Rain And The Year-End Daesang Awards

Those who are into k-pop are eagerly anticipating the various Music Awards given at the end of the year. Winning the much coveted "Daesang" or Artist of the Year is every singers dream and fans go all out in supporting their favorites. From buying original cds and dvd's in Korea so they can be counted in the total sales necessary to be nominated in the awards to voting 24/7 once the links to people's choice are posted in various music awards website. It's a frenzy and I should know because I've been voting too.

But last week accusations have been thrown against one of the biggest if not the biggest management company in Korea for vote buying to rigging the online polls. It's now causing some supporters of other artists also nominated in the awards to bombard the award giving bodies with calls and letters expressing their anger and protest. And what I find surprising in all of these is the fact that a lot of the fans of the boyband are also against the management company. They want their idols to win fair and square with to cloud of doubt hanging on their heads.

Now news of major stars like our own Rain, Seven, Boa and even Shinhwa not attending the awards are making news. How boring will it be if all my fave's will not be there to receive their awards just in case they won.

I guess it's a wake-up call for them to clean their acts and I'm still hoping that Rain and his 4th album will get recognized.