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Quelle: Wikipedia. Seiten: 134. Nicht dargestellt. Kapitel: Tvxq, Boa, Girls' Generation, Choshinsung, Super Junior, the Grace, Rain, 2ne1, Lee Min-Woo, Brown Eyed Girls, 4minute, Shinhwa, Lee Jung-Hyun, Wonder Girls, Son Dam Bi, Se7en, Lee Hyori, Gummy, Younha, Uhm Jung-Hwa, Gumx. Auszug: K-pop is an abbreviation for Korean pop music (also referred to as Ga-Yo or Ka-Yo music), specifically from South Korea. Many of these artists and musical groups have branched out of South Korea and have become popular in many countries around the world. The popularity of K-pop is often considered a part of the rise of the Korean Wave, the recent surge of popularity of contemporary South Korean culture in Asia. Modern Korean popular music first appeared in the 1930s. In the 1950s and 1960s, the musical performances organized by U.S. forces in and around the American military bases in South Korea provided South Koreans with examples of other modern music. The South Korean pop music scene soon had several genres: Boy or girl bands whose appeal lay mostly in their appearance, a technically difficult, older genre that had its roots in the colonial period and was popular with older Koreans, and the often amateur acoustic guitar singer-songwriters, who became popular in the 1960s and sang in a simple vocal style. In the 1970s, rock music was introduced into South Korea, mainly popularized by Cho Yong Pil. Trot, pop music inspired by Japanese-styled music, also became a main genre in pop music. The debut of the group Seo Taiji and Boys in 1992 marked a turning point in South Korean popular music, as the group incorporated elements of American popular musical genres such as rap, rock, and techno into its music, which brought a decrease in the popularity of trot. The tremendous success of Seo Taiji and Boys in South Korea and other experimental groups, such as Panic, set the trend for the present generation of K-pop groups and artists. Dance-oriented acts became dominant in the South Korean popular music scene of the early 90s including the legendary hip hop duo Deux. The mid-90's marked the emergence of teen idol groups, creating a different trend in the music scenes. Groups such as H.O.T., Sechs Kies, Shinhwa, S.E.S., g.o.d. and Fin.K.L became extremely popular, having str