WORLD+MUSIC-+se7en

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Korea pop music also known as k-pop is a genre of music consisting of pop, dance electro pop, hip hop, rock, R& and electronic music and it’s also a musical movement that greatly influenced South Korea in 1990s and still continues to dominate Korean music today. Much of the music is similar to American pop music but many artists are adding and blending forms to create something a little different. Choi Dong-Wook is a South Korean k-pop singer from YG Entertainment. He is best known by his stage name Se7en, and has released songs in South Korea, Japan, China and the United States. He has also won many awards like the golden disk award, the MBC and MTV awards. He began training under the management agency YG Entertainment when he was only fifteen years old. Many talent agencies like to train their new artist before launching them, this practice of apprenticeship last two years or more. The artist learns to hone their voices, learn dance shape their bodies and study different languages. Se7en was launched after four years of training in voice and dance; he made his debut in 2003 with the album //Just Listen// on March 8, 2003. Over the years Se7en has gained much success from singing and acting. He acted in the drama //Goong S//, a Korean television show, whose rating was 9.5%. Se7en said that doing the drama helped him sing with more emotion during performances and he will do some more acting in the future. He also tried to get into American market but that did not work too well for him. Se7en has also been in many hiatus; in 2010 he made a Korean comeback after 3 year long hiatus with a mini album “digital bounce” and in 2011 he is planning a Japanese comeback after his 4 years hiatus.