[Cyworld] Leeteuk Cyworld Update
[Info] 2009 Soompi Gayo Awards Show
There are 3 new awards added this year:
1. Chart Champion Award - given to the one artist who scores the most accumulated points on our weekly music charts in 2009. This is similar to the Dae Sang award in the past or "artist of the year" many shows are calling it now, and is considered very prestigious. All artists, including rookies, are eligible for this award.
2. Best mixed group - there aren't too many mixed groups in Korea now but they should be recognized as well. Like the other artist award categories, there will be 3 awards (gold, silver, bronze) to be presented.
3. Best male-female duets or collaborations - co-ed collaborations have become an increasingly popular trend in today's k-pop music. Unlike the mixed groups, these songs are considered one-off collaborations between artists. One award will be presented.
Voting - Like last year, we’ll announce the top 10 singers of 2009 at the end of the awards show, and you will be voting for this award from a pool of 25 singers. Your vote will count 40% (more details from below) this year. We used to incorporate album sales into consideration. However, album sales figures are no longer readily accessible by the general public now. So we are going to increase the fan voting score. All other awards are based solely on our soompi weekly music chart scores.
Top 10 singers: We select 25 singers (names in alphabetical order) who have been in the music industry for more than 1 year. Newcomers don’t qualify for this award. These 25 singers received the highest scores combined on our weekly music chart in 2009. After adding your votes, 10 of them will become our top 10 singers of 2009:
| 2PM 8Eight Baek Ji Young Big Bang Bobby Kim | Brown Eyed Girls Davichi FT Island IU K Will | Kara Kim Tae Woo Lee Seung Chul Lee Seung Ki Lee Ssang | MC Mong Outsider Park Hyo Shin SG Wannabe SHINee | SNSD Son Dam Bi SS501 Super Junior Wheesung |
The calculation method of the Top 10 singers is as follows:
60% from our weekly music chart scores, adjusted for competition, seasonal, and positional factors. (Note: Collaboration song scores will be divided equally between participating artists.)
Competition: The total scores of all 50 songs added up for each week, compared to average score (over 51 weeks) in 2009. The weeks with above average scores mean that the songs in that week are facing stronger competition, and thus are "rewarded" with an adjustment factor to which it is above the average score. Likewise, songs appearing in a week that is under average are "penalized" with an adjustment factor to which it is under the average score.
Seasonal: Albums and songs released towards the end of the year are weighted higher than the beginning of the year because more popular singers and important albums are usually released in the second half of the year. We are using an increment of 0.01 each week, starting from January week 1 with a factor of 0.75. July week 1 is the mid-year point and the factor is 1. December week 3 is our last week and the factor is 1.25.
Position factor: To reward songs that rank higher in the chart, I assign a weight for each song each week. Even though our weekly chart has 50 songs, the focus is still on the top 20 songs. As a result, songs from No. 1 to No. 20 will receive a considerably higher factor than songs from No. 21 to No. 50 each week, as follows:
| 1 - 1.000 2 - 0.965 3 - 0.930 4 - 0.895 5 - 0.860 6 - 0.825 7 - 0.790 8 - 0.755 9 - 0.720 10 - 0.685 | 11 - 0.650 12 - 0.615 13 - 0.580 14 - 0.545 15 - 0.510 16 - 0.475 17 - 0.440 18 - 0.405 19 - 0.370 20 - 0.335 | 21 - 0.300 22 - 0.290 23 - 0.280 24 - 0.270 25 - 0.260 26 - 0.250 27 - 0.240 28 - 0.230 29 - 0.220 30 - 0.210 | 31 - 0.200 32 - 0.190 33 - 0.180 34 - 0.170 35 - 0.160 36 - 0.150 37 - 0.140 38 - 0.130 39 - 0.120 40 - 0.110 | 41 - 0.100 42 - 0.090 43 - 0.080 44 - 0.070 45 - 0.060 46 - 0.050 47 - 0.040 48 - 0.030 49 - 0.020 50 - 0.010 |
40% from fan voting – that’s where your vote comes in, so get on it! [vote here]
You can make a difference! Be sure to vote for your favorite singers or who you think deserves to win the Top 10 singers award. Like last year, each member can vote for 3 singers. Your first choice will receive 5 points, 2nd choice 3 points, and 3rd choice 1 point. Each member can only vote once, and you cannot repeat your choice. Should we discover any foul play, we reserve the right to abandon the results of the voting. The deadline of the voting is December 27, 11:59pm EST.
Because our weekly music charts use sources from all major music charts in Korea (Air Monitor Chart, MNet M!Countdown, Hottracks weekly sales, Chart Korea, SBS Inki Gayo Take 7 plus its internet ranking, MBC weekly singles chart, KBS Music Bank K-Chart, MTV Korea weekly gayo chart, various internet charts, and also gasoo appearances on gayo shows), we expect to get an accurate result for our awards.
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[News] Kim Tae Hee: ‘I wasn’t given the role of Seung Hee at first..’
''At first, I was offered the role of Sung Hwa (the N.Korean Spy). I felt that it didn’t match with me, so I rejected it. In the end, I was given a more suitable role (laughs)''
wGo under the cut to find out more!
[News] Mir almost got married?
On the upcoming episode of SBS variety show, "Quiz! Sixth Sense Battle", Mir (MBLAQ) revealed a shocking incident in which he was just a few signatures away from getting married.
During a discussion about dating, Mir said, "I have received real marriage documents before."
He added, "A fan came up to me and asked me to marry her. I did not take her seriously, and jokingly replied 'okay'. Next time I saw her, she brought marriage documents with her parent's confirmation on it and asked me to confirm it as well."
So how close was he to marrying that fan? He said, "If my parents and I signed the papers, it would have been a real marriage. Eventually, I persuaded the fan and escaped the uncomfortable situation."
credits: Marie@mblaqpower.ipbfree
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[News] SS501 Kim HyunJoong will endorse “Basic House” for 2010!

SS501 Kim HyunJoong is selected as the new male model for casual brand “Basic House” replacing actor Hyunbin for their 2010 Campaign together with current female model Yoon EunHye.
More details under the cut!
SS501 leader Kim HyunJoong is chosen as the new exclusive male model for casual brand “Basic House”.
Basic House representative, “SS501 Leader/actor Kim HyunJoong is being selected as our new model. Kim HyunJoong will be active as the new male model along with our female model Yoon EunHye for the next 1 year, do look forward to it.”
Basic House,” Kim HyunJoong has the quality to be a fashion model and he’s popular among all ages so he will definitely appeal to our large consumers market. “
In addition, Kim HyunJoong and Yoon EunHye Basic House pictorial is set to be released in early 2010.
* Source : 천경진 idsoft3@reviewstar
* Translated by : marinastory
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[News] Fake’ Big Bang group? “They are just a group under Korean style of training”

After discussion of overseas ‘fake’ or parody groups following Korean girlgroups like So Nyeo Shi Dae and 2NE1 posted up recently online, another overseas group has caught the attention of netizens – and they are called the ‘fake’ Big Bang group.
The members of this group, Ok-Bang, are seen in similiar concept with that of Big Bang and they are now one of the hot issues in China.
With such Chinese idol groups so similar to that of Korean idol groups, what is the public opinion?
Following this, according to those posted up by the Chinese media, the opinions have been positive. Chinese media are quoted saying, “It seems that the Chinese music industry has adopted the training system which the Korean music industry is using. For the case of Ok-Bang, they received training like that of the Koreans. The group’s management company in Beijing has hired Korean trainers. With that, they are equipped with similar skills in terms of vocal training and choreography.”
But as for the netizens, their opinions are however not as positive. There were some Chinese netizens who welcomed this new generation of idols while there were some who said, “Ok-Bang is like the fake version of Big Bang” etc.
Meanwhile, as for the domestic netizens, the topic about Ok-Bang has been said to be more of an entertainment rather than blame topic.
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