Taiwan pop prince Luo Zhi Xiang ( Show Luo ) and Jay Chou took part in a friendly basketball match to raise fund for Yao Foundation Charity Tour organized by Yao Ming. ^ Show Luo Team ^ Jay Chou Team Credits to xinmsn and asiafanatics.net and cpopaccess for pictures and information.
For the first segment of the game, they took on a "shooting contest where every basket made within 24 seconds, TWD 10,000 ( about S$500 ) will be donated to the Yao Foundation."
The two celebrities then tied with a score of seven baskets each. Yao Ming also took the challenge but he have to shoot from 3-pointer, he managed 3 shots even though he wasn't good at 3-pointers.
Ahead of 4minute and KARA’s upcoming battle in Japan, the 5 talented ladies of KARA finally released their Music Video for popular booty shaking song Mister in Japanese.
The girls can be seen in various sets, including a basketball court scene and military base, sporting their usual sexy outfits to match. It’s been awhile since we got to see those moves that took K-Pop by storm back in 2009, and it’s now back! Check it out below.
Maroon 5 is hosting a live video Question & Answer Session today, 28th July 2010, a wednesday at 5:30PM ET ( Eastern Time ) which is [ GMT - 4:00 ] . The Question & Answer session will be answered by the band's frontman Adam Levine and their keyboardist Jesse Carmichael. They will be answering the fans questions tweeted via twitter @billboarddotcom "using hashtag #bblivechat" Link : http://twitter.com/billboarddotcom http://twitter.com/billboarddotcom Their new album " Hands All Over " is said to be due till this September 21st. This is the long waited third studio album of Maroon 5 . Their previous album " It Won't Be Soon Before Long " release in 2007 is disputed as number one on the US Billboard 200 selling near 400 thousand copies just in the first week.
The first single by maroon 5 called misery for their new third studio album " Hands All Over " Here the youtube video of misery by maroon 5 - received 2 million views till date and just being uploaded for less than a month ( June 30 , 2010 )
The above video is one of the MV for Jolin Tsai latest album which will be released on the 10th of August 2010!
FANs of Jolin Tsai can look forward to the release of her latest album!!
Just for this MV, Jolin even went to the extent of learning voguing from American Dancer, Benny Ninja! And just for filming this MV, she had to dance for 25hours straight!
FANs do keep a watch out on the date of the release of the album!
G.NA was once a backup dancer for 4minute's HyunA before the release of solo debut!! Many must be surprised to hear this, but for them, this is their common practice in Korea. It's very common for trainee artist to work as backup dancer for current members or groups working in the same company.
Below is the video for one of HyunA's performance. You can try spotting G.NA in it!
Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco (born May 10, 1992), better known as Charice, is a Filipina singer who rose to popularity through YouTube. Dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as the Most Talented Girl in the World,she is the first Asian artist in history to land in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 album chart.
Charice credits Star King for her discovery. Her past performances on Star King were noticed by Ellen DeGeneres and she appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Charice would later make several appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and she’s scheduled to have a recurring role in the popular FOX musical comedy-drama Glee.
Girl group Rania will finally be debuting this August.
After Which Rania members has plans to go under the guidance of world famous producer Teddy Riley who previously worked on Michael Jackson albums.
Before they release their first debut, they have been training for 2 years in areas such as singing, dancing and acting. Therefore, their release it well anticipated!
KPOP fans do keep a lookout for their first debut!
Following Narsha’s successful solo debut and Ga-In’s upcoming solo debut, the ladies will be reuniting once again to start their promotions in Japan!
A preview of the Japanese version of Abracadabra was released on the official website for Sony Music Japan where fans were greeted with the girls’ singing the hit song in fluent Japanese, and the awesome part is the lyrics flow smoothly just as the Korean lyrics did.
The track listing for their Japanese album was also released on Amazon Japan and features 18 whopping songs!
Tracklist 1. Glam Girl 2. Abracadabra (Korean version) 3. Addicted 4. Candy Man 5. Moody Night 6. So Strange 7. I Won't Let You Go 8. Even If You're Someone Else's (Even If You Have Another One) 9. Jea's Wedding Song (also known as It'll do well) 10. DJ Cloud translates L.O.V.E (Cloud Remix) 11. haihm translates SECOND (haihm rebuild) 12. east4A translates YOU (east4A Soulsome Mix) 13. Hitchhiker translates How Come? (Hitchhiker(Jinu) Dynamic Mix) 14. Saintbinary translates HOLD THE LINE (Saintbinary Sweet Purple remix) 15. junjaman translates MY STYLE (junjaman wet dream remix) 16. Fraktal translates OASIS (Fraktal desert is land mix) 17. Abracadabra (Japanese version) 18. Abracadabra [Instrumental]
After receiving much attention and love even before the release of his digital single, 2AM’s Jo Kwon has finally staged his first-ever performance of The Day of Confessing My Love on today’s Music Core!
What started off as a sweet serenade to his on-screen wife, Brown Eyed Girls’ Ga-In, soon sparked into a cute track that skyrocketed on various music charts. With his own witty humor added along to the addicting beats and bubbly melody, Jo Kwon definitely didn’t disappoint as he showcased a one of a kind performance.
Check out Jo Kwon’s first-ever performance of his hit track with Ga-In's special appearance on today’s Music Core!
Brown Eyed Girls’ Ga-In will be the second member from her team to carry out solo activities.
A representative from Brown Eyed Girls’ company, Nega Network, revealed:
“Ga-In will be carrying out solo activities during the middle of September”
“Her solo track will be complex and little bit more difficult to understand than Narsha’s BBI RI BOP A. It will be a fresh track that no other artist has experimented with before”
“Fellow members Jea and Miryo are also planning on doing solo activities, but nothing has been officially decided yet. Please look forward to the upcoming unique transformation of the Brown Eyed Girls”
“Ga-In’s solo activities won’t impact with her being a regular on We Got Married.”
Meanwhile, Narsha’s hit solo track BBI RI BOP A is currently garnering a lot of attention for its different yet mesmerizing concept.
"Big Bang has received the Global Unity award from the United Nation(UN) in Japan.
On the 24th in Osaka Universal Studios Japan, Asia-Pacific Global Tolerance with Music 2010 was held. At this event, Big Bang had the honor of being awarded.
The festival was held to promote generosity and peace through music. Big Bang is an international group that brings culture to Japan that deserved to be appreciated for the work they’ve done.
Other people that have received this award include Alanis Morissette and Rudy Giuliani. Big Bang said, “We’re honored to receive such a meaningful award. We will work hard from now on to create music that will unite people as Asian artists.”
They performed their Japanese hits and united the 15,000 people that were present."
Quoted from "http://www.allkpop.com/2010/07/big-bang-is-honored-in-japan"
Personally, i think that this award is to recognize group or individual who made contributions to create generosity and peace awareness in Japan. Which is very good. This will encourage them to make more music of such for the industry!
Around half and hour later, Wang Lee Hom, one of the most popular chinese pop stars worldwide, is going to interact with fans on his of official Facebook page TODAY, 23rd July 2010 at 11.30 pm ( EST ) which is same time as Singapore Time now. He will be introducing the theme song of his movie Love in Disguise, as well as answering questions from all his fans. He is also a Facebook user who often shares about his life's happenings with fans on his Facebook page, he updates very frequently that some people questioned if it was the work of his staff member but it all turns out to be, Wang Lee Hom, the pop star himself is the one doing the updates on his Facebook page.
Heres two youtube videos of Wang Lee Hom songs. Kiss Goodbye Wang Lee Hom 王力宏
王力宏: 心跳 Xin Tiao Heartbeat Lee Hom
Editted : Later on that day ( after his "chat" at facebook ) He actually revealed the preview of his brand new song, “All The Things You Never Knew" 「你不知道的事」, and also the theme song for his new movie, " Love in Disguise " ( 《戀愛通告》 ). but he removed the video from youtube shortly after revealing and checking with fans on comments with the song. However, i have got you guys a unofficial one, captured by one of his fans. The link to the youtube video of the preview he revealed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy8OFd4DpeU&translated=1
His new movie " Love in Disguise " ( 《戀愛通告》 ) start showing in Taiwan, 13 of August which is the same day with this year's Chinese Valentine's Day !!
Eminem, the famous rapper who is the second highest selling rapper of all time, right behind the late Tupac Shakur (2pac).
His new album 'Recovery' tops Billboard 200 for the 4th week with the hit single "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna), holding at No. 1 on Digital Songs with more than three hundred thousand sold this week.
Orange Caramel Singapore promo tour has been officially cancelled due to contractual issues. Rock Records was officially informed of the cancellation of promo tour today. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused.
Even though the promo tour did not work out this time round, both Rock Records and the management companies are still looking forward to arranging Orange Caramel and also After School to visit Singapore again near future.
Despite the promo tour is cancelled, Orange Caramel & After School latest mini album will still be officially launched in Singapore next week. Please do continue to give your support towards After School & Orange Caramel.
M! Countdown And here is another news The battle for #1 was between miss A and Taeyang (did not perform tonight), a re-run of last week’s face-off. And it was the super rookie group miss A who ended Taeyang’s consecutive run of wins, with their first-ever trophy win with Bad Girl Good Girl. It has certainly been an impressive debut for the girls.
Here is the Video of their song Bad Girl Good Girl
Katy Perry is wearing almoot nothing on the cover of her upcoming album 'Teenage Dream.'
The album's artwork was created by NYC-based artist Will Cotton, who is known for his art direction in her sweet 'California Gurls' music video. Her highly anticipated second album hits stores Aug. 24.
"Oh my God, what will my mother think?" Perry said after showing off the cover during a live Ustream chat Wednesday.
"It's so gorgeous. I'm so excited. I'm nervous. I'm shaking a bit. This will be my first piece of real art," Perry added. "We went through every detail -- it even smells like cotton candy!" said Perry. "It actually stinks."
This isn't the first time the 'I Kissed a Girl' singer has posed nude. Perry once tweeted a photo of herself eating pizza while soaking naked in a bathtub!
2AM’s Jo Kwon will having his first performance of the song he made for his wife Brown Eyed Girls’ Ga-In.
Jo Kwon revealed his plans for the performance through his Twitter. He tweeted,
“This week Saturday (24th) I will be having my first.. possibly…la- ^^* performance of The Day of Confessing My Love on Music Core.“
Although this song wasn’t promoted through broadcasts or radio programs, The Day of Confessing My Love, originally the Moving Song, has risen to the top spots of several online music charts.
Fans responded to Jo Kwon’s upcoming performance saying, “I want to hurry and see!” “Will Ga-In be making a surprise appearance~” and “Jo Kwon – Ga In really look good together“
After tilting our heads with their debut single, Tilt My Head, the rookie girl group Girl’s Day have now got ready a new Summer Special album to drive away the heat!
The girls had a promising pre-debut as shown by the amount of support through their Twitter and Youtube.
But they probably didn’t have the best of luck with the choice of song for their debut title track. So let’s enjoy this brand new track called 나어때 (How do I look) from Girl’s Day which hopefully will change peoples’ perception of them!
The video sees them having a day of fun at the water park! Check it out now!
That Right Orange Caramel is coming to Singapore for their album autograph session on the 1 of August. Place will be located at Level 5 Roof Garden at Lot 1 Shopping Mall (CCK) from 4 - 5pm. they will perform Magic Girl on that day and u could view at video at the bottom. Orange Caramel consist of 3 member Raina, Nana and Lizzy. There will be a special Singapore edition album which will be released in stores on July 23rd and 1 album is entitled to be signed by just ONE member.
Taylor Swift, the young twenty year old country music artist revealed today that she will release her third album, "Speak Now," worldwide this October 25. She wrote all the 14 tracks herself. Her first single, "Mine," will be released this August 16. She plans to launch a world tour following the release. Her album "Fearless" was the top-selling album of 2009 and earned her several major awards like the Grammy awards and MTV Video Music Awards
Heres a little recap of what happened last year during the VMA (Video Music Award ) [ ~ 0:44-1:06 of the video ]
MBLAQ’s Seungho has done a perfect imitation of Narsha who recently begun her solo promotions.
Through the recent radio broadcast of Park Kyung Lim’s Starry Night, hilarious photos of Seungho were revealed.
In these photos, Seungho seems hooked onto the popular BBI RI BOP A dance while standing in the hallway. The infamous ‘pointing dance’ from BBI RI BOP A is a hot issue amongst Narsha’s fans as well.
These photos have been garnering much attention that fans, who have eyed these photos, have even photo-shopped Narsha’s original stage outfit into one of the photos. Several fans have commented, “Seungho is always funny, no matter where or when.”
Here is the music video for SHINee -Lucifer. It was released today (20/7/2010), Their 2nd album include 13 brand new tracks. Catch them on Music Bank this coming friday for more of their performance on stage!
OMG !!! IS THAT A TICKET FOR JAY CHOU WORLD TOUR LIVE IN SINGAPORE 2010 !?!?! Yes !! Jay Chou, the talented taiwan undisputed R & B King is coming SINGAPORE this Friday till Sunday with songs mixed R & B, pop and rock genres !! Map of Singapore Indoor Stadium
This is Jay Chou 10th album, (The Era) 跨時代 released on 18 May 2010. The album consists of 11 songs, and the album’s first single (Superman Can’t Fly)超人不会飞 describes the singer on his 10 year journey.
Autograph session for Jay Chou's album will be held 21 July 2010, this Wednesday. It will be at Bugis Junction, level 1 from 7.30pm-9.30pm.
Heres the video of (Superman Can’t Fly)超人不会飞 :
English lyrics at http://www.jaychoustudio.com/jay-chou-translations/superman-cant-fly/145
The 16-year-old pop star video passed lady Gaga's "Bad Romance"video to take the all-time lead.More that 246 Million have watched bieber's video on the Google inc. website. Bieber Video was 600,000 views ahead of Lady Gaga video.But it is still not the most view-ed video in Youtube.
SHINee's Taemin just turned 17 (18 in korea) yesterday!
A cute picture of Taemin wearing a funky pair of light-up birthday cake glasses was revealed on SHINee’s official homepage. Taemin wrote,
“Hello. I am SHINee’s youngest Taemin~!!^^ Everyone! A dream-like birthday has passed. Honestly, when I was a trainee, I didn’t really take care of my birthday, but I am so thankful for the fans who always take care of it. I’m always moved by your love… Please look forward to our upcoming comeback and beginning on July 23rd, please come out to meet us!“
