Many people see the music industry as something you achieve on your own; starting from the bottom, up. That’s how many Americans do it anyways, but foreign countries do it differently.
People talk about N SYNC and the Backstreet Boys being formed by companies and not by knowledge of the other members before that. Some people criticize companies for that, and say it’s not right or it’s not the “American” way. South Korea’s music industry has kids audition and enter training camps to be able to become a trainee under different music companies. What those citizens don’t realize is Kpop has become a widely popular topic and countless Americans listen to it.
I asked Matthew Bowen what he thought of Kpop and what he thought about the video of Girls Generation I Got A Boy. Matthew said “I can see why people may like it, but I don’t. The girls need to put on some clothes. There were a lot of them in there too.” Girls Generation is one of the most popular girl groups known in the U.S. and in South Korea. They have been shown on The Late Show with David Letterman. Kpop has been taking over the U.S. foreign music billboard by storm. …show more content…
Never once did they think in the beginning that there would be a different country's pop music coming here. In a chart showing popular music categories in November 2010 American pop music was at 31 while Kpop was at 19. Then Kpop's popularity skyrocketed over the past few years. Now Kpop has become more popular than regular pop music taking the lead at 100 to 30. There were 87 new groups and solo artists debuting just last year. Famous male groups and solo artists are TVXQ also known as the "King of Pop" debuted in 2003 and is still up high on the charts along with Psy aka "King of Youtube" debuting in
People talk about N SYNC and the Backstreet Boys being formed by companies and not by knowledge of the other members before that. Some people criticize companies for that, and say it’s not right or it’s not the “American” way. South Korea’s music industry has kids audition and enter training camps to be able to become a trainee under different music companies. What those citizens don’t realize is Kpop has become a widely popular topic and countless Americans listen to it.
I asked Matthew Bowen what he thought of Kpop and what he thought about the video of Girls Generation I Got A Boy. Matthew said “I can see why people may like it, but I don’t. The girls need to put on some clothes. There were a lot of them in there too.” Girls Generation is one of the most popular girl groups known in the U.S. and in South Korea. They have been shown on The Late Show with David Letterman. Kpop has been taking over the U.S. foreign music billboard by storm. …show more content…
Never once did they think in the beginning that there would be a different country's pop music coming here. In a chart showing popular music categories in November 2010 American pop music was at 31 while Kpop was at 19. Then Kpop's popularity skyrocketed over the past few years. Now Kpop has become more popular than regular pop music taking the lead at 100 to 30. There were 87 new groups and solo artists debuting just last year. Famous male groups and solo artists are TVXQ also known as the "King of Pop" debuted in 2003 and is still up high on the charts along with Psy aka "King of Youtube" debuting in