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How Did K-pop Music Affect Americans?

Bingda ZhangMaharishi School*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

Interestingly, with the export of K-pop music and Korean pop culture, people on the other side of the earth can see Asian faces more often when it comes to Grammy, Oscars, and all the big internationally famous awards. To explain how K-pop music gained its global popularity, it is important to mention its near-term development in America. The perspective of this study is to clarify how K-pop become popular in the United States and how it impacted the US popular music culture. This study is based on secondary research, and all the sources and data are accessible online.

Keywords: K-pop; music; American musical; cultures
Published: September 14, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/5/20230067
Volume: CHR Vol.5
pp. 67-72
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