K-POP Music History

Korean pop music pre-modern first appeared in the 1930's due to the entry of Japanese pop music which also contributed to the early elements of pop music in Korea. The Japanese occupation of Korea also made a music genre Korea can not develop and only keep track of Japanese pop culture at the time. In the 1950's and 1960's, the influence of western pop music started to go with the many musical performances organized by the United States military bases in South Korea. Korean Pop Music was originally divided into different genre, a genre first "oldies" who influenced western music and popular in the era of the 60's. In the 1970s, rock music was introduced to the pioneering Cho Yong-pil. Another genre that is quite popular is the music that influenced Trot Japanese enka style of music.Debut appearance of the group Seo Taiji and Boys in 1992 marks the beginning of modern pop music in Korea that gave a new color to the mainstream rap music, rock, techno America. The success of the group Seo Taiji and Boys followed bands such as Panic, and Deux. This trend contributed music bands and produced many other quality musicians until now. Pop music of the 90s decade tend wing dance and hip hop. Its main markets are teenagers so it appears many decades group "teen idol" very crazy as Clon, HOT, Sechs Kies, SES, and god Most of these bands are being disbanded and its members go solo-career.In the early 2000s talented newcomers began to appear. The flow of music R & B and Hip-Hop are oriented to the American print artists sort of MC Mong, 1TYM, Rain, Super Junior, Big Bang is quite successful in Korea and abroad. Some underground artists such as Drunken Tiger, Tasha (Yoon Mi-rae) also popularized the color of black music. Rock music is still popular in Korea coupled with the return of Seo Taiji solo career as well as a rock musician Yoon Do Hyun Band who often sang songs about nationalism and love of country. Gives the feel of modern techno music that is not only frowned upon in Korea alone, singer Lee Jung-hyun and Kim Hyun-joong even gets recognition in China and Japan. Ballad music still has the most listeners in Korea. Korean ballad music commonly known as the sad lyrics about romance, as sung by Baek Ji Young, KCM, SG Wannabe, and so on. Music ballad generally favored because it is often used as a soundtrack of hit television dramas such as Winter Sonata, Sorry I Love You, Stairway to Heaven, and so on.Various Korean artists reap the success in the world of international as BoA that penetrate Japan and popular in many countries. Then other artists like Rain, Se7en, Shinhwa, Ryu Shi-won, and so vying to conquer the music market in Japan. Rain was recorded as the first Asian artist of international concerts titled RAINY DAY 2005 Tour, at Madison Square Garden.