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RaNia (group)
Blackswan (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean multinational girl group formed by DR Music. The group consists of Fatou, Gabi, Sriya and NVee, and is the final lineup of Blackswan, as confirmed by Fatou herself in a Veeper audio. They originally debuted under the name Rania () in 2011 with the EP '' Teddy Riley, the First Expansion In Asia''. In December 2016, the group rebranded as BP Rania (; an acronym of Black Pearl Rania) and released two EPs, ''Start a Fire'' and ''Refresh 7th.'' The group returned to promoting as Rania in 2018 prior to rebranding as Blackswan in October 2020 with the album ''Goodbye Rania''. Career Pre-debut and member changes The group was originally set to debut in mid-2010, as the third generation of Baby V.O.X. However, their record company DR Music; decided to rebrand them as a new group named Rania (short for "Regeneration Idol of Asia") with eight members: Saem (later known as Yina), Lucy (later known as Jooyi), Sarah, Riko, Joy, Di, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities by GDP, sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Paris metropolitan area, Paris, and London metropolitan area, London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. Seoul is the seat of the Government of South Korea, South Korean government. Seoul's history traces back to 18 BC when it was founded by the people of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. During the Joseon dynasty, Seoul was officially designated as the capital, surrounded by the Fortress Wall of Seoul. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Broadcasting System
The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS; ) is the public broadcasting, national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters under the government of South Korea. The KBS operates seven radio networks, ten television channels and multiple Internet-exclusive services. Its flagship terrestrial television television station, station, KBS1, broadcasts on Television channel, channel 9 while KBS2, an entertainment-oriented network, broadcasts on channel 7. KBS also operates the international service KBS World, which provides television, radio and online services in 12 languages. History Early radio broadcasts The KBS began as Gyeongseong Broadcasting Station () with call sign JODK, established by the Governor-General of Korea on 16 February 1927. It became the in 1932. After Korea was liberated from Japanese rule at the end of World War II, this station started using the call sign HLKA in 1947 after the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ( ; born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Rooted in West Coast hip-hop, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers of all time. Known for his signature Drawl, drawled lyrics—which often use melodic rhyming, Repetition (rhetorical device), repetition, word play, Laconic phrase, laconic phrases, syncopation and alliteration—his music often addresses the lifestyle and culture of the West Coast of the United States, West Coast and social issues such as gun violence and stability for the youth. His initial fame dates back to 1992 following his guest appearance on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, "Deep Cover (song), Deep Cover", and later on Dre's debut album, ''The Chronic'' that same year. Snoop Dogg has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States, and 35 million albums worldwide. List of awards and nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she has sold over 150 million records worldwide, making her one of the world's best-selling music artists. Cultural impact of Britney Spears, An influential figure in popular music, Spears became the best-selling teenage artist of all time, credited with the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Spears began her professional career in 1992 as a cast member of ''The All-New Mickey Mouse Club'' and signed with Jive Records five years later. Her first two studio albums, ''...Baby One More Time (album), ...Baby One More Time'' (1999) and ''Oops!... I Did It Again (album), Oops!... I Did It Again'' (2000), are among the List of best-selling albums, best-selling albums of all time. She adopted a more mature and provocative style for her albums ''Britney (album), Britney'' (2001) and ''In the Zone'' (2003). Spears was the executive producer of her fifth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Leber
Adam Leber is an American talent manager, entrepreneur, and investor. The CEO of management company Rebel, and formerly a founding partner at Maverick Management, Leber currently manages Lil Nas X, Labrinth, and LSD among others, and formerly managed artists including Miley Cyrus, Avril Lavigne, and Britney Spears. In 2017, Leber made his first appearance on Billboard's Power 100 list, the publication's annual ranking of executives driving the music industry, at #65. He has also been included on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players lists in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Leber is Jewish and was born and raised in Queens, New York and currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Sarah Boyer and daughter Micki Mae. Career Early career Leber's music industry career began with an internship at Loud Records, working with their street teams. The internship at the record label led to a role in the label's marketing department, where he worked with quintessential New York hip-hop artists s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Just Go (Goodbye's The New Hello)
''Just Go (Goodbye's the New Hello)'' is the debut studio album by South Korean girl group, Rania, released on March 8, 2013, through DR Music DR Music (formerly known as ''DR Entertainment''; ), is a South Korean private-held music company established in 1989 by Yoon Deung-ryeong. The company Current artists include multinational girl group Blackswan, trot singer such as Na Tae-ju, ... and Yedang Entertainment. The album was the last to feature members Riko, Jooyi, and Saem, though the latter would rejoin the group in 2016 as Yina. Member Jooyi was on hiatus during the recording of Style, while Riko departed the group shortly before the album's release. Reception ''Just Go (Goodbye's the New Hello)'' remains Rania's highest-charting release, peaking at #9 on the GAON Chart, and sold 2,582 copies. "Just Go" and "Style" also peaked on the GAON digital charts and the Billboard Korea K-pop Hot 100 Chart. Track listing References {{Authority control 2013 albums 2010s K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rania At The Hyosung Angel Village Festival, 4 October 2013 03
Rania may refer to: Places * Rania, Haryana, a City in Sirsa District, Haryana state of India. * Ranya, a district in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan * Rania block, a community development block, in Jharkhand, India ** Rania, Khunti, a village in Jharkhand, India People Rania or Raniah (Arabic: رَانِيَة ''rāniyah''), also spelt Raniya, Raniyah, is an Arabic female given name from the root rana to side-look meaning side gazer". * Rania Al Abdullah (born 1970), Queen consort of Jordan * Rania Elwani (born 1977), Egyptian swimmer * Rania Mamoun (born 1979), Sudanese journalist and novelist * Rania Hussein Muhammad Tawfiq, known as Ruby Ruby is a pinkish-red-to-blood-red-colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapph ... (born 1981), Egyptian singer * Rania Zeriri (born 1986), Dutch singer En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brave Brothers
Kang Dong-chul (, born June 7, 1979), also known by his stage name Brave Brothers, is a South Korean rapper, record producer and songwriter for Brave Entertainment. He was a producer and composer for YG Entertainment from 2004 to 2008. In 2008, he started his own record label called Brave Entertainment. He has produced hit songs for After School, Sistar, 4Minute, T-ara, Son Dam Bi, Big Bang, Brown Eyed Girls, AOA, Hello Venus, RANIA and U-KISS. In 2009, he made his music debut with ''Attitude'' and later released ''Passionate'' on December 8. His label manages acts such as Electroboyz, BIGSTAR, and DKB. Kang was a judge panelist on JTBC's ''Made In U'' program in 2011. Music career On October 21, representatives of RaNia revealed that Brave Brothers would be producing their album '' Time To Rock Da Show''. He was awarded the Hallyu Composer Award at the 19th Korean Culture Entertainment Daesang Awards on December 15, 2011. He stated, "Thank you so much for honoring me with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naver
Naver (; stylized as NAVER) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. The company's products include a search engine, email hosting, blogs, maps, and mobile payment. History Naver was the first Korean web provider to develop its own search engine. The company was founded on June 2, 1999, and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea. Naver is a combination of 'navigate', which means to navigate the Internet, and the suffix '-er', which means person, which means a person who navigates the vast ocean of information on the Internet. The Naver provides community services including blogs and cafes, other convenient services such as knowledge, shopping, maps, books, e-mail and naver tool bar. In August 2000, Naver launched its 'comprehensive search' service, which allows users to get a variety of results from a single search query on one page, organized by type, including blogs, websites, images, and web communities. Naver became an early pioneer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time To Rock Da Show
''Time to Rock da Show'' is the second extended play An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 1 ... by the South Korean girl group Rania. It was released on November 17, 2011. The song "Pop Pop Pop" was used to promote the EP. It was the last EP to feature member Joy who was on hiatus and subsequently departed in late 2011. Release The full mini-album was released on November 16, 2011. Promotions for "Pop Pop Pop" began on November 17, 2011, on M! Countdown. Track listing Charts Singles chart References {{Authority control 2011 EPs Rania (band) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yonhap News Agency
Yonhap News Agency (; ) is a major news agency in South Korea. It is based in Seoul, South Korea. Yonhap provides news articles, pictures, and other information to newspapers, TV networks and other media in South Korea. History Yonhap was established on 19 December 1980, through the merger of Hapdong News Agency and Orient Press. The Hapdong News Agency itself emerged in late 1945 out of the short-lived Kukje News, which had operated for two months out of the office of the Domei, the former Japanese news agency that had functioned in Korea during the Japanese Japanese colonial era. In 1999, Yonhap took over the Naewoe News Agency. Naewoe was a South Korea government-affiliated organization, created in the mid 1970s, tasked with publishing information and analysis on North Korea from a South Korean perspective through books and journals. Naewoe was known to have close links with South Korea's intelligence agency, and according to the British academic and historian James Hoar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
