The Music Video of SMTOWN Winter Album’s Title Song, ‘Santa U Are The One,’ will be Released on the 13th!
The Music Video of SMTOWN Winter Album’s Title Song, ‘Santa U Are The One,’ will be Released on the 13th!
The music video of SMTOWN winter album SMTOWN Winter [The Warmest Gift]’s title song, ‘Santa U Are The One’ will be released on the 13th (today).
The music video of 2011 SMTOWN Winter [The Warmest Gift] will be released through Super Junior’s official website (http://superjunior.smtown.com), YouTube SMTOWN channel (http://www.youtube.com/smtown) and facebook SMTOWN page (http://www.facebook.com/smtown).
Also, the music video of the title song by Super Junior, ‘Santa U Are The One,’ was filmed at the album cover shooting and recording studio and features comfortable and natural atmosphere.
Moreover, all of SM artists including Kangta, BoA, TVXQ!, TRAX, THE GRACE DANA & SUNDAY, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, f(x), Zhang Li Yin and J-min participated in the album and all the songs are recorded in English.
Meanwhile, SMTOWN winter album 2011 SMTOWN Winter [The Warmest Gift] will be available both online and offline from today and will also be released in Japan on the 14th.
Apparently Christmas has come early for SM Entertainmant as they continue to release goods from all corners of the company. This time they will be releasing a DVD of “SMTown Live in Tokyo Special Edition”. The main feature will be the SMTown performance at the Tokyo Dome on September 4th, 2011.
The limited edition will be in a extravagant memorial box, which comes with a pink SMTown T-shirt (one size) made specially for the DVD and a bonus disc that contains a portion of the SMTown Live that happened at Yoyogi 1st Gymnasium back in January 25th and 26th (approximately one hour).
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?LIVE DVD?
2012.02.22 RELEASE
?SMTOWN LIVE in TOKYO SPECIAL EDITION?
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¦Limited Edition (MEMORIAL BOX)
Price:10,500yen(with tax)/10,000yen(without tax)
Memorial box
?DVD 3 discs?
Main disc(2Discs):2011.09.04(Sunday)Tokyo Dome Performance
Bonus disc(1Disc):2011.01.26(Wednesday)Yoyogi 1st Gymnasium Performance
SMTOWN Memorial T-shirt (one size)
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¦Regular Edition
Price:7,350yen(with tax)/7,000yen(without tax)
?DVD 2 Discs?
Main disc (2Discs):2011.09.04(Sunday)Tokyo Performance
Super Junior proved to be the leaders of ‘Korean Wave’. Super Junior’s popularity made them the only Korean, or even Asian artists, to lead into Twitter world.
Recently, Mashable web revealed the list of ‘Top 10 Twitter Trends of 2011‘ in which Super Junior ranked 4th on the list of ‘Top 10 Trending Music Artists‘ beating famous American singers like Britney Spears, Demi Lovato etc. Whereas they got 7th position on overall trending topics.
According to the web there were 207,518 topics from which these top 10 has been selected.
Super Junior members are one of the most active artists on Twitter, hence there is no doubt that they are among the kings of Twitter world.
A spokesperson for Super Junior’s Choi Siwon (24) announced that the rumors of romance between Choi and actress Kim Yoon Seo (25) are groundless.
On December 9, Choi’s agency, SM Entertainment, said, “I asked Choi and he said the rumors are not true. We don’t know where the report came from.”
Kim’s agency, J & S Entertainment also said, “They are close friends but they are not in a relationship.”
Choi and Kim previously appeared together on KBS’s series Poseidon. A media outlet reported on the romantic rumors between the two stars and said that they had been dating for two months.
Price : 12 500 won
Tracklist
DISC 1
1. Santa U Are The One (Super Junior)
2. Sleigh Ride
3. Distance (Boa)
4. Last Christmas (Shinee)
5. Diamond
6. For The First Time
7. Like A Dream (Trax)
8. The First Noel
9. 1,2,3 (F(X)
10. Amazing
11. Happy X-Mas (War Is Over) (J-Min)
Preorder : Lee Music
The December 8 live episode of Mnet’s M Countdown will air all the singers who have won previously won the Triple Crown on the program. The Triple Crown is an honorable prize, given to singers who have ranked 1st on M Countdown for three weeks in a row.
Boy band CNBLUE was the first group to win the Triple Crown in 2011. The title song, “Intuition” from their first album, ranked 1st during the last week in March for three weeks in a row.
June was B2ST’s best month. They made their comeback with their song “Fiction,” which includes refined melodies, and ranked 1st only 1 week after their comeback. Then the song stayed in first place for three weeks in a row. That was B2ST’s first Triple Crown after their debut. At the time, Jang Hyun Seung drew a lot of attention by lying down on the stage after they received the prize.
Super Junior won a triple crown in August with their hit song, “Mr. Simple.” They also received the Best Album Prize of the Year at the ’2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards’ with the song.
Many girl groups have also won the Triple Crown. SNSD ranked 1st from the 4th week of October for three weeks in a row and won the prize. In May, f(x) won a triple crown for the first time after their debut.
The show will also announce the singer who ranked 1st the most on M Countdown in 2011.
Hyun Ah and Jang Hyun Seung’s Trouble Maker will give an unconventional performance on the show. An official for the show says, “Trouble Maker is working hard at rehearsals to make their performance perfect.”
The show will air on December 8 at 6 p.m.
Super Junior has revealed a beautiful Christmas present for their fans.
Super Junior released their new Japanese song ‘Snow White,’ which will include in their Japanese version of ‘Mr Simple‘. The song is soft ballad perfect for snowy weather and jolly Christmas environment.
Super Junior’s Siwon changed into the robot character Buzz from Toy Story.
On December 7 around 12 pm, Siwon uploaded a funny picture on his Twitter account with a comment, “This picture made me laugh a lot. It’s really cold nowadays that it feels like our bodies and hearts are all going to be frozen! I hope you check this out and feel better even for a moment. It’s Buzz’s friend Sizz!”
In the picture, Buzz wearing a spacesuit is edited with Siwon’s face. It provokes a laugh as it doesn’t seem awkward at all compared to the original Buzz character.
His fans responded: “How can it be so natural like this? I laughed a lot,” “It looks good on you, Siwon,” “You’ve got a sense of humor, Siwon. I laughed a lot, too.”
Super Junior was recently awarded The Best Album of the Year from the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards, which took place in Singapore Indoor Stadium on November 29.
SMTOWN’s Warm Present for Global Music Fans!
2011 SMTOWN Winter [The Warmest Gift] will be Released on the 13th!
SMTOWN’s winter album, 2011 SMTOWN Winter [The Warmest Gift], will be released on the 13th.
It has been four years since SMTOWN released winter album in 2007. In addition, since all the SMTOWN artists including Kangta, BoA, TVXQ!, TRAX, THE GRACE DANA & SUNDAY, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, f(x), Zhang Li Yin and J-min participated in the album, this assorted gift set is predicted to fascinate music fans.
Also, this album includes a total of 11 songs including 7 new songs and 4 covers such as world famous carols like ‘Last Christmas,’ ‘Sleigh ride,’ etc., so it is enough to meet warm music gift for the winter as well as Christmas season.
Especially SMTOWN has proved its global brand power and artists’ tremendous popularity once again through world tour concerts in Seoul, LA, Tokyo, Paris, New York, Shanghai, etc. Therefore, in return for global music fans’ support, all the songs in the album are recorded in English.
Pursuant to the title of the album, ‘The Warmest Gift,’ Super Junior is selected as Santa who carries presents. The lyrics of the title song ‘Santa U Are The One’ is about how Santa is the greatest for bringing the world joy and presents. With cute lyrics and quick rhythm and melody, it gives Christmas atmosphere and Super Junior’s bright and cheerful voice doubles the atmosphere of the song.
Also, TVXQ!’s ‘Sleigh ride’ has a light swing rhythm accompanied by the orchestra’s grandeur and big band’s powerful charm to express brilliance and excitement for Christmas. SHINee’s electronic dance music, ‘Last Christmas,’ features SHINee’s own unique color and dreamlike and powerful charms of synthpop.
Moreover, Girls’ Generation expressed warm and happy feelings of winter through standard pop music, ‘Diamond.’ Following the song ‘Stand up!’ from the 1st album, f(x) once again worked with Peppertones for winter song ‘1,2,3’ which features Peppertones’ own bright and healthy music color with cute and lovely atmosphere.
In addition, BoA’s new song, ‘Distance,’ is a R&B ballad featuring simple rhythm, dreamlike piano melody and mournful and graceful voice. Kangta’s ‘For The First Time’ is an acoustic ballad which reminisces about the days with woman he loved and he sings about love he received from her.
The album also contains the English version of TRAX’s ‘Like A Dream’ from their 3rd mini album, Zhang Li Yin’s cover version of ‘The First Noel,’ THE GRACE DANA & SUNDAY’s pop ballad ‘Amazing’ and J-min’s remake version of ‘Happy X-Mas (Original version by John Lennon and Yoko Ono)’ so 11 songs of various genres are expected to receive an explosive response.
Meanwhile, 2011 SMTOWN Winter [The Warmest Gift] will be released in Japan as well on December 14th.
StARCALL is a brand new K-Pop application where fans can receive video calls from their favorite stars in real-time, as well as send video messages to the stars.
Already, 21 stars have signed up to provide fans with video messages, including: Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, SHINee, 2PM, f(x), BoA, 2AM, FT Island, SECRET, SISTAR, U-Kiss, ZE:A, Rainbow, Jewelry, Teen Top, Touch, Brave Girls, B1A4, Boyfriend, IU and Sunny Hill.
In addition to sending and receiving video messages, you will be able to read news updates from allkpop on your favorite stars, as well as their social network updates, and leave comments for them on their respective sections.
Fans have already left thousands of comments for the stars to read, as well received and sent many video messages to each other. The application is available for free download on both Android and iOS, so what are you waiting for?
Click below, or search for “Starcall” on either the iTunes store or Android Marketplace to download it and start receiving video calls from your favorite K-Pop stars!StARCALL is a brand new K-Pop application where fans can receive video calls from their favorite stars in real-time, as well as send video messages to the stars.
Already, 21 stars have signed up to provide fans with video messages, including: Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, SHINee, 2PM, f(x), BoA, 2AM, FT Island, SECRET, SISTAR, U-Kiss, ZE:A, Rainbow, Jewelry, Teen Top, Touch, Brave Girls, B1A4, Boyfriend, IU and Sunny Hill.
In addition to sending and receiving video messages, you will be able to read news updates from allkpop on your favorite stars, as well as their social network updates, and leave comments for them on their respective sections.
Fans have already left thousands of comments for the stars to read, as well received and sent many video messages to each other. The application is available for free download on both Android and iOS, so what are you waiting for?
Click below, or search for “Starcall” on either the iTunes store or Android Marketplace to download it and start receiving video calls from your favorite K-Pop stars!
Since the release of 5th album, Super Junior has been thought to be breaking-up, because of members solo activities. In addition, Leeteuk and Heechul’s military enlistment provide more base to these rumors.
Recently, when Super Junior gathered for ‘M LIVE by CJ MO.A‘ they denied all such buzz and assured fans that everything is fine among members.
Leader Leeteuk said, “We don’t face much difficulty as a band. Everyone is playful and happy together, we’re always having fun.” He playfully added, “The only problem is that because there are so many of us, we eat a lot. So our food is expensive.”
Most Amazing 2011 LIVE in MALAYSIA has successfully ended. The fans were totally having fun! We know it’s not that easy to bring these amazing idols in one stage here in Malaysia. For those who can’t attend the concert, fret not. Here are some of the shots taken during the awesome concert!
Super Junior rocked the stage!
Super Junior’s Shindong (as in the photo) and others gave their fans their autographed t-shirts. Amazing!
Super Junior’s Yesung was in his glorious self for his solo.
Super Junior’s Lee Teuk and Donghae happy faces.
Super Junior visited Thailand, the country which is suffering from flood.
On December 2 at 4:30 p.m., Leeteuk tweeted, “I spent some time helping out the Red Cross in Thailand. The hours that I spent with them weren’t long, but meaningful.”
“I hope our little helping hand be a part of relief activities for those suffering from floods. I think Super Junior found out what to do at this point. It’s willing to give a hand to those in need.”
At similar time, Donghae tweeted, “Pray for Thai. Don’t worry. Everything’s gonna be alright! I love you! Pom Rakhun!”
Netizens who saw the tweets comment: “You are warm-hearted people. I truly hope they get this message.” “It’s wonderful to see you guys being at the lead of this good work.” “What they need is continuous aid. I hope it is not a one-time thing.”
Once again, the joint effort of Viz Pro International, a representative from Singapore and CJ Media with Mnet Korea ended successfully for the 2011 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA). Over six hours of live streaming from the red carpet event to the main awards ceremony was held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, 29 November 2011. One of the hottest nominees and for the loudest cheers, Super Juniorreceived three awards, making it a hat-trick in one go event:
Album of the Year: Mr. Simple
Best Male Group Award
Singapore’s Choice
The unbeatable 5-year-and-running boyband from SM Entertainment with at present 10 members for this activity, state that they would share these awards with their ELFs and their members who are not able to join them as they are serving the national service.
“We couldn’t have done it without our fans. We will always do our best because our fans deserves only the very best,” remarked Choi Si-Won, the member who is known to have tall, prince-like and handsome feature.
A few members who has Twitter has expressed their gratitude and happiness, tweeting their pictures with the MAMA trophy and giving a shoutout to their fans.
The MAMA 2011 show was also streamed live via the Chinese website Sohu.com for Chinese fans. Super Junior leader Lee Teuk commented on this that “fans all over the world has been with us and supports us no matter where they are. They grow everyday and that’s how we grow as well.” The band did their usual greeting in 4 different languages during their press conference: Korean, Chinese, English, and Japanese, showing how global they are today.
The specially presented for MAMA 2011 in Singapore was definitely the performance of Super Junior’s “Sorry Sorry”, and 100 dancers, at the segment entitled “Mr. Simple Clone.” There were 100 boys and girls of Singapore through open calls to take part of this exciting stage, dancing to the famous song. “It was the idea from the Phillippines prison where they all danced to our song. And the additional input from the MAMA organizers and so we did it,” recalled Lee Teuk.
The boys who are veterans in the K-pop idol industry always have their hilarious tricks up to their sleeves, when members Shindong and Sungmin grabbed the spotlight after everyone had the group shot, and in the end Shindong was left, making a peace sign. They were amicable and their natural ability to make everyone be in good mood certainly creates the different colors of the 10 members of Super Junior.
“We are sorry to all the press that cannot ask the questions today as we don’t have all the time, please send the questions to our Twitter,” remarked Eun-hyuk, which caused laughter among the media and press present.
Check out the exclusive picture of the boys below! Congratulations to them once again!
At first, you might be wondering what's StarCall is about.
StarCall is a new concept of communication service
where you can watch K-POP Stars;Vivid daily lives through video calls in real time.
I'm surprise that we finally can get ourselves close to our K-pop Star through this superb App.
Furthermore, It's an free-Application and it works 24/7 .
Through it, you can access to all the videos of your favorite artist with Translations (Subtitles)
Also, you can access to their Official Facebook page and News Immediately !
you can comment and send a fan-mail to them ! Plus, you can connect your Facebook and Twitter account to the App. It's really awesome right?
The K-Pop Artist Star List :
Girls' Generation, Super Junior, SHINee, 2PM, f(x), BoA, 2AM, FT Island Secret, SISTAR, U-KISS, ZE:A, Rainbow, Jewelry, Teen Top, Touch, Brave Girls,B1A4 and Boyfriend.
If you're a huge K-pop Fan, you're going to need this App for sure. You're able to receive immediate personal videos from the stars the moment they've recorded(with translations).
You can catch them hanging out, cruising with friends, or even in their own home, All in Video
Free for Download!
It's also an Application running on your Smartphone, either it is running on iOS or Andriod.
you'll be able to get it either in AppStore for iOS device or Andriod Market for Andriod devices.
If you're still curious about it, here's some screenshot preview for the App
Super Junior, SNSD, and 2NE1 won the Best Awards in 2011 MAMA.
On November 29, the 2011 M.net Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was held at an indoor stadium in Singapore from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. KST(Korea Standard Time). Super Junior won the Album Of The Year Award which is one of the best three awards. The group released fifth album in August and its song “Mr. Simple” was loved by many fans.
Super Junior was also awarded the Best Male Group Award and the Singapore Choice Award, getting a triple crown.
On the other hand, SNSD won the Singer (Group) Of The Year Award, which is another one of the best three awards, for its great performance throughout the year. SNSD released third album in October and its song “The Boys” created a sensation in the world of singers. The Best Female Group Award, the award that drew the most attention, went to SNSD.
2NE1 was awarded the Song Of The Year Award, which is the last one of the best three awards, for its hit song “I Am The Best.” This year, the group has swept no. 1 in various music charts with hit songs of “I Am The Best,” “Lonely,” and “Ugly.” The group was also awarded the Best Vocal Performance Group.
Heo Gak and a.pink each won the Rookie Award. Their awarding was attracting attention because they belong to the same agency, A Cube Entertainment.
Kim Hyun Joong and Baek Ji Young each received the Best Singer Awards among male and female singers. Baek won another award, the Best OST Award.
In addition, B2ST and Miss A each won the Best Dance Performance Award among male and female groups.
Besides awarding, 2011 MAMA was full of magnificent performances.
The ceremony began with the joint performance of the rock band YB, hip hop duo Dynamic Duo, and the winner for Korea Got Talent Joo Min Jung.
Then top actor Lee Byung Hun appeared announcing the opening of 2011 MAMA in fluent English.
4Minute’s Hyun Ah and B2ST’s Jang Hyun Seung gave a surprising kissing performance at the ceremony. They drew attention by kissing during a special performance.
Song Seung Hun introduced Japan’s top singer Koda Kumi to the stage and she appeared in a sexy costume.
High-profile hip hop group Black Eyed Pea’s Will.i.am, and apl.de.ap gave a joint performance with 2NE1’s CL.
Also, the legend of hip-hop, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dog gave a special performance. It was first time for the two figureheads of hip-hop gather together in one stage in Asia. The performance was meaningful in the aspect of having famous hip-hop musicians in one place.
The winner of Super Star K 3, the Ulala Session, also gave a powerful, touching performance.
Other participants of Super Star K 3, Christina and Two Months’ Son Yerim sang T-ara’s “Roly Poly.”
Popular girl groups SNSD and 2NE1 made the atmosphere more lively by giving powerful, special performances. SNSD performed “The Boys” while 2NE1 performed “Lonely” and “I Am The Best.”
Here is the list of awarding at 2011 MAMA:
?The Singer(group) Of The Year=SNSD
?The Song Of The Year=2NE1’s “I Am The Best”
?The Album Of The Year=Super Junior
?The Best Male Group=Super Junior
?The Best Female Group=SNSD
?The Best Male Singer=Kim Hyun Joong
?The Best Female Singer=Baek Ji Young
?The Rookie Award (male)=Heo Gak
?The Rookie Award (female)=a.pink
?The Best Dance Performance (male group)=B2ST
?The Best Dance Performance(female group)=Miss A
?The Best Dance Performance (soloist)=Hyun Ah
?The Best Vocal Performance (group)=2NE1
?The Best Vocal Performance (soloist)=IU
?The Best Band Performance=CN Blue
?The Best Rap Performance=Leessang
?The Best Music Video=BigBang’s “Love Song”
?The Best Asian Artist=Koda Kumi (Japan)
?The Singapore’s Choice Award=Super Junior
?The Best Asian New Artist (soloist)=Wei Chen (China)
?The Best Asian New Artist (group)=Aziatix
?The Best OST Award=Baek Ji Young’s “That Man”
?The Styling Music Award=Seo In Young
?Special Award by the producer of M.net =YB
