Billboard Korea Premieres K-pop Masters Event Presented By Mgm Grand Friday, November 25

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ K-Pop Masters) Billboard Korea announced today it will host the "2011 Billboard K-Pop Masters, presented by MGM Grand" Friday, Nov. 25 inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The recently created Billboard Korea publication released its "Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100" music chart in August and this premiere event is scheduled to showcase the top acts in K-Pop music. The concert is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.

"We are thrilled to work with our partners at Billboard Korea to gather some of the very best K-Pop performers for this historic concert" said Howard Appelbaum, president of Brand Development at Prometheus Global Media, parent company of Billboard. "This concert will demonstrate the universal appeal of K-Pop, one of the world's fast growing music genres."

Richard Sturm, president of Sports & Entertainment for MGM Resorts International, said, "MGM Resorts is proud to continue its ongoing partnership with Billboard as we present the 2011 Billboard K-Pop Masters in November at MGM Grand. This event will feature some of today's brightest stars in the Korean music industry and we're looking forward to showcasing their international talents, and the future of K-Pop music, to the fans here in Las Vegas."

MGM Grand has been working with the Las Vegas-based event organizers from the newly-formed KPMA, LLC over the past year to develop the premiere event. KPMA anticipates the event will wrap all of the major K-Pop agencies into a unified front, under the Billboard Korea umbrella, for the first time in history. In addition to the show, the U.S.-based Billboard now recognizes K-Pop as being an important genre of music, worthy of its own chart and has earned prominent placement online.

Additional information regarding the performers, ticketing and celebrity guests will be announced in the near future. For updated event information visit www.kpopmasters.com or www.mgmgrand.com.

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