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  1. www.billboard.com › music › music-newsBillboard Explains: K-Pop's Rise in the U.S.

    Apr 21, 2021 · Over the past few years, K-pop acts have continuously broken barriers on the Billboard charts and at American award shows, all while entertaining and enlightening millions of fans in the United...

  2. thesciencesurvey.com › editorial › 2018/03/01Korean Pop Integration into American Music Culture

    Mar 1, 2018 · Overall, the Korean pop industry has had a very important influence on American culture today, not only affecting the variety of languages and food but also the music. With the unique Asian fashion that it brings and its influence on Western music, K-Pop can look forward to the integration and appreciation of more of its culture in the future.

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  4. hir.harvard.edu › k-pop-a-remedy-for-asian-ethnicK-Pop: A Remedy For Asian Ethnic Tension

    • A Deep-Rooted History of Ethnic Tension
    • The Catalytic K-Wave
    • K-Pop: Its Success, Global Expansion, and Controversies

    South Korea’s complex history and political unrest concerning other Asian nations has fostered reciprocated animosity. The most notable example of this tension involves Japan. In the early 20th century, imperialist Japan colonized the Korean territory and carried out egregious human rights violations, most notably the institution of comfort women: ...

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    The explosion of technology and communication between Asian countries towards the end of the 20th century has served as a catalyst for Asian centralization through increased interaction. This digital era has provided the perfect conditions for the birth of the K-wave: a surge in popularity of all things Korean. This spectacle of Korean culture incl...

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    A global sensation to say the least, the K-wave has reached well beyond the continent of Asia. In 2012, the release of the K-Pop song Gangnam Style by Psy was the first video to reach over one billion, then two billion, views in the history of Youtube, dominating pop culture. This release exposed Korean music to global markets and created a broad n...

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  5. news.yale.edu › 2023/08/21 › rise-k-pop-and-what-itThe rise of K-pop, and what it reveals about society and ...

    Aug 21, 2023 · By Caroline Huber. August 21, 2023. Initially a musical subculture popular in South Korea during the 1990s, Korean Pop, or K-pop, has transformed into a global cultural phenomenon. Characterized by catchy hooks, polished choreography, grandiose live performances, and impeccably produced music videos, K-pop — including music by groups like BTS ...

  6. theconversation.com › how-the-korean-boy-band-btsHow the Korean boy band BTS toppled Asian stereotypes – and ...

    Jun 7, 2018 · K-pop has been hugely popular in Asia, but has never able to catch on in the U.S. – until BTS topped the Billboard 200.

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  7. www.nylon.com › timeline-of-k-pop-rise-in-americaHow K-Pop Took Over America: A Timeline - NYLON

    May 19, 2021 · by Taylor Glasby. May 19, 2021. The Music Issue. Even before idols began singular attempts on the American market, K-pop was alive and well in its main U.S. strongholds of Los Angeles and...

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  9. www.academia.edu › 37500556 › The_Korean_Wave_inThe Korean Wave in America: Assessing the Status of K-pop and ...

    Korean popular culture and its digital technologies are everywhere. From Japan and China in East Asia, the U.S. and Canada in North America, and to Chile, Argentina, and Brazil in Latin America, many global fans currently enjoy Korean television dramas, films, popular music (K-pop), and digital games.