‘Music Bank in Paris’ is finally here! Back on February 8th, KBS held a special “Music Bank” concert at the Bercy Stadium in Paris, France and on February 18th the show finally aired.
All 10,000 seats for the ‘Music Bank’ performance were immediately sold out, and 50 people from Korea’s top idol groups traveled to Paris for the event including Girls’ Generation, 2PM, T-ara, B2ST,4minute, SHINee, U-KISS, SISTAR, and more.
K-Pop stars flocked to the Seoul Olympic Park Stadium on November 24th to attend the ‘2011 Melon Music Awards‘.
The awards show, which began in 2009 and is now entering its 3rd year, established itself as one of the big four music awards ceremonies in South Korea, alongside the Mnet Asian Music Awards, Golden Disk Awards, and Seoul Music Awards.
There were a number of performances from participating artists like IU, f(x), B2ST, and more. If you missed the live broadcast or just want to see it all again, check out the videos below!
On August 20th, MBC hosted the ‘K-POP All Star Live in Niigata‘ concert in Japan for their 50th anniversary, which boasted a brilliant line-up of the top K-Pop artists in the industry.
12 K-Pop groups - TEEN TOP, INFINITE, SISTAR, SECRET, KARA, CNBLUE, 2PM, 2AM, SNSD,B2ST, 4minute, and Norazo – performed to a wild crowd of Hallyu fans who got to see not only their favorite idols, but some special stages as well.
It’s the first day of the new year, and although MBC’s Music Core did air today, it did not air any live performances. Instead, it did a recap of memorable performances and moments from K-pop artists on Music Core from the year 2010! So enjoy the show and Happy New Year everyone!
MBC’s“2010 Music Festival“, the last of the three colossal year-end music programs, delivered a successful show on December 31st at the Ilsan MBC Dream Center in Gyeonggi-do.
The event had an impressive line-up of stars, which included never-before-seen performances and special collaboration stages. The music festival also boasted a formidable trio of MCs – actor Ryu Si Won and SNSD’s Yuri and Tiffany teamed up as the ‘Hallyu MCs’.
Some highlights include Song Dae Kwan, Tae Jin Ah, and Hong Jin Young’s trot collaboration; “Khuntoria“’s couple dance; F.T. Island and CNBLUE band battle; After School’s introduction of their 9th member; as well as the dance collaborations of 2PM-miss A and Super Junior-f(x).
And like in previous years, the stars were split into two teams: White and Blue team, and viewers will vote (mobile votes) as to which team of performers impressed them the most on this night.
White team (Leader: Tae Jin Ah)
SNSD | GD&TOP | BoA | Rainbow | SECRET | Davichi | IU | Seo In Young | Younha | Hong Jin Young 4minute | 2AM | SHINee | U-Kiss | Supreme Team | Homme | CNBlue
Blue team (Leader: Song Dae Kwan)
Super Junior | 2PM | 2NE1 | KARA | T-ara | miss A | SISTAR | f(x) | Son Dambi | F.T. Island | Narsha | Lim Jung Hee | INFINITE | ZE:A | After School | B2ST | K-Will
In celebration of 2010 coming to an end, the biggest stars of the music industry joined together for the 2010 “KBS Music Festival” held at the KBS Hall in Yeouido.
Held on December 30th under the theme of ‘Harmony,’ the ceremony was divided into two parts and featured 170 minutes of special stages of the most-loved artists of the year.
The grand opening for the last festival of 2010 joined all of the artists on one stage to sing “Last Festival,” followed by a variety of performances such as a joint stage between seniors and juniors, a combination of hip hop and folk, and girl group collaborations, all fit to the festival’s harmonious theme.
The 2010 Popular Song of the Year determined through digital sales, album sales, broadcast appearances, and text messaging votes was awarded to Oh! by SNSD!
After some intense hyping over the past couple of days, the 2010 ‘SBS Gayo Daejun‘ finally took place on the evening of December 29th at the Ilsan KINTEX.
The theme for this year’s Gayo Daejun was ‘Welcome to Music Factory‘.
Expectations for the 2010 ‘SBS Gayo Daejun’ were high among fans after special collaboration stages between artists were announced through the media, and if you had missed the live broadcast for some reason, or if you just want to see it all again, check out the videos below!