K-POP!

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Our first introduction to the modern dances of today is a popular danced called, K-pop. Which is also known in Korean as: (케이팝; RR: keipap), is short for popular Korean music, which originates in South Korea. It is influenced by many different and various types of dances around the globe, mainly: pop, experimental, rock, jazz, gospel, R&B, hip hop, reggae, electronic dance, country, folk, and classical. The history of it came from the first ever boy K-pop group, the boy band Seo Taiji and Boys in 1992. Their music modernized South Korea’s contemporary music.

The modern ‘Idol’ culture started with the boy band H.O.T. in 1996. They made this genre of music boom in an incredible speed. But there was a sudden slump in early K-pop, from 2003 TVXQ and BoA started a new generation of K-pop idols that broke the music genre to Japanese markets and started to become popularized internationally today. Through TV shows, and Dramas, K-pop spread very quickly and massively. Now the current spread of K-pop or Korean entertainment is called the, ‘Korean Wave’, which is now seen throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and throughout the Western world, gaining them a global audience.

“K-pop” became popular in the 2000s. In the past, South Korean pop music was called gayo (가요). And “K-pop” was a generic term used for popular music in South Korea. In 2018, K-pop had boomed and became a ‘power player’. In 2019, K-pop was ranked at number 6 among the top ten music markets worldwide, with BTS and Blackpink cited as artists leading the market growth. By 2020, K-pop experienced a record-breaking year, where it experienced 44.8% of growth and made itself the fastest major market of the year.

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