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Zone (TVXQ Album)
''Zone'' is the eleventh Japanese studio album by South Korean pop duo Tohoshinki, released on November 6, 2024, by Avex Trax. The album was released to commemorate the duo's twentieth debut anniversary in Japan, which falls on April 27, 2025. The duo will embark on a nation-wide arena live tour, titled the 20th Anniversary Live Tour: Zone, which starts in Saitama at the Saitama Super Arena on November 29, 2024. ''Zone'' debuted at number five on the Oricon Albums Chart, number four on the ''Billboard'' Japan Hot Albums Chart, and number one on the ''Billboard'' Japan Download Albums Chart. Background On December 26, 2023, Tohoshinki celebrated their 20th debut anniversary in Korea with the release of their ninth Korean album '' 20&2'' (2023). On April 27, 2024, the day of the duo's 19th debut anniversary in Japan, they announced that they will embark on a nation-wide arena tour between November 2024 and March 2025, to commemorate their 20th anniversary. Ticket lottery rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVXQ
TVXQ (stylized as TVXQ!; , ), known as Tohoshinki in Japan, is a South Korean pop duo formed by SM Entertainment, composed of U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin. Originally a five-member boy band which also consisted of members Kim Jae-joong, Hero Jaejoong, Park Yoo-chun, Micky Yoochun, and Kim Jun-su, Xiah Junsu, TVXQ were immediately launched to mainstream recognition following the release of their first CD single, single "Hug (song), Hug" (2004). Their first four albums as a quintet, ''Tri-Angle'' (2004), ''Rising Sun (TVXQ album), Rising Sun'' (2005), ''"O"-Jung.Ban.Hap.'' (2006), and ''Mirotic'' (2008), received chart-topping commercial success in South Korea, with the latter winning the Golden Disk Awards, Golden Disk Award for Album of the Year. ''Mirotic'' contained the hit single "Mirotic (song), Mirotic" (2008), touted by international music critics as a staple song of K-pop. TVXQ were one of the first Korean artists to lead the Korean Wave in Japan, where they were propell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...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] |
Blu-ray
Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc or BD) is a digital optical disc data storage format designed to supersede the DVD format. It was invented and developed in 2005 and released worldwide on June 20, 2006, capable of storing several hours of high-definition video ( HDTV 720p and 1080p). The main application of Blu-ray is as a medium for video material such as feature films and for the physical distribution of video games for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The name refers to the blue laser used to read the disc, which allows information to be stored at a greater density than is possible with the longer-wavelength red laser used for DVDs, resulting in an increased capacity. The polycarbonate disc is in diameter and thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Conventional (or "pre-BDXL") Blu-ray discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual-layer discs (50GB) being the industry standard for feature-length video discs. Triple-layer discs (10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. It employs the Compact Disc Digital Audio (CD-DA) standard and was capable of holding of uncompressed stereo audio. First released in Japan in October 1982, the CD was the second optical disc format to reach the market, following the larger LaserDisc (LD). In later years, the technology was adapted for computer data storage as CD-ROM and subsequently expanded into various writable and multimedia formats. , over 200 billion CDs (including audio CDs, CD-ROMs, and CD-Rs) had been sold worldwide. Standard CDs have a diameter of and typically hold up to 74 minutes of audio or approximately of data. This was later regularly extended to 80 minutes or by reducing the spacing between data tracks, with some discs unofficially reaching up to 99 minutes or which falls outside established specifications. Smaller variants, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stand By U
"Stand by U" is South Korean pop group Tohoshinki's twenty-eighth Japanese language single. "Stand by U" was released on July 1, 2009 by their label Rhythm Zone and was released in two formats: CD and CD+DVD. The track serves as the final single promoted by the group as a five-piece, following which legal troubles caused the group to go on an extended hiatus. Background Shortly after the release of their twenty-seventh Japanese language single, " Share the World/We Are!", news about the group recording the single started to surfaced online. Chart performance Upon the release of the single in Japan, it took the number two spot on the Oricon daily chart selling over 94,800 copies. On July 5, 2009 daily chart the single peaked at the number-one spot selling nearly 29,300 copies. On the issue date of July 13, 2009, "Stand by U" debuted at number two on the Oricon weekly chart behind pop boy band Arashi's "Everything"; selling a little more than 182,060 copies. Music video Like t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenzie (songwriter)
Kim Yeon-jung (; born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Kenzie, is a South Korean songwriter and record producer who signed under SM Entertainment. She has written and produced songs for SM artists such as BoA, Isak N Jiyeon, Super Junior, The Grace, TVXQ, Girls' Generation, Shinee, f(x), Exo, Red Velvet, SuperM, Aespa, NCT and Riize, as well as Twice, CIX, BAE173, The Boyz, Zerobaseone and TWS. Biography Kim is a 1999 Alumna of Berklee College of Music, having majored in music production and engineering (MP&E). She moved to the US to further her studies though her goal was still to be a music producer and composer in her native country, South Korea. Although she had been trained in classical music and knew how to play piano and trumpet, she had acquainted herself with the pop scene, and through the knowledge of the success of S.M. Entertainment groups like S.E.S. and H.O.T., she set herself a goal to work with S.M., which she accomplished after graduating and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cazzi Opeia
Moa Anna Maria Carlebecker (born 10 November 1988), better known by her stage name Cazzi Opeia, is a Swedish DJ, singer and songwriter. Life and career 1988–2010: Early life and beginnings Moa Anna Carlebecker was born Jönköping County, located in southern Sweden, and grew up traveling around Europe and in the US with her family. She is a cousin of presenter Gry Forssell. The name Cazzi Opeia comes from the star constellation Cassiopeia. She took part in the sixth season of '' Idol'' in 2009. She reached the semi-finals where she was beaten by Mariette Hansson and Erika Selin. 2011–2015: Music career She was discovered by the producer Billy Mann and the record company Macho Records, who previously worked with Pink, Cher, and Jessica Simpson. Her first single "I Belong To You" became a hit when the artist DJ Tiësto took the remix on his Club Life record, making Cazzi Opeia a name globally. She has also been praised for her style and music by celebrity blogger P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebel (TVXQ Song)
"Rebel" is a song recorded by South Korean duo TVXQ. It was released through SM Entertainment on December 26, 2023, the day of their twentieth debut anniversary, as the lead single from their ninth studio album '' 20&2'' (2023). Background and release On October 5, 2023, SM Entertainment announced TVXQ would be returning in December 2023 with a new full-length studio album and a concert to commemorate their twentieth debut anniversary. They confirmed the new album would be titled ''20&2'', referring to TVXQ's twenty years since debut, and the two remaining members, U-Know Yunho and Max Changmin. Their last original Korean release was five years ago, with the EP '' New Chapter No. 2: The Truth of Love'' (2018). On December 12, SM confirmed that ''20&2'' would have ten tracks including the lead single "Rebel" produced by Kenzie, who also co-wrote their 2012 single "Humanoids". A preview of "Rebel" was first revealed on December 24 in an album tracklist preview. A music video teas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Love (TVXQ Song)
"Forever Love" is Tohoshinki's 14th Japanese single. The single was released on November 14, 2007. Track listing CD # "Forever Love" # "Day Moon: ハルダル" # "Forever Love" (A cappella version) # "Forever Love" (Less Vocal) # "Day Moon: ハルダル" (Less Vocal) DVD # "Forever Love" (Video clip) # Off Shot Movie Release history Live performances * 2007.11.03 - Music Fair 21 * 2007.11.16 - NHK Music Japan * 2008.02.22 - NHK Music Japan Charts Oricon sales chart (Japan) Korea monthly foreign albums & singles Korea yearly foreign albums & singles References External links # http://toho-jp.net/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Forever Love (Tvxq Song) 2000s ballads 2007 singles 2007 songs TVXQ songs Avex Trax singles Rhythm Zone singles Pop ballads Songs in Japanese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a s ... and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets () and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tone (TVXQ Album)
''Tone'' (stylized in all caps) is the fifth Japanese studio album (tenth overall) by South Korean pop group Tohoshinki, released on September 28, 2011, by Avex Trax. It is Tohoshinki's first Japanese album since becoming a Duo, with members Yunho and Changmin. ''Tone'' was released in three physical versions – Version A, a CD+DVD version with music videos; Version B, another CD+DVD version with off-shot movies; and Version C, a CD only version with a bonus track. Composing sessions for the album began in 2009, bull full production began in early 2011. Musically, ''Tone'' is a pop music album largely consisting of uptempos, midtempos, and ballads with R&B, electropop and rock influences. ''Tone'' received positive reviews upon its release, with some critics praising it as one of Tohoshinki's most cohesive Japanese albums to-date. The album was a major commercial success: it was Tohoshinki's second album, but first original release, to top the Oricon Albums Chart, selling 205 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
