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Rainbow

Rainbow is a 7-member South Korean girl group under DSP Entertainment.

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Davichi

Davichi is a South Korean duet female group made up of Lee Hae-ri and Kang Min-kyung. Debuting in 2008, they won various new artist awards, and released a mini-album in March 2009, with the lead single “8282″ fast becoming a chart-topper.

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Lee Seung Gi

Lee Seung Gi is a South Korean singer, actor and MC.

Scouted by singer Lee Sun Hee, Lee Seung Gi was trained for 2 years before debuting on June 5, 2004 at the age of 17. Because You’re My Girl, his debut song from his first album The Dream Of A Moth, was a very popular ballad and created a “liking older women” syndrome in South Korea. With this song, he won the “Best Newcomer” award in various music awards ceremonies in 2004 (such as M.net KM Music Festival, SBS Music Awards and MBC Best 10 Singers Music Festival).

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8Eight

8Eight is a South Korean music trio consisting of Baek Chan, Lee Hyun, and Joo Hee.

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Supernova

Cho Shin Sung, is a South Korean boy band formed under Mnet Media. Its six members specialized in the areas of singing, dance, acting, rap and pop. Since debut, the group gained popularity in South Korea, Japan, Thailand, and other East Asian countries.

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U-Kiss

U-Kiss, an acronym for Ubiquitous Korean International Super Star, is a 7-member South Korean boy band under NH Media. They debuted in 2008 with their single entitled “어리지 않아” (“Not Young“) The group is composed of 7 boys two of whom were former members of group, Xing.

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Brown Eyed Girls

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The Brown Eyed Girls are a South Korean girl group managed by NegaNetwork. The group consists of four members: Jea, Ga-in, Narsha and Miryo. Since debuting in 2006, the group has risen to popularity through a number of hit singles, beginning with 2008′s “L.O.V.E.”

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2PM

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2PM is a South Korean boy band, originally a seven-member group, but currently consisting of six members due to sudden withdrawal of leader Jaebeom following an Internet controversy in September 2009. They are managed by JYP Entertainment. The current members are Junsu, Junho, Nichkhun, Taecyeon, Wooyoung and Chansung. 2PM is one of the two subgroups branched out from the eleven-member (before Jaebeom’s departure) boy band One Day, the other being 2AM. They debuted with the song “10 Jeom Manjeome 10 Jeom” (10점 만점에 10점, lit. 10 Points Out of 10 Points), which showcased their acrobatic and b-boy dance styles. They achieved their first #1 song with “Again & Again”.

The members of 2PM all auditioned (except Nichkhun, who was scouted) to become part of JYP Entertainment, to which the Wonder Girls also belong. Some members held their auditions in other countries; for example, Park Jaebeom auditioned in the United States. Other members already had experience in the entertainment industry prior to their acceptance into JYP Entertainment, such as Kim Junsu, who had won various singing competitions, and Ok Taecyeon, Lee Junho and Hwang Chansung, who had participated in the show ‘SuperStar Survival’.

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Kim Tae Woo

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Kim, Tae-Woo is a K-pop singer, originally the lead singer of popular boy band g.o.d.. Kim was born in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, the third in a family of one son and two daughters. He attended Kyunghee University in the Post Modern Music Department.

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Yesung

Yesung 01Kim Jong-woon (born August 24, 1984), better known by his stage name Yesung, is a Korean pop singer and occasional actor. He is one of the three lead vocalists of the super boy band Super Junior. He was once a radio host for his own radio program, M.I.R.A.C.L.E for You, which ended its broadcast in September 2007. His stage name Yesung (Hanja: 藝聲) is translated to “art-like voice” and is derived from the phrase “예술가의 성대”, meaning “vocal chords of an artist.”

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