Performances from the 2011 MBC Gayo Daejaejun (Part 1)

It’s New Year’s Eve in Korea, and what better way to send off 2011 than with a livey music show with this year’s top artists!

MBC drew together a formidable list of performers this year, along with a beloved cast of MCs from their popular reality show, ‘We Got Married‘. Eunjung, Lee Jang Woo, Ga-In, Jo Kwon, Victoria,Nichkhun, Kang Sora, and Leeteuk all led the ceremonies this year with their respective ‘spouses’.

Artists were divided into two teams, Blue and White. Throughout the show, viewers cast their votes through text messages for their favorite team, and the winner was revealed at the end of the show. 

We’ve divided the performances into four sections, so check out part 1 below!

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<Opening Stage>

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<U-KISS>

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<Trouble Maker>

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<Special Stage: 2PM & Wonder Girls>

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<F.T. Island>

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<Special Stage: Super Junior>

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<C.N. Blue>

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<f(x)>

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<A Pink>

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<B1A4>

Image Source: Star N News

Rainbow’s Jaekyung turns into a tomboy

Girl group Rainbow‘s leader Jaekyung will show off her tomboyish side for an upcoming pictorial.

For the December issue of ‘InStyle‘ Jaekyung took part in a photoshoot titled ‘The Check Player’.  She sported a short haircut for the very first time in her entertainment career.

As a fashion design major, in addition to modeling, she took part in styling the outfits for this shoot.  She showed off her keen fashion sense by adding the beret to compliment the checkered jacket in the above photo.  In this and the photos below, her short haircut goes well with the fashionable winter wear.

Rainbow will release the group’s second Japanese single “Mach” in December.

Source: Star News via Naver

Rainbow glams it up for ‘SURE’ magazine

Girl group Rainbow has delivered a stunning pictorial with ‘SURE‘ magazine!

The concept for this month’s photo shoot was ‘party girl‘. The members went for a more sophisticated twist on sexy by wearing opulent jewelry, richly colored make-up, and glamorous dresses — resulting in a look that matched the environment of a top tier party.

According to a ‘SURE’ staff representative, “With the entire staff, including all 7 members of Rainbow, it was going to be a tough task to maintain order with everyone. Thus, we were concerned that the set was going to be chaotic. However, thanks to Rainbow’s cheerful personality and aegyo, everything went well and we were able to create a hot pictorial.”

You can check out the full spread in the magazine’s December issue.

Source + Photos: xportsnews via Nate

RAINBOW reveals jacket picture for new single, “Mach”

South Korean girl group RAINBOW revealed the jacket picture for their second Japanese single, “Mach“.

In the picture, we can see the seven girls sparkling like never before, wearing a shiny and sexy combo of short golden jackets and tight silver pants.

The group made their debut in Japan with the single “A” and garnered quite some attention with their infamous ‘ab dance’. For the new song, “Mach”, the girls are going to continue to expose their midriff.

Leader Jaekyung commented about the outfit, “Don’t we look cool and stylish! Please keep an eye on our sparkling selves.”

Source: Sponichi

HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ announces K-Pop special for October 10th

HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ announced that they are going to air a two-hour-long special on October 10th in order to celebrate the 18th year anniversary of the show.

They also revealed the line-up for the special on their blog and made it clear that it’s going to be full-fledged K-Pop special, but the biggest highlight is going to be the appearance of Tohoshinki, who haven’t been on the show for two years.

The rest of the line-up includes T-ARA, RAINBOW, and AFTERSCHOOL, who are each going to perform medleys of their most popular songs, as well as performances from 2NE1 and FTISLAND.

Child actor Suzuki Fuku is going to be one of the panelists again and he already announced that he is going to dance to “Maru-Maru-Mori-Mori!” together with the girls from AFTERSCHOOL.

However, the show won’t be limited to just K-POP. The long-standing pop & dance group TRF, who have frequently been in the TOP 20 when HEY! HEY! HEY! Music Champ started 18 years ago, are going to perform a special medley that shouldn’t be missed.

Furthermore, it was announced that there is going to be a special collaboration by ‘ONE PIECE‘ and AMEMIYA dedicated to Tohoshinki.

Sources: Fuji TV, mu-mo

Recochoku’s weekly download charts for 09/14~09/20

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Recochoku has just updated their weekly charts for the week of September 14th to September 20th.

Check out the top ranking digital singles, chaku-uta, and music videos for this week below!

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< Chaku-Uta Full (Digital Single) Weekly Ranking >

01/(00) “Ai wo Tomenaide” — Koda Kumi
02/(00) “Rising Sun” — EXILE
03/(00) “Everybody Go” — Kis-My-Ft2
04/(01) “Itsuka Kitto…” — EXILE ATSUSHI
05/(04) “Flying Get” — AKB48
06/(05) “Kazoku ni Narou yo” — Fukuyama Masaharu
07/(00) “Shinjirumono feat. YU-A, AK-69 & HAN-KUN from Shonan no Kaze” — SPICY CHOCOLATE
08/(07) “LOVE IS ECSTASY” — Nakashima Mika
09/(00) “Koe wo Kikasete” — BENI
10/(03) “progress” — Hamasaki Ayumi

** “Chaku-Uta Full” is nothing but a synonym for a complete digital single.

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< Chaku-Uta (Ringtone) Weekly Ranking >

01/(00) “X X X” — L’Arc～en～Ciel
02/(01) “Ai wo Tomenaide” — Koda Kumi
03/(13) “Rising Sun” — EXILE
04/(00) “Back to Tomorrow” — Tohoshinki
05/(00) “Zutto Kimi to…” — INFINITY 16 welcomez TEE ＆ hiroko from mihimaru GT
06/(00) “CRAZY FOR YOU” — Kylee
07/(02) “Itsuka Kitto…” — EXILE ATSUSHI
08/(00) “B.U.T(BE-AU-TY)” — Tohoshinki
09/(16) “LOVE IS ECSTASY” — Nakashima Mika
10/(00) “Green a.live” — YUI

** “Chaku-Uta” are short versions (30~40 seconds) of songs that can easily be used as ring tones (truetone). They are usually encoded in MP3, AAC, and other similar formats.

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< Music Video Weekly Ranking >

01/(00) “Ai wo Tomenaide” — Koda Kumi
02/(00) “Rising Sun” — EXILE
03/(02) “Flying Get” — AKB48
04/(01) “A” — RAINBOW
05/(05) “Everyday, Kachusha” — AKB48
06/(03) “BAD GIRL” — Shoujo Jidai
07/(06) “Heavy Rotation” — AKB48
08/(04) “Itsuka Kitto…” — EXILE ATSUSHI
09/(00) “A (Dance Shot ver.)” — RAINBOW
10/(07) “Maru-Maru-Mori-Mori!” — Kaoru to Tomoki, Tama ni Mook.

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The complete top 100 of the weekly rankings; daily and other rankings can be found here: Recochoku

KARA & Rainbow send their greetings for Chuseok

Girl groups, KARA and Rainbow, gave their holiday greetings.

KARA and Rainbow sent out out their greetings, “Our nation’s great holiday Chuseok is nearing. We hope you have a full and fun holiday, and always be happy”, and flaunted their beauty in the traditional Korean dress, the Hanbok.
In the revealed picture, KARA and Rainbow showed a never-seen-before traditional look that brought out their innocent, traditional beauty.

KARA has recently revealed their new, Korean album, “Step”, which has gone on to reach an all-kill on various music charts as soon as it was released. Rainbow, on the other hand, has touched down in Japan with their Japanese debut track, “A”, which has hit number one on Recochoku’s daily chart, as well as hitting number 1 on the weekly chart on the first week it was revealed.

Rainbow’s Go Woori promotes Kara’s ‘STEP’

 On the evening of September 6th, Rainbow’s Go Woori promoted fellow labelmate, KARA through her personal Twitter page.  She left a cheerful message saying, “Lalalala~~ Wow I keep singing the lyrics all day long, Kara’s new song is the best! Fighting!”

She also posted a photo of herself with headphones on and raised her thumb indicating how awesome KARA‘s new song, ‘STEP‘  is.

In addition, netizens responded back to her post, ” Your so pretty and cute…” and “KARA, Rainbow fighting!”

On a side note, KARA made a comeback with ‘Step‘ six days ago.

Check out the music video below if you have not!

Source + Photos: Twitter via OSEN

Rainbow’s Jisook sends greeting in calligraphy

Rainbow’s Jisook sent a greeting in calligraphy as she is leaving for Japanese activities.

As Rainbow is currently deciding this weekend when to leave for their debut activities in Japan, Jisook showed her sincere thanks and cheerful support for her fans with a calligraphy greeting. Her calligraphy level showed her hard work as her level was good enough to participate in an elementary school competition.

Jisook wrote, “I’ll do well in Japan and come back, Rainbow fans best ♡“.

Rainbow will debut in Japan on September 14th with their album, ‘A’. The group is already receiving hot attention in Japan.

Source: Money Today via Naver