Xiah Junsu is the #1 solo artist in 2010!

Tohoshinki's Junsu, 2010's #1 Solo Artist, 200K Copies Sold First Week

Although the popular Korean group Tohoshinki paused their activities in April, one of the members, Junsu, debuted as XIAH Junsu with his solo single, "XIAH (Intoxication)" on May 26th, coming in at 2nd place on the rankings. It sold around 195,000 copies by the first week, a new record for 2010 for a solo single (Yuusuke's "Lion", released in March, sold about 92000 copies.)

The single contains the song titled "Beautiful Love ~As Long as I Have You", which is to be used as the theme song for fellow Tohoshinki member's Yoochun's new drama, "Beautiful Love ~As Long as I Have You~" (To be released on June 4th). The DVD version includes the Intoxication video clip, and "Beautiful Love ~As Long as I Have You~" (Drama short ver.)

Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse Name Second Son ‘Quintus’

Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse released the first pics of theirsecond son named Quintus (Latin for ‘fifth’, as in the month of May).

The Wonder Girls Hit Asia With New Release MV In Three Languages!

The Wonder Girls released their new single 2 Different Tears on May 16th in Korean, English and Chinese! Check out the videos below.
English version


Chinese version

21st Golden Melody Awards Noms Now Out!

The 21st Taiwan Golden Melody Awards’ nomination list has been announced. Mandopop singer A-Mei received the most nominations, ten to be exact, for her album A-mit. Two superstars you won’t see in competition this year are Leehom Wang and Jay Chou. They did not release any albums in 2009. The awards ceremony will be held at the Taipei Arena on June 26th. Check out the (partial) nomination list below.
Best Song of the Year

• Riding White Horse from Lala Shu’s Lala Shu

• Come If You Have The Courage from A-mei’s A-MIT

• Singing In The Trees from Claire Kuo’s Singing In The Trees

• Desperado from Super Band North Bound Mega EP

• Fish from Cheer Chen’s “Immortal”

Best Mandarin Album

• If You See Him – Tanya Chua

• Hui Wei – Karen Mok

• Lala Shu - Lala Shu

• A-MIT - A-mei

• Immortal – Cheer Chen

Best Mandarin Male Singer

• JJ Lin – 100 Days

• David Tao – Opus 69

• Eason Chan – Fifth Floor’s Happiness

• Khalil Fong – Khalil Fong Classics

• Jam Hsiao – Princess

Poster, Movie Trailer For Tsui Hark’s ‘Detective Dee’ Released

Detective Dee & The Kingdom of the Phantom Flame (Di Renjie) are now out. The crime thriller stars Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Li Bingbing,Tony Leung Ka-Fai and Lau Ching-Wan. The plot summary below.

An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.

Detective Dee & The Kingdom of the Phantom Flame drops in theatres on September 23rd.

悟空妹連番爆料!周董:全是做"效果"

SunMi Quit Wonder Girls and return HOME to prepares for college

It has been known that SunMi has recently returned to Korea after the news that she will temporarily be stopping her activities as part of the WonderGirls.

According to a representative, SunMi is currently with her family after returning to Korea on 25th February. SunMi ended her promotions as part of the WonderGirls with the appearance on Pop-Con on 20th February.

Future plans are that SunMi will prepare for the college.

Meanwhile, new member HyeRim will join the WonderGirls. She already had her first performance as part of the WonderGirls last month.

[Teaser]Wonder Girls_2 Different Tears

The teaser was quite weird.

The teaser for Wonder Girls’ first new song in the US, 2 Different Tears, has now been released and I have to say that it was quite awkward. It is said to be an upbeat retro 80s song. The song should hit the charts soon. Check out the teasers. Also, Wonder Girls’ new album has reached #13 on iTune’s Chart!!