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Several K-Pop artists including Girls’ Generation’s Hyoyeon and Sunny, Jay Park, Busker Busker’s Brad, and more attended the ‘MSFTSrep X General Idea Collaboration’ pop-up store opening in Apgujeong, Seoul on May 8th.

The special event celebrated the collaboration between Korean fashion designer and founder of “GENERAL IDEA”, Choi Bumsuk, and American actor and creator of the “MSFTSrep” clothing line, Jaden Smith, the son of Hollywood actor Will Smith.

Check out the photos below:






Credit: Soshified


Girls' Generation will perform at the 2013 Asia Super Showcase in Malaysia performance on 12 May 2013 (Sun), 8pm at Stadium Merdeka, KL. For more ticketing info please visit HERE


With Lee Hyori’s much anticipated comeback inching closer, Busker Busker’s Kim Hyung Tae raised expectations even more by releasing a photo from the music video set of her upcoming music video.

On April 17th, Kim Hyung Tae tweeted, “I visited Hyori senior’s music video set to cheer her on! There are so many heels. keke,” and attached a photo of himself standing in front of lined up heels of different colors and sizes as well as accessories.

Meanwhile, Lee Hyori has delayed her album release to the last week of May. The title track has been chosen and filming for the music video has begun.


Busker Busker’s Kim Hyung Tae recenty showed the public his amazing hidden talent.

On April 10, the Busker Busker’s bassist posted on his Twitter, “Stopping here because my back hurts~” and shared a portrait of the group including vocalist Jang Bum Joon and drummer Brad.

Kim Hyung Tae’s drawing of Busker Busker especially impressed netizens due to its realistic, detailed look and superior coloring.

Meanwhile, Busker Busker’s spring-themed track “Cherry Blossom Ending”, which was released last year, climbed back up the music charts again.


The popularity of Busker Busker’s spring-themed track “Cherry Blossom Ending” is rising again!

A year after its release in March of last year, the hit song climbed back up the music charts. The song topped at 9th place on Melon Real-Time Chart as well as ranked high on Mnet and Naver Music music charts.

Busker Busker released the song last year and it became an instant hit with the public. As the spring is approaching, it ended up getting into music charts once again. Such a case very rarely happens, proving Busker Busker’s rising popularity.

Meanwhile, 2AM’s “One Spring Day” and Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon’s “And One” have also received much love during the upcoming spring.


Busker Busker’s American drummer Bradley Moore will host a radio show.

On March 13, TBS eFM, an all-English-language radio channel, announced that Bradley will host a radio program called ‘Moonlit Tracks’ from 3 to 5 AM six days per week starting on Tuesday.

The show will play foreign pop music and movie soundtracks. TBS eFM is available in Seoul and other cities such as Busan, Gwangju and Yeosu.

Bradley formed Busker Busker with his students in 2011 while working as an English lecturer at Sangmyung University and drew attention after appearing in the popular audition show ‘Superstar K.’ As the band’s debut album was a big hit last year, the members enjoyed much popularity.

Bradley also married his girlfriend of six years in Korea last September.


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The trio Busker Busker, who rose to fame through “SuperStar K3” in 2011, has signed with a new management agency.

Having already made their successful debut with “Cherry Blossom Ending” which dominated the music charts, the boys have finally found a label to call home. They recently signed with a new label called ‘Chung Chun Music’ and their much awaited comeback is coming to light.

The agency stated, “We respect Busker Busker’s passion in music. We will put our best effort into producing songs that enable the group to communicate with the public.”

Under their new label, Jang Bum Joon will solely focus on music, such as writing songs and lyrics while Brad, and Kim Hyung Tae will receive agency support upon request.





Korean staff from Billboard.com pick 20 kpop songs of 2012. The list is topped by Infinite's 'The Chaser'
Agree with the list? Tell us your choice on the comments section below.

Check out the list:


    INFINITE – “The Chaser”
    SISTAR – “Alone”
    Naul – “Memory of the Wind”
    2NE1 – “I Love You”
    Big Bang – “Bad Boy”
    After School – “Flashback”
    BoA – “Only One”
    Psy – “Gangnam Style”
    Busker Busker – “Cherry Blossom Ending”
    B2ST – “Beautiful Night”
    EXID – “Every Night”
    F.T. Island – “I Wish”
    Verbal Jint feat. Kwon Jung Yeol – “Good Morning”
    Urban Zakapa – “Same Love, Same Farewell”
    SPICA – “Painkiller”
    Dynamic Duo – “Without You”
    G-Dragon – “One of a Kind”
    miss A – “Touch”
    The Koxx – “Love Dance”
    TVXQ – “Catch Me”

Source: Billboard.com


Indie band Busker Busker denied reports that the group would be breaking up.

“Member Jang Bum Joon told that the breakup rumor is false,” a Busker Busker’s representative revealed on the 4th. “They were very surprised to hear the rumor. I think it broke out because the members are having breaks.”

Previously, a press reported that Busker Busker, which rose to fame through the audition program ‘Superstar K3’, will be breaking up and going their separate paths to start their solo careers. These rumors were all denied by the group.



On November 30th, Mnet hosted its 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre, attracting stars and performers from both Korea and around the world.

The preliminaries were conducted through the evaluation of judges and other music affiliates using data from album sales and song rankings from music sites.

The final judging is “based on viewer votes (Internet, mobile), expert panel evaluations, expert research of preference, album sales, digital combined charts (song sales), and evaluation by the selection committee.”

The winners for the 2012 Mnet Asian Music Awards are:


Best New Female Artist - Ailee

Best Dance Performance Solo - Psy

Best Male Group - Big Bang

Best Female Group - SISTAR

Best Collaboration Performance - Troublemaker

Mnet PD’s Choice - B.A.P

Best Asian Artist - Wang Leehom

Best Asian Artist Japan - AKB48

Best Asian Artist Philippines - Sarah Geronimo

Best Asian Artist Vietnam - My Tam

Best Dance Performance Male Group - SHINee

Best Dance Performance Female Group - f(x)

Best Vocal Performance Solo - K.Will

Best Vocal Performance Group - Davichi

International Favorite Artist - Psy

Best OST - Seo In Guk & A-Pink's Eunji (“All For You”)

Best Asian Artist Singapore - Taufik Batisah

Best Asian Artist Indonesia - Agnes Monica

Best Female Artist - IU

Best Band Performance - Busker Busker

Best Music Video - Psy (“Gangnam Style”)

Best Asian Artist (China) - Li Yuchun

New Asian Artist (China) - TimeZ

New Asian Artist (Thailand) - Natthew

New Asian Artist Group - EXO

Style in Music - Ga-In

Best Rap Performance - Epik High

Guardian Angel Worldwide Performer - Big Bang

Best Male Artist - G-Dragon

Best Line - Super Junior

Best Global Group Female - KARA

Best Global Group Male - Super Junior

Artist of the Year - Big Bang

Album of the Year - Super Junior (‘Sexy, Free & Single’)

Song of the Year - Psy (“Gangnam Style”)


Congratulations to all the winners!


Busker Busker’s Jang Bum Joon has been revealed to be in a relationship.

On November 22, media outlets began publishing reports revealing Busker Busker’s Jang Bum Joon was in a relationship. The reports included paparazzi photos of the musician and his girlfriend seemingly enjoying a date in public.

Jang Bum Joon’s agency announced, “We confirmed with Jang Bum Joon that he is in a romantic relationship with the woman in the pictures. He is told to be a bit shocked since the pictures were taken without permission and have nothing to comment more on the matter.”

It was later revealed that the couple has been dating for the past year and Jang Bum Joon had no plans to hide their relationship.


Mnet’s ‘Superstar K3’ finalists Busker Busker and Two Months are back to impress the fans by releasing a cover of SHINee’s hit track, “Juliet”.

The cover single will be included on Superstar K3’s ‘NEXT ELEVEN: Superstar K Season 3 Top 11’ project called “A gift for you”. The project features the Top 11 finalists of ‘Superstar K3’ covering various hit tracks.

Check out the cover below.


Busker Busker’s drummer Brad walked down the aisle with his wife Dani on August 31st. The festivities got under way at Patio 9, a wedding hall in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, at 6 PM with close friends and family of the couple.

Despite being American citizens, Brad and Dani both wore traditional Korean hanboks for the press conference and wedding ceremony, showing their strong ties to Korean culture.

Brad’s band members played their part with vocalist Jang Bum Joon officiating and singing a song for the newlyweds. While bassist Kim Hyung Tae hosted the event, and fellow “Super Star K3” contestants Lee Jung Ah and Lee Gun Yul also performed.

Brad stated, “I’m not nervous for my wedding. I’m always happy and I’m having so much fun because our entire family can come together and spend time with my wife.”

“Brad’s family is visiting Korea for the first time, so this feels even more special,” Dani stated.

Despite having their special day, Brad and Dani were legally married in May. The two filed for marriage after being together for six years.


Source: JoongAng Daily


Gaon Chart is the national record chart of South Korea. It is complied by the Korea Music Content Industry Association with an aim to create a national chart for Korea similar to the Billboard charts and Oricon charts.

[Rankings for the month of July 2012 (July 1st - June 31st)]


Digital Singles Chart

1. 2NE1 : “I Love You”

2. T-ara : “Day By Day”

3. SISTAR : “Loving U”

4. Psy : “Gangnam Style”

5. CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun : “My Love”

6. Busker Busker : “If You Really Love Me”

7. 8eight’s Lee Hyun : “My Heartache”

8. Juniel : “Illa Illa”

9. Sagging Snail : “Punk In The Corner”

10. Huh Gak : “One Person”

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Physical Album Chart

1. Super Junior : “Sexy, Free & Single” : 335,744 albums

2. B2ST : “Midnight Sun” : 67,835

3. Jang Wooyoung : “23, Male, Single” : 47,956

4. T-ara : “Day BY Day” : 34,181

5. Psy : “Psy 6th album Part 1” : 29,875

6. BoA : “Only One” : 28,576

7. B.A.P : “No Mercy” : 18,090

8. NU’EST : “Action” : 15,564

9. ZE:A : “SPECTACULAR” : 14,986

10. INFINITE : “INFINITIZE” : 14,169


Apparel brand brand ‘Bike Repair Shop’ recently revealed a teaser for its upcoming advertisement campaign featuring the Busker Busker and Juniel.

‘Bike Repair Shop’ is under Bean Pole and focuses on casual jeans and denim wears. For their Fall/Winter 2012 catalog, they feature Busker Busker and Juniel playfully displaying the trend for fall and winter seasons this year.

Check out the clip below!

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2NE1, who made a stunning comeback with “I Love You”, held tight of its crown for two weeks on the Billboard’s K-Pop Hot 100 Chart.

In the Billboard’s latest chart update for the week of July 28th, 2NE1, who made their debut in first place last week, has continued to retain their top place ranking this week on the K-Pop Hot 100 Chart with latest title track “I Love You”.

Also unchanged from their previous spots are T-ara’s “Day by Day” and SISTAR’s “Loving U”, who both cemented on the second and third spot respectively.

Making a big leap from 10th to 4th spot this week is CNBLUE’s Jonghyun with his new OST “My Love”. Staying strong on the charts are other OST tracks including Lee Hyun’s “My Heart Hurts” at 5th spot and Huh Gak’s “One Person” at tenth.

Juniel’s “Illa Illa” stepped up to 8th place, Busker Busker’s “If You Really Love Me” went down to 7th place, while Psy’s “Gangnam Style” made an amazing debut at 6th place.

10:00 AM

T-ara tops the first half of the year digital sales chart. On the 18th of July, the first half of 2012 Digital download charts was revealed and T-ara is in first place with their song "Lovey Dovey" which had over 3,338,408 downloads. Their hit "Roly Poly" also was a chart topper in digital sales last year making the group a power house when it comes to digital sales.


Big Bang has 2 songs in the charts with "Blue" having 2,985,936 downloads and "Fantastic Baby" having 2,855,955 downloads and the group takes home the 2nd and 3rd spot in the charts. Solo singer Ailee which just made her debut this 2012 with "Heaven" ranked 4th with over 2,386,564 downloads of her debut single.  The rest of the chart is Lyn's "Back in Time" which is an OST for MBC's "Moon that embraces the Sun". Followed by Busker Busker with "Cherry Blossom Ending", SISTAR's "alone", Miss A's "Touch", Dynamic Duo's "Without You" and Se7en's "When I cant's sing". 


Source: Nate
Written by: blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net


Indie band Busker Busker is proving again they are for real, making another stunning debut on Billboard’s K-Pop Chart.

On June 29th, Billboard released the latest K-Pop chart for this week. According to the rankings, Busker Busker’s new title track, “If You Really Love Me” debuted No.1 on K-Pop Hot 100 chart, dethroning the Wonder Girls to 2nd place.

In addition, Busker Busker’s other tracks, “It’s Hard to Face You”, “Sudden Shower” and “Neon Sign”, also makes the Top 10 ranking 4th, 6th and 9th respectively.

Taking 3rd place is 8eight’s Lee Hyun with “My Heart Hurts”, while f(x) wrapped up the top 5 with latest title track “Electric Shock.”


On June 28th, Mnet held the one and only summer awards ceremony for youth, the ‘20’s Choice Awards’ which took place at The Oasis in Banyan Tree Club & Spa.

The 6th 20’s Choice Awards was packed with a fresh wave of top stars which battled out in a variety of categories, including Male/Female Drama Star, Male/Female Movie Star, Trendy Music, Online Music, Variety Star, Global Star and Social Artist, among many others.

In addition, several top stars delivered their amazing performances including, f(x), 2PM’s Wooyoung, Ailee, The Koxx, SISTAR, Park Jin Young, Busker Busker, miss A’s Suzy, TaeTiSeo and Super Junior.

Check out the performances below!

f(x)



2PM’s Wooyoung



Ailee, Daybreak & Monni & The Koxx



SISTAR



miss A’s Suzy



Suzy and Busker Busker



TaeTiSeo



Super Junior


On June 28th, Mnet held the one and only summer awards ceremony for youth, the ‘20’s Choice Awards’ which took place at The Oasis in Banyan Tree Club & Spa.

The 6th 20’s Choice Awards was packed with a fresh wave of top stars which battled out in a variety of categories, including Male/Female Drama Star, Male/Female Movie Star, Trendy Music, Online Music, Variety Star, Global Star and Social Artist, among many others.

The winners were chosen by combining 50 percent of online votes, 30 percent research results among those in their 20s and 20 percent from expert judge scores.

Check out the full list of winners below:

[20′s Drama Star] (Male)
Kim Soo Hyun*
Song Joong Ki
Uhm Tae Woong
Lee Seung Gi
Ju Won

[20′s Drama Star] (Female)
Shin Se Kyung
Yoona
Jung Ryeo Won
Ha Ji Won
Han Ji Min*

[20′s Movie Star] (Male)
Ryu Seung Ryong
Park Hae Il
Yoo Ah In
Lee Je Hoon*
Ha Jung Woo

[20′s Movie Star] (Female)
Gong Hyo Jin
Kim Go Eun
Kim Min Hee
Suzy*
Im Soo Jung

[20′s Trendy Music]
Big Bang
SISTAR
Taetiseo*
FT Island
miss A

[20′s Online Music]
LeeSsang
Busker Busker*
Se7en
IU
T-ara

[20′s Performance]
SHINee
Shinhwa
MBLAQ
Ulala Session
Hyuna & Hyunseung (Trouble Maker)*

[20′s Band Music]
Guckkasten
Glen Check
Daybreak
Monni
The Koxx*

[20′s Sports Star]
Kang Jung Ho
Koo Ja Cheol*
Park Chan Ho
Son Yeon Jae
Jung Chan Sung

[20′s Variety Star]
Gary
Kyuhyun
Kim Jun Ho
Leeteuk
Han Hye Jin*

[20′s Gag Character]
Raitto*
Emergency Planning Committee
Americano
Gaeparta
Brave Guys

[20′s Style]
Go Joon Hee
Sooyoung
Yoo Ah In
Jang Yoon Ju*
G-Dragon

[20′s Global Star]
Kim Hyun Joong
B2ST
Girls’ Generation (SNSD)
Super Junior*
Jang Keun Suk

[20′s Booming Star]
Ailee
Lee Sang Min
Lee Jong Seok
Im Si Wan
Jo Jeong Suk*

[Upcoming 20′s]
Kang Seung Yoon
Kang Ji Young
Kim Yoo Jung
Sulli
Yeo Jin Gu*


[20′s Social Artist]
Kim Jang Hoon
Park Jin Hee
Lee Hyori*
Cha In Pyo
Choi Siwon


[20′s Click]
You’ve Got an Ugly Girlfriend
Sound of the Heart
Reverse! Weird Cooking
Who′s on First
Fashion King - Kian 84*

[20′s Do Don’ts]
Park Jin Young*


[20′s Sexiest Performance]
SISTAR*


[20′s Choice Blue Carpet Volkswagen Scirocco Popularity Award]
Kim Soo Hyun*
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