Big Bang and Beast take first and second place for ‘School Festival Must Invite Singers’

Music portal Monkey3 conducted an online survey from the 21st to 27th April titled “Which singer is a must invite at school festivals?” . The results were released on the 28th of April.

In this survey, out of 530 votes, 5 member idol group Big Bang took first place with 34% (180 votes) of fans choosing them. Big Bang recently released a special edition album, with the two lead singles Love Song and Stupid Liar dominating music charts.

Monkey3 netizens commented, ” Big Bang gives the best festival atmosphere when they perform” , ” Big Bang only needs to attend the festival to make people excited.”

In 2nd place is 6 member idol group Beast who are currently preparing for a new album. They took 26% of the votes (140 votes).

2NE1 took 3rd place with 14% (72 votes) while 4Minute came in fourth with 12% (63 votes). Psy and YB took 5th (10%, 55 votes) and 6th place(4%, 20 votes) respectively.

SOURCE: NATE, BEASTCHINA
TRANS: yangting@mybeastyboys

Most Popular Celebrities for the 1st Quarter of 2011

Korea's marketing and research survey institute conducted a survey of popular South Korean entertainers from March 25th to March 31st in 5 popular cities, Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, and Daejeon. A total of 1321 men and women from ages 13 to 65 took part in the survey.

SINGERS DIVISION

Top 10 Male Singers:
1. Lee Seung Gi 14.3%
2. Big Bang 12.9% ★
3. 2PM 10.9%
4. Kim Gun Mo 7.3%
5. Yoon Do Hyun 7.3%
6. 2AM 7.0%
7. Kim Bum Soo 6.1%
8. Jung Yeob 6.0%
9. Beast 5.5%
10. Rain 5.3%

Top 10 Female Singers:
1. SNSD 22.5%
2. IU 21.4%
3. Baek Ji Young 13.3%
4. Lee So Ra 8.3%
5. 2NE1 7.9%
6. Lee Eun Mi 7.7%
7. Baek Jung Hyun 7.1%
8. KARA 6.0%
9. Lee Hyo Ri 5.9%
10. Jang Yoon Jung 4.8%

ACTORS DIVISION
Top 10 Actors:
1. Hyun Bin 30.6%
2. Won Bin 20.6%
3. Jang Dong Gun 14.0%
4. Kang Dong Won 8.2%
5. So Ji Sub 6.9%
6. Jung Woo Sung 5.9%
7. Jang Hyuk 4.8%
8. Lee Seung Gi 4.7%
9. Lee Byung Hyun 4.5%
10. Chun Jung Myun 3.9%

Top 10 Actresses:
1. Kim Tae-hee 18.6%
2. Ha Ji Won 11.7%
3. Shin Min Ah 11.1%
4. Lee Min Jung 10.4%
5. Song Hye Kyo 8.3%
6. Kim Hye Su 6.6%
7. Han Ye Seul 6.1%
8. Kim Hee-ae 5.1%
9. Go So Yeong 4.8%
10. So Ye Jin 4.2%

COMEDIANS DIVISION
Top 10 Male Comedians:
1. Yoo Jae Suk 40.0%
2. Lee Soo Geun 27.7%
3. Kang Ho Dong 27.6%
4. Kim Byung Man 17.6%
5. Park Myung Soo 5.5%
6. Lee Kyung Kyu 4.4%
7. Yoo Se Yun 3.6%
8. Park Yeong Jin 3.0%
9. Jung Hyun Don 2.8%
10. Heo Kyung Hwan 2.6%

Top 10 Female Comedians:
1. Shin Bong Sun 37.5%
2. Park Mi Sun 25.3%
3. Kim Shin Young 18.4%
4. Park Ji Sun 13.7%
5. Lee Kyun Shil 6.6%
6. Jo Hye Ryun 6.6%
7. Kim Young Hee 6.1%
8. Oh Na Mi 4.8%
9. Kim Ji Sun 4.5%
10. Jung Joo Ri 3.4%






Credits: Nate
Translated by aleexnews @ omonatheydidnt

Daesung chosen as the celebrity netizens would like to celebrate Black Day with

On April 14th the celebration of “Black Day” began (Korean tradition where people who are single get together and eat jajangmyun/noodles with black bean sauce) and we’re interested in knowing who people want to spend it with.

Music portal “Bugs” conducted a survey in the theme of “Black Day” asking, “who’s the singer you’d like to eat noodles with alone?“.

From April 5th to April 11th a total of 881 persons voted and with the recently released special edition album with stylish music and fashion, Big Bang’s Daesung received 1st place with 37% of the people’s votes.

Netizens left comments such as, “For Black Day I want to eat noodles together with Daesung oppa“, bringing him to the top spot.

Meanwhile, Big Bang’s Special Edition album has swept various charts and is gaining a lot of popularity. “Love Song” is currently all the way at the top on Bugs TOP50 real-time music chart.

Source: Daum
Translation: Sammi@ibigbang

Jo-kwon, Best Husband On "We Got Married"

Singer Jo-kwon was chosen as the best husband from the popular reality tv show "We Got Married".

A survey was conducted by an online music site, Monkey3, involving 760 participants who answered from March 24th to the 30th. Those surveyed were asked to select the best husband from all of the pretend couples that were featured on the show.

40% (300 people) selected Jo-kwon, who was paired up with Brown Eyed Girls' Ga-in. Viewers of the show loved Jo-kwon for his wit and kid-like innocence. The two became so popular together that there were fans who would beg them to really date in real life.

Second place was Kim Hyun-joon with 24% (181 people). Kim was loved for his awkward yet cute ways with his wife, singer Hwangbo. Jung Yong-hwa, leader of CNBLUE, garnered 16% (124 people) for his make-believe marriage life with Girls Generation member Seo-hyun. The sweet and thoughtful Alex won over 9% of the votes (70 people) when he was featured on the show with Shinae. Nickhun followed with 8% (57 people), who's currently still with the show with f(x)'s Victoria. Lastly, Jung Hyung-don trailed with 4% (31 people), for his short marriage with Saori.

The next upcoming episode of We Got Married will feature Jung Yong-hwa and Seo-hyun's last episode after one year together. Filling in their shoes will be the new Lee Jang-woo and T-ara's Ham Eun-jung couple and the singer Kim Won-joon and broadcaster Park So-hyun couple.

Source: KBS WORLD
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YG Family Concert Is the Most Anticipated Concert in 2010

It seems that the most anticipated concert this year is the "2010 YG FAMILY CONCERT" and it is becoming more and more popular.

Music website Monkey 3 recently held a survey from November 18 to 24 and the theme was, "Which concert this year are you most looking forward to?", the "2010 YG FAMILY CONCERT" got a whooping 30% of the total results with over 266 votes.

The "2010 YG FAMILY CONCERT" is a huge concert with over 3 shows in 2 days from December 4 to 5. It will be held at the Seoul Olympic Stadium and will stage 2NE1, Big bang, Se7en, Psy and Gummy.

A lot are anticipating this concert also because they are anticipating new songs to be performed by Big Bang.

the 2nd wis the "JYP Nation Concert" which too 18% of the votes. This december 24, they will be holding their first JYP Nation concert and will include 2PM, Miss A, Wonder Girls and San-E showing exciting stages for the concert.

3rd place is the Joint concert between Kim Jang Hoon and Psy for their Anniversary concert with 16% of the votes. 4th place is the JYJ Concert in Seoul for their World Wide Tour with 14% of the votes. 5th place came to CNBlue for their "Feel the blue" concert with 11% and 6th place came to 2AM for their first solo concert "Saint O Clock" with 10% of the votes.

Source: newsen
Credits: blueprincess824 @ Dkpopnews.net