K-pop (an abbreviation of Korean Pop;Hangul: 케이팝; RR: kei-pap) is a musical genre originating in South Korea
that is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements. Although it
comprises all genres of "popular music" within South Korea, the term
is more often used in a narrower sense to describe a modern form of South
Korean pop music covering: dance-pop, pop ballad, electronic, rock, metal, hip-hop
music and R&B.
In 1992, modern K-pop was ushered in with the formation of Seo
Taiji & Boys, whose successful experimentation with different music styles
had sparked a paradigm shift in the music industry of South Korea. As a result,
the integration of foreign musical elements has now become a common practice in
the K-pop industry.
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Korean pop culture is becoming a increasingly globalized
phenomenon and globally popular in many parts of the world allows South Korea
to utilize its pop cultural sector to access, tap and break into foreign
entertainment markets. By tapping into social networking services and the video
sharing platform YouTube, the K-pop industry's ability to secure a sizable
overseas audience has facilitated a noticeable rise in the global proliferation
of the genre. Since the mid-2000s, the K-pop music market has experienced
double digit growth rates. In the first half of 2012, it grossed nearly US$3.4
billion and was recognized by Time magazine as "South Korea's Greatest
Export".
First gaining popularity in East Asia in the late 1990s, K-pop
entered the Japanese music market towards the turn of the 21st century. In the
late 2000s, it grew from a musical genre into a subculture among teenagers and
young adults of East and Southeast Asia. Currently, the spread of K-pop to
other regions of the world, via the Korean Wave, is seen in parts of Latin
America, Northeast India, North Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and
immigrant enclaves of the Western world.
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