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- K-pop emerged in the early 1990s and has achieved global popularity in recent years, an unusual feat for music mostly sung in a language other than English.
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Korean music, the art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, specifically as it is carried out in Korea, or the Korean peninsula, where a strong indigenous tradition has been influenced by the Chinese and the Mongols. On a map the Korean.
- William P. Malm
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The history of Korean popular music can be traced back to 1885 when an American missionary, Henry Appenzeller, began teaching American and British folk songs at a school. These songs were called changga ( 창가 ; 唱歌 ), and they were typically based on a popular Western melody sung with Korean lyrics.
- AKMU, ‘200%’ After winning the singing competition program K-pop Star 2, AKMU (Akdong Musician) brought an indie-pop sensibility to the Korean mainstream with their 2014 chart-topping debut, Play.
- The Kim Sisters, ‘Charlie Brown’ Decades before K-pop idols were wooing international audiences, the Kim Sisters did it first — while dancing and playing their own instruments.
- VIXX, ‘Shangri-La’ VIXX kicked off their career in 2012 and quickly made a name for themselves as a uniquely conceptual boy band, with each single containing a mini theatrical narrative.
- TOMORROW X TOGETHER feat Seori, ‘0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You)’ TOMORROW X TOGETHER first emerged as the junior boy band to BTS under Big Hit Entertainment (now HYBE), but they’ve quickly found their own voice.
Sep 5, 2024 · The origins of K-pop can be traced to April 11, 1992, when a group called Seo Taiji and Boys performed “Nan Arayo (I Know)” on South Korea’s Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
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May 29, 2019 · The band opened the door to generations of younger Korean artists who were inspired to create music using influences from other parts of the world. In the late 1990s, major artists like Clone...
Apr 24, 2023 · The oldest form of Korean popular music — “kind of sort of like Korean country music,” Cho says — borrows its name from “foxtrot” and blends traditional Korean folk songs, Japanese...
Feb 16, 2018 · South Korean artists have hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart at least eight times since the Wonder Girls first cracked it in 2009 with their crossover hit “Nobody” — released in four different...
