M Countdown

M! Countdown (Hangul: 엠카운트다운) is a South Korean music television program broadcast by Mnet. It airs live every Thursday at 6:00 to 7:30PM-KST. The show features some of the latest and most popular artists who perform live on stage. As of March 18, 2015, the show is hosted by SHINee's Key, CNBLUE's Lee Jung-shin, GOT7's Junior and BamBam and co-hosted by various artists that are invited to the show each week. It is broadcast from CJ E&M Center Studio in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul. It also airs live in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, United States, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries.

Segments

Segments previous airing include B'SHOP where songwriter Bang Si-hyuk introduces some hit songs, and MCD DRAMA where the hosts act out scenarios. The current segment airing is MCD NEWS which reports the latest music industry news, and MCD Ranking which ranks celebrities with certain topics.

As of June 11, 2015, The chart featured on M! Countdown was calculated by combining Digital Single Sales (50%), Album Sales (15%), Social Media Points (YouTube official music video views + SNS buzz) (15%), Preference Points (global fan votes through Mwave, Mnet Japan and Mnet America + age range preference) (10%), Mnet Broadcast Points (10%) and SMS Votes (10%).

Yangpa

Lee Eun-Jin (Korean: 이은진, born March 17, 1979), better known by her stage name Yangpa (Korean: 양파, meaning "onion"), is a South Korean singer. She studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.

History

1990s

Yangpa debuted in 1996 with the album Novice's Love which had the greatest success in her career. Her second I Want to Know album was moderate successful, as was her third album, Addio.

2000s

Although active at the beginning of the decade, Yangpa began to experience health issues, causing her to go on hiatus. She released an album in 2007 titled The Windows Of My Soul and collaborated with the singer Miho, but her activities were short lived and she once again went on a break.

2010s

In early 2011, it was announced that Yangpa had signed onto Core Contents Media and would be making her comeback after her four-year absence. Her EP, Elegy Nouveau, was released on March 28, 2011, which contained the self-composed tracks "Bon Appetit" and "그때 그 사람". After the concept photos for the album were released, controversy aroused over whether or not the singer had gotten cosmetic surgery. Her agency initially denied the claims, but Yangpa stated in a later interview that she had some work done.