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I Am ((G)I-dle EP)
''I Am'' (stylized in sentence case) is the debut extended play by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle. The album was released digitally on May 2, 2018, and physically on May 3, 2018, by Cube Entertainment. The album contains six tracks including the lead single, " Latata", which was composed by Big Sancho and member Soyeon, and is a blend of several different genres. Background and release On April 5, 2018, Cube Entertainment revealed the name of their upcoming girl group, (G)I-dle. The agency revealed the group's lineup by pairs of members: Miyeon and Yuqi, Shuhua and Soojin, Soyeon and Minnie on April 8, April 10 and April 12, respectively. On April 18, Cube Entertainment announced via SNS that the group would debut with the mini-album ''I Am'' on May 2 of the same year. The following day, a debut schedule was released. Concept images featuring each of the members were released from April 23–24. On April 26, the group unveiled the track listing of the EP, with " La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(G)I-dle
I-dle (; stylized in all lowercase), formerly known as (G)I-dle (), is a South Korean girl group formed by Cube Entertainment in 2018. The group consists of five members: Miyeon, Minnie (singer), Minnie, Soyeon, Yuqi, and Shuhua. Originally a sextet ensemble, member Soojin departed the group on August 14, 2021. They are praised for their musicality, versatility, and for breaking stereotypes as a "self-producing" Korean idol, idol group, known for writing and producing much of their material. Since their debut, they have been described as one of the most successful South Korean girl groups outside of the "big four" record labels. (G)I-dle debuted with the extended play (EP) ''I Am (EP), I Am'' and its lead single "Latata" on May 2, 2018. After several moderately successful releases, the group rose to prominence with "Tomboy ((G)I-dle song), Tomboy", the viral lead single of their first studio album ''I Never Die'' (2022). The song was a critical and commercial success, peaking at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC; ) is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters. Its flagship terrestrial television station MBC TV broadcasts as channel 11. MBC News Now broadcasts as channel 12. Established on 2 December 1961, MBC's terrestrial operations have a nationwide network of 17 regional stations. Although it operates on advertising, MBC is classified as a public broadcaster as its largest shareholder is a public organization, the Foundation of Broadcast Culture. MBC consists of a multimedia group with one terrestrial TV channel, three radio channels, five cable channels, five satellite channels and four DMB channels. MBC is headquartered in Digital Media City (DMC), Mapo District, Seoul and has the largest broadcast production facilities in Korea including digital production centre Dream Center in Ilsan, indoor and outdoor sets in Yongin Daejanggeum Park. History Radio era (1961–1968) Launching the first radio broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Charts
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The three most important charts are the Billboard Global 200, ''Billboard'' Global 200 for songs globally, the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs in the United States of America and the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 for albums in the United States of America, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100 or Billboard Global 200, Global 200 (though the latter globally) song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the Billboard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaon Album Chart
The Circle Album Chart, previously known as the Gaon Album Chart, is a record chart ranking the 100 most popular albums, extended plays and single albums in South Koreabased on their Record sales, physical sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart. It compiles shipments in weekly, monthly, and year-end formats with detailed album sales. History The Gaon Album Chart was launched as a part of the Gaon Chart in February 2010 by the Korea Music Content Association and South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (South Korea), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. In February 2011, Gaon Chart published information on both online and offline album sales of 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data, and was the first time that offline album sales were released since 2008 when the Music Industry Association of Korea stopped compiling data. In July 2022, Gaon Chart was rebranded as Circle Chart with a reformation in the album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joo (singer)
Jung Min-joo (; born October 11, 1990), born Jung A-rin and known professionally as Joo (stylized in all caps), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical actress. In 2006, she became a contestant on JYP Entertainment's Superstar Survival. Although she didn't win, she was accepted as a trainee at JYP Entertainment. After two years of training, Joo debuted as a soloist with her single album ''Young Girl'' in January 2008. However, she resumed training for two years, as she didn't feel ready for her debut. Joo later returned in January 2011 by releasing her EP ''Heartmade''. Aside from her music career, Joo has participated in various musical dramas, including ''Youthful March'' (2011–2012), ''Catch Me If You Can'' (2012–2013), and ''Full House'' (2014). She also participated in notable TV drama ''Dream High'' (2011) and the movie '' Marriage Blue'' (2013). Early life Joo was born on October 11, 1990, in Seoul, South Korea. She spent her childhood in Indonesia because of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sancho
Kim Tae-ho (), professionally known as Big Sancho (), is a South Korean record producer, songwriter and composer. He is part of the producing team Yummy Tone. Songwriting and composing credits Songwriting and composing credits adapted from MelOn A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit. It can also specifically refer to ''Cucumis melo'', commonly known as the "true melon" or simply "melon". The term "melon" can apply to both the p ... artist page until December 2020. References South Korean producers South Korean male songwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{SouthKorea-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album-equivalent Unit
The album-equivalent unit, or album equivalent, often shortened to just unit, is a sales metric in the music industry that defines the number of streaming media, songs streamed and music download, songs downloaded equal to one Record sales, traditional album sale. The album-equivalent unit was introduced in the mid-2010s as an answer to the drop of album sales in the 21st century. Album sales more than halved from 1999 to 2009, declining from a $14.6 to $6.3 billion industry, partly due to cheap digitally downloaded Single (music), singles. For instance, the only albums that Music recording certification, went platinum in the United States in 2014 were the Frozen (soundtrack), ''Frozen'' soundtrack and Taylor Swift's ''1989 (album), 1989'', whereas several albums had gone platinum in 2013. The use of album-equivalent units transformed the Record chart, music charts from a ranking of best-selling albums into a ranking of most popular albums. The International Federation of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaon Music Chart
The Circle Chart (), previously known as the Gaon Music Chart or the Gaon Chart (), tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in South Korea. Founded in 2010, it is produced by the Korea Music Content Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. History Gaon Chart was launched in February 2010 by the Korea Music Content Association, under the sponsorship of the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with the aim to create a domestic national chart similar to the ''Billboard'' charts of the United States and the Oricon charts of Japan. The word ''gaon'', which means 'middle' or 'center' in Korean, was chosen to represent fairness and reliability. The chart started tracking sales from the beginning of that year. A small awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the launch ceremony on February 23, at the Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. Girl group Girls' Generation was awarded the Top Artist of Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Show (South Korean TV Series)
''The Show'' (; previously ''The Show: All New K-Pop'' (season 2), ''The Show: All About K-Pop'' (season 3)) is a South Korean music television program broadcast by SBS FunE. It airs live every Tuesday and is broadcast from the SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Since January 2019, ''The Show'' is broadcast live to over 20 countries through Paramount Network, MTV France and on TBS in Japan. Chart system ''The Shows chart system was introduced at the beginning of its fourth season which started on October 28, 2014 and was named ''The Show Choice''. This chart tracking from Saturday to Friday. The three nominees are chosen from the starring singers every week and the winner of ''The Show Choice'' is determined based on the following criteria: Based source and explanations for each criterion: * Broadcast: Number of times that a songs played on SBS MTV * Digital sales: Number of streaming and download based on Gaon digital chart. * Physical album: Number of cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SBS MTV
SBS M is a South Korean pay television music channel owned by SBS Medianet, a division of SBS Media Holdings. It features South Korean pop artists, international music, news, and a few reality and variety programs. It was launched in 2001 as the South Korean version of the MTV. In 2011, it came under the SBS Paramount unit, a joint venture of SBS Medianet and Paramount Networks EMEAA and became SBS MTV. In June 2022, SBS and Paramount ceased their joint-venture, and the channel was renamed as SBS M. During its run as SBS MTV, it carried programs originally from the American MTV, along with a few Asian programs of its MTV Asian counterparts. History From 1994 to 1999, MTV, through a partnership deal, showed programs on the CheilJedang group's Mnet network. In January 2001, the MTV block returned on OnGameNet, then owned by Orion Group's On-Media. In July 2001, On-Media and Viacom launched MTV Korea. Their partnership ended in 2008. In 2008, MTV Korea was acquired by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
