[News] SM Entertainment to produce Korean drama adaptation of Japan’s “Hana Kimi”

SM Entertainment will be producing a drama based on the über-popular Japanese comic, “Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (Hana Kimi)”!

The comic gained widespread success, selling over 17 million copies alone. It had a Taiwanese drama adaptation which recorded the highest viewer ratings in 2006, while its Japanese drama garnered an average of 17.04% in viewer ratings.

Since its widespread popularity reached Korea as well, representatives of SM Entertainment revealed on March 10th that they signed a contract that gave them the publication rights for its drama production.

Using an all boys high school as its backdrop, the original comic ran from 1996 to 2004 and detailed the lives of a group of ‘pretty boys.’

Representatives revealed, “The Korean version will have a total of 16 episodes that draw out stories of hopes and dreams. It’s a teenage comedy with a cute, but strong storyline and a slew of handsome cast members. We’re planning to begin airing it this summer.”

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[News] Brazilian viewers love SM artistes!

On Brazil’s Rede TV aired on February 26th, the result of the survey entitled ‘If there’s Kpop artiste coming over to perform, who would it be?‘ was announced.

From the result, Super Junior, BoA, SNSD and SHINee took the top 4 spots, proving once again the domination of SM artistes. Super Junior garnered huge support from the Brazilian viewers with 30.9% while BoA came in 2nd with 27.47%. SNSD received 19.87% of the total votes and they were ranked 3rd in the survey.

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[INFO] Forbes Korea: Power Celebrity Top 40

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The top 40 list is ranked from data collected in various categories (as listed) depending on a certain set of criteria. For example, salaries, CFs, broadcast time, search-ranking, being written about in major publications and news sites, etc. Any foreign activities and gains are excluded from the overall rankings.

Super Junior – #16

*music sales are taken from the Hanteo charts (original chart)

Super Junior – #2 (Album Sales)
SHINee – #3 (Album Sales)

*search rankings are based of searches from daum.net (original chart)

SHINee – #9 (Music Group)

-Irrelevant information regarding Super Junior or SHINee are omitted.-

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[News] Mnet Media to provide SM Entertainment songs starting February 21st

After overcoming their dispute earlier this year, Mnet Media will finally be distributing songs from SM Entertainment through their music site, Mnet.com.

In 2009, SME officials claimed that Mnet Media was not authorized to use their content and pulled the songs from their artists from the website. The agency also refused to let any of their artists attend any Mnet-related music event from then on.

The public was alerted of a compromise on January 20th with the appearance of TVXQ on ‘M! Countdown‘, the first appearance made by an SME artist in nearly two years.

A SM Entertainment representative said, “Mnet Media, who runs music site ‘Mnet.com’, apologized to SM for issues such as failing to receive prior consent before distributing our content, and promised to maintain a truthful relationship in an effort to prevent it from happening again. Their sincere stance and determination in restoring truth in the relationship has led to a compromise between both parties.”

They continued, “In order to distribute more joy and convenience to music consumers, and in an effort to revitalize the online music market, we have decided to supply our songs to Mnet’s music service. In the future, we will be discussing a variety of different music-related services with Mnet Media.”

Music fans can purchase songs off the site starting February 21st.

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Super Junior’s Heechul interviews BoA about “Radio Star”

As many of you know, Super Junior’s Heechul is a fixed cast member on MBC’s “Radio Star“. On February 3rd, BoAshared a fun video of Heechul briefly interviewing her from the set, in the hopes of grabbing a shoutout for the show.

She tweeted, “@Heedictator BoA appeared on ‘Radio Star’ for the Lunar New Year~ It felt like I received a New Year gift~ hehe Please receive a lot of luck in the New Year~(^O^)/”

You can check out the video (here), and follow along with our translation:

Heechul: “BoA-ssi!  I’m a part of “Golden Fishery” now, have you been having fun watching it?”

BoA: “Yes, I’m having a lot of fun. The criticisms by the MCs are so fun.. and I think the program is a bit scary for celebrities to go on (laughter).”

Heechul: “It’s alright.  Then can we get a fighting message of support for ‘Radio Star’?”

BoA: “Oh wait, I was talking about “Knee-Drop Guru” though!”

Heechul: “Ah, yes… There is ‘Knee-Drop Guru’ in ‘Golden Fishery’ as well…”

(Screen Caption: “Blocking her from speaking further”)

Heechul: “Now, our BoA-ssi is so busy, she has a schedule to attend to and must leave now! Goodbye!”

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SMTOWN LIVE Concert in Tokyo, Tickets Participants Exceed 400,000 People

The artists of SM Entertainment proved their popularity in Japan from the huge number of participants for the concert tickets.

SM Entertainment revealed on the 21st that participants to get “SMTOWN LIVE IN TOKYO” concert tickets which was held from December 8th, 2010 to January 7th, 2011 at their mobile site had exceeded 400,000 entries, showing the event’s hot response.

The ticket sales procedure for this concert will be in balloting process where interested participants have to apply through the mobile site.

“SM TOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR” had previously held successful concerts in Seoul, Los Angeles, and Shanghai, thus this overwhelming amount of participants for Tokyo’s concert is a guarantee to lead for another great performance.

The artists participating in the concert include BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girl’s Generation, SHINee, etc and they will be performing their respective hits as per previous concerts. The artists will also include Japanese versions of some of their songs especially for the Japanese audiences.

“SM TOWN LIVE IN TOKYO” will be held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium on January 25th and 26th 2011 (6pm JST).

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Outrage over ‘slave contracts’ for Korean stars

SEOUL – BEHIND all the glitter and glamour of the Korean Wave, or hallyu, many popular girl and boy groups here are struggling to assert their rights against powerful talent management companies.

Many of these celebrities and wannabes are bound by long-term contracts – some lasting over a decade – that also force them to put in long hours on punishing schedules. Some women are said to be forced to offer sex services to sponsors.

Jonghyun will not perform at SM Town live in Tokyo

This afternoon, it was updated in SHINee’s Japanese official website that Jonghyun would not be performing for SM Town in Tokyo.

A message was left saying:

Thanks for many applications for SM Town Live in Tokyo. SHINee Jonghyun, who was planning to perform at the concert, cannot appear due to his leg injury. We are very sorry for the news but ask for your understanding. The other 4 members (Onew, Key, Minho, Taemin) will be starring in it.

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TVXQ thanks BoA, SNSD, and SHINee in their “Thanks To”

TVXQ finally unveiled their first album in two years and three months on January 5th, and they left meaningful messages of gratitude towards their fellow SM artists for their constant support during their public absence.