Korean entertainment star

Early in the morning, a noisy day began in Girls' Generation's dormitory.

"Yeah! Cui Dawei, that's my sandwich! Give it back to me quickly!"

Seeing that the fresh sandwich was about to fall into Cui Xiuying's stomach, Lin Yoona jumped on it frantically. During the fierce fight between the two, the sandwich finally fell to the ground.

"Hey, kids! Did any of you see where my new mobile phone went?"

Kim Taeyeon, who couldn't find her phone, was rummaging through things in the living room.

"Ah! I lost again. I finally had no announcement today. You guys, please don't disturb me while I play the game, okay!"

Sunny, who was sitting on the sofa tinkering with his laptop and playing Kart Racing, could only vent his anger on the doll beside him. Whose is this?

At this time, our little boy Xu Xiaoxian was standing aside aggrievedly, biting his lower lip with a frown, and whispered dissatisfiedly: "Sister Xiuying, sister Yoona, will you clean up the sandwiches on the floor? Sister Taeyeon,

The living room that I just tidied up has been messed up by you again! Sister Sunny, please don’t bully my Sergeant Keroro..."

On the other side, Jung Soo-yeon, who had just walked out of the bedroom, frowned when she saw the chaotic scene in the living room. She just sighed habitually and unexpectedly did not join in. She just sat down at the dining table.

He ate breakfast alone.

"Sister Sika, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Helplessly watching the commotion of her sisters, the attentive Xu Xian noticed something was wrong with Jessica and asked worriedly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the noisy living room suddenly became quiet because of the maknae's words, and their eyes moved to Jessica. Then...

"What's wrong? Sika, are you feeling unwell? Are you sick?"

"You look so bad, are you really sick? Do you want to take some rest?

"How could someone who was so alive and kicking yesterday become sick all of a sudden?"

"Hahaha! That's right!"

"Sisters..."

As the maknae spoke for the second time, silence returned to the living room again.

Jessica's eyebrows moved slightly and she said in a cold tone: "Be quiet, I'm going back to the house to sleep!"

As soon as she finished speaking, under the puzzled looks of Lin Yoon-ah and others, Jung Soo-yeon returned directly to the bedroom after finishing her sandwich.

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In fact, as soon as she woke up this morning, Jung Soo-yeon, who was lying on the bed and surfing the Internet on her mobile phone, habitually dug up all kinds of new news about Bae Soo-hoon.

In half a month, Bae Soo-hoon's second mini-album "I'm Here Because of You" has sold 400,000 records in South Korea and 700,000 copies in Europe and the United States. The astonishing sales results made Jessica grin from ear to ear.

"Humph, Ben Xiuxun is really amazing!"

She felt a little proud of her boyfriend in her heart, but when Jessica saw the news that Bae Soo-hun was expected to sign with Universal Records and enter the international music scene, she was stunned for a moment, then she couldn't help but frown and made a phone call.

Through a conversation with Bae Soo-hoon on the phone, Jessica learned the exact news that he had signed with Universal Music. As for whether to enter the US market, Bae Soo-hoon said she would not be too anxious yet.

As a singer, logically speaking, no matter who you are, you should be happy when you sign a contract with Universal Music.

But during a phone call this morning, even though Bae Soo-hun sounded happy on the surface, Jung Soo-yeon inexplicably felt some pressure that was unintentionally revealed in his words.

That’s right, it’s pressure!

Signing with Universal Music Group means that it is only a matter of time before Bae Soo-hun enters the US market.

Thinking back, how many Asian singers have really achieved success in the United States so far?

In Jessica's memory, there seems to be no one!

For a moment, Jessica couldn't help but think of Wondergirls, who debuted in the same year as Girls' Generation and have always been one step ahead of them, and even BoA's seniors, who are under the same company and have entered the US market this year.

Wondergirls, after all, are not artists in the same company, and they don't have much contact with each other in private, so Jessica doesn't know much about their current situation.

But as for BoA, because she is the sister she is closer to, Jessica has heard BoA complain about some things.

In March this year, BoA released her first album "boa" in the United States.

In April this year, BoA's first album "boa" released in the United States ranked 127th on the "Billboard-200" list. In addition, "boa" was also listed on the real-time album sales ranking released by Amazon.com.

It occupied the sixth place on "hot_new_release" and also ranked eighth on the album best-selling list.

Although the series of achievements achieved by Boa's debut album "boa" are far different from the recent second mini-album "Being Because of You" by Bae Soo-hoon, it has also received a lot of attention from the Korean media.

You know, because BoA is the first successful example of the development of Korean singers in Japan. As the first idol baby in history to be fully pursued by Japan and South Korea, this year S.M.com allowed BoA to enter the US market. Its company and

Baoer himself is under a lot of pressure.

When she thought of Boa and the situation that Bae Soo-hun was currently facing, Jung Soo-yeon couldn't help but feel worried for him.

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In mid-April, after Bae Soo-hoon's second mini-album "I'm Here Because of You" was released.

In the past half month, the number of Bae Soo-hun's official club fans has increased from 1.04 million to 1.09 million, firmly occupying the first place in the list of artist fans. In addition, the number of followers on Twitter has exceeded 5 million.

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You know, in South Korea, every artist's official club adopts a real-name annual fee system.

Since 2008, since the official club of Korean artists adopted a fee system, the number of fans of almost every artist has dropped a lot. Even the number of fans of "Korean No. 1 group" TVXQ "Fairy Queen" has dropped from more than 900,000.

There were less than 800,000 people.

However, only the number of "ocean" in Bae Soo-hoon's official club has not decreased but increased.

In 2008, Bae Soo-hoon entered the "U.S. Billboard Singles Chart" with his song "Mine". During that period, the number of people in his official club increased from 1.01 million to 1.04 million. However, this year's song "One_time"

", once again entered the "U.S. Billboard Singles Chart", and the number of people in his official club's "ocean" has increased to an exaggerated 1.09 million, which makes many artists jealous.

The "ocean" of 1.09 million is such a terrifying number of fans. It's no wonder that every time Bae Soo-hun releases an album, his record sales are so good.

But then again, in the past half month, almost all the front-page headlines of entertainment news in major Korean newspapers have something to do with Bae Soo-hoon.

And today, when the "New York Times" published a piece of news about "Asian superstar" Bae Soo-hoon expected to sign with Universal Music Group and even enter the international music scene, the Korean media rushed to the entrance of YG Company early in the morning and started squatting. All media

Everyone wanted to get more accurate information from Pei Xiuxun as soon as possible.

Judging from the Asian singers who have entered the American music scene in the past, they have always lost more than they won.

Among Korean singers, in 2006, "Korean superstar" Rain once announced with great fanfare that he would enter the US market. However, the concert was originally scheduled to be held in Los Angeles, but he suddenly announced the cancellation of the concert an hour and a half before it started.

As a result, the world media was in an uproar.

To put it bluntly, it’s just too much pressure!

Although Rain later postponed a concert in Los Angeles, the New York Times later criticized Rain's performance on stage as if he was imitating Michael Jackson and other superstars, completely lacking his own originality.

In 2007, se7en, who was under the same yg company as Bae Soo-hoon and had a very good relationship with him, also announced that he would give up all activities in Korea and Japan and concentrate on developing the US market.

However, se7en released an English album in June. After the tragic failure, there was no news about him in the American music scene. In the end, the "faceless" YG company could only publicly declare: "Asian singers enter the United States.

There is no precedent for success in the music industry, and the success rate of Korean singers entering the United States is almost less than 1%."

This statement originally announced by YG Company was unanimously recognized by the Korean media and even Korean musicians.

This is why in 2008, after Bae Soo-hoon's "Mine" and Wondergirls' "Nobody" reached No. 72 and No. 79 respectively on the "U.S. Billboard Singles Chart", the Korean media praised them so much.

Because according to the Korean media and many musicians, it is definitely very difficult for an Asian singer to enter the American market due to various factors such as skin color and language.

After the American "New York Times" reported the news that Bae Soo-hoon is expected to enter the international music scene, Korean fans have mixed feelings.

Bae Soo-hoon has already had two songs enter the "U.S. Billboard Singles Chart". In everyone's opinion, if Bae Soo-hoon enters the U.S. market, the possibility of success is very high.

However, after thinking about the humiliation encountered by rain, se7en and others who were equally confident in the past when they entered the United States, the "oceans" are also worried whether Bae Soo-hoon will face the same situation.

However, it may be too early to worry about the "ocean" now.

After all, Bae Soo-hoon is currently only signed to Universal Music. As for entering the United States, he naturally needs to consider it in the long term.

Anyway, on the same day, YG Company also held a small press conference.

"Yesterday, YG received invitations from Universal Records and Sony Music Entertainment to sign a contract with Bae Soo-hun. After repeated consideration, Pei Soo-hun finally chose Universal Records. We are currently negotiating with Universal Records to sign relevant agreements. If the signing goes well,

Universal Music will be responsible for all of Bae Soo-hoon's music activities worldwide in the future."

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