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Since K-pop started to spread its industry outside South Korea, K-pop artists have set notable records on YouTube. In December 2011, K-pop became the first country-specific genre of music to gain a homepage on YouTube. [22] In December 2012, Psy's music video for "Gangnam Style" became the first YouTube video to receive 1 billion views. [25]
The Korean Wave, or Hallyu, has significantly influenced the global popularity of South Korean culture, particularly through K-dramas and K-pop, driving increased tourism to South Korea. The strategic initiatives implemented by the South Korean government and tourism industry have capitalized on this trend to enhance South Korea's economic ...
Soompi is an English-language website providing coverage of Korean pop culture. [1] It has one of the largest international Internet communities for K-pop, [2] mostly concentrated in news and forums. With more than 23 million fans across all platforms, Soompi offers English and Spanish services. [3]
Korean pop culture fan clubs' activism and philanthropy began in the 1960s, said Stephanie Choi, a postdoctoral associate at the University of Buffalo studying K-pop culture. Now, K-pop fans ...
A zombie drama, a TV series about a supernatural nurse and one about an antisocial children's book author helped turn South Korea into one of Netflix's biggest source of growth in the ...
Born in Seosan, South Korea, Rain’s given name is Jung Ji-hoon. The artist began his career in 1998 as part of the boy band Fanclub. When the group didn’t gain commercial success, he embarked ...
Pops in Seoul, airing from 1998 to 2021, has presented Korean pop music for the past eleven years on the network Arirang TV.The show's VJ presented current music, news about K-pop culture, and provided overseas viewers with the latest Korean pop music and information.
Yung Duk Kim, vice president and chief operating officer of the Korea Creative Content Agency, stated K-pop has "skyrocketed" since BTS' popularity surged, creating jobs not only for BTS and their team but other K-pop idols as well. [164] Various news outlets coined the term the "BTS effect" to refer to the commercial effects of BTS' influence ...