Contributor

Jeff Benjamin

K-Pop Columnist

Billboard.com contributor Jeff Benjamin manages and writes the site's K-pop column, K-Town. The Fuse contributor and New York University alum has also written for Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, Popdust, AllKPop, and other publications.

K-Town

Kara Releases 'Bye Bye Happy Days': Will It Be Second Japan Hot 100 No. 1?

March 27, 2013 6:18 PM EDT

K-pop girl group Kara earned their first Japan Hot 100 No. 1 in the fall with "Electric Boy." Will their new single keep up the streak?

K-Town

K-Pop Hot 100: Tae Yeon Claims No. 1, Busker Busker Return With Year-Old Single

March 25, 2013 8:32 PM EDT

A weekly round-up of the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100 chart.

Digital and Mobile

YouTube 'Glitch' Removed K-Pop Videos Distributed by UMG

March 25, 2013 7:29 PM EDT

YouTube accidentally took down dozens of K-Pop music videos distributed by Universal Music Group Saturday evening, triggering fan outrage and online flash campaigns to restore the flicks. Within hours of being unavailable, fans took to Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook on Sunday to protest, rallying under a GIVEUSKPOP hashtag. More than 1,000 people even signed a petition to lobby UMG and YouTube to restore the videos.

K-Pop Fans Raise Hell After Popular Videos Get Blocked on YouTube

March 24, 2013 6:10 PM EDT

UMG learned one thing this weekend: not to mess with K-pop fans. Early Sunday (March 24), it appeared videos by K-pop entertainment agency, Cube Entertainment, were being blocked for international fans resulting in online pandemonium.

K-Town

K-Pop Fans Raise Hell After Popular Videos Get Blocked on YouTube

March 24, 2013 5:10 PM EDT

UMG learned one thing this weekend: not to mess with K-pop fans.

K-Town

INFINITE Makes Full Return With 'Man In Love'

March 23, 2013 9:00 PM EDT

As they told Billboard's K-Town in January, boy band INFINITE were planning a new album for early this year. Once members Hoya and Dongwoo's hip-hop sub-unit group, INFINITE-H, ended promotions, it was now time for INFINITE to make their first comeback as a group since last spring.