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No doubt, TWICE is now one of the most popular k-pop girl groups, and every k-pop fan would know the girl group is very popular at home and abroad. But do you really know how popular they are? Especially in Japan, which has the world's second largest music market? Well, they're not just popular in the country. They're making history. On October 17, 2018, JYP Entertainment, home to TWICE, announced that the girl group will hold their dome tour in Japan. TWICE is the first ever k-pop girl group to hold a dome tour in the country, and the 9 beautiful members will also perform at the Tokyo Dome, the biggest indoor concert venue in the country. Well, k-pop stars depend on album sales, TV appearance fees, concert profits and more for their incomes. Then, what do you think are the main sources of income of k-pop stars? In case of top-rated k-pop singers, those are concert profits and sales revenues of their goods. But Korean domestic music market is not big enough to...

From March 14-15, 2015, SHINee held its first ever exclusive concert in Tokyo Dome. At the concert, the boy group performed a total of 32 songs including its hits such as “Everybody,” “Lucifer,” “Dream Girl” and “Sherlock” while Jonghyun and Taemin sang their solo hits “Deja-Boo” and “Danger.” Their performance was really awesome, and the group electrified a total of 100,000 fans. After the concert held on March 14, the 4 handsome members attended a press interview and talked with journalists. Let's see what they talked about their concert and upcoming new album. Q. It is your first ever exclusive concert in Tokyo Dome. How do you feel? Minho: Before kicking off the concert, it was hard to believe that we are able to hold a concert in such a great place. It was so happy to hold our concert in Tokyo Dome. Key: Last year, we held our concerts at small concert halls in Japan which can accommodate 1,000 to 2,000 people. It really impressed me that I could perform on the sta...

Girls' Generation has successfully finished its first ever exclusive concert in Tokyo Dome. On December 9, the girl group held 'GIRLS' GENERATION THE BEST LIVE at TOKYO DOME'. It is the first time for the girl group who debuted in Japan in 2010 to hold its exclusive concert in Tokyo Dome, while tickets for the concert were all sold out and more than 50,000 fans have gathered to watch the group's high quality performance. At the concert, Girls' Generation performed a total of 27 songs including its hits such as 'Gee', 'Genie', 'Mr. Taxi', 'Flower Power', 'Galaxy Supernova', and more. Throughout the concert, the fans chanted the Girls' Generation members' names and sang along to their songs, waving pink light sticks. Some of the fans were moved to tears when the girl group performed a ballad version of its debut song 'Into the new world'. Girls' Generation stated, "It's so happy to ...