2NE1 Performances in 2012 MBC Gayo Daejaejun Award!

It’s New Year’s in Korea, and what better way to send off 2012 than with a livey music show with this year’s top artists!

The MCs for tonight’s “2012 MBC Gayo Daejaejun” was MBLAQ‘s Lee Joon, Girls‘ Generation Seohyun, Boom and Lee Hwi Jae.

Artists were divided into two teams, Blue & White, and throughout the show, viewers cast their votes through text messages for their favorite team. It was White Team who was revealed to be the winner at the end!

White Team: EXO-K, INFINITE, Big Bang, TVXQ, B2ST, B.A.P, SECRET, After School, MBLAQ, Girl’s Day, Son Dam Bi, KARA f(x), Jo Kwon and Kwanghee.

Blue Team: BTOB, B1A4, 2NE1, Super Junior, SHINee, TEEN TOP, T-ara, Sunwha, Epik High, SISTAR A Pink, Lee Hi, and Ga In.

Watch their performance below!

Epik High feat Park Bom - Don't Hate Me + Up

2NE1 & Special Appearance by Lee Hi

Big Bang + Special Appearances by 2NE1, Lee Hi, & Epik High Credits: Allkpop

2NE1's Performance in '2012 SBS Gayo Daejun'!

It’s just about that time as the year comes to a close, and Korea’s hottest broadcasting stations hold their year-end ceremonies to celebrate. This time around, SBS aired its annual ‘2012 SBS Gayo Daejun‘.

The MCs for tonight’s show were miss A’s Suzy, IU, and actor Jung Gyu Woon!

Performances from tonight included: SECRET, B.A.P, Super Junior, TVXQ, Lee Hi, Epik High, 2NE1, Big Bang, Ailee, Sung Si Kyung, 2AM, MBLAQ, INFINITE, Teen Top, B2ST, SISTAR, 4minute, KARA, After School, GLAM, EXO, Ga In, f(x), SHINee, miss A, Kim Wan Sun, Kim Won Jun, FTISLAND, and CNBLUE. 

Check their performance below!

CL and Sung Si Kyung's collaboration

I Love You

Credits: Allkpop

The New York Times: The Best Concerts of 2012!

A concert is always more than just a rendering of songs. It’s a musical revamp, a real-time test, a spectacle, a pop-up community, perhaps a dance party or an incipient riot — and, even in the YouTube era, an ephemeral, site-specific experience. Here the pop and jazz critics of The New York Times recall some of their favorite live events of 2012, in order of importance.

JAY-Z

2NE1 Aug. 17, and BIGBANG Nov. 8, both at Prudential Center, Newark. This was the year K-pop arrived — not in the form of “Gangnam Style,” which was everywhere and yet completely evanescent — but in these arena shows, which were full of thousands of young, paying fans eager to see the girls of 2NE1 and the boys of BigBang, groups with zero American hits between them, but rabid American followings all the same.  

DISCLOSURE Glasslands Gallery

ODD FUTURE Hammerstein Ballroom 

DMX S.O.B.’s

MIGUEL Bowery Ballroom 

2 CHAINZ, S.O.B.’s

ERIC CHURCH Hammerstein Ballroom 

NICKI MINAJ Chicago Theater 

DRAKE PNC Bank Arts Center

Source: NYTimes

MelOn's 2012 Year-end Charts!

MelOn, one of Korea's top music sites, has released their year-end music charts for 2012. 

Here are the results:

Overall Chart
#1 Psy - Gangnam Style
#2 Sistar - Alone
#3 Busker Busker - Cherry Blossom Ending
#4 Sistar - Loving U
#5 Big Bang - Fantastic Baby
#6 2NE1 - I Love You
#7 Busker Busker - If You Really Love Me
#8 Ailee - Heaven
#9 Seo in Guk & Eunji - All For You
#10 Busker Busker - First Love
#11 IU - Every End Of Day
#12 T-ara - Lovey Dovey
#13 Taetiseo - Twinkle
#14 Huh Gak - The Person Who Once Loved Me
#15 Naul - Memories of the Wind
#16 Busker Busker - Yeosu Night Sea
#17 Big Bang - Monster
#18 Big Bang - Blue
#19 Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
#20 Huh Gak, Jia - I Need You
#21 Baek Ji Young - Voice
#22 Wonder Girls - Like This
#23 IU - You And I
#24 Lee Jong Hyun - My Love
#25 Lyn - Back In Time
#26 Verbal Jint - You Are Pretty Enough
#27 K-Will - Please Don't
#28 Lee Hyun - My Heartache
#29 T-ara - Day by Day
#30 Psy - What Could Have Been
#31 10cm - Sorrow
#32 f(x) - Electric Shock
#33 Psy - Hot Goodbye
#34 Juniel - Illa Illa
#35 Lee Hi - 1,2,3,4
#36 Roy Kim, Jung Joon Young - Become Dust
#37 Ailee - I Will Show You
#38 Busker Busker - It's Hard To Face You
#39 G-Dragon - Crayon
#40 Hyuna, Hyunseung - Trouble Maker
#41 Gain - Bloom
#42 Busker Busker - The Flowers
#43 BoA - Only One
#44 Orange Caramel - Lipstick
#45 Ulala Session - Beautiful Night
#46 Huh Gak - One Person
#47 10cm - Good Morning
#48 Maroon 5 - Payphone
#49 Dynamic Duo - Without You
#50 G-Dragon - Missing You
Streaming Chart
#1 Psy - Gangnam Style
#2 Sistar - Alone
#3 Sistar - Loving U
#4 Busker Busker - Cherry Blossom Ending
#5 2NE1 - I Love You
#6 Big Bang - Fantastic Baby
#7 Busker Busker - If You Really Love Me
#8 Seo in Guk & Eunji - All For You
#9 Ailee - Heaven
#10 Naul - Wind Memories
Download Chart
#1 Busker Busker - Cherry Blossom Ending
#2 Sistar - Alone
#3 Big Bang - Fantastic Baby
#4 T-ara - Lovey Dovey
#5 Ailee - Heaven
#6 Psy - Gangnam Style
#7 Big Bang - Blue
#8 Lyn - Back in Time
#9 IU - Every End of the Day
#10 Busker Busker - First Love
Album Chart
#1 Busker Busker - Busker Busker 1st Album
#2 Psy - PSY6 (Six Rules) Part 1
#3 Big Bang - Alive
#4 G-Dragon - One of a Kind
#5 Busker Busker - 1st Wrap Up Album
#6 Big Bang - Still Alive
#7 Naul - Principle of my Soul
#8 Various Artists - Superstar K4 Top 12 Part 1
#9 Primary - Primary and the Messengers LP
#10 Epik High - 99

Source: MelOn

A Surprise YG Family Show for MBC Gayo Daejun!

It will be the first time since 2008 that YG Artists will grace the stage as a family unit for the Gayo Daejun. The confirmation of attendance of these YG artists minus PSY who is busy with US activities adds more meaning to the event.

Big Bang, 2NE1, Epik High, and Lee Hi are the major players that have helped establish YG syndrome from the beginning of the year with their continuous streaks of all kills and number one spots on the music charts. Top idol group Big Bang, who has been busy with their global tour has been unable to appear on programs for some time. The announcement of their appearance has peaked the interest in many fans for the Gayo Daejun show.

Also, the MBC is planning to offer a block of their show for a joint stage of YG family groups Big Bang and 2NE1. These stages are expected to carry the famous YG Family concert feel which will surely attract viewers.

In addition, viewers can look forward to a performance by Lee Hi who has topped the charts at number 1 for 14 consecutive weeks."
 

Osen reports that All of YG Family, except for PSY will perform at MBC Gayo Daejun on the 31st December 2012. 

Source: Nate + Osen

Credits: DKpopNews

2NE1 and Lee Hi to perform each others’ songs at ‘MBC Gayo Daejaejun’!

Fans of Lee Hi and 2NE1 will have something to look forward to at the end-of-year festivities, as the two artists will be exchanging songs for their respective performances at the upcoming 2012 ‘MBC Gayo Daejaejun’!

According to an entertainment staff member, the upcoming show on the 31st will feature a cross-over collaboration stage between the two YG Entertainment artists. 2NE1 will perform Lee Hi’s debut track, “1,2,3,4″, while the ‘K-Pop Star‘ rookie will be singing 2NE1′s ballad/hip-hop song, “I Love You”.

In addition to the two artists, this year’s MBC music festival will also feature other artists from YG Entertainment, including Big Bang and Epik High, raising expectations for this year’s ‘Gayo Daejaejun’.

Credits: Allkpop

2NE1 will rock the house and perform at the ‘MBC Gayo Daejaejun’!

It seems the previous rumors concerning YG Entertainment artists’ possibly appearing at the upcoming ‘MBC Gayo Daejaejun‘ have been confirmed by media outlets. This news has brought much excitement to fans as the last time YG artists appeared on the show was back in 2008.

It has been revealed that Big Bang and 2NE1 will rock the house with individual stages while rookie artist Lee Hi will join Epik High for a special collaboration stage.

The ‘MBC Gayo Daejaejun’ will focus on a “past, present, and future” theme and will feature performances from idol groups as well as veteran artists COOL, Koyote, J.Y. Park, and Dynamic Duo. Viewers have even more to be excited about as MCs Lee Hui Jae, Boom, Girls’ Generation‘s Seohyun, MBLAQ‘s Lee Joon will be hosting the event.

Tune in for the ‘MBC Gayo Daejaejun’ on December 31st!

Source + image: Sports Hankook via Nate
Credits: Allkpop