POP MUSIC : KOREAN POP

Anyeonghaesayo ~ Hello guys. Once again, i will continue my sharing about music which is about Korean pop music genre. Some people might obsess with K-Pop and some people might feel annoyed with K-Pop since it was really famous nowadays together with their fashion style and be add with some sensational issues such as about plastic surgery , slave contract and many more. If you ask me about this phenomenon, I myself cannot deny it impact to my preference in music. Or basically in another word, i actually somehow been hook with this genre probably because it is a trend for youngster which i was one of that community or because of the music that catch my ears as well as it could be because of handsome and beautiful idol  or maybe because of their talent.

Let we learn a little bit of this genre. Firstly, K-pop (an abbreviation of Korean pop (케이팝)is a musical genre originating in South Korea that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements. Although it comprises all genres of "popular music" within South Korea, the term is more often used in a narrower sense to describe a modern form of South Korean pop music covering a wide range of styles including dance-pop, pop ballad, electronic, rock, metal, hip-hop music and R&B.

Furthermore, Korean pop culture is becoming an increasingly global phenomenon, caused in part by the K-pop industry's adeptness at tapping into social networking services and the video sharing platform YouTube. Since the mid-2000s, the K-pop music market has experienced double digit growth rates. In the first half of 2012, it grossed nearly US$3.4 billion and was recognized by Time magazine as "South Korea's Greatest Export". As in Malaysia itself, back few years where the “ Korean Waves “ occurred, everyone been so crazy about their performance and appearance.

Mostly, idol group were the most famous artist in K-Pop includes Super Junior, Big Bang, EXO and many more.Their influence in music industry grow bigger and stronger around the world especially around Asian itself where the famous group or singer were they successfully sell out huge number of buyer for their album and also too busy for the concert around the world such as EXO that held “ ExoLuxion” concert in Asian , Europe and others places as well. Their present was like attract huge attention especially by their hard core fans. Here, i list out some list about videos and songs above.

Most Viewed K-Pop Videos in the World – January 2016:

1. Suzy & Baekhyun, "Dream"

2. Gary ft. Gaeko, "Lonely Night"

3. GFriend, "Rough"

4. Zico, I Am You, "You Are Me"

5. Crush ft. Taeyeon, "Don’t Forget"

Famous songs for 2015

1.  Big Bang – Loser
2.  Taeyeon – I
3.  BTS – Run
4. Zion T & Crush – Just
5.   Keith Ape – It G Ma
6.  4minute – Crazy
7.  G.Soul – You
8.   Lim Kim – Awoo
9.  EXO – Call Me Baby
10. Miss A – Only You