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I feel the need to document this because...yeah...this year was controversial for me and I want to keep this around.
I got into so many new groups this year, mostly the second half, lots of KPOP mainly.
this will be long
my ten favourite songs I listened to/discovered this year:
10 Gee
9 Tangerine
8 Crowd Surf Off a Cliff
7 Forever With You
6 Lucifer
5 Fire
4 8282 + 오르골
3 Map the Soul
2 Go Away
1 You & I

albums :
GD&TOP
AMARANTH
Daydream Nation
Rubber Soul
Swan Songs
To Anyone
The SHINee World
Remember
열꽃, Part 1, 열꽃, Part 2
2nd Mini Album

artists I discovered this year I absolutely love:
2NE1 - I can't express my love for these four girls. i feel odd considering i've known them for only...five months, but I am so thankful Raven showed them to me. They are so uniquely perfect and amazing and talented and wonderful. they've given me confidence and opened me up to new things, new ideas, new styles. I don't really know. But I am a proud blackjack and I will forever support them.
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First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. SHINee
- S.M. THE BALLAD
- U-KISS
- f(x)
- TEEN TOP
- B2ST
- MBLAQ
- Super Junior

2. 倖田來未
- 安室奈美恵
- 浜崎あゆみ
- 黒木メイサ
- 倖田來未×misono
- Boa
- 西野カナ
- 이효리
- 加藤ミリヤ

3. 아웃사이더
- 원웨이
- Supreme Team
- F.Cuz
- MC 몽
- 언터쳐블

4. Drunken Tiger
- Dynamic Duo
- MC Sniper
- CB Mass
- 리쌍
- Tasha
- The Quiett
- Dok2

5. 2NE1
- 박봄
- miss A
- 4minute
- 현아
- GD&TOP
- G-Dragon

6. 종현
- 온유
- 키
- 에이제이
- 태군
- 터치
- 이동해

7. BIG BANG
- 태양
- 승리
- T.O.P
- 대성
- Se7en

8. e.via
- 소리
- Jewelry
- 나르샤
- 나인뮤지스
- Gp Basic
- Girl's Day
- 씨스타

9. Beyoncé
- Destiny's Child
- Kelly Rowland
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First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. ムック
1. MERRY2. カラス3. 蜉蝣4. DIR EN GREY5. D'espairsRay6. ギルガメッシュ7. 9GOATS BLACK OUT8. the studs
2. Yeong-wook Jo
1. Jo Yeong-wook2. Jo Young-wook3. Cho Young-Wuk4. Yeong Wook Jo5. 조영욱6. daisy ost7. Jang Young-Gyu8. Dalparan
3. Pendulum
1. DJ Fresh & Pendulum2. DJ Fresh feat Adam F3. Vandalz4. Adam F & T.K.O5. Pendulum & Bulletproof6. The Qemists7. Disorted Minds8. Sub Focus
4. Frédéric Chopin
1. Franz Liszt2. Ludwig van Beethoven3. Sergei Rachmaninoff4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart5. Johannes Brahms6. Felix Mendelssohn7. Johann Sebastian Bach8. Franz Schubert
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1. How did you get into 29?
손담비 - Her song Bad Boy was one of the most popular K-Pop songs :D

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
SS501 - I think it was Deja Vu

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33?
3OH!3 - OMG so relevant, they have AMAZING lyrics!! Nearly all I guess :D

4. What is your favorite album by 49?
Super Junior M - uhm.. none

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Epik High - sadly, none :/

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Natasha Bedingfield - Again, Little Too Much, Weightless

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
천상지희 The Grace - Hmm, not really. Although the fact that they're not active now is making me sad.

8. What is your favorite album by 15?
安室奈美恵 - Hmm, not sure. I can name favourite single but album...

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Paramore - Are you kidding?! D: Nearly all of their songs! I only have a few that I don't really listen to.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
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so i just thought i could use my last.fm journal to keep a list of what i have in my little collection of kpop cd's. i guess i'll update this whenever i buy something new :)

YG ENTERTAINMENT
2NE1 - The 1st Mini Album
2NE1 - To Anyone
빅뱅 - Bye 2009, Hello 2010 (Photobook)
빅뱅 - Big Show 2011 (Live CD)
빅뱅 - The First Single
빅뱅 - The Third Single
빅뱅 - First Concert 'The Real'
빅뱅 - 4th Mini Album
빅뱅 - 4th Mini Album (Special Edition)
G-Dragon - Heartbreaker
G-Dragon - Shine A Light DVD (w/ Poster x2)
G-Dragon - Shine A Light (Live CD)
G-Dragon - Shine A Light Photobook (w/ Poster)
GD&TOP - HIGH HIGH (Gold Version) (w/ Poster)
GD&TOP - Come Play DVD (w/ Poster)
Gummy - Comfort (Autographed)
Gummy - There Is No love (Autographed)
Perry - By Storm
Se7en - Digital Bounce
Se7en - Must Listen
승리 - VVIP
태양 - Hot
태양 - Solar (Deluxe Edition)
태양 - Solar (International Release)
태양 - SOLAR Concert DVD (w/ Poster)
YG Family - 97-YG-02
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As of writing this, I have just under 36,000 tracks in my iTunes Library, a good deal of those tracks are from Asian artists.

One of the questions I'm asked the most is something along the lines of "can you recommend any artists?". And I wrote a big long list in a google doc, but instead of posting that link here (ngl it would be easier, but I can link to artist pages easier here), I'm gunna just copy&paste and you can lurk the artist pages and crap.

I'mma mark my favourite with love hearts or stars or something. You should check those out before any others, tbh. ♥ Or maybe I should bold them. Erm.

Don't know where to get any of the music I recommend? If you stalk/talk/have me as a friend on LiveJournal, I may just give you a shunt in the right direction. Maybe.

Chinese/Taiwanese
潘裕文, PixelToy, ♥Super Junior M, 五月天, 冷酷仙境, 周杰倫, ♥周笔畅, 方大同, ♥林俊傑, 潘瑋柏, 炎亞綸, ♥羅志祥, 至上励合, 花儿乐队, 言承旭, ♥韩庚, 飛輪海, 信, ♥魏晨, ♥黃鴻升, 1976, 张靓颖, 棒棒堂, 王力宏, 蔡旻佑, 郭書瑤

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