Day: December 31, 2009

That’s right. Tohoshinki (TVXQ / DBSK) won the Musical Excellence Award at the 51st annual Japan Record Awards the other night.

The guys performed their hit song Stand By You. If you’ve been paying attention, you noticed that they guys seem to be performing that song a lot in some very high profile shows and appearances.

The symbolism, whether accidental or on purpose, can be found in the way the lyrics for the song are interpreted in light of their current dispute with the, in my opinion, incredibly stubborn executives at SM Entertainment (SM).

Finance and Economy News did a survey of their viewers asking them to vote for the Top 6 entertainments of 2009.  56% of respondents picked TVXQ as the top male group of the year.

The survey was conducted from Dec 21 – 29 and included such criteria as the number of times each artists’ news articles were read.

Other people taking the top spots were “Girls Generation” as female group of the year, Rain as solo singer of the year, and Han Hyo-Joo as female actress of the year.