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but why do they do shows and music about them only in midnight? seems as no one would be really awake by then.
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It's extremely popular. If you watch a channel like Space Shower, you will see that they are constantly showing K-pop. What channels are you watching?
Edit: Thumb me down twice, eh? Come on, around last year at this time it was impossible to turn on the TV without seeing KARA shake their asses. I know Japanese who are obsessed with that Tohoshinki crap. K-pop groups are constantly performing on Japanese music shows. In fact, "BIG BANG" performed on MUSIC STATION just last night. How can you tell me that K-pop isn't popular in Japan? I know a thing or two about music in Japan and have watched the invasion of K-pop. It's everywhere.
Okay then. Let's take a trip over to the Oricon rankings.
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2012-08-23/more/1/
Hey, look! Number one for the daily single ranking is Super Junior. A few places down is BOYFRIEND. That's 2 K-pop groups already in the top 5. How can you dispute this? If K-pop isn't popular in Japan why would this stuff have high rankings on the Japanese Oricon charts? Why would anyone continue to heavily promote crap for so long if no one actually liked it?
And I'd like to note that I'm not trying to defend K-pop. I wish it would go away forever and take all of its idiotic, brainless fans with it. (Let's see how much more thumbs down I get for that one.) I am simply stating an unfortunate fact.
Another edit: @Ittoku: Having 2 groups in the top 25 of the yearly single ranking is "extremely popular" in my book. I guess you have a different definition of "popular". I don't do conspiracy theories, but that article you pasted is about the Korean SBS Inkigayo program and is pretty much irrelevant to your argument. There is no proof that the same practice goes on in the Japanese market and manipulates the rankings of Oricon. You can continue to deny that K-pop is popular in Japan out of being embarrassed of this type of music (I don't blame you), but it's pretty much like if I told you that "Justin Bieber isn't popular in America. He is just heavily promoted", which is obviously untrue and ridiculous.
"On August 18 and 19, JYP held their 'JYP NATION in Japan 2012' concert with a total of 3 performances and 36,000 fans.
Tickets sold out for this event within the first 10 seconds ticket sales began. The concert was filled with fans for every performance."
K-pop isn't popular in Japan, huh?
Did you even look at that list you posted? AKB48 appears 5 freakin' times. It's a "single ranking", not artist ranking. Take out 4 of those AKB48 singles and Tohoshinki nears the top ten; proving my point even further.
Let me give you an example. On the yearly single ranking for 2011, BUMP OF CHICKEN appears at 24. BUMP OF CHICKEN is one of the most popular rock bands in Japan. If you ask any Japanese if they have heard of BUMP OF CHICKEN, they will almost definitely tell you "yes" unless they have been living in a cave for the past 10 years. To me, this means that they are an "extremely popular" band in Japan.
But wait... they are only number 24! I guess that means they aren't so popular after all...right? You see how your logic is completely ridiculous? I guess by using your logic, AKB48 is the only extremely popular music in Japan.
@thecheapest902, my comments were directed at the other guy, not you. I respect your opinion. But I don't think it is an opinion that K-pop is popular in Japan... it is a fact. I have seen many advertisements for K-pop groups while traveling on trains in Japan. Also, segments with K-pop groups are shown often on the morning news. I think I wouldn't see these type of things if K-pop was not popular. Furthermore, K-pop is very popular with younger people. I don't know your age, but maybe the people around you are older. I know many Japanese (in Japan) who love K-pop very much. I like to watch the channel "Space Shower TV", but nowadays they show too much K-pop. Maybe I see things differently than you since I watch more TV, but K-pop does seem very popular. I just think it's strange that someone would tell me that it is not popular in Japan when it obviously is. I'm not a fan at all. If the popularity is declining, well hey, I think that's great.
It's extremely popular. If you watch a channel like Space Shower, you will see that they are constantly showing K-pop. What channels are you watching?
Edit: Thumb me down twice, eh? Come on, around last year at this time it was impossible to turn on the TV without seeing KARA shake their asses. I know Japanese who are obsessed with that Tohoshinki crap. K-pop groups are constantly performing on Japanese music shows. In fact, "BIG BANG" performed on MUSIC STATION just last night. How can you tell me that K-pop isn't popular in Japan? I know a thing or two about music in Japan and have watched the invasion of K-pop. It's everywhere.
Okay then. Let's take a trip over to the Oricon rankings.
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/2012-08-23/more/1/
Hey, look! Number one for the daily single ranking is Super Junior. A few places down is BOYFRIEND. That's 2 K-pop groups already in the top 5. How can you dispute this? If K-pop isn't popular in Japan why would this stuff have high rankings on the Japanese Oricon charts? Why would anyone continue to heavily promote crap for so long if no one actually liked it?
And I'd like to note that I'm not trying to defend K-pop. I wish it would go away forever and take all of its idiotic, brainless fans with it. (Let's see how much more thumbs down I get for that one.) I am simply stating an unfortunate fact.
Another edit: @Ittoku: Having 2 groups in the top 25 of the yearly single ranking is "extremely popular" in my book. I guess you have a different definition of "popular". I don't do conspiracy theories, but that article you pasted is about the Korean SBS Inkigayo program and is pretty much irrelevant to your argument. There is no proof that the same practice goes on in the Japanese market and manipulates the rankings of Oricon. You can continue to deny that K-pop is popular in Japan out of being embarrassed of this type of music (I don't blame you), but it's pretty much like if I told you that "Justin Bieber isn't popular in America. He is just heavily promoted", which is obviously untrue and ridiculous.
"On August 18 and 19, JYP held their 'JYP NATION in Japan 2012' concert with a total of 3 performances and 36,000 fans.
Tickets sold out for this event within the first 10 seconds ticket sales began. The concert was filled with fans for every performance."
K-pop isn't popular in Japan, huh?
Did you even look at that list you posted? AKB48 appears 5 freakin' times. It's a "single ranking", not artist ranking. Take out 4 of those AKB48 singles and Tohoshinki nears the top ten; proving my point even further.
Let me give you an example. On the yearly single ranking for 2011, BUMP OF CHICKEN appears at 24. BUMP OF CHICKEN is one of the most popular rock bands in Japan. If you ask any Japanese if they have heard of BUMP OF CHICKEN, they will almost definitely tell you "yes" unless they have been living in a cave for the past 10 years. To me, this means that they are an "extremely popular" band in Japan.
But wait... they are only number 24! I guess that means they aren't so popular after all...right? You see how your logic is completely ridiculous? I guess by using your logic, AKB48 is the only extremely popular music in Japan.
@thecheapest902, my comments were directed at the other guy, not you. I respect your opinion. But I don't think it is an opinion that K-pop is popular in Japan... it is a fact. I have seen many advertisements for K-pop groups while traveling on trains in Japan. Also, segments with K-pop groups are shown often on the morning news. I think I wouldn't see these type of things if K-pop was not popular. Furthermore, K-pop is very popular with younger people. I don't know your age, but maybe the people around you are older. I know many Japanese (in Japan) who love K-pop very much. I like to watch the channel "Space Shower TV", but nowadays they show too much K-pop. Maybe I see things differently than you since I watch more TV, but K-pop does seem very popular. I just think it's strange that someone would tell me that it is not popular in Japan when it obviously is. I'm not a fan at all. If the popularity is declining, well hey, I think that's great.
what are some big events of 2012?
Hitomi
I am trying to summarize 2012, however the only things I can remember is recent stuff. such as (not in order)
gangnam style reaches 1 billion views
election 2012/Obama reelected
hostess bankruptcy
hurricane sandy
sandy hook shooting
mars mission/landing
and that's all I can remember
can anyone list any important events, any records broken, any famous person that died or just became popular, any fashion trends, or anything everyone now knows about/knows the name of.
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Well that's a pretty good list, though I would argue about the news-worthiness of Gangnam Style...
There was also the Kony2012 controversy, the shooting at the movie theater, the fiscal cliff, to name a few others.
Well that's a pretty good list, though I would argue about the news-worthiness of Gangnam Style...
There was also the Kony2012 controversy, the shooting at the movie theater, the fiscal cliff, to name a few others.
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