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Korean pop the next big thing?

By on February 26, 2011

The five-piece Korean boy group, Big Bang, have shocked music industry experts by landing a top 10 album on US iTunes.

Korean pop – or K-Pop as it’s now commonly referred to – has become one of the hottest genres in music with articles about the growing phenomenon appearing in Billboard magazine and MTV online.

This has led to a number of K-Pop acts trying their luck in America – from Wonder Girls to BoA – but so far with little success.

That is until the release of Big Bang’s latest mini-album Tonight.

It becomes the first K-Pop album to reach the top 10 on US iTunes and is the only non-English language album in the top 100.

If the genre’s popularity keeps growing at this rate, it’s only a matter of time until the K-Pop wave reaches Australia.

Check out a 40 second preview of Tonight below.

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5 Comments

  1. Aussie K-Pop Fan

    February 26, 2011 at 1:33 pm


    I already bought my copy on Australian iTunes!

    K-Pop is incredible!

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  4. yourface

    April 28, 2011 at 10:37 pm


    If only they’d come conquer America. /daydream

  5. Lucy

    August 3, 2011 at 10:51 pm


    baby, i’ve already been affected by the k-pop wave in australia. SUJU HWAITING!

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