SHINee as the only boy band that was nominated for pop song of the year.

Metropolis, Java, Surabaya Post, Thursday, March 18, 2010.

Korean annual music awards, 7th Korean Music Awards (KMA), will be held on March 30, 2010. On Tuesday (3/9) a press conference has been held to announce 25 nominations of 2010 KMA.


This year nominations contains many popular girl vocal groups, such as Girls’ Generation a.k.a So Nyeo Shi Dae (SNSD), Brown Eyed Girls, and Kara.

SNSD, which is consisted of nine beauty members, is nominated for 4 nominations (song of the year, best pop song, best and / or electronic song, and netizens choice of best female artist of the year).

SNSD is one of successful girl vocal group in Korea. The group which has Taeyeon, Jessica, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, and Seohyun as members, debuted in 2007 with the release of their 1st album, Girls’ Generation.

January 2010, SNSD had just released their new album, Oh!. Their single, Gee and Tell Me Your Wish (Genie), has led them to get the opportunity of winning 2010 KMA nomination. The other shining girl vocal group is Brown Eyed Girls (BEG). The quartet was also nominated for four nominations, including song of the year and best dance / electronic song. BEG is exceled with their hit, Abracadabra.

BEG has existed in the Korean music from 2006. The group which consist Jea, Ga-in, Narsha, and Miryo as members, released their 1st debut album, You Story, in 2006.

Their single, Abracadabra, has became a magnet in the world of Korean music. The single made BEG received many awards at several music awards. Such as, song of the month in Cyworld Digital Music Awards 2009 and the best house & electronic song and best female group in Mnet Asian Music Awards 2009.

On the other hand, Kara quintet has the same luck with SNSD and BEG. The vocal group, which is consisted Park Gyuri, Seungyeon Hang, Goo Hara, Nicole, and Jiyoung Kang, was nominated for best song and best pop dance / electronic song.

Among them, there is SHINee as the only boy band that was nominated for pop song of the year with a single Ring Ding Dong.

Although they have to compete many girl vocal groups, SHINee couldn’t be underestimated on 2010 KMA competition. They are idols for Korean girls.

KMA 2010 is awards for Korean music. This event is so pretigious because KMA 2010 is not only about the popularity, but also the musicality.

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