BIG BANG-2NE1 MVs Break 500M Youtube Views

 

As hallyu idols are overwhelmingly entering the foreign markets YG artists are showing off their overwhelming power worldwide through the music video market.

Big Bang has received a total of over 50 million views through music video of Blue, Fantastic Baby, Bad Boy in their 5th mini-album. According to YouTube the record received until April 25 for Blue is 19,280,000 views, Fantastic Baby received about 17,800,000 views, and Bad Boy received about 11,850,000 views. Considering that these music videos have only been released two months ago the number are quite astonishing. Also the first music video of the title song Blue broke through 10 million views within 10 days of its release.

2NE1 along with Big Bang is recording massive views of 40,350,000 through one music video I Am The Best released last year. The video has continuously been receiving one million views a day shortly after its release predicting its sensation. I Am The Best was awarded second place for Most Viewed Music Video and Top Favorited Video of the year in 2011 according to worldwide views. And recorded a total of over 1.6 million views in over two days also was placed in the top 10 most viewed in France, Hong Kong, Sweden, Taiwan and Mexico revealing their worldwide influence.

The information that was gathered at the time of Big Bang-2NE1 alone of various videos showed that total YouTube views have already broke through 500million. The total YouTube views last May recorded a total of 430 million views and if we included Big Bang’s 5th mini-album and 2NE1’s Lonely, I Am The Best then the total number of views will already swept beyond 500 million views.

Just as YouTube video site view proves their rising popularity beyond Korea reaching all over the world. Such result is possible through Big Bang and 2NE1’s musicianship that is acclaimed to be beyond idol’s limit and the fact that their music and performance videos have been recognized as worth noting by the worldwide music fans. The fact that YG’s music genre based off of hip hop is noted to be closest to the global trend has also played a large benefit as well.




Source: KPopNewsDaily

SNSD's Mr.Mr is One of TIME's '25 Best Songs of 2014'

Good news for SONEs, Girls' Generation song was listed in the US TIME Magazine's "25 Best Songs of 2014".

According to TIME, Mr. Mr was chosen as one of the 25 best songs of 2014 so far. The song was released as part of the mini album of the same name in February, topped album charts in and out of the country, as well as wining various music programs and finally peaked at Number 4 on Billboard’s World Digital Songs chart. Also known as SNSD, the nine-member Korean girl group is the only Asian artist to have their name on the list along side with other worldwide artists such as Micheal Jackson, Mariah Carey and Sam Smith.

Lily Rothman of TIME wrote, "Fans of K-pop juggernaut Girls’ Generation (a.k.a. SNSD) won’t be disappointed by their latest dance-friendly single, and the addition of a scratchy electronic bass line and a hint of darkness should even attract listeners who don’t dig their usual bubblegum sound."

SNSD was also chosen by the magazine and stayed in the top 5 of TIME’s "Top 10 of Songs of 2013" with I Got A Boy.


Source:  http://time.com/

MLFTS Wave Isn't Over Yet

My Love from the Star fever isn't over yet. There have been various events to fill in the empty positions left by its main stars Jun Ji Hyun and Kim Soo Hyun.

SBS and HB Entertainment are hosting a large scale exhibition of the drama set at the Seoul Dongdaemun Design Plaza from June 10 to August 15. The set cost 2 billion won to build and it is the exact copy of Jun Ji Hyun and Kim Soo Hyun's living room and bedroom. There are also various events where one can experience 'alien-like' Kim Soo Hyun's super powers.

 It is unusual for something like this to happen after a KDrama. The rom-com TV series was a great hit in Korea but it was bigger in China; great enough to say it became a shockwave. MLFTS will also be movie-fied. Producer of the series is currently editing the drama into 2 hours, and is set to be released all over China in August. There also has been talk about remaking the drama in other foreign countries.


Source: donga