Sunday, December 13, 2009

The Wonder Girls



Wonder Girls Biography
Wonder Girls is a five-member girl group produced by Park Jin Young and is currently signed to JYP's label JYP Entertainment (the same agency that used to manage Rain. At their debut, the girls were all teenagers set to become the next big K-pop group. The original five members were So Hee, Ye Eun, Sun Mi, Sun Ye, and Hyun Ah. Their debut was on February 11, 2007.

On July 30th, 2007 Hyun Ah left the group because of a stomach disease. She was replaced by Yoo Bin, the current rapper for Wonder Girls.

Although the Wonder Girls were met with decently good reception at their debut, it wasn't until their single Tell Me was released that they reached superstardom. With their cute dance moves in the Tell Me music video, Korea was hit by Wonder Girls mania.

In 2008, the Wonder Girls released their single, So Hot, which instantly became one of the most popular songs in Korea.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

The Wonder Girls New Album

Wonder Girls mix it up with Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart
Talk of the town
December 10, 2009


The Wonder Girls will release a new album in February with producer and musician Dave Stewart.

Stewart is best known as one half of the band, the Eurythmics. The band had a string of hits in the 1980s including “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” and “Here Comes the Rain Again.”

The Wonder Girls is a Korean pop group and has had No. 1 hits with the songs “Tell Me” and “So Hot.”

Stewart announced his collaboration with the Wonder Girls on Twitter on Saturday (local time) along with a short demo of “Always Without Me,” which will be on the Girls’ new album.

Meanwhile, the Girls were scheduled to appear on the U.S.-based FOX network’s reality show “So You Think You Can Dance” on Dec. 9 (local time).

The Wonder Girls Show





The Wonder Girls are a South Korean Girl Group. Their producer and manager is a singer-songwriter Park Jin Young.The Wonder Girls will give a special performance on the hit reality show “So You Think You Can Dance” Dec. 9.

The Wonder Girls will appear on the hit reality show ``So You Think You Can Dance'' Dec. 9 as guests, according to the girl group's agency JYP Entertainment.

The five-member band, which became the first Korean singers to enter the Billboard Hot 100 in October, will sing their hit number ``Nobody,'' along with Kris Allen, the season eight American Idol winner. Allen will perform his newest single ``Live Like We're Dying.''

``We believe that the opportunity was scheduled because the girls made it on the Billboard charts and also because of their appearance as the opening act of the Jonas Brothers. We hope the girls will be appearing in other famous shows as well,'' the band's agency said.

The girls were introduced as a ``pop sensation'' on the program's Web site, adding that they ``are the striking chord with a young U.S. audience.''

``So You Think You Can Dance'' is aired on Fox and has become one of the most popular television shows in the U.S. Contestants are chosen through auditions, ranging from street to professional dancers. The final 20 make it to the program, and from there, the dancers are assigned different dance styles and partners each week.

There are currently spin-offs in a number of countries, including New Zealand, Ukraine, Turkey, Canada, Germany and Norway.

The Wonder Girls has been active in the U.S. with their catchy song ``Nobody,'' attracting both young and old fans with their cute and easy-to-follow dance moves and lyrics.

The band's number ranked 76th on the October Billboard Hot 100, which was written by its producer JYP, also known as Park Jin-young. The group signed a management contract with the Jonas Group and Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency (CAA) as the band's agency in the U.S.