Kim Hee Sun's Fiance Is Revealed

Kim Hee Sun, 30, is going to get married on October 19 at Ashton House Garden of Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel, according to Mydaily. Only family members, relatives, and friends are invited. Kim Hee Sun’s fiancé, Park Joo Young, is 3 years older than her. Park Joo Young is an entrepreneur and graduated from Yonsei University. Kim Hee Sun and Park Joo Young met with each other at the end of last year. Kim Hee Sun revealed on her homepage that she was dating a man this May. They have visited each other’s parents recently and fixed the wedding date.
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Jay Chou to Release New Album This September

Taiwanese pop sensation Jay Chou says he plans to release a new album in September and that he's released a single online that shows British rock influences, in contrast to the R&B music he's known for, a news report said Wednesday. Chou made the comments in an interview with Chinese news Web site Sina.com. Commenting on the single, whose Chinese title translates as ``A Secret That Can't Be Told,'' Chou said he retains his signature singing style of slurred pronunciation but adds guitar and rock elements.
``I've added the musical element of electric guitar. People don't see me play guitar that often. This song has a bit of British rock feel. Its style is rock,'' the singer said.Chou, one of Chinese pop's biggest acts, said after releasing his album in September, he plans to go on tour in November or December, with stops in Hong Kong and mainland China.
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Ayumi Hamasaki's Single Tops Oricon Chart

Last week, Ayumi Hamasaki released her 41st single, "glitter / fated." According to Oricon, it sold approximately 110,000 copies during the week, making it #1 on the singles chart. With the new song, Hamasaki has now achieved 9 consecutive years with a #1 single. This ties her for the record (among female artists) with Akina Nakamori, who accomplished the feat from 1982 to 1990.
Hamasaki currently holds four other singles-related records among female artists: most #1 singles (28), most Top 10 singles (39), most total sales (20.2 million copies), and most million-selling singles (5, tied with Pink Lady, Namie Amuro, and Utada Hikaru). Meanwhile, on the weekly album charts, KinKi Kids' new best album "39" took #1 with about 301,000 copies sold.
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Which New Korean Pop Group Will Be the Next Super Star?

As if the public has not had enough of K-pop groups like TVXQ and Super Junior, a new batch of girl groups and boy bands are coming out this summer. This August, top entertainment companies S.M. Entertainment, CJ M.net Media and JYP Entertainment are introducing new groups that they believe will be K-pop's next big thing. S.M. Entertainment will try to replicate the success of its super-sized boy band Super Junior with new all-girl group. The nine-member So Nyeo Shi Dae, which translates to The Era of Girls, will make its debut next month. To generate more buzz for the new group, S.M. Entertainment introduced the members one at a time. Individual videos showing the pretty, fresh-faced girls talking about themselves are also available on the Internet.
S.M. Entertainment said the group members would not just sing and dance, but also take on acting, modeling, DJ and emceeing jobs. This obviously follows the approach taken with Super Junior, whose 13 members are not just singers and dancers, but also actors, models, emcees and DJs.The group is composed of Sunny, Yuri, Tae-yeon, Tiffany, Yoona, Soo-young, Jessica, Hyo-yeon and Seo-hyun. Jessica and Tiffany are fluent in English since they have been raised in the United States, while Hyo-yeon can speak Chinese and Soo-young can speak Japanese. S.M. Entertainment has a mixed record when it comes to launching girl groups. While it scored a success with S.E.S. in the late 1990s, S.M. Entertainment's recent girl groups have yet to achieve the same level of success. Cheon Sang Ji Hee The Grace is slowly gaining popularity, while I-13, a girl group that debuted with Super Junior last year, barely made a ripple in the music scene.Another girl group that is set to debut in August is Black Pearl. The four-member group is produced by CJ M.net Media, the same company who produced R&B stars SG Wannabe and Seeya.Black Pearl is composed of Cho Young-su, Kim Do-hun, Min Myoung-ki and Han Song-hu, whose ages range from 17 to 25. Their first single shows off Black Pearl's vocal talent, following in the footsteps of Seeya. CJ M.net Media also recently introduced FT Island, a five-member boy band who released their first album ``Cheerful Sensibility'' last June. The group, whose name stands for Five Treasure Island, is gaining fans because of their good looks and pop-rock music. JYP Entertainment, former management company of K-pop star Rain, is also introducing a boy band this August. The company had launched a girl group Wonder Girls, who released their mini-album last February and already has a reality show on MTV. With all new faces in the K-pop scene, it will be very interesting to see who gets the public's attention this summer.

SOURCE: ASIANBITE
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