Alilang Group is a Chinese pop music

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 group, made up of four Korean Chinese members: Jin Zenan (金泽男, leader, born 10 October 1979), Jin Runji (金润吉), Zhang Jinyou (张晋佑) and Quan He (权赫), all of Jilin Province, China

China

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. The group's name comes from "Arirang

Arirang

"Arirang" is a Korean folk song, sometimes considered the unofficial national anthem of Korea. Arirang is an ancient native Korean word with no direct modern meaning.- Variations :...

" (spelled "Alilang" in Chinese Pinyin

Pinyin

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), a Korean folk song, popular not only in Korea

Korea

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, but also in China and Japan

Japan

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.

Alilang Group started in 2002, and published their first CD, entitled "Alilang", in 2003. They are popular as a C-pop

C-pop

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 group among the Chinese young as well as among the Korean Chinese.

The group has appeared in "CCTV New Year's Gala

CCTV New Year's Gala

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" several times, a great honor to any Chinese musicians. They have toured in both South and North Korea. In 2003, they toured in South Korea

South Korea

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 and published their CD there. In 2009, when they appeared in North Korea

North Korea

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, 100,000 people came to the Pyongyang

Pyongyang

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 arena.

Discography

The following CDs have been published:

• Alilang Group: "Arirang" CD (2003)
• Alilang Group: "I'm Sorry! Coming of age" CD (2006)
• Alilang Group: "Four People in Different Moods (四人五色) CD (2008)

The songs that they sang and which became popular are:

• "Arirang" (阿里郎)
• "Doraji
  Doraji (folk song)
  Doraji is a folk song popular among the ancient Korean and Chinese peoples. The song originated from North Korea. Doraji means a wild flower found in Korea, which is usually called the Chinese bellflower in English....
  
  " (桔梗谣)
• "The Lovers' Bar" (情侶酒吧)
• "My Dearest" (最愛)

External links

• Baudu Encyclopedia: Alilang Group (in Chinese)