Showing posts with label Korean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Korean. Show all posts

February 20, 2010

KARA


Kara(朝鮮語:카라)是韓國DSP Media在2007年推出的五人女子組合, 現成員包括奎利、勝妍、妮可、荷拉及智英,原為四人組合,於2007年以歌曲《Break It》出道,後來原隊員成熙因學業退出。荷拉及智英在其後加入。
她們於2009年3月5日及3月8日憑歌曲《Honey》於M.net「M!Countdown」及SBS「人氣歌謠」獲得歌曲冠軍。








Jyongri

Jyongri的成长背景包含着多元文化的因素,成长于大阪,并从四岁起到十八岁这段期间一直就读于大阪serin国际学校(注意,这个学校可曾经也是core of soul就读过的学校哦,正是因为这样的教育背景,使她能够熟练的掌握日文和英文两种语言,四岁起,jyongri就开始学习古典钢琴,10岁开始学习小提琴,16岁则研习起guitar)
八岁时看过乌比.戈德葆主演过的电影《修女也疯狂》(1&2)之后,jyongri对gospel产生了浓厚的兴趣,(所谓gospel是指很少或者根本不用乐器伴奏,仅仅有清唱和合音来表现旋律,类似于教堂唱诗班的演唱形式),但是实际上11岁之前,jyongr还并没有产生想成为一个歌手的想法,在此之后,她开始尝试自己写一写歌词,并立志成为一名歌手。'
2005年夏,jyongri前往美国参加了著名的伯克利音乐学院为期5周的交流表演项目,在此期间,jyongri开始自己写一些作品,从大阪serin国际学校毕业后,jyongri开始了自己的职业音乐生涯,9月份,他的第一支音乐录影带开始在电视台进行播放,可惜的是,这首抒情曲在当时并没能制作成CD来发行。同年十月,jyongri被著名的早稻田大学录取。
仅仅两个月之后,他的第一支单曲《possenion/my all for U》就开始发行了,possession是一支时尚的电子舞曲,而my all for u则是一曲抒情曲,这张单曲一共包括9首作品,其中包括了remix的版本,清唱版本和instruments的版本。初登场就取得了oricon16的好成绩,而且到现在为止,已经卖出了20,000张的好成绩。(2007.1update)
第二支单曲《hop,step,Jump》很快于2006年2月推出,随后,第一张专辑《closeto fantasy》也于一个月之后推出。遗憾的是。《hopstep, Jump》并没有取得像《possenion/all for you》那样的好成绩,最后仅仅登上了oricon第32位。





December 26, 2009

BoA



Boa Kwon (권보아 Kwon Boa, born November 5, 1986), commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States. Born and raised in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, BoA was discovered by SM Entertainment talent agents when she accompanied her older brother to a talent search. In 2000, after two years of training, she released ID; Peace B, her debut Korean album, under SM Entertainment. Two years later, she released her debut Japanese album, Listen to My Heart, under the Avex label. On October 14, 2008, under SM Entertainment USA, a subdivision of SM Entertainment, BoA debuted in the United States with the single "Eat You Up" and released her debut English-language album, BoA on March 17, 2009.

Influenced by hip hop and R&B singers as Nelly and Janet Jackson, many of BoA's songs fall into those genres. As the singer feels she does not "have any talent for writing [songs]", the writing and composition of her songs are handled mostly by her staff; for this reason, she has drawn some criticism. (Though only a few of her songs are self-written, BoA began composing on her own with her Japanese debut album Listen to My Heart, in which she co-wrote and composed the song "Nothing's Gonna Change".)

BoA's multilingual skills (she speaks Japanese and conversational English along with her native Korean and has recorded songs in Mandarin Chinese) have contributed to her commercial success in South Korea and Japan and her popularity throughout East Asia. She is the only non-Japanese Asian to have two million-selling albums in Japan and is one of only two artists to have six consecutive number-one studio albums on the Oricon charts since her debut.