But, once Psy came out with “Gangnam Style” everyone in school knew about the song and became a little more aware of Kpop even if they weren’t fully interested. I became a fan of Kpop when I heard “Sorry Sorry” by Super Junior in 2011 when I was 11 years old.I thought I was the only one in my school who knew about Kpop since no one I knew had ever mentioned Kpop.
BTS, one of the most popular Kpop group at this moment, was the first Kpop group to perform at the BBMA in 2017 and made Kpop more well known in the American market.Īs you can see, Kpop started around 30 years ago and has grown tremendously. Kpop became widely known because of Psy especially the horse dance in Gangnam Style and further increased the Korean Wave. “Gangnam Style” by Psy was the fastest video to reach 1 billion views on Youtube in 2012. These groups further increased the popularity of Kpop and the Korean Wave into other Asian countries. Super Junior (2005), Big Bang (2005), Kara (2007), SNSD (2007), 2NE1 (2007) are just a few of the groups that debuted after disbandment of the kpop groups in the late 1990s. Many more kpop groups began to debut after TVXQ. At this point, the Korean Wave is aimed at the Asian market so far. They were a hit and became popular in the Japan and China. TVXQ became successfully and increased the awareness for Kpop. TVXQ, a five member group, debuted in 2003 and was another group that was created by SM Entertainment.
In the early 2000s, groups that debuted in the late 1990s began to disband like H.O.T and then came along TVXQ. Kwon Bo-ah also known as BoA, also from SM Entertainment, broke into the Japanese market with her Japanese album in 2002 further increasing the Korean Wave. There was also other Kpop groups along with H.O.T which are S.E.S, SechsKies, Fin.K.L, g.o.d., Shinhwa and etc. H.O.T ventured into the Chinese market with their Chinese album and made Kpop known in China. Korean Wave is the increase of global popularity of Korea’s entertainment in other countries. They are also one of the pioneers of the Hallyu/Korean Wave. In 1996, SM Entertainment created a boy group called H.O.T (Highfive Of Teenagers) and they are one of the first idol groups.
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