Watching the Grammys fumble with genre representation year in and year out makes me appreciate the KMAs a little more. (I’m not even mad about this year, but I’m still salty about 1989 over To Pimp a Butterfly two years ago.) Sure, the KMA also has critics and works in a different environment, but representation… Continue reading
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KMA2018: Nominees for 15th Korean Music Awards
The nominees for the 15th annual Korean Music Awards were announced today at 11am, KST. The nominated albums and songs have been selected from albums and songs released between December 1st 2016 and November 30th 2017. The Korean Music Awards do not take sales into consideration and the winners are determined by a panel of… Continue reading
Nominees for 12th Korean Music Awards
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
Siwa Releases Book on Music Therapy
Singer/songwriter Siwa has written an essay book called 행복이 아니라도 괜찮아 (meaning something along the lines of “it’s ok even if it doesn’t make you happy”) on the theme of music therapy. She begun writing it in January last year and on January 31st it was finally published. The book’s subtitle is 서른의 한가운데 down… Continue reading
Hyang Music’s Album Sales Chart, First Week of January 2012
Since the last few years digital sales may be more important than sales of CDs in Korea, but that does not mean the CD has completely played out its role as a carrier of music. In some segments of Korea’s indie scene it’s still more common to release a CD than set up a digital… Continue reading