Let Girls' Generation lift your spirits for Valentine's Day! Love is in the air as Girls' Generation presents a special J-pop compilation album, Sweet Memories with Girls' Generation. This 2-disk collection contains 18 songs in total, featuring all-time favorite J-pop hits by artists like Hamasaki Ayumi, Amuro Namie, BoA, Nakashima Mika, Koda Kumi, Chemistry, Dong Bang Shin K...

After a quiet 2007, ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION brings back the music for their fourth full-length album World World World. This time the popular band takes as inspiration the musing theme of "e;the world"e;, which is quite appropriate since AKG's pop rock sound is about as universally appealing as J-rock gets. Their new album comes with 13 tracks, kicking off with the title number Worl...

2007 has been a crowded year for newcomer girl groups, with the high-profile debuts of Kara, Babyvox Re.V, Girls Generation, and Wonder Girls. Despite the competition, the odds are certainly in favor of Wonder Girls considering the five members were handpicked by renowned producer Park Jin Young, who helped launch Rain into international fame. Since their debut single in February, it's been ...

Japan's new generation pop princes KAT-TUN are back with their second major album, Cartoon KAT-TUN II You. It comes with their No. 1 hits SIGNAL and Bokura no Machide ("e;In Our Street"e;). Fans can also look forward to the NTT DoCoMo903iTV series CM song Peak plus ten other songs. What's more, this release comes as double-CD combo featuring seven exclusive songs including the...

Arashi carry their sounds into 2007. The 5-member Johnny's group responsible for hits like "e;Generation"e;, Kimini Bokuraga Iru ("e;Because of You I am Here"e;), and PIKA*NCHI returns with Love so sweet, the theme song of TBS drama Hana yori Dango 2. Group member Matsumoto Jun leads the cast of this popular TV series, portraying the character Domyoji Tsukasa. Published ...

The BIGBANG Generation is here. The 5-member boy band Big Bang, consisting of team leader G-Dragon, beat box and rap experts Top and Tae Yang, and vocalists Seung Ri and Dae Sung, finally returns with a new single. After their well-received debut and second single it is now time for B I G B A N G 03. Big Bang's new release features 5 tracks including the intro piece VICTORY, whi...