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Teachings
An american missionary named Henry Appenzeller began teaching American and British songs at school to koreans. -
First K-pop song
The first k-pop song to be made was made by Nakhwayusu. -
Arrival of western culture
Culture from America started to appear in Korea. -
Hippie and fold influences
The younger generation preferred the U.S. lifestyle and played folk music, which Koreans were integrating into their own music. -
Lee Soo-man
Lee comes back from America, founds SM Entertainment, uses what he learned from pop music in America to create some of the first K-pop songs. -
The Kim Sisters
The Kim Sisters were the first Korean artists to release an album in the U.S. pop market -
Ballads
There was a rise of ballad singers (a ballad singer is a person who recites a story, derived from the oral history of a specific place or a person by singing it) -
Idols
Koreans begin implementing an idol business model used in J-pop -
Development of Modern K-pop
Korean pop musicians start to incorporate hip hop, rock, jazz, and electronic dance into their music -
K-Pop Agency
SM Entertainment was established -
K-pop agency 2
YG Entertainment was established -
First Idol boyband
H.O.T. was one of the first idol boybands, they catered to the teenage audience. -
K-pop agency 3
JYP Entertainment is established -
Popularity
The term K pop becomes popular especially internationally -
Domination
K-pop dominated a huge portion of the East Asian music market