IU, "How Much Can A University Education Do For My Music Career?

Teenage singer IU has released her second album with 13 songs, exactly one year after her hit song "Good Day" took the K-pop market by storm.

"It'd be difficult to be seen fresh as I was a year ago, but I can confidently say that this new album is a better effort along similar lines," the 18-year-old said.

On the day of the nationwide university entrance examination, IU instead took part in a photo shoot for the album cover. "How much can a university education do for my music career?" she asked.

Her management agency claims IU is in fact being wooed by several prestigious universities for their special admissions program. "People go to university in order to learn to do what they want to do," a defiant IU said. "But I'm already doing it. I will face music squarely, just like I have been doing since I was in middle school."

SNSD's Performance @ Mnet MAMA 2011 [Remix Version]

SNSD daebak!! ♥♥

SUMMARY of MAMA 2011 :)

Best Male Group - Super Junior
Best Female Group - SNSD
Best Vocal - 2ne1
Best Dance (Female) -  Miss A
Best Dance (Male) - B2st
Best Solo Performance (Female) - Baek Ji Young
Best Solo Performance (Male) - Kim Hyun Joong
Best OST - Baek Ji Young
Best MV- Big Bang
Best New Male - Huh Gak
Best New Female - APINK
Song of the Year - 2NE1
Artist of the Year - SNSD
Album of the Year - Super Junior

Which Female Idols Would be Most Fearless of a Ghost?

As part of its promotions, the homepage for the recent movie ‘Chilling Romance‘ posted an unusual poll this week, asking the question, “Which female idol wouldn’t be scared of ghosts even if they came every day?”

Wonder Girls‘ calm and collected Sohee topped the rankings with 42% of the votes. Following Sohee was SNSD‘s “Ice Queen” Jessica with 26%, KARA‘s Goo Hara with 15%, and T-ara‘s Jiyeon with 14%.

The film ‘Chilling Romance’ is a romantic comedy starring Sohn Ye Jin and Lee Min Ki. The romantic comedy tells a story of Yeori (Sohn Ye Jin), who sees ghosts after nearly dying, and Jogoo (Lee Min Ki), a magician, teaming up with Yeori.

2012 Rumored to Debut Boy Groups from SM, YG, JYP, TS, Cube, Pledis & more

According to a press release from TS Entertainment, an online post titled, ‘Boy Idol Groups Planned for Debut in 2012′ has been drawing widespread attention lately, revealing members of various boy groups that are scheduled to debut next year.

The post, though unconfirmed, gathered all the trainees who are currently in the midst of preparing for debut in well-known agencies. Read it below.

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SM Entertainment‘s latest project, currently dubbed M1 and M2, is anticipated to follow the trend of sub-units in K-pop. M1 and M2 are being planned as a 7-member and 5-member male idol group, and a couple of the members are already being noticed for their good looks. It was previously reported that M1 and M2 will be promoting the same song in Korea and China.

TS Entertainment, the agency behind SECRET, has already revealed that they’re planning on releasing a boy group with Bang Yong Guk as a member. Bang Yong Guk will be debuting with the team’s youngest member Jello on December 2nd, and the entire group will debut next January. It was recently announced that Bang Yong Guk and fellow trainee Zelo would be debuting a sub-unit titled Bang & Zelo with “Never Give Up” this week.

Pledis will be releasing official news on Pledis Boys on the 1st of December. They’ll be making their official debut with their label mates After School and Son Dambi in the ‘2012 Happy Pledis – Love Letter‘ special album.

YG Entertainment will be releasing a boy group with Kang Seung Yoon, who currently stars in ‘High Kick 3‘ and was previously one of the top contestants on ‘Superstar K2‘.

Big Hit is rumored to be planning a group. A clip of a rap noted for its use of a non-standard Korean dialect has been released, and is gathering attention for its uniqueness.

Though previously reported to not have any official plans to debut any groups anytime soon, JYP Entertainment is allegedly in the midst of planning a 6-member group called 2THE.O. Apparently, they were last seen at a Wonder Girls showcase according to the poster.

The press release continued to report that Cube, Kaist, and Sidus HQ are all planning to release boy groups as well. With all these new debuts in the works, it looks like 2012 will be a battleground for boy groups. Who are you looking forward to the most?

4minute’s HyunA and B2ST’s Hyunseung Share a Steamy Kiss at ’2011 MAMA’!

On November 29th, 4minute‘s HyunA and B2ST‘s Hyunseung shocked their fans with a racy stage at the ‘2011 MAMA‘ in Singapore — a stage that included a long, steamy kiss.

HyunA and Hyunseung brought out a risque performance to introduce their new project duo, ‘Trouble Maker‘ first and exclusively at the 2011 MAMA. Dressed up in evening gowns and suits, the two danced provocatively against a moon-lit background.

Fans went wild over their very intimate choreography, which had Hyunseung touching HyunA’s legs, HyunA jumping onto Hyunseung and wrapping her legs around his waist, and finishing off with a passionate embrace.

Check out the performance for yourself down below!

Winners from the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards

On November 29th, Mnet hosted its 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards (‘MAMA‘) at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, attracting stars and performers from both Korea and around the world.

This year, the awards ceremony tried out something new by having 20 presenters instead of official MCs to host the show. These presenters were comprised of Korea’s top actors and TV personalities, who helped distribute the awards to the winning artists.

Check out 2011′s winners and their presenters below! (Winners will be bolded in the list)

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Daesang Award (Grand Prize)

▲ Song of the Year

- 2NE1, “I Am The Best”

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▲ Album of the Year

- Super Junior, ‘Mr. Simple’

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▲ Artist of the Year

- SNSD

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Singer Category

▲ Best New Male Artist Award

Kim Ji Su
Boyfriend
N-Train
Huh Gak
B1A4

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▲ Best New Female Artist Award

A Pink
Brave Girls
Jang Jae In
Han Groo
Dal Shabet

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▲ Male Group Award

TVXQ
B2ST
Big Bang
Super Junior
2PM

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▲ Female Group Award

Brown Eyed Girls
SNSD
KARA
2NE1
f(x)

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▲ Male Singer Award

Kim Bum Soo
Kim Tae Woo
Kim Hyun Joong
Sung Si Kyung
Wheesung

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▲ Best Female Singer Award (Solo)

Kim Wan Sun
G.NA
Baek Ji Young
IU
Seo In Young

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Genre Category

▲ Best Dance Performance – Solo

Kim Hyun Joong – Breakdown
Jay Park – Abandoned
Jang Woo Hyuk – Time Is (L)over
HyunA – Bubble Pop!
G.NA – Black & White

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▲ Best Dance Performance – Male Group

TVXQ – “Keep Your Head Down”
B2ST – “Fiction”
Big Bang – “Tonight”
Super Junior – “Mr. Simple”
MBLAQ – “Mona Lisa”
INFINITE – “Be Mine”

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▲ Best Dance Performance – Female Group

2NE1 – “I Am The Best”
4minute – “Mirror Mirror”
miss A – “Goodbye Baby”
T-ara – “Roly-Poly”
SECRET – “Shy Boy”
SNSD – “The Boys”

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▲ Best Vocal Performance – Solo (Not shown during broadcast)

IU – “Good Day”

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▲ Best Vocal Performance – Group

Davichi – “Don’t Say Goodbye”
SISTAR19 – “Ma Boy”
2AM – “You Who Wouldn’t Answer The Phone”
2NE1 – “Lonely”
4men – “Once While Living”

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▲ Best Band Performance (Not shown during broadcast)

CNBlue – “Intuition”

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▲ Best Rap Performance

Leessang – “Turned Off The TV…”
Tablo – “Bad”
Mighty Mouth – “Tok Tok”
Clover – “La Vida Loca”
Simon D – “Cheerz”

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▲ Best O.S.T.

Baek Ji Young – “That Woman” (Secret Garden O.S.T.)
IU – “Someday” (Dream High O.S.T.)
Lim Jae Bum – “Love” (City Hunter O.S.T.)
Taeyeon – “I Love You” (Athena O.S.T.)
Huh Gak – “Don’t Forget Me” (The Greatest Love O.S.T.)

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Music Video

▲ Best Music Video (Not shown during broadcast)

Big Bang – “Love Song”

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Others

▲ Best Artist (China)

- Jane Zhang

▲ Hottest Asian Artist

- Koda Kumi

▲ Best Asian Artist

- Aziatix

▲ Best Asian Artist (Solo)

- Wei Chen

▲ Singapore’s Choice **Most Popular K-Pop Artist in Singapore**

- Super Junior

▲ Best Style in Music

- Seo In Young

▲ Mnet Specialized Award

- YB

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Congratulations to all of the winners!

So, what did you think of the results of MAMA this year?