Rolling Stone Selected ‘Top 10 K-pop Groups Most Likely to Break in America!'

US magazine Rolling Stone made a special coverage regarding K-pop sensation.

Rolling Stone US-based magazine devoted to music, far left politics, and popular culture recently made coverage of 'THE 10 K-POP GROUPS MOST LIKELY TO BREATK IN AMERICA.'

Magazine introduced K-pop as it has been able to break language barriers and captivate a passionate U.S. audience. Korean pop music video, Girls' Generation's "Gee," has earned 74,000,000 American views alone, even though most mainstream U.S. music fans have never heard of it.

It continued, "Yet K-pop has garnered a strong following without the help of any major American backing."

On the coverage, magazine spotlights the 10 acts most likely to successfully crossover to America to the US leaders, as below.

2NE1
South Korea's most notable acts that caught the eye of will.i.am without any push into the U.S..

Girls Generation
Top acts in Asia topping the charts in both South Korea and Japan.

BIG BANG
K-Pop's most established and popular groups.

Wonder Girls
One of the few Korean acts to have a single chart on the Billboard Hot 100 with English-language single "Nobody."

After School
Very first winner of the Billboard Japan award for K-Pop New Artist of the Year

BEAST
A new wave of boy bands shaking things up

Ailee
Knowledge of both American and Korean culture puts good odds on her crossover potential.

SSISTAR
May have gotten one of the best platforms for U.S. attention when they earned the inaugural Number One for the launch of Billboard's new Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart

SHINee

It would be foolish not to take a group like SHINee as serious contenders for American crossover

miss A
The track shows an understanding of current American pop music, and the group sounds right at home.

Along with descriptions, magazine featured representing songs, music genre, and recent major activities of each artist as well as their strength.

Many K-pop fans commented to show support of their favorite artists while some are debating with certain groups to be featured more.

On the other hand, there were some comments that expressed their wishes towards the K-pop music.

ID Fevour commented "What attracted most fans to KPOP is its difference from today's mainstream music" as wishing the music genre to keep its identity.

The magazine concluded their view for group's success 'as long as they're allowed to keep the same sounds and concepts that made them popular in Asia.'

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