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Other reasons for a ban are songs featuring Japanese lyrics, negative influences upon youth, or product placement, either in the song or within the video the use of brand names. KBS, MBC, and SBS are the three networks, and account for the vast majority of banned K-pop videos. Between 2009 and 2012, they banned over 1,300 K-pop songs. [1]
Idol bands of young boys or girls were formed to cater to a growing teenage audience. In 1995, Lee Soo-man, the founder of SM Entertainment, brought the idol trainee system to South Korea, which further solidified the format for idol bands and modern Korean pop culture. [2]
Idol groups on stage at KCON 2012. Idol musical bands in South Korea started to appear after the success of Seo Taiji and Boys, whose debut in 1992 is considered a turning point in the history of Korean popular music. [1] [2] 2012 was a record year in K-pop in terms of number of rookie artists: 33 male groups and 38 girl groups debuted. [3] [4]
An idol (Korean: 아이돌; RR: aidol) is a type of entertainer who works in the field of Korean popular music (K-pop), either as a member of a group or as a solo act. They typically work for an entertainment agency that operates a highly managed star system that idols are produced by and debut under.
The following is a list of notable individual K-pop artists. [1] [2 ... see List of South Korean idol ... Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The term "K-pop" is the Korean equivalent of the Japanese "J-pop," [13] The first known use of the term occurred in Billboard in the October 9, 1999 edition at the end of an article titled "S. Korea To Allow Some Japanese Live Acts" by Cho Hyun-jin, then a Korea correspondent for the magazine, which used it as a broad term for South Korean pop music.
After changing its name to SM Entertainment in 1995, [6] the company debuted its first idol group, H.O.T., in 1996, whose successful formula became the model for many K-pop groups. [7] At the turn of the 21st century, amid industry-wide declines in domestic record sales, SM turned to other East Asian markets, [ 4 ] debuting soloist BoA .
List of South Korean idol groups (2010s) This page was last edited on 3 March 2025, at ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...