Many U-KISS fans may know that the group alone could speak at least 3 different languages: Korea, English, and Chinese. Alexander apparently is one of the more fluent members who could speak AND rap in Cantonese! More »

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When it comes to making strides, this decade was all about Asian pop acts making them in the world of Asian pop music. Aside from sheer talent and devoted fan bases, the biggest driving force and probably the reason why you know about these Asian pop stars is because of well, the Internet. While I didn’t make it on my own list of Top Asian Pop Acts of the Decade, I’m sure you’ll agree wholeheartedly with my choices. And maybe we’ll see me around for the next decade. (Or not.) More »

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I came upon some videos of some random Cpop (Chinese pop) artists dancing to Kpop songs. No offense to Cpop fans, but I never knew that there was Chinese pop. I always made fun of my friend who teases that I listen to a lot of Korean music, that China doesn’t even have their own Cpop like Kpop. I guess I can’t use that excuse anymore. More »

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Da Mouth (dà zui ba / 大嘴巴) is officially a Taiwanese Mando-pop group, but it may just be THE United Nations music group of East Asian. It’s not just because they mix your classic Asian pop sounds with American hip hop and RnB touches. Just take a look at the backgrounds of its members: More »

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Yes… the goddess of elegance and beautiful voice has descended to perform a buddhist song for a buddhist ceremony in the Famen Temple in China this week. Retired a few years ago, Faye Wong rarely makes any public appearances much to his fans’ disappointment. However, being a devoted buddhist , she would make the exception to perform and sing buddhist chants occasionally. This is usually when her fans rejoice and frantically search for a clip of her performance on youtube.

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Do you know who BY2 are? If you said Miko Wei Ling Bai & Yumi Wei Fen Bai, Singaporean twin sisters, then you were only partly right. You can’t forget to say they’re also super cute, super young and becoming super popular all over Asia, spreading like an infectious Cpop disease. They just released their new CD titled “twins”. I guess it’s a step up from the title of their last CD which was “Under Age 16″. (Yikes!) They’ve been in Taiwan for a big promotional push and shooting their next MV for “I Know” parading as, what else, schoolgirls. At least they’re 16 now. Pics below… More »

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Just when you thought Morning Musume had finally run out of steam, the Japanese idol group Hello! Project invades the Cpop market with Ice Creamusume! The all-girl group is a Taiwanese reincarnation of those beloved (or annoying, depending who you ask) Musume girls that have made millions in Japan and worldwide. More »

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You wanted free music. You wanted it now. You wouldn’t even mind it being legal too. Well, now you can at Top100.cn! The site claims to offer more than 1 million songs available as free downloads of Cpop, Jpop, Kpop and Western Pop. All this music is offered legally through advertising revenue arrangements with record labels and (surprise!) Google. Every time you click a download icon, a new window opens with some Google Adwords and a direct download link. Doesn’t bother me! I’m downloading away! More »

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Welcome the Year of the Ox with Canto-pop star Priscilla Chan this Saturday, January 24 at the Pechanga Resort Showroom in Temecula, CA. Priscilla has been a paparazzi favorite of Hong Kong tabloids for the past 25 years. The only performance will be at 8pm. To celebrate New Years, Ningin is giving TWO WINNERS each a pair of tickets!

Earlier that day, Pechanga will be kicking off Chinese New Year celebrations Saturday at 3pm with a parade of lion dancers. Accompanied by drums, gongs and symbols, the lion dancers will ward off the mythical beast of “Nian” at 3 and 6:30pm on January 24, 25, 31 and February 1. All eight performances are free to watch! More »

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Celebrate Chinese New Year a little late with Jolin Tsai (蔡依林; Cài Yīlín) and Energy at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT. There will be two performances on Sunday, February 8th; one at 2am and one at 2pm. (Yes, people really do go to the 2am show! Trust me.)

Jolin is a Golden Melody Award-winning Taiwanese singer, actress and dancer. She was discovered through a singing competition when she was eighteen-years-old and released her debut album “Jolin 1019″ in 1999. Jolin is known as the “Dancing Diva” after her album of the same name and her performance at the 2006 MTV Asia Awards. More »

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As you may know, some of the Ningin staffers went to the Jay Chou concert. We all had a great experience along side with the contest winner, Pods.

Anyways to spread the joy, we’ve got two great fan videos of Jay Chou’s Mohegan Sun concert online! More »

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Ok, it’s now Monday, December 22, 2008. Yesterday Ningin reporter Amy Chang and I trekked from New York City to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Conneticut. A good three hour bus ride in the snow and only one shared bathroom on the bus. Although bathroom, washroom or restroom wouldn’t really describe it accurately. How about chemical commode that you don’t want to touch? Anyways, the point is that I have finally recovered from the awesome and inspiring Jay Chou concert! More »

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It’s been one week since we asked who was Jay Chou’s biggest fan and deserved two tickets to see Jay live in concert. We got a wide range of responses. Many people said Jay was just so H-O-T. Others said his voice was so beautiful. Everyone told us how Jay’s music had touched their lives. Someone even claimed to be Jay’s illegitimate son and wished for a family reunion. (We decided that request was best handled by Jay’s management) More »

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Ningin.com is giving away TWO tickets for Jay Chou (周杰倫) at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT. Showtime is Sunday, December 21 at 2pm.

“What do I have to do to win these awesome tickets?” Simple! Just tell me why YOU should win these tickets. What makes you the most deserving of Jay Chou’s fans? How many times have you watched “Initial D”? How long did it take you to learn to play “A Secret I Cannot Tell (不能说的秘密)”? Do you drive around singing “Huang Jin Jia (Golden Armor)”? Do you have a Doraemon guitar even tho you can’t play guitar? More »

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Today I received an email letting me know that Morning Musume’s new album “COVER YOU” is now out. For those that don’t know, Morning Musume is the Japanese female version of “Menudo”.

What’s Menudo?

For those that don’t know, to older Latin American folks, it’s a traditional Mexican spicy soup made with tripe. It’s often used as a cure for a hangover. Sort of like sul lung tang, but not Korean. But to the younger Latin American folks (under the age of 30) it’s the quintessential boy band that just won’t die. Every album has older singers leave (puberty’s over?) and new singers come in. Being a multi-singer group allows some leeway to have more in the looks department than the singing department. After all, depending who you ask, New Kids on the Block only had one or two guys that actually had any talent (once again, depending who you ask and who thought who was cuter). More »

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Jolin Tsai (蔡依林) released her new album “Love Exercise (愛的練習語)” and (surprise!) it’s entirely in English. It features Jolin’s pop electronic renditions of English karaoke favorites like “Lovefool” (The Cardigans) and “Lady Marmalade” (Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Pink, Mya).

But what hit me was the Asian counter punch of “Kiss me”… More »

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It’s almost Halloween! Even though I could probably still pass for a 12 year old, I’ve already stocked up on candy and made plans for the holiday. I’m looking forward to staying in and watching the Saw series even though I know I scare easily. However, I do foresee me chickening out last minute. Ha!

Also, again for the thousandth time, it’s Breast Cancer awareness so it’s not too late to get your pink on!

To the point, here’s your weekly roundup. I definitely need to find more Cpop/Mandopop music. Any suggestions?

Enjoi! More »

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