Introducing 5 shining stars that means the world to me
This is my
joy, my hope, my happy-place and my escape
Succesfully
showing their talent and performing for thousands of screaming fans
With billions
of billions of supporters from all over the world
This is
SHINee
About SHINee
I have chosen to blog
about SHINee. Even though you probably don't know them, they mean a lot to me.
And in my eyes, SHINee is the must succesful thing in the world.
SHINee is a South Korean boy group with 5 members. All Korean music goes under
the name; K-pop. Korean pop music.
SHINee was formed by SM Entertainment,
which is a very big company with a lot of k-pop stars under it. The members are
leader Onew (Lee Jinki), Jonghyun (Kim Jonghyun), Minho (Choi Minho), Key (Kim
Kibum) and Taemin (Lee Taemin).
The meaning of their name “SHINee”: The first part, Shine, just means light,
and the ‘ee’ is a suffix, meaning “One who receives the light”.
SHINee’s made their debut on 25 May 2008 with their song “Replay”. Now
they have released 3 full-length albums, four mini albums, a live album and
lots of singles. They have won many awards, held a concert tour, and also
starred in their own variety shows.
Succes
- May 22 2008: ‘Replay’ music video was
released.
- May 23 2008: First mini album, 'Replay' only
containing debut song was released.
- May 25 2008: Their song was
performed on SBS’s show InkiGayo, and they made their debut on this
performance.
- August 28 2008: Their first album
‘The SHINee World’ was released.
- They make their own reality show
called ‘YunHaNam’.
- September 18 2008: They topped the charts
with their song ‘Love like oxygen’ from ‘The SHINee
World’ album.
- October 30 2008: They released a
repackaged first album called ‘Amigo’.
- May 25 2009: New mini album called ‘Romeo’.
- June 5 2009: Comeback performance on KBS
Music Bank with the mini album ‘Romeo‘s title song ‘Juliette’, which won
#1 same day.
- June 28 2009: They receive the Mutizen Award
for SBS InkiGayo.
- October 2009: They make a new album called 'Year
Of Us' or Y.O.U.
- October 5 2009: They promote their song 'JoJo'
- July 19 2010: They release a new full-length
album called 'Lucifer'.
- August 21 - October 23 2010:
They participate in the SMTown Live '10 World Tour. The first
concert in Seoul lasted 6 hours and there was performed more that 80 songs
by SM Entertainment artists. They performed in Seoul, Los Angeles,
Shanghai, Tokyo, Paris, then Tokyo again, and then New York.
- December 26 2010: SHINee started their first
concert tour.
- June 22 2011: SHINee makes their Japanese debut.
This day, the Japanese version of 'Replay' came out and sold more that
91,000 copies the first week.
- August 8 2011: The japanese version of 'Juliette' came
out.
- October 12 2011: The japanese version of
'Lucifer' came out.
- November 3 2011: They performed in their hour-long gala concert
'SHINee in London'. The tickets which were going on sale at 1:00 PM
October 27, and they were sold out within a minute. This also marked the
first day any korean artist had held a independent concert in London.
- December 7 2011: SHINee released a japanese version of
'The First' containing 7 previous song from their korean album.
- December 13 2011: SM artists had been doing a compilation
album called '2011 Winter SMTown - The Warmest Gift'.
SHINee participated, and the album were released on this date.
- December 28 2011: Tower Records Japan announced that SHINee
had won the Artist of the year award at the Kpop Lovers Awards 2011.
- March 21 2012: SHINee made a title song called 'Sherlock' a while
ago, and on this date the psysical copies of it were released. A few days
later, after hitting high on the charts, they received the first and best
award on M!Countdown and Inkigayo.
- May 16 2012: The japanese version of 'Sherlock' was released.
- April 25 2012: SHINee started their first nationwide Japan tour
called 'SHINee World 2012'. 20 concerts was held on this tour. This Japanese Arena Tour set the record for the most
people coming to see a Korean act in Japan with a total of 200,000 people.
- May 20 2012: SHINee participated in the SMTown Live World Tour 3.
- July 21-22 2012: SHINee held their second solo concert, SHINee
World 2.
- October 10 2012: Their new japanese song 'Dazzling Girl' was
released.
Fans
Fan-names
K-pop groups has a name for their fans. It
can refer to a joke between the fans, or it can mean something for the group.
SHINee’s fans is called Shawols, short for SHINee World. The SHINee World was
their first album.
Also, the individual member has a fangroup-names.
Onew: Onew's fans is called
'MVP'S' because in their first song, Replay, Onew sings "You're my
MVP".
Jonghyun: Jonghyun's fans is called
'Blingers' because Jonghyun's nickname is Bling Bling Jonghyun, because the
fans says that he will always shine.
Minho: Minho's fans is called 'Flames'
because Minho is called the flaming Charisa.
Key: Key's fans is called 'Lockets',
because a key fit in a locket, and without the key, the locket can never open
up.
Taemin: Taemin's fans is called 'Taemints'
because Taemin would always carry little candy mints with SHINee's name on it.
He would give this to every girl he met on his way.
Fan crowds
When
k-pop artists holds concerts, the fans will have light-sticks in their hands.
Every k-pop group has a color for their light-sticks, and SHINee’s is
‘Pearlescent blue’.
When
the groups holds concerts, the crowd of supporters will hold up their
light-sticks and therefore will create something that will look like a ocean of
the group’s color, so the fan-crowd will be called an ocean. Therefore, when
you speak about SHINee’s fans at concerts, you say The Pearlescent Blue Ocean.
This is my
joy, my hope, my happy-place and my escape
Succesfully showing their talent and performing for thousands of screaming fans
This is SHINee
About SHINee
I have chosen to blog
about SHINee. Even though you probably don't know them, they mean a lot to me.
And in my eyes, SHINee is the must succesful thing in the world.
SHINee is a South Korean boy group with 5 members. All Korean music goes under
the name; K-pop. Korean pop music.
SHINee was formed by SM Entertainment,
which is a very big company with a lot of k-pop stars under it. The members are
leader Onew (Lee Jinki), Jonghyun (Kim Jonghyun), Minho (Choi Minho), Key (Kim
Kibum) and Taemin (Lee Taemin).
The meaning of their name “SHINee”: The first part, Shine, just means light,
and the ‘ee’ is a suffix, meaning “One who receives the light”.
SHINee’s made their debut on 25 May 2008 with their song “Replay”. Now
they have released 3 full-length albums, four mini albums, a live album and
lots of singles. They have won many awards, held a concert tour, and also
starred in their own variety shows.
Succes
- May 22 2008: ‘Replay’ music video was
released.
- May 23 2008: First mini album, 'Replay' only
containing debut song was released.
- May 25 2008: Their song was
performed on SBS’s show InkiGayo, and they made their debut on this
performance.
- August 28 2008: Their first album
‘The SHINee World’ was released.
- They make their own reality show
called ‘YunHaNam’.
- September 18 2008: They topped the charts
with their song ‘Love like oxygen’ from ‘The SHINee
World’ album.
- October 30 2008: They released a
repackaged first album called ‘Amigo’.
- May 25 2009: New mini album called ‘Romeo’.
- June 5 2009: Comeback performance on KBS
Music Bank with the mini album ‘Romeo‘s title song ‘Juliette’, which won
#1 same day.
- June 28 2009: They receive the Mutizen Award
for SBS InkiGayo.
- October 2009: They make a new album called 'Year
Of Us' or Y.O.U.
- October 5 2009: They promote their song 'JoJo'
- July 19 2010: They release a new full-length
album called 'Lucifer'.
- August 21 - October 23 2010:
They participate in the SMTown Live '10 World Tour. The first
concert in Seoul lasted 6 hours and there was performed more that 80 songs
by SM Entertainment artists. They performed in Seoul, Los Angeles,
Shanghai, Tokyo, Paris, then Tokyo again, and then New York.
- December 26 2010: SHINee started their first
concert tour.
- June 22 2011: SHINee makes their Japanese debut.
This day, the Japanese version of 'Replay' came out and sold more that
91,000 copies the first week.
- August 8 2011: The japanese version of 'Juliette' came
out.
- October 12 2011: The japanese version of
'Lucifer' came out.
- November 3 2011: They performed in their hour-long gala concert
'SHINee in London'. The tickets which were going on sale at 1:00 PM
October 27, and they were sold out within a minute. This also marked the
first day any korean artist had held a independent concert in London.
- December 7 2011: SHINee released a japanese version of
'The First' containing 7 previous song from their korean album.
- December 13 2011: SM artists had been doing a compilation
album called '2011 Winter SMTown - The Warmest Gift'.
SHINee participated, and the album were released on this date.
- December 28 2011: Tower Records Japan announced that SHINee
had won the Artist of the year award at the Kpop Lovers Awards 2011.
- March 21 2012: SHINee made a title song called 'Sherlock' a while
ago, and on this date the psysical copies of it were released. A few days
later, after hitting high on the charts, they received the first and best
award on M!Countdown and Inkigayo.
- May 16 2012: The japanese version of 'Sherlock' was released.
- April 25 2012: SHINee started their first nationwide Japan tour
called 'SHINee World 2012'. 20 concerts was held on this tour. This Japanese Arena Tour set the record for the most
people coming to see a Korean act in Japan with a total of 200,000 people.
- May 20 2012: SHINee participated in the SMTown Live World Tour 3.
- July 21-22 2012: SHINee held their second solo concert, SHINee
World 2.
- October 10 2012: Their new japanese song 'Dazzling Girl' was
released.
Fans
Fan-names
K-pop groups has a name for their fans. It
can refer to a joke between the fans, or it can mean something for the group.
SHINee’s fans is called Shawols, short for SHINee World. The SHINee World was
their first album.
Also, the individual member has a fangroup-names.
Onew: Onew's fans is called
'MVP'S' because in their first song, Replay, Onew sings "You're my
MVP".
Jonghyun: Jonghyun's fans is called
'Blingers' because Jonghyun's nickname is Bling Bling Jonghyun, because the
fans says that he will always shine.
Minho: Minho's fans is called 'Flames'
because Minho is called the flaming Charisa.
Key: Key's fans is called 'Lockets',
because a key fit in a locket, and without the key, the locket can never open
up.
Taemin: Taemin's fans is called 'Taemints'
because Taemin would always carry little candy mints with SHINee's name on it.
He would give this to every girl he met on his way.
Fan crowds
When
k-pop artists holds concerts, the fans will have light-sticks in their hands.
Every k-pop group has a color for their light-sticks, and SHINee’s is
‘Pearlescent blue’.
When
the groups holds concerts, the crowd of supporters will hold up their
light-sticks and therefore will create something that will look like a ocean of
the group’s color, so the fan-crowd will be called an ocean. Therefore, when
you speak about SHINee’s fans at concerts, you say The Pearlescent Blue Ocean.
