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Name: Sandara Park
Stage Name: Sandara
DOB: November 12, 1984 (Universal age, 24/Korean age, 25)
Specialties: Singing, Dancing, Acting, MC, and speaks fluent English & Tagalog

Features: –
– Gummy’s MV Sorry

To those who didn’t know about Sandara, she started her career in the Phillipines in appearing as host  in variety of TV Shows and acted in a few pinoy drama. She also made it to the silver screen acting in variety of pinoy movies and has released a self-titled album in the Phillipines. Sandara was born in Korea but her family moved to Phillipines and she has returned to Korea and currently undergoing training process with YG Entertainment. According to YG’s rep, Sandara will probably debut together with YG’s future girl group with Park Bom, CL and MinJi. Her vocals has been notify as her weakness and so she has to further her training in order to make it for the debut but there’s rumors satated that unless she improves, Sandara might not debut with the girls.

 

Name: Chae Rin
Stage Name: CL
DOB: February 26,1990 (Universal age;18/Korean age;19)
Specialties: Rapping,Singing,Dancing and speaks fluent English,Japanese & French

Featurings: –
– Big Bang’s 2nd Mini-Album (Hot Issue) Intro Hot Issue
– Uhm Jung Hwa’s 1st Mini-Album (D.I.S.C.O) DJ
– Big Bang’s 3rd Mini-Album (Stand Up) A Good Man
– YMGA’s Mini Album (Made in R.O.K) for What

What’s special about CL is,first of all she stole the audience at at 2007 SBS Gayo Daejun when she came onstage and rapped her ways at the end of YG Family’s collaboration performance. She then became one of the most searched person on the net and became immediate favorite to musicians. CL’s charisma and confidence reflected in her performance that night and now she has been labeled as the next big thing. IT was even more assuring when she came onstage to assist Uhm Jung Hwa to eprform DJ off Jung Hwa’s promotional activities. Not only did CL lended her rapping skills for other artistes but she also wrote her rapping part in the song What off YMGA’s mini-album. Her fluency in many languages are evident because of her father’s career as an educator in which requires the family to move around to some parts of the globe.

 

Name: Gong Min Ji
Stage Name: MinJi
DOB: January 18,1994 (Universal age;15/Korean age;16)
Specialities: Rapping,Dancing,Singing,Japanese,Chinese

Although young MinJi has no featurings, she is famously known as the granddaughter of one of Korean’s famous dancer, Gong Ok Jin. YG noticed her for her exceptional dancing skills from the internet video that has been circling online. Originally, MinJi was supposed to debut together with an ex-YG trainee May Doni until May Doni decided to switch company. Now, MinJi will debut together with Park Bom and CL as the new YG act that will take the Korea Music Industry by storm.

 

 

Name: Park Bom Lee
Stage Name: Park Bom
DOB: March 24, 1984 (Universal age, 24/Korean age, 25)
Specialties: Singing, Dancing

Features: –

– Big Bang’s 1st Single (We Belong Together) We Belong Together single & MV
– Big Bang’s 3rd Single (Forever With You) Forever With You single & MV
– Samsung Anycall’s Anystar MV with Lee Hyori &Lee Junki
– Lexy’s 3rd Album (Rush) Baby Boy
– Red Roc’s 1st Single (Hello) Track 03
– Kim Ji Eun’s Tell Me Once More MV
– Big Bang’s 2nd Japanese Mini-Album (With U) We Belong Together (English Version)

Here’s a fun fact about Park Bom; she was suppose to be debuted as a solo artiste in 2007 but YG’s CEO, Yang Hyun Seok decided it would be best to debut her together with CL and MinJi. Recent news stated Park Bom might debut with CL,MinJi and possibly Sandara and a 5th member.

 

SuJu’s Kim Hee Chul takes an oath on ‘Radio Star’ + addresses gay rumo

Super Junior’s Kim Hee Chul made a promise to viewers that he would not create any setbacks for as long as he is the fixed MC of MBC’s “Radio Star.”On the December 8th episode, he stated, “As it is my first step as an MC, I will do my best.”Fellow MC Kim Gura, who’s known to be quite strict during the inauguration process, added, “Let’s take an oath of ethical purity in celebration of our new DJ, Kim Hee Chul, and to show that he is ready for it. Kim Hee Chul, will you not drink and drive? Will you not use violence in whatever the situation? Will you not take on weird(?) hobbies?”Kim Hee Chul pledged, “I will make sure nothing of that sort happens. I’ll get rid of every possibility that could lead to that.”

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Rain at SuJu’s Guangzhou concert forces members to slip & Kyuhyun

With Super Junior in China for part of their Super Show 3 Tour on December 25, ELFs in Guangzhou have been animated with the prospect of celebrating the Christmas holidays with their favorite idols. Unfortunately, SuJu members and ELFs had their spirits dampened when oncoming showers made the performance stage extremely wet and slippery, forcing the performers to endure low temperatures and rainy weather throughout the show.One report states that the SuJu members appeared to be shivering from the low temperatures due to their light attire; Sungmin, who was dressed in a top with short sleeves, nearly stopped playing guitar because his fingers were practically frozen stiff.

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Kara Debut

Debut

Kara had their debut performance on March 29, 2007 with “Break It” on M! Countdown.^{[citation needed]} Their first album was The First Blooming, with which Kara presented a mature, independent, “strong-female” image.^{[citation needed]} They made two music videos from this album: “Break It” and “If U Wanna”. Because of their similarity to Fin.K.L and the fact that both were signed to the same company, the two were often compared; in response, Kara stated that they regarded the comparison as beneficial and inspiring.The album won the Best Newcomer Music Award in May 2007.^{[citation needed]} Despite the initial interest, Kara was largely overshadowed in both album sales and popularity by other hit girl groups that debuted the same year, notably the Wonder Girls and Girls’ Generation. Years later, Seungyeon would admit that the album wasn’t of as big success as she and the group would have liked. Seungyeon would go on to participate in many variety shows on TV during that time in order to keep Kara as a group recognizable to the public.

“Pretty Girl”

On November 29, 2008, DSP Entertainment released a teaser video for their upcoming single, “Pretty Girl“, which received over 40,000 hits within 12 hours. The full video was released on December 2, 2008 online and was positively received by the public, while the EP was released on December 4. The mini-album is supposed to have a “party/fun” concept. The group began its comeback on all major music shows on December 4, 2008, starting with M.Net Countdown. During their first national performance on KBS‘s Music Bank, member Goo Hara accidentally slipped due to falling confetti and let out a scream; due to her embarrassment, she cried for an hour backstage. Netizens made it a “hot issue”, but Goo Hara received comfort from her fans instead of criticism from the public.

“Pretty Girl” became a successful single for the group. Leader Park Gyuri attributed their popularity increase to their “pretty but natural” appeal, while media reports gave credit to the band finding their own identity and to older male fans, most notably singer Shin Hae-cheol.

Due to the hectic promotional schedule as their popularity continued to rise, a few of the group’s members were taken to the hospital on December 19 after a KBS Music Bank rehearsal, but a DSP representative said that it was not serious.

“Honey”

At the end of January 2009, DSP Entertainment announced that it would commence voting on January 28 at Kara’s official website for the follow-up single to “Pretty Girl“, which would end on February 2. By the deadline of February 2, “Honey” was the clear winner, with 60% of the votes.The group filmed a music video for the song, which was released on February 16. The song was also first performed on KBS‘s Music Bank program on February 13, 2009; a repackaged mini-album followed on February 19.

“Honey” became the group’s first #1 single when it topped the M.Net M! Countdown show. The song also won the “Mutizen” (“music netizen”) award on SBS‘s program The Music Trend.

The group did its last round of promotional activities for this album on April 10–12, 2009.

Revolution

It was revealed in June 2009 that the group would return in late July, with their concept to be “upgraded”. The first teaser pictures of the group were then released in mid-July, showing radical changes in the group’s style.

Their single “Wanna” was released on July 28, 2009. The song quickly charted on various digital music charts. The music video was released on July 29, with the full album, Revolution, available online as of July 30 Comeback activities commenced on July 31, beginning with KBS‘s Music Bank; the group performed both “Wanna” and “Mister”.”Mister” proved to be popular with netizens due to a “butt dance” that is featured prominently in the choreography. Due to the popularity of the song, Kara’s overall popularity increased, with numerous advertisement requests coming in for the group; they had more advertisements in October 2009 than the previous two years. Ironically, while “Wanna” was the title song of the album, “Mister” ended up being the more popular song of the two among the general public (“Mister” would later become their title song for the debut album in Japan).

“Wanna” also became a #1 single for the girls, as it won the “Mutizen Song” award on August 30, 2009 from Inkigayo.

During promotions for Revolution, the group also performed internationally, including Bangkok’s Parc Paragon.

2010: “Lupin”

After a short hiatus, DSP Entertainment released two teaser photos of Kara’s comeback concept on February 9, 2010. The photos garnered a lot of interest because compared to their past album concepts, the new photos displayed a more mature, dark and mysterious Kara.^{[citation needed]} The next day, the album jacket was unveiled with the concept named “Stealer” and the title track “Lupin“, which became #1 on several online music charts after its release. The teaser video was released on February 12 on Naver; the mini-album followed on February 17. Kara had their comeback starting on M.Net’s M! Countdown on February 25, 2010.

The music video was released on February 22, garnering more than 90,000 views in the first 2 hours.

On March 4, 2010, Kara won their first #1 award for “Lupin” on M! Countdown. On the following week, Kara won yet another #1 award on M! Countdown, making it their second consecutive win on the music program. “Lupin” also gave Kara their first #1 win on Music Bank on March 12, 2010, making it the group’s first win for the music show since their debut, holding onto the position for three consecutive weeks. The song also won the Mutizen award from Inkigayo.

End of 2010: “Jumping”

After about 9 months hiatus in Korean Music Entertainment, it has been announced that Kara will be promoting their track “Jumping” in Korea and Japan at the same time. Kara would be releasing it as a 2nd Japanese single and it would also be their title track for their fourth Korean mini album which would be released by November 17, 2010. Despite promoting the song at the same time, Kara would be showing 2 different concepts for the song in Korea and Japan.A teaser photo of Jumping’s album cover was released on November 3, 2010 and according to a company official, “Kara’s new album utilizes the optical art concept of black and white geometric patterns, which differs depending on each member’s physical characteristics and image.” He added, “You will see a new and upgraded Kara with these modern, yet chic images.”Kara made their comeback with Burn and Jumping on MBC Music Core on November 20, 2010. On December 10, 2010, Kara got their first #1 win on KBS Music Bank for Jumping. Two days after their win in Music Bank, Kara won a #1 Mutizen Award for “Jumping” on SBS Inkigayo’s 600th episode

Award’s 4 minute

Years	Awards
2009	Cyworld Digital Music Awards: Rookie of the Month (June) (“Hot Issue“) Korea’s Cultural, Physical Education and Tourism Bureau: Rookie Music Award (August) SBS: Power Rookie (August) Golden Disk Awards: Samsung YEPP Rookie Award
2010	16th Korea Entertainment Arts Awards: Newcomer Award 2010 Asia Model Awards: Popular Artist Award 2010 Mnet 20’s Choice: Most Influential Stars 2010 Mnet 20’s Choice: Favorite Style Girl Group for Dance, Style, and Body 2010 Asia Song Festival: Asia Influential Artist Award

Profile Member Girl’s Day

Members

So Jin :

• Birth Name: Park So Jin (Hangul: 박소진)
• Birthday: May 21, 1986 (1986-05-21) (age 24)
• Position: Leader, Lead Vocals

Ji Hae :

• Birth Name: Woo Ji Hae (Hangul: 우지해)
• Birthday: May 14, 1989 (1989-05-14) (age 21)
• Position: Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Rapper

Yura :

• Birth Name: Kim Ah Young (Hangul: 김아영)
• Birthday: November 6, 1992 (1992-11-06) (age 18)
• Position: Vocalist

Min Ah :

• Birth Name: Bang Min Ah (Hangul: 방민아)
• Birthday: May 13, 1993 (1993-05-13) (age 17)
• Position: Main Vocalist

Haeri :

• Birth Name: Lee Hae Ri (Hangul: 이혜리)
• Birthday: June 9, 1994 (1994-06-09) (age 16)
• Position: Vocalist

Rainbow (Korean band) 2

Jae Kyung

• Birth Name: Kim Jae Kyung (Hangul: 김재경)
• Birthday: December 24, 1988 (1988-12-24) (age 22)
• Position: Leader, Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer
• Official Color: Red

Jae Kyung was a former JYP Entertainment trainee. She was trained under DSP Media more than 4 years.

Woo Ri

• Birth Name: Koh Woo Ri (Hangul: 고우리)
• Birthday: February 22, 1988 (1988-02-22) (age 22)
• Position: Main Rapper, Vocalist
• Official Color: Orange

Seung Ah

• Birth Name: Oh Seung Ah (Hangul: 오승아)
• Birthday: September 13, 1988 (1988-09-13) (age 22)
• Position: Vocalist
• Official Color: Indigo

No Eul

• Birth Name: No Eul (Hangul: 노을)
• Birthday: May 10, 1989 (1989-05-10) (age 21)
• Position: Vocalist, Rapper
• Official Color: Blue

Yoon Hye

• Birth Name: Jung Yoon Hye (Hangul: 정윤혜)
• Birthday: April 14, 1990 (1990-04-14) (age 20)
• Position: Vocalist, Rapper
• Official Color: Violet

Ji Sook

• Birth Name: Kim Ji Sook (Hangul: 김지숙)
• Birthday: July 18, 1991 (1991-07-18) (age 19)
• Position: Main Vocalist
• Official Color: Green

Hyun Young

• Birth Name: Cho Hyun Young (Hangul: 조현영)
• Birthday: August 11, 1991 (1991-08-11) (age 19)
• Position: Main Vocalist
• Official Color: Yellow

Predebut Rainbow (Korean band)

Pre-debut

Rainbow has been trained under DSP Media before KARA was formed.

Around January 2009, rumors arose about DSP’s new girl group, Rainbow, but it was not confirmed until the group was finally revealed on November 3, 2009. It was rumored to be composed of seven girls, one for each color of the rainbow. DSP Media reportedly trained some members of the new band for four years. In late October and early November DSP Entertainment teased a new picture of Rainbow each day and then released a music video teaser for “Gossip Girl” on November 6, 2009.

Debut and mini album

On November 11, 2009, the music video for “Gossip Girl” was released. On November 12, 2009, the mini album was released which includes 5 songs On November 14, 2009, they debuted on Music Core with the group’s first single “Gossip Girl”.

After the promotion of “Gossip Girl”, the girls began the promotion of “Not Your Girl”, which was a response to SS501’s song “UR Man”.

In early August 2010, Rainbow released a new digital single called “A”. Recently, the company unleashed the new album jacket photo online, and the concept that opposes to the rainbow colours has become a hot topic.

On the October 19, 2010, DSP unleashed the groups’ concept photos for their new single – “Mach”, the girls have transformed into sexy dominatrix image for the comeback. The group made their comeback on the 21st of October 2010 through Mnet M! Countdown.

Profile Member T-Ara

Birth Name: Jeon Bo Ram (Hangul:전보람)

Birthday:March 22, 1986 (1986-03-22) (age 24)

Position:Leader, Vocalist

Qri

Birth Name:Lee Ji Hyun (Hangul: 이지현)

Birthday:December 12, 1986 (1986-12-12) (age 24)

Position:Sub Vocalist

Birth Name:Park In Jung (Hangul: 박인정)

Birthday:October 5, 1987 (1987-10-05) (age 23)

Position:Main Vocalist

 

Birth Name:Ham Eun Jung (Hangul: 함은정)

Birthday:December 12, 1988 (1988-12-12) (age 22)

Position:Lead Vocalist, Main Rapper

Birth Name:Park Sun Young (Hangul: 박선영)

Birthday:May 30, 1989 (1989-05-30) (age 21)

Positiona:Vocalist, Rapper

Birth Name:Ryu Hwa Young (Hangul: 류화영)

Birthday:April 22, 1993 (1993-04-22) (age 17)

Positiona:Lead Rapper, Vocalist

Birth Name:Park Ji Yeon (Hangul: 박지연)

Birthday:June 7, 1993 (1993-06-07) (age 17)

Positiona:Vocalist