Politician Kim Geun Tae of The People’s Party has made news recently by naming 10 singers (Ko Seung Hyung, GWSN, BADKIZ, Bolbbalgan4, Song Ha Ye, Young Tak, Yoyomi, Sohyang, Ali, …
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Back in June, Melon was suspected of embezzling ~$15 million in royalties, and now the three former executives of Loen Entertainment who are supposedly involved back when they were in …
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Melon, Korea’s largest music site, is reportedly under investigation for embezzlement of royalties from copyright holders through a shell label called LS Music. On June 2, news outlet The Hankyoreh …
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The six charts that count for Gaon (Melon, Naver, Bugs, Genie, Soribada, Mnet) have announced changes to the real-time charts designed to combat sajaegi. https://twitter.com/OH_mes/status/1016113154483458050 https://twitter.com/OH_mes/status/1016145238002421761 It's pretty safe to …
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Following a report on sajaegi factories in China by eDaily, Melon made an announcement about how they are already working to prevent sajaegi and also measures they’ll take going forward. …
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Around $15 million dollars in royalties was revealed to be owed to producers and artists by four digital music distributors: Melon, Genie, Bugs, and Mnet. Cho Seung Rae of the …
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So a combination of fandom mess and Melon‘s incompetence has already compelled me to cover the I.O.I/BLACKPINK war that stemmed from the 2016 Melon Music Awards, but I thought I …
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If you haven’t been following along with the mess regarding the Best New Artist Award between I.O.I and BLACKPINK at the 2016 Melon Music Awards, then I envy you and …
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Much to my surprise, SNSD‘s “Lion Heart“ doesn’t seem to be doing great digitally, and it currently sits at #9 on Melon. This is odd because usually they’ll automatically vault …
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Asian Junkie Asian pop. Without discretion.