Girl groups became the hot ticket in the globe of K-Pop music

In 2009, girl groups became the hot ticket in the globe of K-Pop music. Throughout just that one year’s time about 12 girl groups had comebacks or created their debut. The recognition of girl groups goes way back. Even though they are an important part of K-pop music now, they did not just appear as part of the musical globe in 2009. It actually began in the 1950s.

Since 2003, K-pop has given J-pop a run for their money as far as popularity goes. In 2010, Girls’ Generation and KARA splashed across the Japanese charts with two hit singles, “Genie” and “Mister.” These songs had been each born out of Korean culture and once translated, enjoyed just as much popularity in Japan. Both of these groups not run at the top of the charts in Japan and have each broken records for foreign artists’ sales in Japan. Their debut albums have reached double platinum which is the initial for any of the Korean girl groups ever!

K-pop groups are becoming much more and much more well-liked in Japan and beginning to blend in to the island’s musicscape. Western artists are nonetheless well-liked in Japan but they pretty a lot just fly more than when they have a new album they want to sell. Artists like Beyonce and Lady Gaga come via occasionally for a short tour and then move on. But the newest K-pop artists just keep sticking around and running the tops of the Japanese music charts. Girls’ Generation and KARA continue to be regulars on Japanese television.

 

They are consistently asked to perform singles on numerous shows and have both appeared on Japan’s version of Saturday Night Live. They have both learned how to speak Japanese and have now begun to release songs that had been produced specifically for the Japanese marketplace. Other Korean groups have followed this trend and begun to take advantage of Japan’s acceptance of their music. 2NE1, 2PM and Brown Eyed Girls have all begun to run the music circuit in Japan. 2PM, which is a boy band in the world of K-pop, debuted their single and it sat fourth on Japan’s Oricon Charts.