IBP Asian Gossips

Xiao S’s question to the Wonder Girls gone too far?

Korean Group, Wonder Girls, took off from Taiwan with lots of gift from fans and 20 boxes of pineapple cakes from Taiwan, but the topic about Xiao S’s question still goes on. Korean media states that her question was too rash, some fans even say that she’s sexually harassing them. There was more than 30 related news posted on Korean news . With 2 members at only 18 years old, asking a sexually...

Wondergirls Top Taiwan and Hong Kong’s Music Charts

After becoming the first Korean artist/group to make it onto the Billboard Charts with their hit “Nobody”, the Wondergirls are showing no signs of slowing down by dominating the music charts in Taiwan and Hong Kong. After releasing their “Taiwan Special” album in Taiwan last February 10th, they quickly shot to number one on several of the major online and offline music...

Wonder Girls Target Chinese Market with ‘Nobody’

Korea’s leading girl group the Wonder Girls recently released their single “Nobody” in the Chinese-speaking world. The song ranked at the top of the J-Pop/K-Pop chart at music website KKBOX, a leading music portal for the greater Chinese market. It also topped Taiwan’s mobile music charts including those of three major Taiwanese mobile operators — Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan...

Korean musicians struggle with U.S. success

It is so difficult for Asian singers to break into the American market that success in the U.S. is a feat often compared to “the first human landing on the moon,” according to American pop columnist Joseph Young. Singers that are ultrafamous in Asia, such as BoA, Rain and Se7en, each of whom earn more than a medium-sized Korean company, have proven that upon entering the U.S. market, their appeal...

Wonder Girls push back U.S. activities

K-pop girl band Wonder Girls have temporarily halted their activities in the United States following the replacement of member Mimi who will leave the group at the end of this month. According to the girls’ agency JYP Entertainment, their U.S. tour and the release of their first full-length album in the country has been delayed. Both had been set to take place in late February. JYP has yet to...