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Source: Sports Today via Nate, Herald News
by VITALSIGNon March 31, 2011

Despite the many controversies the show is embroiled in, MBC’s “I Am a Singer” is a force to be reckoned with on the music charts. Decades-old hits began creeping back into the charts when the show first aired, and now they’re just about dominating every position imaginable.

This public recognition of veteran talent is long overdue, but music producers aren’t at all happy, and are even making claims that the show is “killing the music industry”.

But why?
On March 31st, one producer (who asked to remain anonymous) stated, “Digital songs from ‘I Am A Singer’ are dominating the live music charts. All comebacks and promotions for new tracks are being buried underneath these old songs on the charts.”

“I, too, understand the importance of spotlighting talented artists and bringing back hit tracks from the past, but if ‘I Am a Singer’ continues to distribute the songs digitally for profit, it will put the industry in crisis.”

Another industry representative also spoke up on the matter, beginning with an acknowledgement of the positives. “In an industry that’s so heavily concentrated on dance and idol music, it’s encouraging that ‘I Am a Singer’ is promoting a sense of change. Such talented artists are only known by few these days. Introducing hit tracks from the past and giving spotlight to deserving and talented artists to better introduce them to the mainstream industry is a fantastic deed.”

“However,” he continued, “It’s different when the broadcast company is taking a large portion of the profit made from those digital sales. I hope that a program with such good intentions won’t become tainted.”


Viewers and netizens have also been keeping close tabs on the phenomenon, with many criticizing idol group producers for “whining” about their positions on the charts now that talent has emerged.

Netizens raged, “Idol groups used to dominate the charts, and now that they can’t, these producers are all rushing to do whatever it takes to get money in their pockets” and “I don’t understand why these producers are complaining now when they’re the ones that ruined the industry by forcing the monotony of their idol groups onto it.”

Other netizens retorted, “Whether it’s an idol or a talented artist, it is a bit severe that everyone is being pushed off the charts because of this show” and “The show should re-invest the money that’s being made from the shows into public interest or in improving the music industry.”

On the income distribution for the songs, MBC explained, “60% of the profit goes to the distributor and copyright holder. 10% of the remaining 40% is split into donations for the improvement of the music industry. Whatever’s left is divided 5:5 amongst the singers and us.”

KMP Holdings, a music and broadcasting organization that SM, JYP, and YG Entertainment are all a part of, will be holding a meeting at 5 PM KST on March 31st to come up with a statement against MBC releasing “I Am A Singer” covers into digital songs.


Super Junior“《我是歌手》是個了不起的企劃，有機會想出演該節目”


2011/3/28
偶像組合Super Junior對MBC《星期日夜晚-我是歌手》節目被臨時中斷的消息表達了惋惜之情。3月27日，Super Junior成員利特、金希澈、神童和藝星四人接受《日刊體育》采訪時表示“能看到有實力的歌手前輩的熱情表演，非常開心。沒想到節目被中斷了，感到很惋惜”。

隊長利特用他特有的才智表現了對這檔節目的極大關注。他說“事實上，我出演的《享受今天》節目停播之後，每次到了節目的時間，我都會（用鬱悶的心情）觀看同 一時間段的《兩天一夜》或是《Running Man》節目。可是有一天忽然聽到了這個節目，我變成了熱血觀眾”，“我還想，節目不要采用末等淘汰的方式，用選拔出第一名，然後讓他帶著榮譽畢業的方式 進行，這樣會不會更好”。

金希澈對於80~90年代的流行歌曲有著特殊的感情。他說“非常喜歡聽老歌，最近我們看《人氣歌謠》時也總會有不認識的新歌手出現，比起這個，老歌的舞台讓人覺得親近多了”，“現在不能看了，覺得很遺憾”。

神童對這檔節目的創意贊口不絕。他說“能夠通過節目把這麽多傑出的歌手聚在一起，太令人吃驚了”，“我認為誰是最後一名並不重要，我還在好奇，除了這七位著名歌手外，還會有人參加節目”。

在組合內歌唱能力最為卓越的藝星則表現出了想要出演這檔節目的欲望。他說：“我和尹道賢前輩是鄰居，偶爾會碰到面，所以看到他出現在節目裏，我即緊張又有些羡慕”，“我還想，以後有機會，我也要出演一次這個節目”。Super Junior的4名成員最近以DJ身份在三個電視台的廣播節目中都非常活躍。