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The Sentimental Chord
''The Sentimental Chord'' is the fourth Korean studio album by SG Wannabe. Again, they amazed the audience with their new title song "Arirang" ("아리랑"), which had the classic instruments of Korea playing as the background music. With the release of their 4th album and their title song, they went as the #1 in the Bugs Chart as well as the Korea monthly chart. The album was also number one on the "Top 20 Album Sales (May 2007)" with 44,618 copies sold in May and 125,450 sold altogether. So far, the album has sold 199,319 copies including both CD and digital disc sales. Towards the end of the year, SG Wannabe was awarded their second Daesang from the Golden Disk Awards, reigning as the top artist of the year. Selling almost 200,000 copies, ''The Sentimental Chord'' was the best-selling album of 2007 in Korea.1월 가요음 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SG Wannabe
SG Wannabe () is a South Korean vocal group consisting of members Kim Yong-jun, Kim Jin-ho and Lee Seok-hoon. The group debuted in January 2004 with the single, "Timeless", from the album ''SG Wanna Be+'', and won Best New Artist at the Golden Disc Awards, Seoul Music Awards, and SBS Gayo Daejeon. The group's second album, ''Saldaga'', was the best-selling album of 2005 in South Korea and won Album of the Year at the Golden Disc Awards. Their next two albums, ''The 3rd Masterpiece'' (2006) and ''The Sentimental Chord'' (2007) were also commercial and critical successes. In 2008, original member Chae Dong-ha left the group, and Lee Seok-hoon joined as a new member. The group released the albums '' My Friend'' (2008), ''Gift from SG Wannabe'' (2009), '' SG Wannabe by SG Wannabe 7 Part.I'' (2010) and '' SG Wannabe by SG Wannabe 7 Part.II'' (2011) before going on hiatus while the members served their mandatory military service and focused on their solo careers. In 2015, the group ... [...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] |
Korean Language
Korean ( South Korean: , ''hangugeo''; North Korean: , ''chosŏnmal'') is the native language for about 80 million people, mostly of Korean descent. It is the official and national language of both North Korea and South Korea (geographically Korea), but over the past years of political division, the two Koreas have developed some noticeable vocabulary differences. Beyond Korea, the language is recognised as a minority language in parts of China, namely Jilin Province, and specifically Yanbian Prefecture and Changbai County. It is also spoken by Sakhalin Koreans in parts of Sakhalin, the Russian island just north of Japan, and by the in parts of Central Asia. The language has a few extinct relatives which—along with the Jeju language (Jejuan) of Jeju Island and Korean itself—form the compact Koreanic language family. Even so, Jejuan and Korean are not mutually intelligible with each other. The linguistic homeland of Korean is suggested to be somewhere in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mnet Media
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 Corporati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Precious History
''The Precious History'' is the greatest hits compilation (and 3.5) studio album by SG Wannabe. SG Wannabe released a greatest hits compilation entitled ''SG Wannabe Best Album - The Precious History''. It was a collection of their favorite songs from the past three albums and also included three new songs. However, despite having high sales and topping the charts, they did not win another, though the group was nominated for Daesang. The album has sold 149,257 copies. Music videos They released a music video for the tracks "Song of Love" ("사랑가") featuring Vibe, "Even If I Could See You" ("그저 바라볼 수만 있어도"), and "Ordinary People" featuring Hoo Ni-Hoon, Min Kyung-Hoon, and Jang Hye-Jin. The music video was released in two parts—one for "Ordinary People" and the other for "Song of Love". The music videos starred Lee Beom-soo and former SeeYa member Nam Gyu-ri Nam Gyu-ri (; born April 26, 1985) is a South Korean singer and actress. She was the leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story In New York
''Story In New York'' is the 4.5 studio album by SG Wannabe. Music video Two versions of the music video for "First Snow". SG Wannabe member, Chae Dong Ha, was featured as the male lead in the music video. The other two members, Kim Yong Yun and Kim Jin Ho were also featured in the music video. A music video for "A Christmas Story" was also released and featured all three SG Wannabe members. Notable tracks "Three Letters" "Three Letters" originally appeared in ''Princess Lulu OST'' in 2005 and was performed by M to M. "First Snow" "First Snow" is the title track of this album. "A Christmas Story" "A Christmas Story" is a nice mellow ballad A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ... track. Track listing References {{Authority control SG Wannabe albums Stone Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Disk Awards
The Golden Disc Awards (, formerly spelled the Golden Disk Awards before 2015) is an annual South Korean major music awards ceremony that honors achievements in the local music industry. The awards ceremony was founded with the purpose to promote popular culture creativity, discover new artists, and contribute to the growth of the music industry. The first ceremony was held in 1986. The 35th Golden Disc Awards was held on 9–10 January 2021 without a live audience due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. History From its inception in 1986, the event was called the Korea Visual and Records Grand Prize Award () until 2001, when the event named was changed to the Golden Disk Awards. The spelling was later changed to the Golden Disc Awards in 2015. The awards ceremony was hosted in South Korea until 2012, when it was hosted in Osaka, Japan. The ceremony was also hosted internationally in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2013, and in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Beom-soo
Lee Beom-soo (born January 3, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He is well known for his role in ''Singles'', ''Giant'', '' On Air'', '' Surgeon Bong Dal-hee, ''as well as in'' History of a Salaryman.'' Lee enrolled in the Department of Theater at Chung-ang University in Seoul in 1988. He made his acting debut in the 1990 film ''Kurae, Kakkumun Hanulul Boja'' (''Yes, Let’s Look Up At the Sky Now and Again''). Following his debut, he appeared in films including ''The Ginkgo Bed'', ''City of the Rising Sun'', ''The Anarchists'', ''Jungle Juice'' and ''Wet Dreams'', but it was the 2003 film ''Singles'' that made him rise to stardom. The Korean press has dubbed him "The Little Giant of Chungmuro" (Korean equivalent of Hollywood). He received a 2011 Seoul Art & Culture Award for best TV drama actor for his role in ''Giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: '' gigas'', cognate giga-) are beings of human-like appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ock Joo-hyun
Ock Joo-hyun (; sometimes spelled Ock Ju-hyun; born March 20, 1980) is a South Korean singer and musical theatre actress, known mostly for her role as the lead singer of the South Korean girl group Fin.K.L. After their unofficial breakup in 2002, Ock released three solo albums and has participated in musicals, namely ''Wicked'', ''Aida'', ''Chicago'', ''Cats'', '' 42nd Street'', and ''The Count of Monte Cristo''. Career As a member of Fin.K.L Fin.K.L debuted in 1998 with DSP Entertainment and quickly became popular, catapulting all its members into stardom. Ock served as the lead singer for Fin.K.L until it became inactive as a group in 2002; she has since taken part in Fin.K.L's digital single "Fine Killing Liberty" in fall of 2005, including filming the music video. Solo music Starting her solo career summer in 2003, Ock came out with a ballad called "난..." ("Nan...", meaning "I..."), which entered the top 10 of Korean music charts. By her second album, which came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sun-kyun
Lee Sun-kyun (born March 2, 1975) is a South Korean actor. After beginning his career in musical theatre, for many years Lee was relegated to minor and supporting roles onscreen, only getting to play lead characters in one-act dramas on KBS ''Drama City'' and MBC ''Best Theater''. In one such ''Best Theater'' project, he worked with TV director Lee Yoon-jung on ''Taereung National Village'' (2005), which led to him being cast in her later series '' Coffee Prince'' in 2007. ''Coffee Prince'', along with medical drama '' White Tower'' brought Lee mainstream popularity, which he followed with ''Pasta'' (2010), '' Golden Time'' (2012) and ''My Mister'' (2018). Meanwhile, on the big screen, he received a Best Actor award from the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival for his role in ''Paju'' (2009), followed by critical acclaim for mystery thriller '' Helpless'' (2012), romantic comedy ''All About My Wife'' (2012), and crime/black comedy ''A Hard Day'' (2014). Lee a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean War
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Ha Seok-jin
Ha Seok-jin (born March 4, 1982) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in TV drama series: ''Radiant Office'' (2017), ''Drinking Solo'' (2016), ''Shark'' (2013) and '' 4 Legendary Witches'' (2014), for which he received two nominations for the Excellence Award. Early life Ha Seok-jin was born in Seoul in 1982. Ha Seok-jin, the eldest of one son and one daughter, entered the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Hanyang University after graduating from middle and high school, and after completing his first year, he enlisted in the military. Career When he returned to school after he was discharged, a friend who was attending another school got a job at an entertainment production, and Ha Seok-jin was offered to apply for recruiting new actors. At first he refused because of his studies, but he dreamed of a new challenge in his boring daily life, and thus made his debut in the entertainment industry through an advertisement for Korean Air in 2005. Initiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
