K-POP, known as korean pop and in korean language "HANGUL" is a music genre originating in South Korean that is wide variety of audiovisual elements.K-pop is popular music described as modern from of south korean pop music has drawn on a range of western style and genres like rock, jazz, hip-hop,R&B,electronica and techno.
The earliest k-pop group,Seo Taiji and Boys forming in 1992.Their experimentation with different style of music and intergration of foriegn musical element "reshaped korea's music scene". K-pop "Idol" culture began 1996, as K-pop grew into subculture that amassed enormous fandom of teenager and young adult. New generation of K-pop idols that broke the music genre into Japanese market and internationaly like Europe.
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K-pop fashion has a significant influence in Asia, where trends started by idols are followed by younger adult and teenager.Some idols have established status as fashion icon.There are some concern over trend such as skin whitening being porpularised by industry as beauty standards.
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K-pop has spawned an entire industy encompassing production houses.The three biggest companies in term of sales and revenue are S.M Entertaiment, YG Entertaiment and JYP Entertaiment they as "The Big Three" there are responsible recruiting, training, and marketing new artists and managing thier musical activities and public relation.
Credit to:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-pop
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