The nominees for the 12th Korean Music Awards were announced last week. I always find it interesting to discover music new to me through the awards, so as I’ve done for the past couple of years I’ll try to dedicate the rest of the month to introducing the artists, albums and songs that have been… Continue reading
It’s that time of the year again! I love the KMA’s because they are always so interesting in their nominations. This year, I was pleasantly surprised to find that many of my favorite releases from 2014 ended up on the list. Here are my personal picks, and who I think are going to win. … Continue reading
The nominees for the 12th annual Korean Music Awards were announced today at 11am, KST. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of music critics and industry experts, making it a Korean version of the Grammy’s. This year the ceremony will take place on… Continue reading
Starting with a look at how the categories in the Korean Music Awards have changed over the years, followed by a look at which genres typically do better in the general categories of the Korean Music Awards, this instance of the KMA history series will have a look at how male and female solo artists… Continue reading
This week I’ve had a look at the genre distribution for the general awards categories in the Korean Music Awards. It turned out to be so much data it was better separated into two posts. The first genre breakdown post. Today we’ll have a look at which genres are more popular when it comes to… Continue reading
A look at which genres have most commonly been represented among the nominations for Album of the Year, Song of the Year and Performance of the Year at the Korean Music Awards 2004-2014.
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A look at the award categories for the Korean Music Awards (한국대중음악상). What has been added, what has disappeared and what has simply changed since the start in 2004.
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This year’s edition of rookie band competition Hello Rookie kicked off with the online auditions opening up in March. Monthly winners were chosen from May through September, and the grand finale took place in November. It was broadcast on EBS mid-December, and yesterday the rookie performances were finally uploaded to the Hello Rookie YouTube channel…. Continue reading
Following what used to be the SangSang Madang Band Incubating program, KT&G are now hosting the SangSang Madang Band Discovery competition offering 3 new bands an opportunity to play the 2014 Sangsang Fest in November. The Top 6 was picked in the beginning July with indie pop bands The Lads and Cranfield, bluegrass and country… Continue reading
With the first monday this August happening in the middle of Korea’s vacation season, the live audition for the September edition of Hello Rookie instead took place on August 11th. The two winners can be seen on the monthly Hello Rookie special on EBS Space 공감 to be broadcast on September 1st. Hello Rookie… Continue reading