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Hello, my name is Mia, and this is my blog on K-pop.

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Introduction In this blog I will be discussing both big and popular kpop groups and the lesser known, underappreciated kpop groups. But first how about a general introduction to kpop. K-pop is Korean pop, it is a large industry where Korean boys and girls train for an average of 4 to 5 years from the age of around 12 to 13. There are many large companies/record labels which produce these Korean idols and music. The record labels hold auditions every year to find new kpop idols. The biggest, well known record labels that have very successful groups are S.M entertainment, YG entertainment, JYP entertainment  some popular groups that came from S.M entertainment are the likes of EXO, NCT, SHINee, Girls Generation, Super Junior, f(x) and Red Velvet. Some popular groups that came from YG entertainment are Big Bang, PSY, 2NE1, iKON and WINNER. JYP entertainment have 2PM, Got7, DAY6 and TWICE. But what makes these groups successful and not others? Well the company they come from
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The Geography of K-pop

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The geography of k-pop K-pop is relatively new having started in the late 1980s. One of the earliest Kpop groups was Seo Taiji and Boys   f orming in 1992, they experimented  and used different styles and genres of music like Hip-Hop, Rap Rock, Pop  and Alternative. T heir first three albums had each sold over 1.6 million copies with the fourth nearing two million.   http://www.moonrok.com/history-k-pop-chapter-3-seo-taiji-and-boys/ The modern kpop idol culture that people associate with kpop today began  with the boy band  H.O.T.  in 1996, they were very popular with teens and young adults and thus began the kpop craze. Groups like TVXQ! and singer BoA became popular in places like Japan and are still doing kpop to today.  https://alchetron.com/TVXQ-4747159-W With social media becoming increasingly popular things can spread and go viral easily and quickly this has helped kpop become popular worldwide in countries such as Mexico, Taiwan, the USA, Brazil and the Phi
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