Alilang Group () is a Chinese pop music group, made up of four Korean Chinese members: Jin Zenan (金泽男, leader, born 10 October 1979), Jin Runji (金润吉), Zhang Jinyou (张晋佑) and Quan He (权赫), all of

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, China. The group's name comes from "

Arirang "Arirang" (; ) is a Korean folk song. There are about 3,600 variations of 60 different versions of the song, all of which include a refrain similar to "''Arirang, arirang, arariyo'' ()". It is estimated the song is more than 600 years old. ...

" (spelled "Alilang" in Chinese

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), a Korean

folk song Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be c ...

, popular not only in

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, but also in China and Japan. Alilang Group started in 2002, and published their first CD, entitled "Alilang", in 2003. They are popular as a

C-pop C-pop is an abbreviation for Chinese popular music (), a loosely defined musical genre by artists originating from mainland China,Hong Kong and Taiwan (the Greater China region). This also includes countries where Chinese languages are used by ...

group among the Chinese young as well as among the Korean Chinese. The group has appeared in "

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" several times, a great honor to any Chinese musicians. They have toured in both South and North Korea. In 2003, they toured in

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and published their CD there. In 2009, when they appeared in

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, 100,000 people came to the

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arena.

Discography

The following CDs have been published:Alilang Group's Recent CDs
(in Japanese) * Alilang Group: "Arirang" CD (2003) * Alilang Group: "I'm Sorry! Coming of age" CD (2006) * Alilang Group: "Four People in Different Moods (四人五色) CD (2008) The songs that they sang and which became popular are: *"Arirang" (阿里郎) *"

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" (桔梗谣) *"The Lovers' Bar" (情侶酒吧) *"My Dearest" (最愛)

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Discography

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