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Big Bang

BIG BANG are a South Korean pop group comprised of five members. The group was created by YG Entertainment through a long audition process that was aired as a 10 episode documentary. One member was dropped, and the official group debuted at the YG Family 10th Anniversary Concert on August 19th, 2006. In spite of the members' young ages, they are a multi-talented group, trained in all aspects of music (i.e. singing, rapping, dancing, composing, and writing lyrics). Big Bang's leader, G-Dragon, has trained with YG for six years; fellow trainee Tae Yang also trained for six years.

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DIA

There are at least four artists with this name:
1) DIA (디아) is a South Korean female singer. 2) DIA is a finnish modern rock band from Jyväskylä, Finland. It was founded in 2005 and so far has released demos and an LP fully downloadable from their website: http://www.ilta.fi 3) Integration is the new, self-released album by Dia (Shawn Brice and Maria Azevedo of Battery.) What began as a one-time project by has developed into an ongoing musical endeavor: written, recorded and produced by two members of the band that brought you such memorable albums as Aftermath, Distance and nv.

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Bridgette Amofah

The Times named her as the female artist to watch in 2008. North London based Bridgette is currently in the studio working on her album with some extremely exciting producers and has been personaly asked to support both French leftfield sensation Sebastien Tellier and American Soul legend Candi Stanton on their UK & European tours. She's also the lead vocalist in the critically acclaimed act 'Oi Va Voi' where she replaced KT Tunstall, touring the world from Moscow to New York, and has also worked with the likes of The Nextmen and Basement Jaxx & The Earlies.

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NOBLESSE

Noblesse is a three-piece alternative rock band based in The Hague.
The band recently completed their sophomore album We Are Not Humanity, produced by the American producer Gordon Raphael who has previously produced the first two albums of The Strokes, as well as albums for Regina Spektor, Skin and Beatsteaks. The album was released on the 12th of March, 2010, with a special release performance in the Melkweg (The Max) in Amsterdam.

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B2ST

BEAST (in Korean: 비스트, stylized as B2ST) is a six-member boy band from South Korea, under Cube Entertainment. The group was originally known as B2ST, an acronym for Boys to Search for Top. However, their name was changed to BEAST (Boys of the East Standing Tall) a few days before debut. They released their first mini-album Beast Is the B2ST on October 14, 2009. There were many news articles on the group before its debut as many of them had previous experience in the entertainment industry.

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Sugar

There are several bands by the name of Sugar:
(1) Project of former Hüsker Dü member Bob Mould.
(2) is a Korean girl-pop group with releases in Japan and Korea
(3) is a Japanese visual-kei group (Sugar).
(4) is Australian psy-trance producer / artist Felix Hamer, on the Green Ant label from Melbourne, Australia.
(5) is a rockband from Den Bosch The Netherlands. Sugar (1) was formed by Bob Mould after the breakup of Hüsker Dü, and conceived as having a similar sound, though with Mould as the sole leader.

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C.N.Blue

C.N.BLUE (Korean: 씨엔블루), stylized as CNBLUE (Code Name Blue), is a rock band from Seoul, South Korea, which debuted under F&C Entertainment on August 19, 2009 in Japan with the band's first mini album, Now or Never. The group released four teasers for their 1st album Bluetory, starring one member per each of the videos in the sequence of Jonghyun, Minhyuk, Jungshin and lastly, Jung Yong Hwa on the 6th, 8th, 11th and 13 January respectively. On the January 14, CN Blue debuted their first mini-album with lead single "I'm a Loner" (Korean: 외톨이야).

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Secret

Secret (시크릿) is a TS Entertainment 4-member girl group formed in South Korea in 2009. Members are: Jun Hyo Sung/Jeon Hyo Sung (leader), Han Sun Hwa, Song Ji Eun (송지은) and rapper Zinger. ★ MEMBERS Jung HyoSung (전효성) ~ Leader
Jung HaNa (정하나) a.k.a Zinger (징거) ~ Rapper
Song JiEun (송지은) ~ Main vocal
Han SunHwa (한선화) ~ Maknae

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