BEAST nabs 1st win on 'M! CountDown' with 'Beautiful Night'

BEAST members Yoon Du-jun (left), Yong Jun-hyun (second to left), Yang Yo-seop (third to left), Jang Hyun-seung (third to right) Son Dong-woon (second to right),Lee Gi-kwang (right) are posing in a jacket photo of their fifth mini-album "Midnight Sun" [Cube Entertainment]

K-pop boy band BEAST perched atop Mnet’s televised live music show “M! CountDown” Thursday, after going neck-and-neck with BoA and PSY.On last evening's episode of "M!CountDown," the six-member group grabbed the trophy for the funky electronic tune “Beautiful Night,” the title track of their fifth mini-album “Midnight Sun,”“First of all, I'd like to say thank you to our parents and the C.E.O. of our agency Cube Entertainment, Mr. Hong," BEAST member Yong Jun-hyung said during their acceptance speech.The rapper then added, "I appreciate all our staff members' help and the composer of ‘Beautiful Night,’ Sinsa-dong Tiger. We promise that we’ll work harder to show better performances.” Yang Yo-seop, the group’s lead vocal, kept raising the trophy to the beat of “Beautiful Night,” expressing his excitement and appreciation to fans’ support.Last night's "M!CountDown" marked the show's 300th episode anniversary and organizers arranged several events to celebrate the day, including special performances by a few K-pop artists and video clips of stars sending congratulatory messages.Last three weeks’ winner Super Junior lighted up the stage with their hit tunes, “Mr. Simple” and “Sexy, Free & Single,” alongside a preview stage of “SPY.” The James Bond-themed tune is the boys' new title track from the repackaged album to “Sexy, Free & Single.”Queen of K-pop BoA teamed up with Super Junior’s Eunhyuk for her new title tune “Only One,” and a rookie singer Juniel put on a special performance of Lee Hyo-ri’s “U-Go-Girl” and Girls’ Generation TTS’ “Twinkle.”Along with the specially arranged performances, other popular K-pop artists including 2PM's Jang Woo-young, SISTAR, B.A.P and A-JAX also graced the stage.※ Any copying, republication or redistribution of 10Asia's content is expressly prohibited without prior consent of 10Asia. Copyright infringement is subject to criminal and civil penalties.10 아시아 Reporter : Lee Hye Ji hjlee@10 아시아 Editor : Monica Suk monicasuk@<ⓒ즐거움의 공장 "10 아시아" (10.asiae.co.kr) 무단전재 배포금지>