The Rise of K-pop on the International Scene

K-pop

K-pop is a term that is utilized for the South Korean Pop culture. Throughout the early 1990s their culture saw a shift in the globe of music that was so dramatic and had such an impact in the Eastern globe that it was called the Korean Wave. Numerous leading artists emerged from this new musical era and ultimately the new genre grew in popularity all through South Korea, Japan and other portions of the East.

As the genre of K-pop emerged and continued to grow numerous modifications have taken place. For one thing, many techno and dance artists have begun to come into the spot light. Numerous of the artists have also enjoyed international success too. BoA is the highest paid international artist who came from the South Korean region. She is extremely well-liked in Japanese well-liked culture. Because her recent growth of recognition, other artists such as Rain and Se7en have begun to release their music albums outside of South Korea. Numerous K-pop artists have turn out to be extremely well known throughout all of Eastern Asia. Rain began his own international tour as a well-liked Korean music star. He even had tour dates in Madison Square Garden. He was the initial ever Korean to book the well-known Garden for a concert. He was also featured in two films that had been produced in Hollywood, Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin. Time magazine's on-line survey dubbed him the "#1 Influential Individual in the Globe 2007."

An additional South Korean artist to reach the United States billboard charts was Kim Bum Soo, ranking at 51 in 2001. The solo female artist, S. Blush ranked in at first in 2006 and second in 2007. Skull, which is a Korean reggae artists ranked third on the Billboard and 14 in 2007. Wonder Girls was the first K-pop artist to have a piece reach the Billboard Hot 100. But there does not appear to be a effective Korean artist who consistently ranks in the American music business.

By 2007 there were lots of boy and girl K-pop bands released. Nevertheless, there were not extremely many of them who reached the leading charts. The Korean popular music business seems to be in a low spot presently as there has been a decline in the sell of CDs. In 2007, the highest selling CD only sold 190,998 copies.