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Season Of Memories
''Season of Memories'' is the first single album by South Korean girl group GFriend. It was released on January 13, 2025, by Source Music. The album is a special project to celebrate the group's tenth anniversary, and is their first release since ''Walpurgis Night'' in 2020. Background and release GFriend debuted in 2015 with '' Season of Glass''. In May 2021, Source Music announced that the group would be leaving the agency upon the completion of their exclusive contracts. In 2022, former members Eunha, SinB, and Umji reunited to form Viviz under BPM Entertainment. On September 24, 2024, Source Music confirmed that the members of GFriend would be reuniting in January 2025 for a special project in celebration of their tenth anniversary. In November 2024, ''Ilgan Sports'' reported that January 2025's "special project" would be an album, but the size and concept had yet to be determined. GFriend's reunion project, ''Season of Memories'', was officially announced on December 2, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GFriend
GFriend (stylized in all caps; ) is a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The group consists of six members: Kim So-won, Sowon, Yerin (entertainer), Yerin, Eunha (singer), Eunha, Yuju (singer), Yuju, SinB, and Umji. They debuted with the extended play (EP) ''Season of Glass (EP), Season of Glass'' on January 15, 2015, and won several female rookie awards, garnering momentum early on despite being from a small company. GFriend continued their commercial success in the next year with their third EP, Snowflake (EP), ''Snowflake'', whose lead single "Rough (song), Rough" won first place on numerous music shows. They released their first studio album, ''LOL (GFriend album), LOL'', in 2016 as well. In 2017, GFriend returned with their fourth EP, The Awakening (EP), ''The Awakening'', for which pre-orders exceeded 100,000 copies. The same year, the group released their fifth EP, Parallel (EP), ''Parallel'', which was re-issued one month later under the title Paralle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim So-won
Kim So-jeong (; born December 7, 1995), known professionally as Kim So-won (), is a South Korean actress and singer. She is best known as the leader of South Korean girl group GFriend. Early life and education Kim was born on December 7, 1995, in Gupabal-dong, Eunpyeong District, Seoul, South Korea. She graduated from Hanlim Multi Arts High School in 2014, majored in modeling. She got accepted into the Department of Media and Film Acting at Sungshin Women's University in 2016. Career 2010–2014: Pre-debut Prior to debut, Kim trained with DSP Media for 4 years. After leaving DSP Media, she joined Source Music as trainee in 2013, where she trained for 1 year and 6 months before debuting as a member of GFriend. 2015–2020: Debut with GFriend, solo activities and disbandment On January 15, 2015, Kim debuted as a member and sub-vocal of South Korean girl group GFriend under the stage name Sowon with the released of EP '' Season of Glass''. On July 25, 2018, Kim was cast as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released or scheduled for release in 2025. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissue In the music industry, a reissue (also re-release, repackage or re-edition) is the release of an album or single which has been released at least once before, sometimes with alterations or additions. Reasons for reissue New audio formats Reco ...s, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2025 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November Unscheduled and TBA References {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GFriend Albums
GFriend (stylized in all caps; ) is a South Korean girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The group consists of six members: Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, and Umji. They debuted with the extended play (EP) '' Season of Glass'' on January 15, 2015, and won several female rookie awards, garnering momentum early on despite being from a small company. GFriend continued their commercial success in the next year with their third EP, ''Snowflake'', whose lead single " Rough" won first place on numerous music shows. They released their first studio album, ''LOL'', in 2016 as well. In 2017, GFriend returned with their fourth EP, ''The Awakening'', for which pre-orders exceeded 100,000 copies. The same year, the group released their fifth EP, ''Parallel'', which was re-issued one month later under the title ''Rainbow''. In 2018, GFriend released their sixth EP, ''Time for the Moon Night'', and the special EP '' Sunny Summer''. They also made their official Japanese debut w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CD Single
A CD single is a single (music), music single in the form of a compact disc (CD). Originally the ''CD single'' standard (as defined in the Rainbow Books, Red Book) was an 8 cm (3-inch) "mini CD" (''CD3''); later on the term referred to any single recorded onto a CD of any size, particularly the 12 cm (5-inch) "full-size" disc (''CD5''). From a technical viewpoint, a CD single is identical to any other Compact Disc Digital Audio, audio CD. The format started gaining popularity in the early 1990s, but quickly declined in the early and mid 2000s, in favor of Digital download (music), digital downloaded singles and CD Album, albums. Commercially released CD singles can vary in length from two songs (an A-side and B-side, A side and B side, in the tradition of 7-inch 45-rpm 7 inch record, records) up to six songs like an Extended play, EP, which would be marketed as a maxi single in some regions. Some contain multiple mixes of one or more songs (known as remixes), in the tradition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streaming
Streaming media refers to multimedia delivered through a network for playback using a media player. Media is transferred in a ''stream'' of packets from a server to a client and is rendered in real-time; this contrasts with file downloading, a process in which the end-user obtains an entire media file before consuming the content. Streaming is more commonly used for video on demand, streaming television, and music streaming services over the Internet. While streaming is most commonly associated with multimedia from a remote server over the Internet, it also includes offline multimedia between devices on a local area network. For example, using DLNA and a home server, or in a personal area network between two devices using Bluetooth (which uses radio waves rather than IP). Online streaming was initially popularized by RealNetworks and Microsoft in the 1990s and has since grown to become the globally most popular method for consuming music and videos, with nume ... [...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] |
Circle 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] |
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine '' Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Billboard''s parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan,"Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan": and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country. In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from ''Billboard'', launched the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 music chart. As of 2025, the list of charts compiled by ''Billboard Japan'' also included an albums chart named ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums, physical-sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales and Top Albums Sales, download-only-based charts Download Songs and Download Albums, an animation music chart named Hot Animation, and a chart for foreign songs named Hot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuju (singer)
Choi Yu-na (; born October 4, 1997), better known by her stage name Yuju (), is a South Korean singer-songwriter. She rose to fame in 2015 as a member of the South Korean girl group GFriend and became known for her vocals, having participated in various singing competitions. After GFriend's exclusive contract ended, Yuju debuted as a solo artist with the extended play (EP) ''Rec.'' in 2022 and took creative control over her works. Yuju's accolades include individual awards from the K-Global Heart Dream Awards, Hanteo Music Awards, and Seoul Music Awards. Her chart-topping duet song "Spring Is Gone by Chance" for the television Korean drama, series ''A Girl Who Sees Smells'' soundtrack won Best OST at the 2015 Melon Music Awards. Early life and education Yuju was born Choi Yu-na on October 4, 1997 in Goyang, South Korea, as the youngest of two daughters in her family. From an early age, Yuju enjoyed sports, dancing and singing. In her first year of middle school, Yuju won a sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fukuoka
is the List of Japanese cities by population, sixth-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancient times. The area has long been considered the gateway to the country, as it is the nearest point among Japan's main islands to the Asian mainland. Although humans occupied the area since the Jomon period, some of the earliest settlers of the Yayoi period arrived in the Fukuoka area. The city rose to prominence during the Yamato period. Because of the cross-cultural exposure, and the relatively great distance from the social and political centers of Kyoto, Osaka, and later, Edo (Tokyo), Edo (Tokyo), Fukuoka gained a distinctive local culture and dialect that has persisted to the present. Fukuoka is the most populous city on Kyushu, Kyūshū island, followed by Kitakyushu. It is the largest city and metropolitan area west of Keihanshin. The city was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
39th Golden Disc Awards
The 39th Golden Disc Awards () is an award ceremony held on January 4–5, 2025, at the Mizuho PayPay Dome in Fukuoka, Japan. It honored the best in South Korean music released between early-November 2023 and early-November 2024. The event was hosted by Sung Si-kyung, Cha Eun-woo, and Moon Ga-young. In the aftermath of the crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216, the live broadcast of the ceremony was postponed. The in-person ceremony proceeded as scheduled and will be recorded for broadcast on January 6–7, 2025, while the red carpet photo event has been canceled entirely. Criteria Performers The first line-up of performers were announced on December 3. The second line-up were announced on December 9. Day 1 (January 4) Day 2 (January 5) Presenters The line-up of presenters were announced on December 6. Day 1 (January 4) * Park Eun-bin – presented Digital Song of the Year (Daesang) Day 2 (January 5) * Dae-ho Lee – presented Global K-pop Artist * Dae-ho Lee and Park Bo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
