Tall Boys KPOP

Following the last ‘Eye Candy: International Women’s Day‘ selected by a few of our staff members, our ‘Eye Candy‘ series continues with some of the tallest men in K-pop!
We had a tall-girls Eye Candy before, so now we give you the men. The males featured here are all at least 180cm (5’11″) and most of these guys are much taller than that – check them out below!

TVXQ'S Changmin

Super Junior‘s Siwon

SHINee‘s Minho

B.A.P‘s Zelo

Block B‘s Zico

MBLAQ‘s Thunder

INFINITE‘s Sungyeol

B1A4‘s CNU

NU’EST‘s Minhyun

CNBLUE‘s Jungshin

U-KISS‘ Eli

2AM‘s Seulong

Bonus: For all the Angels who were lovely enough to understand and forgive me for forgetting TEEN TOP‘s L.Joe in our ‘Handsome in Pink‘ Eye Candy, here’s a pink-haired L.Joe for you!

Idol Album Sales Percentage 2012

What percentage of 2012′s total album sales were by your favorite idols?

Super Junior have been the kings of physical album sales since 2010, but it’s hard to visualize that with just the numbers.
To help visualize the breakdown, a Korean netizen put together pie charts to see how each group did in sales. The pie charts were released in five categories with the first three charts breaking down the sales within the Big 3 companies: SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment. The last two charts broke down the overall percentage based on companies and individual artists.

 

SM Entertainment

The SM Entertainment chart showed that Super Junior had accounted for 34% of the entire company’s sales, which isn’t surprising since they had ranked at #1 for the entire year for the industry. TVXQ, SHINee, EXO-K, and Taetiseo followed. The most surprising was Girls’ Generation, who hadn’t released an album in 2012 but managed to sell 6% of the label’s sales anyway.

 

YG Entertainment

As expected, Big Bang dominated YG Entertainment sales in 2012, taking up 50% of the sales as a group. G-Dragon‘s solo sales put on an additional 26%, which was followed by Psy‘s 12%, and 2NE1‘s 4%.

 

JYP Entertainment

Even though 2PM didn’t release a studio album in 2012, they managed to dominate JYP Entertainment‘s sales anyway, with Wooyoung‘s solo album sales taking up 36% of the entire company sales. miss A had 19%, Wonder Girls had 17%, and another soloist Jo Kwon had 11%. 2PM also managed to sell 9% of the company sales with previous albums as well. Hopefully, with 2AM having already comeback and 2PM scheduled to comeback this year, we’ll see more of an impact from them this year!

 

Percentage of total album sales in 2012 by company

Since Super Junior and TVXQ took up the #1 and #3 spots overall for album sales in 2012, it’s not surprising that SM Entertainment artists accounted for 28% of the total album sales for 2012. They were followed by YG Entertainment, who had 15% of the sales.
Surprisingly, #3 was INFINITE‘s Woollim Entertainment with 6%, followed by B2ST, 4minute, and G.NA‘s Cube Entertainment with 5%. FNC Entertainment, with CNBLUE, F.T. Island, AOA, and Juniel followed. Another surprising number came up next with B1A4‘s WM Entertainment with 3%. JYJ‘s C-JeS Entertainment came up next, and then JYP Entertainment and Core Contents Media wrapped up the rest of the companies at 3%.

 

Percentage of total album sales in 2012 by artist

The artists were then ranked, Super Junior and Big Bang took up the first two spots with 10% and 8% respectively. Various Artists was third with 7% which combined all the OST sales. TVXQ came in fourth with 7% as well, followed by INFINITE, SHINee, G-Dragon, B1A4, JYJ’s Junsu, and Busker Busker.

How did your favorite artist(s) do?

MTV Music Awards 2013

K-pop’s hottest idol groups TVXQ, Big Bang, and 2PM have been nominated for ‘MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2013‘!
TVXQ’s “Catch Me -If you wanna-” is nominated under the ‘Best Group Video’ category, Big Bang’s “FANTASTIC BABY -Ver. Final-” is nominated for ‘Best Dance Video’, and 2PM’s ‘LEGEND OF 2PM‘ has been nominated for ‘Best Album of the Year’.

2PM Return 2

2PM is continuing to tease for their comeback as they drop bits and pieces of info here and there. The latest updates to come are that the members will be performing their new solo songs in their June concert!
As Hottests all know, 2PM will be releasing their new album in May that includes a title song J.Y. Park wrote, as well as the songs the members helped create. In addition, they will also hold a concert on June 21st and 22nd in Seoul to further commemorate their return. During the concert, the boys will showcase the performances of their new solo songs for the first time!
Although we’ve seen them all perform solo stages before, this is said to be the first time that they’ll all be performing a song that they either wrote the lyrics for, composed it, or participated in other ways in the making.
JYP Entertainment said, “We think this will be a chance where fans will be able to compare the members’ own musical color and style. We haven’t yet decided the details on the ways which we will reveal the members’ solo songs.”

2PM to Return

2PM to return in May with a title track composed by J.Y. Park

J.Y. Park has once again lent a hand in the creation of 2PM‘s comeback song.
This is not a surprise, as he’s written their other hits as well. JYP Entertainment revealed, “The title song of 2PM’s new album that will be revealed in May has been decided as the song that J.Y. Park wrote and composed. You’ll be able to see an upgraded 2PM. Since it’s their comeback in 2 years, they will be showing a different type of music and stage from the basic 2PM. Songs that the members composed themselves will be included in the album.”
Recently, 2PM played their comeback trailer in New York’s Times Square as well as London’s Piccadilly, signaling to their fans across the globe that they will be returning to you all soon!
After they release their album in May, the boys will have a concert on June 21st and 22nd in Korea to further greet their domestic fans.