K-POP

K- POP

Korea has a huge musical culture. Most famous tendency : The K-Pop.

It is an abbreviation of Korean pop or Korean popular music is a musical genre blending electronic, hip hop, pop, rock, and R&Bmusic originating in South Korea.K-pop has grown among a popular subculture among teenagers throughout Asia, resulting in widespread interest in the fashion and style of Korean idol groups and singers.

K-pop appeared in the 90’s. However, it will know a great expansion and globalization at the beginning of the XXI century.

To guarantee the best probability of success of potential talent, agencies fully subsidize and oversee the professional lives and careers of trainees, often spending in excess of $400,000 to train and launch a new artist.

K-pop is steadily gaining influence in foreign markets, most notably in the North America, and Australia. In 2009, the Wonder Girls became the first Korean singers to place on the U.S. with their single: Nobody

In China, Japan, and the entire region of Southeast Asia, K-pop culture has become so popular that authorities and nationalists fear that it is leading to an exocentric preference for Korean styles and ideas.