The K-pop, getting  into the world

K-pop  is an abbreviation of Korean pop (Hangul: 케이팝), is a musical genre originating in South Korea that  contains all genres of "popular music" within South Korea, the term covers a range of styles including dance-pop, pop ballad, electro pop, R&B, and hip-hop music.

In the late 1880s the American missionary Henry Appenzeller, began teaching American and British folk songs at a school, these songs were called  changga in Korean language. During the Japanese rule these songs were used to show the Korean  feelings against the Japanese rule.

 In the 1990s emergence of groups like Seo Taiji & Boys, who marked a revolutionary moment in the history of K-pop.

In 1995, the entertainment company, SM Entertainment was founded by Lee Soo-man. Former Seo Taiji & Boys Yang Hyun-suk's member founded YG entertainment in 1998, as did the South Korean K-pop singer Park Jin-Young , who established JYP Entertainment in 1997. These companies are called “the biggest three” among the Korean entertainment industry. Under these companies have debuted the most representatives groups in the kpop industry, such as H.O.T. V.O.X., Diva, Shinhwa and g.o.d. currently just Shinwa and g.o.d are active in the industry.

In the early 2000s the kpop music gained attention from all over the world, this phenomenon was called “the hallyu wave”.

In 2001 the singer Nicolas Kim, was the first Korean artist who got in the “billboard hot 100 chart”.

In the 2012 with the song “GangNam style” by PSY, the Hallyu wave became bigger.

Currently the most representative artists are Big Bang, 2ne1, PSY(YG entertainment). EXO, Super Junior, SNSD, Red velvet, TVXQ (SM entertainment). Wonder girls, GOT 7, 2 PM, Twice, Miss A(JYP entertainment). And from smaller companies BTS (Big hit entertainment), SISTAR (Starship entertainment); B2ST, BTOB, Hyuna (Cube entertainment).

Hundreds of boy-bands and girl-groups, debut every year under no just the big three companies, but from smaller companies.