Nusrat Durrani, Senior VP of MTV World, speaking about Korean singer Rain, was asked how the Asian pop star’s TRL appearance went over in NY recently. He was quoted as saying it couldn’t have gone over better, claiming that the crowd that gathered to see the young artist, was the biggest he’s seen in the history of the show.
Archive for March, 2006
Huge MTV crowd gathers to see Korean singer Rain
Monday, March 13th, 2006Japanese Rock group Glay performing live again
Monday, March 13th, 2006JRock group Glay is back performing live after an almost 12 month leave of absence. The band quickly sold out their first gig at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, leaving hundreds of crazed fans without tickets. This was all the encouragement needed from the local scalpers to begin charging exorbitant fees of ¥70,000+ for decent seats to see the show.
Asian pop star Koda Kumi achieving the (almost) impossible
Monday, March 13th, 2006Japanese singer Koda Kumi accomplished an amazing feat by releasing a whopping 12 different singles in 12 weeks, and at the same time, making the top 10 on Oricon for each and every one. I don’t know if any records were broken, but it’s most certainly an accomplishment not to be surpassed any time in the near future.
Introducing new Korean group 'Super Junior'
Monday, March 13th, 2006SM Entertainment is adding to their massive stable of artists by introducing a new multi member group called Super Junior. The Korean entertainment giant has big plans for the band, including periodically adding to the already large 12 members, by holding random auditions throughout the Asian region. SM Entertainment wants to make it clear, that this will be no ordinary pop group, but rather a gateway for talented young Asians to enter the Asian entertainment scene with as big a splash as possible.
Korean pop star BoA, anything more than cute?
Monday, March 13th, 2006What does it take to convince the press that she’s anything more than cute? That’s just what Korean pop singer BoA mused after winning “Best Jewelry Wearer Award” in Japan recently. The Korean pop star apparently showed up in a absolutely stunning, and slightly more revealing dress than usual, and joked to the crowd that she only dressed that way for the event to show off some of her latest jewelry fashions. BoA claimed that because she’s still a teen people seem to have a hard time seeing her as being sexy, but by the looks of those in the audience, many seemed to slightly disagree with her..