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Ryeowook
Kim Ryeo-wook (born June 21, 1987), better known by the mononym Ryeowook, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical actor. He is best known as a member of boy group Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Junior-M. Along with four other Super Junior members, he is one of the first Korean artists to appear on Chinese postage stamps. He began a solo career in 2016 with first EP ''The Little Prince''. Career Pre-debut Ryeowook was discovered through the ''CMB Youth ChinChin Festival'' in 2004 and signed a contract with SM Entertainment soon afterwards impressing the judges with his singing talent. Before Kyuhyun was added in 2006, Ryeowook was the last to join Super Junior several weeks before their debut in 2005. 2006–2009: Debut with Super Junior, K.R.Y and Super Junior-M Ryeowook made his debut as part of the 12-member project group ''Super Junior 05'' on 6 November 2005 on SBS' music programme ''Popular Songs'', performing their first singl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Junior
Super Junior (; stylized in all caps), also known as SJ or SuJu, is a South Korean boy band formed by Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment in 2005. They are also dubbed by the media as the "King of Hallyu Wave" due to their prominent contributions in Korean Wave. Super Junior currently consists of 10 members, consisting of leader Leeteuk, Heechul, Yesung, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun. Originally a 12-piece group before the addition of Kyuhyun in 2006, Han Geng, Kibum and Kangin departed the band in 2011, 2015 and 2019, respectively. Super Junior launched into international recognition following the release of their best-selling single "Sorry, Sorry" in 2009, the title song of their most critically successful album, ''Sorry, Sorry''. Over the years, they have been divided into smaller groups, simultaneously targeting different music industries and audiences. The members have also individually branched out into hosting, presentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Little Prince (EP)
''The Little Prince'' () is the solo debut extended play (EP) by South Korean singer and actor Kim Ryeowook, a member from boy group Super Junior. It was released on January 28, 2016, by Label SJ, S.M. Entertainment and distributed by KT Music. The EP featured six tracks in total, including the lead single, "The Little Prince". Background The release of ''The Little Prince'' was not only anticipated as Ryeowook's first official solo album since his debut 11 years ago but also because it was the first release under Super Junior's own label "Label SJ", established by SM Entertainment in 2015 during the group's 10th anniversary. Production and composition The title track bearing the same name as the album was a ballad inspired by French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novel "The Little Prince". The title track "The Little Prince" was a ballad song and a conversation between a man in pain from love and The Little Prince. His album consists of songs that are very different in flavo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Junior-M
Super Junior-M (stylized as SJ-M), an initialism for Super Junior-Mandarin, is a Chinese sub-unit of the South Korean boy band Super Junior. The sub-unit is the first international music group in the Chinese music industry to have members of both Chinese and Korean descent. Formed in 2008, Super Junior-M became the third and most successful subgroup branched off from the Korean band Super Junior. The sub-unit originally consisted of leader Han Geng, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun and two additional members appearing exclusively to the subgroup, Zhou Mi and Henry. In December 2009, Han Geng filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment and decided to leave the main group and sub-unit, resulting in the sub-unit's temporary disbandment. After a year-long hiatus, Super Junior-M returned with addition Super Junior members Eunhyuk and Sungmin. They released Super Junior-M's second mini album ''Perfection'' in February 2011. After Han Geng's leave, the group considers Sungmin as the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Label SJ
Label SJ is an exclusive label established by South Korean record label SM Entertainment for boy band Super Junior on November 6, 2015. History On 6 November 2015, Super Junior's 10th anniversary since their debut, SM Entertainment announced that Super Junior had their own exclusive label management, Label SJ. SM stated, "We established Label SJ to give Super Junior our wholehearted support and an ideal system for managing the group." Though the new label will be affiliated with SM, it will be independently and wholly responsible for Super Junior's management, producing their albums, and all group, unit, and individual activities. Artists Groups * Super Junior Sub-units * Super Junior-K.R.Y. * Super Junior-T * Super Junior-M * Super Junior-H * Super Junior-D&E Soloists * Heechul * Yesung * Donghae * Ryeowook * Kyuhyun * Sungmin * Zhou Mi Others * Kangin Former artists *Super Junior-M **Henry (2015–2018) *Kim Heechul & Kim Jungmo (2015–2019) **Kim Jung-mo Kim Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorry, Sorry (album)
''Sorry, Sorry'' is the third studio album by South Korean boy band Super Junior, released on March 12, 2009, in South Korea. ''Sorry, Sorry'' was a critically and commercially successful hit in Asia, becoming 2009's best-selling Korean-language album in South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, China, and the Philippines. In less than a week after pre-orders were announced, over 150,000 copies were pre-ordered. According to South Korea's Hanteo Charts, it debuted at 1st on the charts with almost 30,000 copies sold on the first day. The album won a Disk Daesang (Album of the Year) at the 2009 Golden Disk Awards. ''Sorry, Sorry'' became the last album of the group to feature members Han Geng and Kibum. Recording and production In July 2008, Super Junior announced the initial preparations for ''Sorry, Sorry''. In November 2008, Kyuhyun wrote in his fancafe stating that he was preparing for the third album "bit by bit". During a press conference in January 2009 for a ''Super Show'' encore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack On The Pin-Up Boys
''Attack on the Pin-Up Boys'', also known as ''Flower Boys' Series of Terror Events'' or simply ''Flower Boys'' (), is a 2007 South Korean high school mystery comedy film, and is the first film produced by SM Pictures, a subsidiary of SM Entertainment. It is also the first full-length film directed by Lee Kwon. The film stars all members of the boy band Super Junior, with the exception of Kyuhyun who was injured and still recovering from a car accident on 19 April 2007. The story centres around a series of attacks on popular high school students or commonly called flower boys that occurred on the 14th of each month, which started on Valentine's Day. Some students — Kibum (played by Kim Ki-bum) and Donghae (played by Lee Dong-hae) — decide to investigate the incidents and find the culprit, while some targeted students; Heechul (played by Kim Hee-chul) and Kangin (played by Kim Young-woon) try to bait the culprit into attacking them so as to raise their popularity. The fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me (Super Junior-M Album)
''Me'' () is the first studio album by Mandopop boy band Super Junior-M. ''Me'' was released in CD stores in selected provinces of China starting April 23, 2008. A Korean version of the album with three bonus Korean tracks was released in South Korea on April 30, 2008. Modified versions of the album were distributed in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, and other Asian countries on May 2, 2008. Jinhua.cnSuper Junior debuts today, Han Geng as group leader April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2008. Avex Taiwan released an Asia Deluxe Edition repackage of the album on August 1, 2008, which not only includes the three bonus Korean tracks, but also a DVD. Overview Super Junior-M is Super Junior's third official sub-unit after Super Junior-K.R.Y and Super Junior-T, and debuted in China on April 8, 2008, with the release of their first promotional single, " U", a Mandarin remake of Super Junior's 2006 best-selling Korean single, " U." The album was recorded in Korea and took over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U (Super Junior-M Song)
"U" is a song by South Korean pop group Super Junior, and is the group's follow-up release to their debut album ''Twins''. The single topped CD sales charts during the first several weeks after its release on June 7, 2006. "U" peaked at #1 on the monthly MIAK K-pop album charts and sold 91,416 copies by 2008. The song won a total of five music recognitions, being Super Junior's most successful single in the music charts until the release of "Sorry, Sorry" in March 2009. Promotional performances for the title song, "U", did not complete until September 2006. The last general performance for the song was in August 2007 in Tokyo, Japan. Since the Korean release of "U" in 2006, there has been two more releases of "U" in two different languages, Mandarin and Japanese. The Mandarin version of the single's title song "U" was released in a special Taiwan edition on June 15, 2007. On July 9, 2008, "U / Twins" was released in Japan, which included a Japanese version of "U" in the limited ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sungkyu
Kim Sung-kyu (born April 28, 1989), referred to as Sunggyu or Sungkyu, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is the leader and main vocalist of South Korean boy band Infinite. In November 2012, Kim began his solo career with his first extended play, '' Another Me'', which debuted at number one on the Gaon Album Chart. His second extended play, '' 27'' (2015), debuted at number one on the Gaon Album Chart and number eight on the US '' Billboard'' World Albums chart, and yielded two South Korean top-ten singles "The Answer" and "Kontrol". Early life Kim Sung-kyu was born on April 28, 1989 in Jeonju, South Korea. He attended Jeonju National University High School and was in the school rock band called "Coma Beat". When Kim first told his parents about his dream to become a singer, they rejected it because they wanted him to have a normal life and told him they'd rather he leave the house instead. He continued to practice in secret and came to Seoul alone to pursue his dreams af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twins (Knock Out)
"Knockout" is the debut single recorded by the British pop/rock group Triple 8, released on 21 April 2003 in the United Kingdom. The single reached a peak position of number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. Track listing ;CD 1 #"Knockout" 3:22 #"Take Me Home" 3:31 #"Knockout" (8 Jam 'Knock You Out' mix) 4:19 #"Knockout" (Video) ;CD 2 #"Knockout" 3:23 #"I Don't Wanna Lose Ya" 3:10 #"Knockout" (Tom Mandolini vocal mix) 6:36 Charts Super Junior version "Twins (Knock Out)" is the debut single by Super Junior, when they were still known as Super Junior 05, which was released online as a digital single on 8 November 2005 and later on the group's first studio album, ''Twins'' on 5 December 2005. Before the single was released for download, Super Junior 05 made their debut as a group on SBS's ''Popular Songs'' on November 6, 2005, performing "Twins (Knock Out)". Background Super Junior 05's cover version kept the original song's hip-hop influence but incorporated heavier bass eleme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Hyung-sik
Park Hyung-sik (born November 16, 1991), known mononymously as Hyungsik, is a South Korean singer, actor, and dancer. He is a member of the South Korean boy group ZE:A, and its sub-group ZE:A Five. As an actor, he is known for his roles in ''The Heirs'' (2013), '' Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth'' (2016), ''Strong Girl Bong-soon'' (2017), ''Happiness ''(2021), and ''Soundtrack 1'' (2022). He stars in drama series, as well as in films and musical theatre productions. Personal life Park was born in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea as the second of two sons. He belonged to an upper-middle-class family and his father is a member of the board of directors at BMW Korea while his mother is a piano teacher. He was named Hyung-sik () by a Buddhist monk, as his mother and grandmother are Buddhists. Military enlistment Park began his mandatory military service on June 10, 2019. He entered the Nonsan Army Recruit Training Center in South Chungcheong Province to start his basi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-pop
K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gospel, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, disco, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots. The term "K-pop" became popular in the 2000s, especially in the international context. The Korean term for domestic pop music is ''gayo'' (), which is still widely used within South Korea. While "K-pop" can refer to all popular music or pop music from South Korea, it is colloquially often used in a ''narrower'' sense for any Korean music and artists associated with the entertainment and idol industry in the country, regardless of the genre. The more modern form of the genre, originally termed "rap dance", emerged with the formation of the hip hop boy band Seo Taiji and Boys, in 1992. Their experimentation with different sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
