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It’s that time of the year again, when everyone starts looking back at the past year and compiles their own “Best of the year” lists. Soompi also brings you its own “Year-in-Review” in eight different categories starting from today. The first topic of this eight-part series is the “Most Shocking Scandals of 2011.”
From SNSD’s Taeyeon getting pulled off stage by a stranger to Seo Taiji’s divorce lawsuit with Lee Ji Ah, 2011 saw some of the craziest events take place in K-Pop’s history. It was almost impossible to trim down the list to only seven top scandals, but we went with the ones that were most controversial/popular among our Soompi readers. Please let us know if we missed anything!…
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[Listen] Soompi Chart Top 50 - December 2011, Week 1
Wonder Girls hold on to #1 for the second week in a row while T-ara moves up 4 spot to #2. Electroboys “Ma Boy 2” featuring Hyorin is the only new song in the top 10 this week.
Read the full countdown article to see more in depth information such as new songs, chart movements and their actual scores.
[00:00] 001 Wonder Girls - Be My Baby
[00:30] 002 T-Ara - Cry Cry
[01:00] 003 Noel - I Miss You
[01:36] 004 SNSD - The Boys(English ver )
[02:06] 005 Secret - Love Move
[02:36] 006 Lee Seung Ki - We’re Friends
[03:08] 007 Huh Gak - Only Say That I Want To Die
[03:38] 008 Electroboys - Ma Boy 2 (feat. Sistar Hyo Rin)
[04:08] 009 4men & Mi - That Man That Woman
[04:38] 010 Brown Eyed Girls - Cleansing Cream
[05:08] 011 Tablo - Tomorrow (feat. Taeyang)
[05:38] 012 A Pink - My My
[06:16] 013 Busker Busker - Seoul People
[06:47] 014 Dynamic Duo - Until The Sun Rises (Girl)
[07:17] 015 Ulala Session - With You
[07:56] 016 Son Ho Young - Lovely And Hateful (feat. Bizzy)
[08:26] 017 T - Get It In (feat Tiger JK)
[08:59] 018 LEDApple - Someone Met By Chance
[09:29] 019 Miss $ - Why Do You Think I’m Acting This Way (feat. Jung Sul Gi, Im Da Hye)
[09:59] 020 Kim Yeon Woo - I Was Happy…Goodbye
[10:33] 021 Suzy - Because I Have A Lot Of Tears
[11:03] 022 Seo In Young - Oh My Gosh
[11:33] 023 J-Cera - You Will Never Know
[12:03] 024 As One - Lie
[12:33] 025 Trax - Blind
[13:03] 026 Rania - Pop Pop Pop
[13:33] 027 Gavy NJ - Go
[14:03] 028 Park Jae Bum - Girl Friend
[14:33] 029 My Name - Message
[15:03] 030 Tim - A Day Is Long
[15:33] 031 Orange Caramel - Shanghai Romance
[16:03] 033 Kim Jo Han - Want To Fall In Love
[16:33] 034 Sweet Sorrow - First Date
[17:03] 035 Sung Shi Kyung - One Love
[17:39] 036 Kim Hyun Joong (SS501) - Lucky Guy
[18:09] 037 Beast - Dream A Dream
[18:39] 038 WE - Sad Song
[19:09] 039 Baek Ji Young - Hurts Here
[19:39] 040 Kim Bum Soo - Even If You Don’t Say Anything
[20:09] 041 Infinite - Paradise
[20:40] 042 Kara - Step
[21:10] 043 FT Island - Like The Birds
[21:40] 044 Wink - Oh Gosh!
[22:10] 045 Double A - So Crazy
[22:40] 046 Lady Jane - Janie
[23:10] 047 Lee Seung Chul - Western Sky
[23:43] 048 Lee Ji Hye - Rocket Power
[24:13] 049 K.Will, Sistar, Boyfriend - Pink Romance
[24:43] 050 San E - Wish You Were Unhappy
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[Listen] Soompi Chart Top 50 - November 2011, Week 4
Read the full countdown article to see more in depth information such as new songs, chart movements and their actual scores.
[00:00] 001 Wonder Girls - Be My Baby
[00:30] 002 SNSD - The Boys(English ver )
[01:00] 003 Noel - I Miss You
[01:36] 004 Lee Seung Ki - We’re Friends
[02:08] 005 Secret - Love Move
[02:38] 006 T-Ara - Cry Cry
[03:08] 007 Tablo - Tomorrow (feat. Taeyang)
[03:38] 008 Huh Gak - Only Say That I Want To Die
[04:08] 009 4men & Mi - That Man That Woman
[04:54] 010 Brown Eyed Girls - Cleansing Cream
[05:24] 011 T - Get It In (feat Tiger JK)
[05:57] 012 Orange Caramel - Shanghai Romance
[06:27] 013 Busker Busker - Seoul People
[06:58] 014 Seo In Young - Funny
[07:28] 015 J-Cera - You Will Never Know
[07:58] 016 Electroboys - Ma Boy 2 (feat. Sistar Hyo Rin)
[08:28] 017 Dynamic Duo - Until The Sun Rises (Girl)
[08:58] 018 Son Ho Young - Lovely And Hateful (feat. Bizzy)
[09:28] 019 Sung Shi Kyung - One Love
[10:04] 020 Kim Hyun Joong (SS501) - Lucky Guy
[10:34] 021 Kim Bum Soo - Even If You Don’t Say Anything
[11:04] 022 LEDApple - Someone Met By Chance
[11:34] 023 Infinite - Paradise
[12:12] 024 Tim - A Day Is Long
[12:42] 025 Kim Jo Han - Want To Fall In Love
[13:12] 026 Sistar - Hot Place (feat. Brave Sound)
[13:44] 027 Norazo - Sales King
[14:14] 028 Baek Ji Young - Hurts Here
[14:53] 029 My Name - Message
[15:23] 030 Trax - Blind
[15:53] 031 Park Jae Bum - Girl Friend
[16:23] 032 Lee Seung Chul - Western Sky
[16:56] 033 FT Island - Like The Birds
[17:26] 034 WE - Sad Song
[17:56] 035 Beast - Dream A Dream
[18:26] 036 Suh Young Eun - Just You
[18:56] 037 Rania - Pop Pop Pop
[19:26] 038 Kara - Step
[19:56] 039 Crispi Crunch & Si Hyun - Goldfish
[20:26] 040 Jace - You Look Happy Part.2
[20:56] 041 Gavy NJ - Go
[21:26] 042 Double A - ¹ÌÃļ ±×·¡
[21:56] 043 DJ Clazzi - We Changed (with 2AM Seul Ong)
[22:26] 044 Davichi - Love Oh Love
[22:56] 045 A-Ble - Just The Words I Love You
[23:26] 046 Beige - Don’t Understand Each Other
[23:56] 047 Jung Jin Woon (2AM) - If It’s Not Now (feat. YB)
[24:26] 048 Monday Kiz - Broken Train
[25:06] 049 Yangpa - I Will Remember
[25:36] 050 Simon D - Cheerz
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Did you know that F.T. Island’s Lee Hong Ki started his career as a celebrity through acting in a children’s drama series “Magic Kid Masoori?” Not only him, but also many other idol singers and actors had started out their career as a child acting sensation. Check out a few notable examples. 
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http://www.soompi.com/news/weekly-kpop-music-chart-2011-november-week-3
SNSD repeats again at #1 for a third consecutive week.
There are four new songs in the top ten this week. At #5 is 4men and Mi’s “That Man, That Woman.” Tablo feat. Taeyang reaches #6. The Wonder Girls’ comeback song “Be My Baby” debuts at #7 and has a lot of potential. Lastly, Brown Eyed Girls’ “Cleansing Cream” makes its debut at #9.
Check out the full countdown article to see more in depth information such as new songs, chart movements and their actual scores.
[00:00] 001 SNSD - The Boys(English ver )
[00:30] 002 Secret - Love Move
[01:17] 003 Lee Seung Ki - We’re Friends
[01:49] 004 Noel - I Miss You
[02:25] 005 4men & Mi - That Man That Woman
[03:11] 006 Tablo - Tomorrow (feat. Taeyang)
[03:41] 007 Wonder Girls - Be My Baby
[04:11] 008 T - Get It In (feat Tiger JK)
[04:44] 009 Brown Eyed Girls - Cleansing Cream
[05:14] 010 Orange Caramel - Shanghai Romance
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Can you guess which 10 Korean hunks and which 8 Korean ladies our senior editor chose as the best?
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I remember that one of the things that caught my curiosity while falling into the arms of K-Pop was the idols and their anti-fans. I started reading story after story and when I read about DBSK’s Yunho and the incident of the juice with glue in it, I asked myself, “Why do these people have so much power over the artists they hate?” It is something that up to this day I don’t understand clearly.
First, these people waste time hating K-Pop groups without even having a reasonable argument for that. Secondly, they elaborate plans, websites, manipulate pictures and even gather in groups secretly, to attack the person they hate when their anger towards said artist grows even more. I have seen plenty of websites and even groups on Facebook or Twitter, recalling “Anti SNSD”, “Anti 2NE1”, “Anti Kim Hyun Joong” and even “Anti DBSK”.
Why does this happen? Why so much anger towards a group or person? Just because a group does really well in the industry, it doesn’t mean that you have to hate it and become part of some sort of evil sect to attempt or to even destroy it. Sometimes, fans themselves create these evil monsters. I have read comments in which people get actually sick of X or Y artist just because of their fandom.
These little antis, can be divided in three categories. The first category is the “regular anti.” These anti-fans just comment or say they don’t like certain groups and that’s all. Their intention is to actually hurt the group’s fandom and not to hurt the artist itself. The second category is the “stalker or sasaeng anti-fan.” Here, some fans of a group are actually sasaengs without even hating the group, but why are they considered antis?Because they stalk their artist and cross the limits of a person’s privacy…
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http://www.soompi.com/news/anti-fans-and-their-power-in-the-music-industry
