From allkpop
original title: 4minute praised by US Billboard & CNN, plans possible advancement into America?
Although Cube Entertainment has yet to release any information in regards to 4minute debuting outside Korea and Japan, it seems like there’s already some interest brewing from internationally-based sources.
After 4minute won the “K-Pop New Artist of the Year” award at the Billboard Japan Music Awards 2010 that took place earlier this week, the victory earned attention from CNN’s Asian online newspaper CNNGo as well as Billboard’s B2B website Billboard.biz.
The CNNGo article praised,
“Winners on the night, chosen by Billboard, included one of the leaders of the K-Pop boom, girl group 4Minute, who took home a Korea Billboard Special Award.
The five-piece showed exactly why South Korean acts are stealing a march on their Japanese counterparts with tightly choreographed performances of “First” and “Muzik,” with the hall’s speaker system booming.
Fans screamed out the names of the girls, who did their best to answer questions on stage in Japanese, and the five-piece delighted the press by hanging around for extra shots, before attending a luxury after-party at the Ritz Carlton hotel.”
Billboard.biz also included 4minute in their coverage, posting their Japanese FIRST music video, commenting on the girls’ fashion and choreography. A representative of 4minute revealed today, “On the day of the Billboard Awards, Bill Werde, the American Billboard’s editorial director, asked for an applause from the audience after 4minute’s performance, then said, ‘It’s a pity that a group like this is known only in Asia.’”
Werde continued to praise the quintet on his personal Twitter (@bwerde), tweeting, “K-poppers 4 Minute play @ Billboard Japan awards. Some1 needs to explain why they aren’t stars in US. Catchy songs, great look, high energy … K-pop has really taken over the japanese market, and asia in gen.” Werde also promised to publish an article on Billboard.com soon to focus on the 4minute.
According to the eDaily report, 4minute has finished preparing for their debut in America. No other details or official reports have been released about such a debut, but stay tuned to allkpop as we continue to follow this matter.
Source: eDaily, CNNGo, Billboard.biz, Twitter
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雖然cube除了在韓國和日本以外,尚未公佈任何有關4Minute在其他地方出道的信息
不過國際上好像對4Minute感到有興趣了~
4Minute在 Billboard Japan Music Awards 2010 獲得“K-Pop New Artist of the Year”後,得到了CNN’s Asian online newspaper CNNGo a跟Billboard’s B2B website Billboard.biz的關注
CNNGo文章稱讚到，
“當天晚上的得獎者,包括k-pop領導團體之一4Minute，她們為韓國帶回很特別的獎項
她們當天的表演了“First” 跟 “Muzik” ,震撼了現場,說明了為什麼她們可以在日本取得成功,
而4Minute當晚為了回答fans的尖叫而很努力地表演了,頒獎禮後她們還在酒店出席了慶功宴"
Billboard.biz也介紹了4Minute,並發布了他們的日本的mv"First"並對於女孩們的時裝和舞蹈作出了評論。一個代表4Minute的工作人員今天透露，“在當晚,美國 Billboard的編輯部主任Werde在看完4Minute的表現後,向觀眾要求掌聲，然後還說，“4Minute僅在亞洲為人熟識,這是很可惜的事“
Werde繼續在他的個人 Twitter上說道"K-poppers 4 Minute play @ Billboard Japan awards. 有人需要解釋為什麼他們在美國不是明星。朗朗上口的歌曲，好看的外表，有活力的女孩們...k-POP已真正實現了進估日本和亞洲市場。“Werde還承諾很快會在Billboard.com發表的一篇有關4Minute的文章。
據 eDaily報導，4Minute已完成準備在美國首次亮相。沒有其他細節或官方報告已經公佈了，但是繼續收看allkpop，我們將繼續跟進此事。
