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Wendy Shon – raised in Canada, singer and member of South Korean girl group Red Velvet; Wonny Song – classical pianist; Tablo – a member of Epik High; Yejin – singer and former member of Brave Girls; Young K – singer-songwriter and member of South Korean band Day6 (bassist and vocalist) Dabin (music producer) - musician, DJ, and ...
The first season of K-pop Star debuted on December 4, 2011 in the Good Sunday timeslot in an effort to boost ratings. As a first in Korean audition history, the "Big 3" companies coming together to find and create the next K-pop Star became a hot topic. Thousands of applicants applied to have a shot at becoming the next big thing in K-pop.
Love Yourself: Tear debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, becoming the first K-pop album to top the US albums chart, and the highest-charting album by an Asian act. [150] In August 2020, their song "Dynamite" topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first K-pop song to become a number-one single in the US. [151]
[97] [98] [99] BTS accounted for 72.7 percent of the album consumption units generated by K-pop acts in 2018 out of a total of 17 acts. [100] The group was also listed as one of the most influential artists of the decade by CNN, for "popularizing K-pop in the US". [101] They were named 2019 Hitmakers Group of the Year by Variety in 2019. [102]
Jackson Wang (Chinese: 王嘉爾; Korean: 왕잭슨; born Wang Ka-yee; 28 March 1994) is a Hong Kong rapper, singer, and songwriter.He is a member of the South Korean boy band Got7, formed by JYP Entertainment, and the founder of record label Team Wang, where he serves as the creative director and lead designer for its subsidiary fashion brand Team Wang Design.
Nana and Yuki debuted as a member of Wooah and Purple Kiss respectively in 2020. Hwiseo debuted as a member of H1-Key in 2022. El7z Up was formed through the reality competition show Queendom Puzzle, which aired from June 13 to August 15, 2023. The show brought together twenty-eight active female idols to form a supergroup consisting of seven ...
The first Koreans to live in Canada were local Christians sent by Canadian missionaries as seminary students. Tae-yon Whang is largely regarded as the first recorded Korean immigrant to go to Canada. Tae-yon Whang visited Canada in 1948 as a mission-sponsored medical intern, and stayed in Toronto after his term was over. [5]
Hwang Hyun-jin (Korean: 황현진; born March 20, 2000), known mononymously as Hyunjin, is a South Korean rapper, dancer and singer. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Stray Kids, formed by JYP Entertainment in 2017. Hyunjin has contributed to the group both as a performer and a lyricist.