JANUARY 18, 2011 TUESDAY: 20th High1 Seoul Music Awards

The ‘20th High1 Seoul Music Awards‘ is drawing nearer and popular voting among fans through mobile phones and ARS is heating up.

The award ceremony will be taking place at Kyunghee University in Hoegi-dong, Seoul on January 20th. Based on the voting results updated on January 18th at 12.20pm KST, BEAST and Super Junior are leading the ‘Bonsang Category’ with 30.5% and 20.6% respectively. SNSD came in 3rd with 10.9%.

In the ‘Popularity Award Category’, SHINee obtained 31% from the fan-voting exercise to take a slight lead over Super Junior who came in 2nd with 28,8%. SNSD are following closely with 27.4%.

’20th High1 Seoul Music Awards’ will be broadcast LIVE on Cable TV channel, y★star and Comedy TV from 7pm KST to 10pm KST on January 20th.

Credit: nate.com/seoulmusicawards.com

JANUARY 7, 2011 FRIDAY: SERBIAN SINGER PLAGIARIZED SHINEE’S LUCIFER?

It has been apparent that a Serbian singer who goes by the name of Jelena Karleusa has just released a song called “Muskarac koji mrzi zene”, which sounds exactly like SHINee’s Lucifer.

Many fans have showed their disappointment that Jelena Karleusa’s song sounds exactly like SHINee’s Lucifer, however SM Entertainment has yet released an official statement regarding the matter.

Jelena Karleusa - Muskarac koji mrzi zene 2011 + tekst

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAxkUPDktv4&feature=player_embedded

JANUARY 7, 2011 FRIDAY: 2010 BEST SELLING ALBUMS

Daum released the official album sales list of 2010. SNSD and Super Junior topped the chart, followed by SHINee and JYJ, with a surprising appearance of TVXQ. Without further ado, here are the best selling artists of 2010 and the number of albums they sold:

ALL
1. SNSD 312,000
2. Super Junior 263,000
3. SHINee 155,000
4. JYJ 128,000
5. BEAST 112,000
6. 2PM 107,000
7. 2AM 96,000
8. 2NE1 64,000
9. BoA 63,000
10. Kara 54,000

Male
1. Super Junior 263,000
2. SHINee 155,000
3. JYJ 128,000
4. BEAST 112,000
5. 2PM 107,000
6. 2AM 96,000
7. SS501 49,000
8. CN Blue 44,000
9. Brown Eyed Soul 43,000
10. TVXQ 40,000

Female
1. SNSD 312,000
2. 2NE1 64,000
3. Kara 54,000
4. T-ara 26,000
5. f(x) 17,000

Source: karaholic and Daum

Did your favorite artists make it to the lists?

JANUARY 7, 2011 FRIDAY: List of Celebrities that attended SHINee's 1st Concert in Seoul

1st January:

Lee Soo Man, Kim Young Min, Super Junior (Kyuhyun and Donghae), SNSD (Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Yoona etc), F(x) (Victoria, Luna, Sulli, Krystal), Go Ara, B2ST (Dongwoon, Yoseob, Doojoon), Lee Seok Jin, Park Jisun, Jung Yonghwa,

2nd January:

Shim Jaewon, Trax, Super Junior (Shiwon), SNSD (Jessica, Sooyoung), F(x) (Amber, Krystal), Jino and etc, Jung Yoogeun, Ssamdi, FT Island, Kara (Goo hara, Nicole, Han Seungyeon), Wonder Girls (YeEun), Miss A (Jia), 2PM (Nichkhun, Junho), Wheesung, Narsha

Credit: Shineeshawols@soompi

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JANUARY 5, 2011 WEDNESDAY: SHINee Makes A Surprise Appearance on Athena

SHINee‘s Onew and Taemin has made a cameo appearance in Athena Goddess of War, which stars BoA.

Their appearance was also in support of BoA!

110103 Ontae Athena Cameo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0KCD3zCsCY&feature=player_embedded

JANUARY 4, 2011 TUESDAY: After Opening, SHINee's Japanese Site Cashes!

It looks like Japan has already converted to SHINee-ism.

With the opening of their Japanese site, SHINee‘s website has crashed due to the amount of site visitors. If this isn’t proof that SHINee is a huge thing in Japan, I don’t know what is!

With their successful concert on the 26th of December at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, with a total of twenty four thousand fans present. The five membered boy band has also stated that they will be working under EMI Music Japan to reach out to their Japanese fans.

Due to the twenty thousand fans that tried to get a hold of the site. The site which opened at 8PM just simply crashed, this prevented fans an access for the site for two whole days.

JANUARY 4, 2011 TUESDAY: SHINee's Australian Concert is Strictly Private!

As we have shared with you last week, SHINee will be coming to the great land of down under as part of the Australian – Korean Friendship Concert 2011.

Well, to many disappointment, only lucky Australian Shawols with an invitation are able to attend this wonderful, lifetime opportunity.

Arirang TV and The M Wave will be picking out 100 people, who took the survey and give them two tickets to watch the concert. Although the hall is said to be able to fit 2000 people, the special occasion will be filled with sponsors and institutions.

The news have disappointed many Aussie Shawols (including us!), since this could’ve been our only chance to see them live! Let’s hope JK Entertainment get back to hellokpop‘s email soon!

JANUARY 3, 2011 MONDAY: We Have A "SHINee" Year Ahead of Us

Like many K-Pop artists, such as Big Bang, SNSD, Kim Hyun Joong, MBLAQ and many more,SHINee has also decided to make an appearance on their very own 2011 calendar.

What better way to spend the year, than to have these boys on your calendar, right?

So get your hands on it right away!

Behind The Scenes – SHINee 2011 Calendar

SHINee 2011 Calendar – Promotional Video

JANUARY 3, 2011 MONDAY: SHINee Jonghyun's Girlfriend Shin Se Kyung Absent from their First Concert

Actress Shin Se Kyung was absent from SHINee’s first concert.

For 2 days, January 1st and 2nd, SHINee holds their first solo concert in Seoul Olympic Stadium called The 1st CONCERT-SHINee WORLD.

Fans were anticipating Shin Se Kyung’s attendance in this concert, as it was revealed that she was going out with SHINee’s Jonghyun.

SM Entertainment had said that the reason she was absent was because of filming. However, her absence still gained a lot of attention considering how important a first concert is for singers.

On the other hand, 2 years and 7 months after debut, SHINee’s first solo concert has an audience of 20,000 people combined.

Because of Jonghyun’s leg injury, a Chinese trainee Issing performed some of his parts.  Jonghyun stated, “It feels good to be able to greet the new year with my fans.  This year seems to have started off well.”

Source: Sports Donga + Newsen

Trans: Jocelin @ Hellokpop

JANUARY 3, 2011 MONDAY: SHINee names Jonghyun as "KING OF TEARS"

After their overly successful Seoul concert on the 1st of January, SHINee held a press conference. During the press conference the SHINee members were asked who was the “King of Tears” amongst them.

Jonghyun spoke and and chose Onew and Key stating that they had alot of feelings.

In an instant the other members all disagreed and stated that Jonghyun was the “King of Tears” in the group. Throughout the journey that SHINee has endured, Jonghyun was always the one that has cried buckets full of tears.

Lets take a look at Jonghyun’s crying marathon.

Jonghyun crying at SHINee acceptance speech

Jonghyun crying at Music Bank 2009

Jonghyun crying at First Solo Seoul Concert

Don’t worry Jonghyun, we all know only real men cry!