2010 has been quite a long year, and now it's finally coming to an end. We started with a look at 2000-2003. Next we moved to the center of the decade, 2004-2006. Then, we took a look at 2007-2009 which held the debut of SNSD and popularity of Super Junior. Here at Koreaboo, we decided that it was time to finish off our series of decade articles with a look back at 2010. Although there were many exciting events that happened during 2010, let's take a look a January first!
January 2010
Boy group CNBLUE debuted during this month. They sold over 30,000 copies of their debut album, "Bluetory", within the first two weeks of its release. On the 29th of January, CNBLUE claimed their first K-Chart win on KBS’s Music Bank. A few days later on the 31st of January, CNBLUE claimed their first Mutizen win on SBS's Inkigayo for "I'm a Loner".
It was also revealed that Wonder Girls member Sunmi would be leaving the Wonder Girls to further pursue her studies in Korea. As a result, Wonderfuls stuck post-it notes with messages regarding Sumni's departure all over the JYPE building in Korea. Hae Lim, who was originally supposed to debut as a member of miss A, filled in as the fifth member for the Wonder Girls.
Popular girl group SNSD started their year out right. They released their second album "Oh!" in late January. SNSD sold over 30,000 copies of the album in a single day. They held their first comeback performance on the January 30th episode of MBC's Music Core.
T-ara won their first ever music award on KBS's Music Bank with "Bo Peep Bo Peep" on the January 1st episode. T-ara also won their first ever Mutizen on the January 3rd episode of SBS's Inkigayo. 4Minute's Hyuna made her solo debut with the track "Change" on the January 8th episode of KBS's Music Bank. Her song reached the #2 spot on the charts almost immediately after its release.
This month, the 16th Republic of Korea Entertainment Arts awards were held. Some of the winners were 4Minute, SHINee, SNSD, FT Island, KARA, and Taeyeon (radio award). Cube Entertainment's hit groups 4Minute and BEAST acquired the help of Universal Records, who will help spread their albums outside of Korea and overseas in the future.
Shinhwa's Andy entered the army on January 11th. After School's UEE admitted to getting plastic surgery on one of her eyes so she could make them even. KARA's Goo Hara also admitted to having had plastic surgery in the past. She reportedly got her eyes fixed as well. T-ara’s Bo Peep music video entered GomTV’s Hall of Fame. This made T-ara become the sixth group to ever accomplish this feat.
Seo In Young and Park Jung Ah had their final performance with Jewelry on the January 10th episode of SBS's Inkigayo. Both were in the group for over eight years.
Four member boy group F.Cuz debuted on the January 8th episode of KBS's Music Bank with their song titled "Jiggy". Nine member boy group ZE:A debuted on January 7th, with their album titled "Nativity". They had their debut showcase soon after and began promoting the track "Mazeltov" from their mini album. 2AM released their mini album, "Can't Let You Go Even If I Die", on January 21st.
February 2010
BEAST released their "Shock Of The New Era" album. The album was originally supposed to come out in March; however, it was leaked on February 27th. Their title track was "Shock", for which they released a music video. For this album, they transformed into a more mature group with a dark concept.
KARA returned with their track "Lupin", which successfully stole the first spot on the charts from SNSD's "Oh!". However, SNSD did secure their triple crown from SBS's Inkigayo with "Oh!". SNSD completed a successful encore concert as well.
The "queen" of figure skating, Kim Yuna, took home the gold medal for Korea in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. CNBLUE's Jung Yonghwa and SNSD's maknae Seohyun became a virtual couple this month on the show "We Got Married". 2NE1 released the track "Try to Copy Me" as a song for their Samsung phone CF on the 8th of February.
On February 7th, 2AM won their first ever Mutizen on SBS's Inkigayo with "Can't Let You Go Even If I Die".
February 25th was a horrible day for Hottests all around the world, as it was the day that it was announced that Jay Park would not be returning to 2PM. He was scheduled to make his return to 2PM in April 2010, however, those plans did not play out.
March 2010
Dae Guk Nam Ah (The BOSS) debuted on March 4th with their single "Admiring Boy". The BOSS is comprised of members Hyunmin (현민), Jay, Karam (가람), Injun (인준) and Mika (미카).
SHINee's Minho fell during an episode of "Dream Team" and was taken to the hospital. However, he had no severe injuries and walked away in good condition. "Cinderella's Sister" actress Moon Geun Young was diagnosed with Hepatitis A on the 8th of March. She was taken to the hospital and filming for the drama continued in a few days after she recovered.
On the 15th, fans were relieved to hear that YG and G-Dragon were cleared of their charges. The charges came from his “Shine a Light” concert in 2009, where tracks were performed for an underage audience. In the end, G-Dragon and YG were fined a mere $2,600 USD, and the matter was dropped.
On March 16th, SNSD released their follow up track "Run Devil Run". This single came with a complete change in SNSD's image, from cute-like "Oh!" to a sexier, more mature look. "Run Devil Run" went on to top the charts. March 18th marked the release of 2AM's repackaged album "I Was Wrong".
On March 25th, After School released their "Bang!" EP. This release marked the debut of new member Lizzy. One Way is comprised of Chance, Peter, and Youngsky. They made their debut March 6th on MBC’s Music Core with their song, "Magic".
April 2010
This month it was revealed that Jay Park would star in the move "Hype Nation". The movie is written in English, but more than half was filmed in Korea. Filming for "Hype Nation" was Jay Park's return to Korea after his departure from 2PM.
After SM Entertainment filed a lawsuit against JYJ, it was announced that TVXQ would stop their promotions in Japan until further notice.
Four member girl group SISTAR debuted this month. f(x)'s Amber was again caught in a gender scandal. She is known as a tomboy, however, after a photoshoot this month, netizens began to question whether she really was a girl or not.
ZE:A released their second mini album, "Leap For Detonation", with the promotional title song "All Day Long". On April 1st, Secret released their first mini album "Secret Time". They promoted the track "Magic" from the album on music shows. Jay Park's collaboration with Dumbfoundead and Clara Chung titled "Clouds" was released on April 24th.
On April 19th, 2PM released their "Don't Stop Can't Stop" mini album. The promoted both the singles "Don't Stop Can't Stop" and "Without U".
May 2010
After a long year and a half, Super Junior finally returned to the stage. Ten of their members participated in the album, with Kibum acting, Kangin enlisting, and Hangeng in a lawsuit with SM. They made their comeback with a full album on May 13th. They topped the charts for weeks with their hit "BONAMANA".
SS501 released their new album "Destination" on the 24th. Their title song was "Love Ya". On the 31st of May, 2AM's Seulong and IU released their collaborative single titled "Nagging". The song was a success on the charts and was performed on numerous end of the year specials. On May 18th, 4Minute released a new mini album titled "Huh".
June 2010
On the 30th, Park Yong Ha (32), a Korean actor and singer, was found dead in his home. It was revealed that he committed suicide.
It was revealed on the 28th that SS501's leader Kim Hyun Joong would be leaving DSP media after his contract ended. He later joined KEYEST.
JYP debuted his new girl group miss A on the 30th. Their first album, "Bad But Good", featured their hit song "Bad Girl Good Girl". miss A had their debut stage on M! Countdown. They went on the win many rookie awards this year, as well as awards at end of the year shows for "Bad Girl Good Girl".
On June 24th, Super Junior revealed their follow up track "No Other". Their repackaged album was released on the 28th.
Boy group Infinite debuted this month. Their first mini album was titled "First Invasion". They first promoted "다시돌아와 (Come Back Again)". Their follow up track was the hit song "She's Back". After School's subgroup, Orange Caramel, debuted on June 16th with their single "Magic Girl".
Baker King Kim Tak Goo premiered on June 9th on KBS2 TV. The series contained 30 episodes and ran until November 16th. Its peak rating was over 50% and the average rating was over 38%. The drama starred Yoon Shi Yoon as Kim Tak Goo and Eugene as Shin Yoo Kyung.
July 2010
T-ara announced the addition of a new member, Ryu Hwa Young. She became the new maknae of T-ara. Additionally, Eunjung stepped down as leader to be replaced by Boram.
On July 8th, SHINee's Minho was injured yet again while filming for an episode of "Dream Team". However, this time he was not so lucky, as he was not able to dance during SHINee's promotions of "Lucifer". SHINee's music video for "Lucifer" was released on the 14th, and SHINee made their comeback on MBC's Music Core on July 23rd. SHINee also participated in the SMTown Live '10 World Tour alongside their fellow SM Entertainment artists on August 21, 2010 at Seoul Jamsil Olympic Stadium. They later performed concerts in Shanghai and Los Angeles for SM Town Live ’10.
Big Bang's Seungri had surgery on the 9th of July to eliminate the pain from his acute appendicitis. 4Minute began promotions for their follow up track, "I My Me Mine", on the July 1st episode of Mnet's M! Countdown. ZE:A released their third single, "Level Up" on July 9th.
On July 5th, Super Junior's Kangin (25) chose to enlist in the army. He revealed his decision at a fan meeting. He went to the Nonsan army training center as a recruit. Kangin later became an active duty soldier.
July 7th marked the release of Girl's Day's first music video. The video was for "Tilt My Head" from their debut mini album, "Girl's Day Party #1". On July 12th, Narsha released her debut mini album titled "Narsha: Narshism - First mini album". She promoted the track "Bbi Ri Bba Bba".
July 16th was the day that Jay Park officially signed a contract with SidusHQ. On July 28th, Jay Park released "Doin' Good". BoA released "GAME", a thank you music video and song to all of her fans who waited in Korea for her while she was in Japan.
Six member boy group Teen Top released their debut mini album "Come Into the World" on July 9th and had their debut performance on the July 10th episode of Music Core. They promoted the track "Clap" first and followed up with a few performances of "Let's Dance".
On July 14th, female solo singer G.NA released her debut album "Draw G's First Breath". Her official singles this year were "Things I Want to Do When I Have a Lover", "I'll Back Off So You Can Live", and "Supa Solo". On July 28th, Lee Hyun of 8Eight and Changmin of 2AM released their Homme collaborative single "I Was Able To Eat Well", which saw great success this year.
August 2010
On August 12th, Secret released their second mini album "Madonna". Their title song, which they promoted on music shows, was also titled "Madonna". On August 13th, GP Basic made their debut. GP Basic is composed of six members, five in middle school and one in elementary school. Janey went through a controversy with her young age (12) and was unable to perform for a while. However, it was eventually resolved. GP Basic promoted their song "Game" on music shows.
Park Ji Hyun confirmed his leave from V.O.S on his Cyworld on August 7th. After the other members switched back to Star Empire Entertainment, Ji Hyun was the only one left under J-Born Entertainment. The original plan was for the group to continue together, although separated by their companies; however, that soon fell through.
On August 20th, T-ara's fans lost their fancafe. The owner allegedly took $10,000 USD from the donations account and disappeared shortly after. Also on August 20th, Narsha released a repackaged single version of her first album called "Mamma Mia", which featured Sunny Hill.
BoA released "Hurricane Venus", her sixth Korean album, on August 4th. August 25th marked BoA's 10th anniversary since her debut. After debuting with "Gossip Girl" last year, Rainbow released a new single, "A", this month. There was a controversy surrounding their "belly button dance” and it was banned from music shows.
Super Junior began their "Super Show 3" on August 14th. The 16 shows involved in "Super Show 3" promoted Super Junior's fourth album "BONAMANA". Nine Muses made their debut on the August 12th episode of Mnet's M! Countdown with "No Playboy".
"성균관 스캔들/Sungkyunkwan Scandal" made its broadcast debut on the 20th of August. The series was 20 episodes and was aired on KBS 2TV through November 2nd. The cast included Micky Yoochun as Lee Sun Joon, Park Min Young as Kim Yoon Hee, Song Joong Ki as Goo Yong Ha, Yoo Ah In as Moon Jae Shin, and Seo Hyo Rim as Ha Hyo Eun.
September 2010
On the 17th, it was revealed that trio JYJ was dropped from Japanese entertainment company Avex and their promotional activities were put on hold. It was revealed on the 12th that two members would be leaving Girl's Day (Ji Sun and Ji In). On the 14th, DreamTea Entertainment announced that two new members, Yura and Haeri, would be joining Girl's Day.
2NE1 released their new album "To Anyone" on September 9th. Almost immediately, they swept the charts. 2NE1 promoted three tracks from the album at the same time: "Clap Your Hands", "Go Away", and "Can't Nobody". All three tracks were very popular during 2NE1’s promotions.
Supreme Team revealed their track "Then Then Then" on the 30th. Mixed gender group Co-Ed debuted on M! Countdown with their single "Too Late". BoA released her repackaged sixth album titled "Copy&Paste" on September 27th. September 2nd marked the debut of boy group Dalmatian with their single "Round 1".
October 2010
YG girl group 2NE1 officially contracted with Japanese entertainment company Avex. 2NE1's follow up track to their triple track promotions, titled "It Hurts", was released on Halloween. SHINee released their repackaged album "Hello" on October 1st and the music video for "Hello" on the 4th.
Additionally, SM Entertainment dropped their injunction against the sale of JYJ's "The Beginning". Yoo Jae Suk left his management company due to over $500,000 USD in non-payments. Police confirmed this month that Tablo did actually graduate from Stanford University.
SM Entertainment and Namoo Actors confirmed that SHINee's Jonghyun (21) and actress Shin Se Kyung (21) had been dating for approximately a month! Despite their heavy schedules, the two manage to see each other mainly on the streets near Shin Se Kyung's apartment. The number of members in Shin Se Kyung's anti-fan cafes drastically rose, and she was forced to shut down her minihompy shortly after the announcement of their relationship was made.
Lee Hye Rin, who was a racing model before she debuted with former girl group SSEN, was found to have committed suicide on the 23rd of October.
Bahnus (Lee Jae Young) was sentenced to a year and six months in jail for intentionally giving plagiarized songs to Lee Hyori and Mnet Media.
Rainbow revealed their comeback single "Mach" and had their first comeback performance on the 21st on Mnet's M! Countdown. Girl's Day released their second mini album "Girl's Day Party #2" and promoted their title track, "Nothing Lasts Forever". On October 8th, Brown Eyed Girls' Ga-In released her solo album "Step 2/4". October 4th was the day that Jay Park released his collaboration with fellow Art of Movement member Cha Cha called "Speechless" and an additional solo song titled, "Bestie".
On October 11th, 2PM released "Still 2:00PM". They promoted the single "I'll Be Back" and claimed victories on music shows during their promotional run. On the 26th, 2AM released their first full album "Saint o'clock" with the title track "You Wouldn't Answer My Calls". Their title track did very well on the charts.
On October 14th, Nine Muses returned with their newest single "Ladies". Touch made their official debut with "Nan (Me)" on the October 20th episode of Mnet's M! Countdown. They released the music video for "Nan (Me)" on the 21st of October.
November 2010
Co-Ed’s Hyo Young broke her ankle in many spots. She fell down stairs and received surgery at the hospital. Actress Park Hye Sang committed suicide on the morning of November 12th in her home.
JYJ's tour ended in a mess. After not being able to secure their visas, the boys were forced to either cancel their three shows or perform them for free. JYJ decided that they would keep their promise to fans and performed in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas for free.
On November 10th, Shinhwa’s Jun Jin confessed that he was indeed dating and that his girlfriend was not a celebrity. The next day, November 11th, MC Mong attended his first trial for his charges of draft dodging.
BEAST released their fourth mini album on November 9th titled "Lights Go On Again". On November 18th, Orange Caramel released their second single "Aing". VNT made their debut on Mnet's M! Countdown with "Sound (Ye Ye Ye)" on November 4th.
Park Taehwan won two gold medals (100m and 200m freestyle swimming) at the 2010 Asian Games.
December 2010
Unfortunately during this month, it was announced that popular group SeeYa would be disbanding. Upon hearing this, former member Nam Gyuri decided that she will participate in SeeYa's final album. On December 21st, MC Mong attended his third trial. The final verdict on his situation is still in discussion.
On December 21, ZE:A released their Japanese single “Love Letter/My Only Wish" and will be releasing a full album in 2011. After School took part in "Happy Pledis", which was released on December 6th, and promoted "Someone Is You" and "Love Love Love" on music shows.
SHINee held their first overseas concert on December 26th in Japan. The concert took place at Tokyo’s National Yoyogi Stadium and was their first official solo concert. They will be holding a solo concert in Seoul in January 2011.
On December 9th, IU released her mini album "Real". She topped the charts for more than two weeks with her hit single "Good Day". She was praised for her "3 octave note", and dominated on all of the music shows during her promotional time.
Hangeng's lawsuit against SM Entertainment finally came to a close. It was revealed on December 21st that Hangeng won and that he was now free from SM Entertainment. However, SM Entertainment is planning to make an appeal, which Hangeng stated, he will leave to his lawyers.
Young girl group Girl Story made their official debut on Y-Star Live Power Music with their debut song "Pinky Pinky". However, their debut was not met without criticism. Just days before their official debut, an anti-fan cafe sprung up with over 18,000 members in less than a day. The anti-fan cafe members stated their reason for creating the fan cafe; the members were too young to be commercialized.
The 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards, MAMA, was hit hard as well. Most of the artists invited did not attend, such as SM Entertainment artists, Cube Entertainment artists, and more. The show was dominated by JYP and YG. Since the artists who did not show up could not receive their awards, they were given to other winners, making the results a bit off from other year end award shows.
The 2010 Melon Music Awards was hosted by Song Joong Ki ("Sungkyunkwan Scandal"). However, his performance was deemed to be not acceptable by netizens. He later apologized for his use of informal speech throughout the show. It was also noticed that the winners were available online on the Melon Music Awards official site, before the show even began.
The 2010 SBS Gayo Daejun was faced with many harsh criticisms. It all began with the cold. Although the singers practiced all day, they were without heat after 8AM. During the show, there were many microphone problems both on stage for singers and also the ability to hear staff voices in the background during the performances. Additionally, the ending of the first half of the show was not calculated right and as a result, Supreme Team and Tiger JK's stage was cut off in the middle, leaving viewers to watch a commercial break. Finally, netizens complained that the show was YG biased based on the amount of air time they received. G-Dragon, T.O.P., SE7EN, and the 2NE1 and Kim Gun Mo collaboration stages received a total of 30 minutes, while JYP and 2PM received 9. Girl group of the year, SNSD, received a mere 6 minutes, and veteran singer BoA only had 7 minutes. In the end, SBS refuted these accusations saying that because of the songs that were sung, the performances seemed longer.
Conclusion
As with any year, there were lots of controversies, big and small. However, this year especially, there were many regulations imposed. Entertainment companies were forced to obtain special permission to employ anyone under the age of 15. Additionally, there were many regulations placed on the outfits worn on music shows. This came after outcries from netizens about short skirts and profanity on shirts. Countless entertainment companies and artists were slammed with plagiarism controversies. The biggest plagiarism involved Bahnus for Lee Hyori's album.
Taken From: Koreaboo.com
No comments:
Post a Comment