Pledis to hold auditions in Los Angeles & San Francisco

Pledis, the home of top artists, Son Dambi, After School, Orange Caramel, NU’EST, and Hello Venus has informed allthatkpops on their upcoming auditions in the United States.

Dubbed the “2012 Pledis Asian-American Audition in U.S.A” and through these auditions, they hope to meet highly inspired, and talented people.

Differing from the usual auditions, the Pledis auditions will be a bit more personal as the applicants will be have more of a 1 on 1 audition with the Pledis staff. Compared with other auditions where you have to showcase yourself in a short limited amount of time, you will have ample opportunity to showcase all your talents and skills.

The two audition locations will take place in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Check below for more information.

Schedule:

Los Angeles: October 13th, 2012

San Francisco: October 14th, 2012

How to apply: Deadline is [October 9th, 2012]

E-mail: auditionusa@pledis.co.kr

[Send us your Profile (Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Nationality, School, Phone Number, Place of Audition)]

Applicants must be born in the years 1991 – 2003 and be Asian American.

A more detailed audition schedule and exact location will be revealed when contacted individually by phone.

Field of application:

Song, Dance, Actor, Model

After School, NU’EST, Hello Venus leaders exchange albums and snap a photo backstage

A new photo of After School, NU’EST, and Hello Venus‘ leaders is causing quite the stir among fans.

On July 17th, After School, NU’EST, and Hello Venus all gathered at MBCmusic‘s ‘Show Champion‘ on July 17th to perform “Flashback“, “Action“, and “Like a Wave“, respectively.

After their performances came to an end, they all gathered at the dressing room, and Jung Ah, JR, and Ara stood together for a ‘leader photo’.

After School’s Jung Ah shared the photo on Google+ with the message: ”A meeting of the Pledis leaders~^^ Displaying our ‘Leader’s Class’ as we exchange albums! Please listen to the songs of all three of our groups~^^♥“.

Despite being under the same agency, the three artists rarely have a chance to see one another as they all have busy schedules. Now that they all happen to be promoting their songs at the same time, the label mates had a chance to catch up at the music program, and their bond reportedly evoked envy among their peers

Netizens left comments such as, “They must feel secure when they are all together like that,” “My eyes are pleased. All so pretty and handsome,” “So cute that they are exchanging albums like that,” and more.

Gaon Chart releases chart rankings for July 8th – July 14th

The Gaon Chart is the national chart of South Korea and is intended to be the equivalent of Oricon in Japan and Billboard in the United States.

Check out the chart rankings for the week of July 8th to July 14th below!

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< Gaon Chart National Digital Singles Ranking >

1. 2NE1 – “I Love You”

2. T-ara – “Day By Day”

3. SISTAR – “Loving U”

4. CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun – “My Love”

5. Sagging Snail – “Punk In The Corner”

6. Busker Busker – “If You Really Love Me”

7. Lee Hyun – “My Heartache”

8. JUNIEL – “Illa Illa”

9. December – “Unfinished”

10. Huh Gak – “One Person”

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< Gaon Chart National Physical Albums Ranking >

1. Super Junior – ‘Sexy, Free & Single 6th Album’

2. Jang Wooyoung – ’23, Male, Single’

3. ZE:A – ’2nd Album SPECTACULAR’

4. NU`EST – ‘Action’

5. Kim Hyung Jun – ‘Escape’

6. INFINITE – ‘Infinitize’

7. Bobby Kim – ‘OLD & NEW’

8. EXO-K – ‘MAMA EXO-K The 1st Mini Album’

9. Lim Jae Bum – ‘TO…’

10. Younha – ‘Supersonic 4th Album’

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< Online Downloads For The Week >

1. 2NE1 – “I Love You” – 469,850 Downloads

2. T-ara – “Day By Day” – 380,603 Downloads

3. SISTAR – “Loving U” – 334,629 Downloads

4. CNBLUE’s Lee Jong Hyun – “My Love” – 267,455 Downloads

5. Sagging Snail – “Punk In The Corner” – 261,132 Downloads

6. Wonder Girls ft. Akon – “Like Money” – 228,192 Downloads

7. December – “Unfinished” – 217,816 Downloads

8. Busker Busker – “If You Really Love Me” – 204,895 Downloads

9. JUNIEL – “Illa Illa” – 200,027 Downloads

10. Lee Hyun – “My Heartache” – 197,407 Downloads

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< Top 10 songs sung at Karaoke >

1. Ulala Session – “Beautiful Night”

2. Busker Busker – “Cherry Blossom Ending”

3. TaeTiSeo – “Twinkle”

4. Lim Jae Bum – “For You”

5. Wonder Girls – “Like This”

6. Huh Gak – “The Person Who Once Loved Me”

7. SISTAR – “Alone”

8. Lee Eun Mi – “I Have a Lover”

9. 10cm – “Sorrow”

10. f(x) – “Electric Shock”

Source: Gaon

NU&#8217;EST become ambassadors for Korea Scout Association

According to Pledis Entertainment, NU’EST, who recently made a comeback with their first mini-album ‘Action‘, are the new ambassadors of the Korea Scout Association.

The boys became the official endorsement models of the association on July 18 at the appointment ceremony in Yeoido. The Korea Scout Association is the national Scouting association of South Korea, and it aims to improve adolescents as citizens.

A representative from the Korea Scout Association stated, “As the NU’EST members are in their teens themselves and have been sending strong messages to adolescents in their debut album ‘Face‘ as well as their new album ‘Action‘, we decided that it would be fitting to appoint them as the ambassadors of the scouts, who support social contributions. We’re looking forward to their large role as the spokespersons for adolescents.”

The scouts exist in 131 countries across the world and include 30,000,000 members. South Korea alone has 370,000 active scouts.