[NEWS] Big Bang and Super Junior triumph over Britney Spears in 2011

Boy groups Big Bang and Super Junior garnered a lot of international interest in 2011, having beat out international pop icon Britney Spears to achieve their titles as world stars.

First, Big Bang attended the 2011 MTV EMA‘s which were held in Belfast, Northern Ireland back in November. 

The boys were nominated under the “World Wide Act Asia Pacific Nominees” category for the EMAs and won, advancing to the “Worldwide Act Nominees” category alongside famous international artists such as Abdelfattah Grini(Africa/India/Middle East), Lena (Europe), Restart (Latin America), and Britney Spears (North America) 

Big Bang stunned the world, and themselves, by winning the award. They became the first Korean artist to ever achieve such a title, and Big Bang made their mark in K-pop history. 

Britney Spears is a mega pop star, having gifted the world with hit after hit, and over the years has built a phenomenal fan base with her sexy performances and vocal talent. The fact that Big Bang won the award despite being up against the international superstar was especially noteworthy, and proved that they were qualified to be titled ‘world star’s. 

The boys of Super Junior have also surpassed Britney Spears. 

On December 6th, mashable along with twitter aggregate data analysis website What The Trend released their annual ‘Top 10 Twitter Trends‘ list. The company analyzed over 207,518 hash tags to identify the top trending topics of 2011. 

Under the ‘Top 10 Trending Topic’s on Twitter’, popular idol group Super Junior ranked 4th under the artists category and 7th overall, just above Britney Spears and even the devastating Japan earthquake. 

Under the artists category, the boys were #4 behind world-famous artists Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and the Jonas Brothers, respectively. 

Big Bang and Super Junior are no longer idols only within the boundaries of Korea. They have made themselves known to a growing international audience receiving global applause and praise, and they are drawing high attention as fans are anxious to observe their next big ventures overseas.

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[News] SJ-M performs in Beijing, Kyuhyun with a tear-jerking confession, Siwon pays tribute to Jay Chou

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On the night of August 16, "Super Junior-M 2011 Fanmeeting in Beijing" opened at the Wukesong Gymnasium, and on that night, they sang to several classics including 《Perfection》, 《Destiny》, 《Love is sweet》 and more. Apart from Eunhyuk's MJ dance segment and Sungmin's rendition of 《A Pity It Isn't You》 on the guitar, Siwon also paid a tribute to Jay Chou with a cover of 《Where Is The Promised Happiness》, causing the whole venue to sing along. Aside from that, Kyuhyun's tear-jerking confession to the Chinese fans also became a focal point of the performance that night.


Singing their classics with utmost effort

That night, the seats were more than 90% filled at the Wukesong Gymnasium. The fans held blue lightsticks and lightboards, submerging the entire venue in a sea of sapphire blue. The first thing the SJ-M members did when they took the stage was to greet the fans affectionately in Mandarin. SJ-M opened the show with the hot dance number 《Perfection》 that night, and later followed up with 《Destiny》, 《Love is sweet》, 《Super Girl》, and various other popular songs in Mainland China, causing the fans to be extremely elated.


Choi Siwon pays a tribute to Jay Chou with a cover

In the solo segment of each member, aside from Eunhyuk performing a medley of MJ's classic dances, the other members also chose well-known Chinese songs to be presented to the Chinese fans. Kyuhyun performed 《If You've Also Heard》 with deep emotions, Ryeowook performed 《I Only Care About You》, while Sungmin sang to 《A Pity It Isn't You》 while playing the guitar, and was praised that he gave a different feel to the song when compared to Fish Leong's version. Aside from that, Siwon covered 《Where Is The Promised Happiness》 as a tribute to Jay Chou, and was praised to be the most amazing.


Cho Kyuhyun thanked the fans with a tearful confession

During the interaction session, when asked by a fan about the most touching thing he had done for himself, Kyuhyun answered seriously that: "There was a time where we participated in an awards ceremony, but didn't manage to receive an award. However, in order to prevent us from feeling upset, the fans made us a golden disk with pure gold*. This made us feel extremely touched, and when we received this present all of the members cried because we were so moved (by the gesture)." This tear-jerking confession also allowed the fans to feel SJ-M's sincerity. They even expressed that they will come to China more frequently in the future, in order to meet with the fans more often.


* The awards ceremony mentioned was last year's Golden Disk Awards, and the golden disk was given by the Chinese fans as a present.

《A Pity It Isn't You》 = 《可惜不是你》 by Fish Leong; 《Where Is The Promised Happiness》 = 《说好的幸福呢》 by Jay Chou; 《If You've Also Heard》 = 《如果你也听说》 by A-Mei; 《I Only Care About You》 = 《我只在乎你》 by Teresa Teng 

[News] Why Big Bang and Super Junior can break the jinx of disbanding?

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Translated by: Rice @bigbangupdates.com

It is common that the idol groups break up 5 years after their debut, for instance, H.O.T., DBSK, SS501,etc. All of these groups were disbanded after they had debuted for 5 years and they had to start their solo activities. However, the situation is different now.

The represtatives who can break this jinx are Big Bang and Super junior (who have just released their 5th regular album, Mr. Simple ). They are still staying together after debuting for 5 years and even more, they show us their competence of staying in this industry has been enhancing throughout these years.

The 3 reasons of why they can break the jinx

The first reason is 'the members do really wish to achieve their targets'.There is a common thing shared between Super Junior and Big Bang, after 1 year of their debut, they did not receive much attention from the public. Although both SME and YGE are big entertainment companies, the music brought forth by both of the groups could not win the love of the public in the 1st year of their debut.

However, this brought positive influence to the groups since the members of these groups devoted themselves even more to achieve their dreams. Their committment united the groups too. The different ideas and dreams that the team members own have contributed to the success of the groups. Their determination enables them to last for more than 5 years.

The second reason is the personalities of the members do not overlap with each other. The members of Super Junior are good at performing arts. The creativity of Heechul, the good singing skills shown by K.R.Y when they were delivering the emotional songs and the talent of hosting variety shows shown by Lee Teuk and Shindong in SBS' Strong Heart' all show how different they are from each other.

It is also the same case with Big Bang. The leader, G-Dragon is responsible for composing the songs for the team directly. The handsome hyun T.O.P. is talented and has a naughty side. Daesung and Seungri are talented in doing variety shows while no one can cast any doubt on the solo performances of Taeyang.

Although they have different skills and personalities, they are not jealous of each other.

The final reason is that they have very strong friendship with each other. There are no major conflicts among the members of Super Junior and Big Bang. Although at their 20s, they might argue or even fight with each other, they settle the issues quickly.Their friendship became more consolidated after all of these and it is the foundation that they can walk together on this path for more than 5 years.

The breaking of the jinx by Big Bang and Super Junior has become an inspiration for other group currently. We hope that the jinx will disappear totally in the coming future.

[NEWS] Super Junior’s Siwon declines sexy outfits that exposes too much!

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On August 4 at 11:30 a.m. Super Junior attends to a press conference in celebration of the release of their fifth album.

It happened in Seoul Imperial Palace Hotel Banquet Hal and the members of Super Junior participated: Leeteuk (28), Heechul (28), Yesung (27), Shindong (26), Sungmin (26), Eunhyuk (25), Donghae (25), Siwon (25), Ryeowook (24), and Kyuhyun (24).

When Siwon is asked about the teaser picture that was released a while ago regarding a sexy outfit that exposed a lot, he firmly answered, “No, there is no such outfit. I am sorry to disappoint my fans who are looking forward to seeing me in such an outfit, but I can’t even imagine myself in them. Instead, I will show a different kind of charm on stage.”

Regarding such sexy clothes that were released as teaser pictures, Sungmin said, “I was actually taken aback at how good Leeteuk looked in them. I worried that I might have to wear them, too, because I wouldn’t look good in them at all.”

Meanwhile, Super Junior has released their fourth album Mr. Simple on August 3. They also plan to make a comeback stage on KBS 2TV Music Bank that happens on August 5.

Super Junior's Teaser Video for 'Mr. Simple' has been the Talk of the Town!

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Super Junior is making headlines with the release of teaser video for their 5th full album, ‘Mr. Simple’ before their comeback.

Right after the teaser video was released through facebook SMTOWN page, Facebook Super Junior page and YouTube SMTOWN channel as well as Super Junior official website on the 1st, it received an explosive response by ranking 1st on the hit list of various portal websites and proved intense interest of music fans in Super Junior who will make a comeback with their 5th full album.

Two versions of Super Junior’s teaser video have formed with the Ubersexual concept which presents manly and refined sides of Super Junior so it has been increasing the expectation of fans.

Moreover, starting from ‘KBS Music Bank’ on the 5th, Super Junior will present comeback stage by appearing on TV music programs such as ‘MBC Show! Music Core (8/6),’ ‘SBS Inkigayo(8/7),’ etc and is expected to captivate music fans’ hearts.

Meanwhile, Super Junior’s 5th full album, ‘Mr. Simple’ will be put on sale for offline on the 3rd.

All the members of Super Junior appears on SBS’s Strong Heart!

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Super Junior will appear on SBS’s Strong Heart before their comeback.

On the 1st, the producer of the show said, “10 members of Super Junior will appear on Strong Heart. Super Junior’s Lee Teuk, Eun Hyuk and Shin Dong are regular panel members of the show, so other members will feel comfortable.”

The show will be recorded on the 4th and the exact air date has not been set yet.

Meanwhile, Super Junior will release their 5th album, ‘Mr. Simple’ on the 3rd.

Super Junior Comeback, 5th Full Album will be Pre-Released at Midnight, August 2nd!

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Super Junior Comeback! All the Songs in the 5th Full Album will be Pre-Released at Midnight, August 2nd! Two Versions of ‘Mr. Simple’ Music Video Teaser to be Released Today!

Super Junior, who started the countdown for comeback, will release sound sources of 5th full album (including title song ‘Mr. Simple’) through music websites such as Melon, Dosirak, Naver etc. at midnight, August 2nd.

 

The 5th album title song, ‘Mr. Simple’ lightly expresses how modern people lose their achievement for their job, love and dream without breadth of mind in such a complicated world with humorous and metaphorical words. Super Junior is planning to present an intense and energetic performance which highlights uniquely well-organized group dance, so it is expected to capture the eyes and ears of music fans all over the world with the striking visual performances.

 

Also, ‘Good Friends(어느새 우린)’ which is composed by Jongshin Yoon, tells about Super Junior’s friendship, and the lyric creates perfect combination with emotional melody. Meanwhile, ‘Opera’ is a reverse beat dance track with witty lyric that talks about the present time of Super Junior who has grown as global star. Moreover, a pop dance music ‘Walkin’ is well mixed with refined melody, trendy beat and the lyrics which talks about the story of Super Junior who has overcome hardships and obstacles with a positive attitude.

 

In addition, ‘Y’ is a medium tempo R&B track which is composed by Donghae. It expresses the emotional downfall caused by a break-up. Super Junior also did a cover of ‘White Christmas’ which was released in 1996 by Jinu. Remake version of ‘White Christmas’ is well mixed with a funny lyric that wishes for white Christmas in the middle of summer. It’s played with exciting rock sound and Super Junior’s unique jocular mood so it creates feelings of refreshment that can make you forget about the heat.

 

This album also includes R&B ballad ‘My Love, My Kiss, My Heart’ which is sung by Super Junior-K.R.Y and wailful ballad ‘Memories’ which is composed by Joonsoo Park who also composed ‘너 아니면 안돼.’ And also a dance music which is featured with witty lyrics and a catchy electronic sound ‘Be My Girl,’ the song formed like a musical ‘Feels Good,’ and Super Junior-M’s hit song ‘Perfection’ are included as well. Since the album includes various genres of music in total of 13 tracks, fans will be able to meet broadened music color of Super Junior.

 

Especially, Super Junior is releasing two versions of the music video teaser for ‘Mr.Simple’ through Super Junior official website (http://superjunior.smtown.com), facebook SMTOWN page (http://www.facebook.com/smtown), facebook Super Junior page (http://www.facebook.com/superjunior) and YouTube SMTOWN channel (http://www.youtube.com/smtown) on the 1st (for today), so it is expected to receive an enthusiastic response from fans.

 

Meanwhile, Super Junior’s 5th full album, ‘Mr. Simple’ will be available for offline purchase as well from August 3rd.

Super Junior’s comeback teaser pictures are released!

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On July 30 on Online Community, Super Junior’s additional teaser pictures were uploaded.

The members in the picture are wearing the same hairstyle and outfits as previous teaser pictures, but each of their poses are different.

Their fans showed eager responses: “These teaser pictures are even better than the ones earlier,” “They look so awesome.”

It has been 1 year and 2 months since Super Junior last released an album. Their title song “Mr. Simple” is to be made public on August 1.