer at the age of fifteen with her first extended play (EP) ''Lost and Found'' (2008). Although her follow-up albums, '' Growing Up'' and '' IU...IM'', brought mainstream success, it was only after the release of " Good Day" ( ko, 좋은 날), the lead single from her 2010 album ''Real'', that she achieved national stardom. "Good Day" went on to spend five consecutive weeks at the top of South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, and in 2019, it was ranked number one on ''Billboard''s "100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s" list. With the success of her 2011 albums, ''Real+'' and ''Last Fantasy'', IU established herself as a formidable force on the music charts of her native country and further cemented her girl next door image as Korea's "little sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder (singer)
Park Sang-hyun ( ko, 박상현; born October 7, 1990), known by his stage name Thunder (), is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor and model. He is a former member of South Korean boy band MBLAQ. On December 16, 2014, it was announced that he had departed from the group to focus on studying music.Cheondung's Departure from MBLA"Lee Joon and Cheon Dung Release Official Statement on Ending Promotions as MBLAQ", ''Mwave'', December 16, 2014. Retrieved on December 16, 2014. He signed with Mystic Entertainment's music label APOP on February 11, 2015 and released his debut extended play on December 7, 2016. Life and career 1990–2008: Early life and career beginnings Park Sang-hyun was born in Busan, South Korea, but grew up in the Philippines. He has two elder sisters, Sandara and Durami. Aside from his native Korean, he is also fluent in English and Tagalog, and can speak conversational Mandarin and Japanese. His eldest sister, Sandara, achieved nationwide fame in the Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IU (singer) EPs
IU may refer to: Businesses and organisations Sport *Islamabad United, a cricket team franchise in Pakistan Super League Universities *Indiana University, a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States *Islamic University, Bangladesh *Ho Chi Minh City International University, a member institution of Vietnam Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh city *Independence University *International University, Cambodia, a private higher education institution in Phnom Penh, Cambodia *Isra University, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan *Istanbul University *Ittihad University, Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates Other organizations *The IU, a Georgist political organization in London *Intermediate Unit, a regional educational service agency in Pennsylvania *''Izquierda Unida'' ("United Left" in Spanish, political party) **Izquierda Unida (Argentina) **Izquierda Unida (Spain) Language *Intonational unit, a segment of speech *Inuktitut language (ISO 639 alpha- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 EPs
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Best-selling Singles In South Korea
This is an incomplete list of best-selling singles in South Korea. All singles listed here have officially sold at least three million copies. Unless otherwise specified, all sales figures are digital downloads compiled by the Korea Music Content Industry Association (KMCA) for the Gaon Music Chart since 2010. Background and details *Prior to the establishment of the Gaon Chart in 2010, South Korea's music charts were supplied by the Music Industry Association of Korea (MIAK), which stopped compiling data in 2008. There are no official cumulative chart records for digital singles prior to 2010. * South Korea has experienced a decline in digital music sales volume which began in late 2012. The price of digital downloads was greatly inflated, and as a result, only five songs released since 2013 — "Wild Flower" (2014) by Park Hyo-shin, "Shape of You" (2017) by Ed Sheeran, "Every Day, Every Moment" (2018) by Paul Kim, and "Friday" (2013) and " Through the Night" (2017) by IU—h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a digital media store operated by Apple Inc. It opened on April 28, 2003, as a result of Steve Jobs' push to open a digital marketplace for music. As of April 2020, iTunes offered 60 million songs, 2.2 million apps, 25,000 TV shows, and 65,000 films. When it opened, it was the only legal digital catalog of music to offer songs from all five major record labels. The iTunes Store is available on most Apple devices, including the Mac (inside the Music app), the iPhone, the iPad, the iPod touch, and the Apple TV, as well as on Windows (inside iTunes). Video purchases from the iTunes Store are viewable on the Apple TV app on Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices and certain smart televisions. While initially a dominant player in digital media, by the mid-2010s, streaming media services were generating more revenue than the buy-to-own model used by the iTunes Store. Apple now operates its own subscription-based streaming music service, Apple Music alongside the ... [...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] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaon Chart since 2017
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Gaon may refer to * Gaon (Hebrew), a non-formal title given to certain Jewish Rabbis ** Geonim, presidents of the two great Talmudic Academies of Sura and Pumbedita ** Vilna Gaon, known as ''the'' Gaon of Vilnius. * Gaon Music Chart, record chart in South Korea * Yehoram Gaon, Israeli singer * ''Gaon'' (film), a 2018 Indian drama film * Gaon (restaurant), a Michelin 3-starred restaurant in Seoul, South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaon Albums 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] |
Merry Christmas Ahead
"Merry Christmas Ahead" (), also known as "Merry Christmas in Advance", is a song by South Korean singer-songwriter IU featuring Thunder. It is the sixth track on her third extended play (EP), ''Real'', which was released on December 9, 2010. It entered the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart, peaking at number seven. In the following years, "Merry Christmas Ahead" became one of the most popular South Korean Christmas songs, re-entering charts each year in December. It was listed among the most successful songs of the 2010s by the largest Korean music streaming service, Melon. IU has performed it on television programs and has included it in the set list of several of her concert tours. Background and release South Korean singer-songwriter IU had been gaining popularity in 2010 with the release of her collaborative hit single "Nagging" with Lim Seul-ong and her starring role in the South Korean variety show ''Heroes''. On December 2, 2010, IU announced that she would release her t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
