Reporter : Lucia Hong
Editor : Jessica Kim
Korean singer IU and 2AM Seulong (right), CNBLUE (left) [LOEN Entertainment/FNC Music]
Duet IU and Seulong and rock band CNBLUE took the top spot on televised music programs over the weekend of the first week of July.IU scored her second consecutive win on KBS' Friday music show "Music Bank" with "Nagging," a collaboration with 2AM member Seulong. This week however, IU performed the song with male solo artist Seo In-guk."Nagging" has been faring well on various web-based music charts since its release June 2, and also took the top prize on SBS' "Inkigayo" the last week of June.Meanwhile, CNBLUE scored their second Mutizen award on "Inkigayo" with their latest single "LOVE," beating out IU and Seulong's "Nagging," "Magic Girl" by girl group Orange Caramel and MBLAQ's "Y." "LOVE" had taken its first win on the show for the week of June 20 before lending the top spot to "Nagging."Jung Yong-hwa, the leader of CNBLUE, said in his group's acceptance speech, "We didn't think we would win. We would like to sincerely thank our agency, family and fans." CNBLUE released two singles in Japan before breaking into the local music scene with their mini-album titled "Bluetory." "LOVE" is the title track from their second mini-album "BLUE LOVE."Reporter : Lucia Hong luciahong@Editor : Jessica Kim jesskim@<ⓒ10Asia All rights reserved>