SNSD & KARA Invited to "MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010"

33 artists have been announced for TV Asahi’s “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010”, which will be broadcast on Friday, December 24th.

“MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE” is an established annual end-of-year program with the top artists of the year. This year 33 artists were selected: aiko, Arashi, SNSD, Ikimonogakari, AKB48, EXILE, KAT-TUN, KARA, Kanjani8, KinKi Kids, Koda Kumi, KOBUKURO, Saito Kazuyoshi, JUJU, Superfly, SMAP, Tackey & Tsubasa, TOKIO, DREAMS COME TRUE, Nishino Kana, NEWS, Hamasaki Ayumi, Perfume, FUNKY MONKEY BABYS, Fukuyama Masaharu, V6, Hey! Say! JUMP, Porno Graffiti, moumoon, YUI, Yuusuke, Yuzu and L’arc~en~Ciel.


This program will broadcast live from Chiba’s Makuhari Messe Event Hall from 19:00 to 23:10 (7pm~10:10pm). The program’s official site is taking applications for the audience viewers, so if you want to see these wonderful artists in person, definitely apply. The deadline is December 6th.

MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2010
TV Asahi December 24, 2010 (Friday) 19:00~23:00 (7pm~10:10pm)

SNSD won Triple Crown for “Hoot”, joined Psy on stage

SNSD sealed their promotion of “Hoot” with an explosive success. It’s sad to know that “Hoot” promotion lasted only about 5 weeks. Nonetheless, within that short period of time, the girls managed to make a big impact to the music industry.

With the win, Soshi have successfully won their 2nd Triple Crown on SBS Inkigayo this year. Right before Kara’s “Jumping” performance, fans were entertained by a splendid performance by Psy, who had 8 extra dancers doing the arrow dance. They are none other than Soshi and it came to a surprise to everyone watching the show. Nonetheless, it was really HOT!

Kara who were also in the Take 7 congratulated SNSD sincerely for the Triple Crown victory. It was such an awesome sight as they hugged and gave a pat on the back to one another.

As usual, the girls thanked their company, family, friends and SONEs for every achievements. The girls once again showed that they felt the ‘void’ left by Tiffany due to her injury. During the winning speech, Jessica said, “We hope that Tiffany who is not on stage with us today would be well soon and be with us again. Fany, get well soon“.

If you happen to miss the performances, you have some catching-ups to do then. No worries because here are the awesome performances:

SNSD joined Psy in “Right Now” performance

“Hoot”



Mutizen win and encore

No Kpop artist invited to this year’s Kouhaku

Despite all the hype by the media and netizens, SNSD, Big Bang and Kara will not be participating in Japan’s year-end show, NHK’s “White and Red Song Battle” or most commonly known as just “Kouhaku”.

On November 24th, the list revealed by Oricon indicated that no Korean artists were invited to participate in the 61st edition of the “Kouhaku” which will be held on December 31st, 2010. Among the big names mentioned in the 44-participants roster are all Japanese top stars such as SMAP, AKB48, Koda Kumi, Ayumi Hamasaki, AAA, etc.

Some of the Korean singers who have made an appearance on the year-end show in the past are BoA, Jo Youngpil, Kaye Eunsook and TVXQ.

*Look on the positive side! The girls get a chance to welcome the new year back home and we get to see them on end of the year shows @ gayo daejun.

Battle of the cards!

Recently, ‘New Korean Wave Craze’ sparks an off-the-stage battle of star cards between SNSD and Kara. SNSD and TVXQ’s Star Collection Cards were launched in December 2009. Besides the fact that these cards are convenient to carry around, the fun and excitement in collecting rare and limited edition cards are among the important contributors to its popularity among fans.

The hot topic about the ‘showdown’ came up following the release of Kara’s own line of star cards, shortly after SNSD’s Volume 2.5 cards were unveiled. SNSD’s Volume 2.5 Star Collection Cards highlight the girls’ energetic and youthful image. Kara’s Volume 1 Star Collection Card has 105 cards in total, giving out a strong and stylish feel about them.

There has been explosive response and interest in these Star Collection Cards, particularly in Japan.

Agencies use caution towards SNSD, KARA, and Big Bang’s participation in Kohaku

n contrast to news articles in Japan hyping SNSD, KARA, and Big Bang’s participation in the Japanese annual music show, “Kohaku Uta Gassen (Kohaku)“, the groups’ agencies are instead showing a more cautious response.

Speculation that Korean idol groups will be attending the music show has been a hot topic in the Japanese press lately. The media has been writing articles of their possible attendance even before Kohaku’s announcement of the official list of performers, showing a new phase in which K-pop is becoming of increasing significance in the Japanese music industry.

But despite this, the three idol groups are still weary on whether to participate in the show. “It’s difficult for us say anything when an official announcement hasn’t been made yet,” was the general statement made by all three agencies.

It can be said that the Korean agencies are being cautious due to the possibility of unexpected conditions. For example, if, for some reason, the agencies choose to exclude their groups from the event at the last minute, they would need to protect themselves from the respective consequences, so being cautious at the outset helps avoid any trouble. Additionally, showing interest in an event when the official announcement hasn’t even been made yet won’t always result in a beneficial outcome.

There is also the problem of keeping loyal to the Korean broadcasting companies. If the groups attend Kohaku, which is to be held on New Year’s Eve, it would be impossible for them to participate in the Korean year end public TV music show broadcasts.

The official announcement for the performers of Kohaku will be posted between late November to early December.

SNSD, Big Bang & KARA, granted distinctions from “Japan Record Awards”

Girl group SNSD can celebrate their successful debut into the Japanese market, as it was recently revealed that they were granted the ‘New Artist’ award from the ‘Japan Record Awards‘.

According to the judging committee of the ‘52nd Japan Record Awards‘, SNSD won the rookie award alongside ICONIQ, Kikuchi Madoka, and S/mileage. The rookie award automatically nominates them for the ‘Best New Artist Award,’ which will select the top debuting artist from the four winners.

The winner of the “Best New Artist Award” is scheduled to be revealed during the actual awards ceremony on December 30th.

Heartthrob group Big Bang also won a notable distinction this year, as their Japanese track “Tell Me Goodbye” received the award for being one of the “Best Songs” this year. Big Bang is now in the running to grab the highest honor of the night, the “Japan Record Award“, for which they’ll compete against the other artists who were also acknowledged for having a “Best Song”. Again, the winner of the “Japan Record Award” will also be announced on December 30th.

KARA also made fared well for themselves this year, as they were granted the “Best Project” award for their special packaged release, “KARA SPECIAL PREMIUM BOX FOR JAPAN“.

Stay tuned to MGGL for further updates on this exciting event!

SNSD and Super Junior are going strong battling head to head with top artist online votes in 2010 Melon Awards

SNSD and Super Junior are competing head to head for the Top artist award in the 2010 Melon Music Awards.

The online voting for the Top 10 artists started on the 11th of November and after 4 days, on the 15th of November, SNSD is still number 1 but is having a head to head competition with Super Junior for the number 1 spot.

Currently, SNSD and Super Junior have 22% of the votes but SNSD is number 1 leading with over 544 votes more than Super Junior showing them being tied for the first spot.

SHINee is following closely ranking 3rd having 9% lower than SNSD and Super Junior. The top 3 spots are taken by SM Entertainment artists showing their huge fan base, f(x) is steadily rising up now ranking 5th.


In addition, 2pm, 2am, BEAST, KARA and other idols are also having heavy competition to be in the top 10 spots.

The 2010 Melon Music Awards will be held this coming 15th of December at Kyunghee University in Seoul and it will be broadcast live on MBC and Melon's official website.

Tae Yeon and Yong Hwa perform a Kelly Clarkson hit with an idol band on Music Bank

Today’s episode of Music Bank was sure jam-packed with various special stages! It looks like we have another one to add to the list comprising of a Music Bank band.

Idol group members came together for a special stage of American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson’s My Life Would Suck Without You. SNSD’s Taeyeon and CNBLUE’s Jung Yonghwa led the performance with their vocals while the other members like Super Junior’s Sungmin, SNSD’s Seohyun, KARA’s Gyuri and Hara, 2AM’s Jinwoon, CNBLUE’s Jungshin and Minhyuk formed a band.

Check out the performance which is full of cute pairings/fantasies!

Vocals – Yong Hwa(C.N Blue) and Tae Yeon(SNSD)
Keyboard – Seo Hyun(SNSD) and Gyuri(Kara)
Guitar – Yong Hwa(C.N Blue) and Sung Min(Super Junior)
Bongos – Min Hyuk(C.N Blue) and Hara(Kara)
Drums – Jin Woon(2AM)
Bass – Jung Shin(C.N Blue)

Yuri, Sunny, and Hyuna say their goodbyes

Girls’ Generation / SNSD’s Yuri, Sunny and 4Minute’s Hyuna were in tears when it came for them to say their adieus on their final appearance on Invincible Youth.

Ever since the very first episode of Invincible youth, Yuri, Sunny, and Hyuna have spent the last 8 months building lasting friendships with the G7 members. These months seemed to have whizzed by fast, and the three girls could not believe that it was finally time for them to leave.

One by one, tears starting welling up amongst the Invincible Youth crew as they started sharing their goodbye letters and handing out gifts to the 3 girls.

For those of you fans who have enjoyed Yuri, Sunny, and Hyuna’s presence on Invincible Youth, don’t be sad! On the bright side, they all have promised to keep in touch with one another although they will not be appearing on the show anymore.

KARA is jealous of SNSD’s Yoona?

Of her no-makeup face that is.

Girl group KARA picked SNSD’s Yoona as the girl with the prettiest no-makeup face.

On tvN’s Taxi, KARA ranked girl groups with Lee Young Ja and Gong Hyun Jin. Nicole said, “Yoona has the best no-makeup face.” Jiyoung added, “She usually doesn’t wear makeup but still looks gorgeous.”

Then they picked a girl group member they would want to date if they were boys. Gyuri picked f(x)’s Sulli. Gyuri reasoned, “You can just stare at her and she’s lovable.”

Then they went on to talk about some boy drama. They admitted that they’ve been hit on by guys through phone calls. Gyuri said that if she had a boyfriend, she’d want to go to the beach with him. The rest of the members also revealed their perfect dates.

The episode airs on the 25th.

SNSD vs Kara : Who’s got the better run dance?

SNSD’s gotten everyone talking with their new Run Devil Run music video release, but it’s not just the dramatic concept switch that’s grabbing the attention of many – kpop fans have also noticed that SNSD’s ‘catch me if you can’ dance is evolving into their new hit track’s trademark move, very much like fellow gal group Kara with their emergency exit dance for Lupin.

Of course, both moves are unique in their own rights in the same way both groups have dark concepts with distinct differences – Kara’s move is obviously extremely similar to the iconic emergency exit symbol we see everywhere, whereas SNSD’s move seems like something you might see in a Bollywood dance.

Tae Yeon and Kara mini photoshoot for Chin Chin Radio!

he SNSD / Girls’ Generation and Kara relationship lives on!

Coming on as special guests for Taeyeon’s Chin Chin Radio last week, the girls of Kara took a few photos with the SNSD leader and boy are they cute! Everyone minus Goo Hara (filming Invincible Youth) came and had a great time.

Netizen comments included, “Taeyeon has the best baby face! But of course Kara has great baby faces too,” and, “They both have baby faces!”

The girls did various poses including a “Taeyeon Pose” and a “Lonely Face” pose.

SNSD, KARA and After School are Diva Legends on Music Core!

The craziness that is the 200th episode of Music Core continues with a fanboy’s dream!

Three of the top girl groups in the k-pop industry got together to perform an ensemble of sexy songs.

The crab-walking, leg flipping girls of SNSD / Girls’ Generation, the butt shaking girls of Kara, and the sexy detention divas After School, teamed up to perform Lee Hyori’s U Go Girl, Boa’s My Name, and Son Dambi’s Crazy!

Woah, just thinking about it has my head swimming!

So without further ado, check out the Diva Legends Stage below:

SNSD – U Go Girl




After School – Crazy




KARA – My Name