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1000 Ariana Grande Facts

by Mera Wolfe ...

Think you know everything there is to know about about Ariana Grande? Well, think again. 1000 Ariana Grande Facts contains all you could ever wish to know about this popular singer. Facts about food, music videos, TV shows, veganism, influences, tours, family, concerts, awards, relationships, and so much more all awaits in 1000 Ariana Grande Facts! ... Read more

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Think you know everything there is to know about about Ariana Grande? Well, think again. 1000 Ariana Grande Facts contains all you could ever wish to know about this popular singer. Facts about food, music videos, TV shows, veganism, influences, tours, family, concerts, awards, relationships, and so much more all awaits in 1000 Ariana Grande Facts!
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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life

The History of the Disc Jockey

by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton ...

"A riveting look at record spinning from its beginnings to the present day . . . A grander and more fascinating story than one would think." — Time Out LondonThis is the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a cult classic now updated with five new chapters and over a hundred pages of additional material. It's the definitive account of DJ culture, from the first record played over ... Read more

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"A riveting look at record spinning from its beginnings to the present day . . . A grander and more fascinating story than one would think." — Time Out LondonThis is the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a cult classic now updated with five new chapters and over a hundred pages of additional material. It's the definitive account of DJ culture, from the first record played over
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Hot Stuff

Disco and the Remaking of American Culture

by Alice Echols ...

Disco thumps back to life in this pulsating exploration of the culture and politics of the glitterball world.In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the once-innocent question, “Do you wanna dance?” became divisive, even explosive. What was it about this much-maligned music that made it such hot stuff? In this incisive history, Alice Echols captures the felt experience of the Disco ... Read more

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Disco thumps back to life in this pulsating exploration of the culture and politics of the glitterball world.In the 1970s, as the disco tsunami engulfed America, the once-innocent question, “Do you wanna dance?” became divisive, even explosive. What was it about this much-maligned music that made it such hot stuff? In this incisive history, Alice Echols captures the felt experience of the Disco
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Tales from the Dancefloor

Manchester / The Warehouse Project / Parklife / Sankeys / The Haçienda

by Sacha Lord ...

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project.Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter.Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene ... Read more

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The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Haçienda to The Warehouse Project.Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the heart of Manchester’s music culture with its most influential promoter.Over the past three decades, Sacha Lord has hosted countless iconic parties, booked legendary DJs, and shaped an underground scene
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Spinning Mambo into Salsa

Caribbean Dance in Global Commerce

by Juliet McMains ...

Arguably the world's most popular partnered social dance form, salsa's significance extends well beyond the Latino communities which gave birth to it. The growing international and cross-cultural appeal of this Latin dance form, which celebrates its mixed origins in the Caribbean and in Spanish Harlem, offers a rich site for examining issues of cultural hybridity and commodification in the context ... Read more

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Arguably the world's most popular partnered social dance form, salsa's significance extends well beyond the Latino communities which gave birth to it. The growing international and cross-cultural appeal of this Latin dance form, which celebrates its mixed origins in the Caribbean and in Spanish Harlem, offers a rich site for examining issues of cultural hybridity and commodification in the context
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Duran Duran's Rio

by Annie Zaleski ...

Series series 33 1/3
In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's music and culture. No album represented this rip-it-up-and-start-again movement better than the act's breakthrough 1982 LP, Rio. A cohesive album with a retro-futuristic sound-influences include danceable disco, tangy funk, swaggering glam, and Roxy ... Read more

$14.21 CAD

In the '80s, the Birmingham, England, band Duran Duran became closely associated with new wave, an idiosyncratic genre that dominated the decade's music and culture. No album represented this rip-it-up-and-start-again movement better than the act's breakthrough 1982 LP, Rio. A cohesive album with a retro-futuristic sound-influences include danceable disco, tangy funk, swaggering glam, and Roxy
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Valuing Dance

Commodities and Gifts in Motion

by Susan Leigh Foster ...

Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history ... Read more

$47.51 CAD

Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of exchange, one that is redolent with symbolic meanings, including those associated with its history
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Balanchine & the Lost Muse

Revolution & the Making of a Choreographer

by Elizabeth Kendall ...

Here is the first dual biography of the early lives of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lidochka) Ivanova. Tracing the lives and friendship of these two dancers from years just before the 1917 Russian Revolution to Balanchine's escape from Russia in 1924, Elizabeth Kendall's Balanchine & the ... Read more

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Here is the first dual biography of the early lives of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lidochka) Ivanova. Tracing the lives and friendship of these two dancers from years just before the 1917 Russian Revolution to Balanchine's escape from Russia in 1924, Elizabeth Kendall's Balanchine & the
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Drumming Asian America

Taiko, Performance, and Cultural Politics

by Angela K. Ahlgren ...

With its dynamic choreographies and booming drumbeats, taiko has gained worldwide popularity since its emergence in 1950s Japan. Harnessed by Japanese Americans in the late 1960s, taiko's sonic largesse and buoyant energy challenged stereotypical images of Asians in America as either model minorities or sinister foreigners. While the majority of North American taiko players are Asian American, ... Read more

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With its dynamic choreographies and booming drumbeats, taiko has gained worldwide popularity since its emergence in 1950s Japan. Harnessed by Japanese Americans in the late 1960s, taiko's sonic largesse and buoyant energy challenged stereotypical images of Asians in America as either model minorities or sinister foreigners. While the majority of North American taiko players are Asian American,
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Eskiboy

by Wiley ...

‘Wiley is Wiley, and if you don’t know me, you don’t know much.’*Winner of the NME Best Music Book Award 2018*A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'The greatest UK MC of all time' NoiseyWiley. Godfather of grime. He's one of Britain's most innovative musi... ... Read more

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‘Wiley is Wiley, and if you don’t know me, you don’t know much.’*Winner of the NME Best Music Book Award 2018*A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'The greatest UK MC of all time' NoiseyWiley. Godfather of grime. He's one of Britain's most innovative musi...
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The Record Players

DJ Revolutionaries

by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton ...

From the co-authors of the classic Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: A fascinating oral history of record spinning told by the groundbreaking DJs themselves.Acclaimed authors and music historians Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton have spent years traveling across the world to interview the revolutionary and outrageous DJs who shaped the last half-century of pop music. The Record Players is the fun ... Read more

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From the co-authors of the classic Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: A fascinating oral history of record spinning told by the groundbreaking DJs themselves.Acclaimed authors and music historians Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton have spent years traveling across the world to interview the revolutionary and outrageous DJs who shaped the last half-century of pop music. The Record Players is the fun
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The Sterling Book of INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE

by Shovana Narayan ...

Indias rich cultural legacy has been founded on the abiding faith of the Indians in the divine power, whose worship had found expression through dance. Bhakti or devotion was the underlying essence of the various dance forms that developed in India. Indian Classical Dances is a unique presentation of the eight classical dance styles Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri, ... Read more

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Indias rich cultural legacy has been founded on the abiding faith of the Indians in the divine power, whose worship had found expression through dance. Bhakti or devotion was the underlying essence of the various dance forms that developed in India. Indian Classical Dances is a unique presentation of the eight classical dance styles Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Manipuri,
... Read more
Adventures In Wonderland

Acid House, Rave and the UK Club Explosion

by Sheryl Garratt ...

The definitive history of the acid house explosion and its reverberations across popular culture, Adventures In Wonderland has been out of print for more than 20 years. This new edition has been updated slightly, with a new introduction and final chapter.This is the acid house and rave explosion, as told by the people who lived it: door staff, dancers and drug dealers; gangsters, blaggers and ... Read more

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The definitive history of the acid house explosion and its reverberations across popular culture, Adventures In Wonderland has been out of print for more than 20 years. This new edition has been updated slightly, with a new introduction and final chapter.This is the acid house and rave explosion, as told by the people who lived it: door staff, dancers and drug dealers; gangsters, blaggers and
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我愛AKB48

最獨家的神7情報大蒐秘

by MAKI ...

Series Book 6 - 愛偶像
史上最大規模的總選舉人氣王！人氣最強，表現最優！讓粉絲決定心中的最愛人選！　　AKB48是如何誕生的？如何在從空無一人的劇場出身，至今日人氣爆發，劇場座無缺席，一票難求。看空蕩蕩的劇場是如何造就夢想、看秋元康如何以人海攻佔全世界！　　是什麼樣的夢想動力與堅持，讓一群正值青春年華的小女生們，甘願花費八年的時間全速奔跑也甘之如飴？你會驚訝AKB48成軍背後的祕密和辛酸，並流下感動及心疼的淚水。讓你不禁要為這群小女生們拍手鼓勵！　　近年出現最能緊扣人心，讓情緒跟名次結果起伏的選舉活動！高達日本百分之三十的節目收視，多達十五萬張的選票！倍受矚目！由你來決定，誰才是最具人氣的AKB48成員！　　♥ 由歌迷決定單曲與絕對王牌！　　♥ 如願登上紅白歌唱舞台，卻心酸難奈。　　♥ 史無前例的單曲成員選拔總選舉　　♥ 前所未見的單曲成員選拔猜拳大會　　♥ 韓流女團也無可取代的獨特魅力　　♥ 擁有最強人氣 ... Read more

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史上最大規模的總選舉人氣王！人氣最強，表現最優！讓粉絲決定心中的最愛人選！　　AKB48是如何誕生的？如何在從空無一人的劇場出身，至今日人氣爆發，劇場座無缺席，一票難求。看空蕩蕩的劇場是如何造就夢想、看秋元康如何以人海攻佔全世界！　　是什麼樣的夢想動力與堅持，讓一群正值青春年華的小女生們，甘願花費八年的時間全速奔跑也甘之如飴？你會驚訝AKB48成軍背後的祕密和辛酸，並流下感動及心疼的淚水。讓你不禁要為這群小女生們拍手鼓勵！　　近年出現最能緊扣人心，讓情緒跟名次結果起伏的選舉活動！高達日本百分之三十的節目收視，多達十五萬張的選票！倍受矚目！由你來決定，誰才是最具人氣的AKB48成員！　　♥ 由歌迷決定單曲與絕對王牌！　　♥ 如願登上紅白歌唱舞台，卻心酸難奈。　　♥ 史無前例的單曲成員選拔總選舉　　♥ 前所未見的單曲成員選拔猜拳大會　　♥ 韓流女團也無可取代的獨特魅力　　♥ 擁有最強人氣
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Tenement Kid

From the Streets of Glasgow in the 1960s to Drummer in Jesus and Mary Chain and Frontman in Primal Scream

by Bobby Gillespie ...

“[Gillespie] is a major influence on so many people; musicians and fans alike.” —Rolling StoneFizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Bobby Gillespie’s vivid and evocative new memoir, TENEMENT KID: From the Streets of Glasgow in the 1960s to Drummer in Jesus and Mary Chain and Frontman in Primal Scream, traces a path from a post-war Glasgow... ... Read more

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“[Gillespie] is a major influence on so many people; musicians and fans alike.” —Rolling StoneFizzing with an infectious passion for the magic of rock music, Bobby Gillespie’s vivid and evocative new memoir, TENEMENT KID: From the Streets of Glasgow in the 1960s to Drummer in Jesus and Mary Chain and Frontman in Primal Scream, traces a path from a post-war Glasgow...
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我愛少女時代全紀錄

最完整、最詳盡、最獨家

by W/C/H, NOYES ...

Series Book 5 - 愛偶像
史上最成功的女子偶像團體，少女時代！出道至今，最完整、最詳盡、最獨家的全紀錄！　　少女時代是如何誕生的？如何在韓國明星夢工廠S.M. Entertainment中坐穩女團一姐的寶座。身處資源豐富的大型經紀公司，她們是如何在男團當道的韓國偶像界殺出重圍，更進軍全世界呢！？　　♥ 你不能不知道的少女時代誕生祕話！　　♥ 你一定要了解的9人獨特又迷人的個性！　　♥ 你絕對想知道的9人獨家小祕密！ ... Read more

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史上最成功的女子偶像團體，少女時代！出道至今，最完整、最詳盡、最獨家的全紀錄！　　少女時代是如何誕生的？如何在韓國明星夢工廠S.M. Entertainment中坐穩女團一姐的寶座。身處資源豐富的大型經紀公司，她們是如何在男團當道的韓國偶像界殺出重圍，更進軍全世界呢！？　　♥ 你不能不知道的少女時代誕生祕話！　　♥ 你一定要了解的9人獨特又迷人的個性！　　♥ 你絕對想知道的9人獨家小祕密！
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Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me

by Kim Mitzo Thompson, Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand ...

Illustrated by Iesha Wright ...

Series Book 103 - Sing-A-Story
“Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me” is a silly story/song combination perfect to engage young children to clap hands, laugh, sneeze, whistle, and more! Repetitive lyrics and adorable photographs will entertain pre-readers and reinforce early literacy skills. Children and parents alike will enjoy reading and singing along to “Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me” as they listen and follow the cute ... Read more

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“Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me” is a silly story/song combination perfect to engage young children to clap hands, laugh, sneeze, whistle, and more! Repetitive lyrics and adorable photographs will entertain pre-readers and reinforce early literacy skills. Children and parents alike will enjoy reading and singing along to “Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me” as they listen and follow the cute
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From Death to Dance

One Person's Journey from the Darkness and Despair of Death to the Lightness and joy of Dance

by Dr. Janet M. Bieschke ...

This book captures the journey of a woman who made great strides healing her pain, while inspiring others with her story of resilience and transformation. Her passion of dance serves as a testament to the incredible potential of the human spirit to rise above even the darkest of times. ... Read more

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This book captures the journey of a woman who made great strides healing her pain, while inspiring others with her story of resilience and transformation. Her passion of dance serves as a testament to the incredible potential of the human spirit to rise above even the darkest of times.
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Lampenfieber und Angst bei ausuebenden Musikern

Kritische Uebersicht ueber die Forschung. Zweite, ueberarbeitete Auflage

by Adina Mornell ...

Series Book 14 - Schriften zur Systematischen Musikwissenschaft
Ein Bühnenauftritt verlangt vom Musiker Konzentration und schöpferische Kraft statt Aufregung und Angst. Ist die optimale Konzerterfahrung eine Schimäre? Weder für Lampenfieber noch für Aufführungsangst existiert eine einheitliche Definition. Das Ergebnis ist ein Bündel von Symptombeschreibungen und Erklärungsversuchen, differierenden theoretischen Ansätzen und experimentellen Methoden. Dieser ... Read more

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Ein Bühnenauftritt verlangt vom Musiker Konzentration und schöpferische Kraft statt Aufregung und Angst. Ist die optimale Konzerterfahrung eine Schimäre? Weder für Lampenfieber noch für Aufführungsangst existiert eine einheitliche Definition. Das Ergebnis ist ein Bündel von Symptombeschreibungen und Erklärungsversuchen, differierenden theoretischen Ansätzen und experimentellen Methoden. Dieser
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Fugue Analysis

A Practical Guide

by Eduardo Solá Chagas Lima ...

Fugue Analysis: A Practical Guide offers a systematic approach to the analysis of fugal counterpoint, previously unavailable to scholars and students. It focuses on the tonal repertoire of the late-Baroque period, with suggestions on applicability to other repertoires. The author proposes an analytical framework based on simple mathematical concepts and score annotations as an alternative to the ... Read more

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Fugue Analysis: A Practical Guide offers a systematic approach to the analysis of fugal counterpoint, previously unavailable to scholars and students. It focuses on the tonal repertoire of the late-Baroque period, with suggestions on applicability to other repertoires. The author proposes an analytical framework based on simple mathematical concepts and score annotations as an alternative to the
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Bild, Affekt, Inventio

Zur «Johannespassion» Johann Sebastian Bachs

by Benedikt Schubert ...

Auf Grundlage dreier Zentralbegriffe aus der Musikanschauung der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts (Bild, Affekt, Inventio) unternimmt der Autor eine Neuinterpretation der «Johannespassion» Johann Sebastian Bachs. Konsequent wird dafür zudem erstmalig versucht, eine Synthese aus Quellen der Musikästhetik und der Frömmigkeitspraxis der Zeit herzustellen. Dies führt in der Tat zu einer gänzlich ... Read more

$64.43 CAD

Auf Grundlage dreier Zentralbegriffe aus der Musikanschauung der ersten Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts (Bild, Affekt, Inventio) unternimmt der Autor eine Neuinterpretation der «Johannespassion» Johann Sebastian Bachs. Konsequent wird dafür zudem erstmalig versucht, eine Synthese aus Quellen der Musikästhetik und der Frömmigkeitspraxis der Zeit herzustellen. Dies führt in der Tat zu einer gänzlich
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Elements of English Country Dance

by Hugh Stewart ...

The Round - Cambridge University English Country Dance Club - sometimes arranges beginners sessions before meetings early in the academic year. Students expect lecture notes; hence this booklet which aims to give at least one of the right answers for each of the questions they will have about the strange terms used to describe country dances. ... Read more

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The Round - Cambridge University English Country Dance Club - sometimes arranges beginners sessions before meetings early in the academic year. Students expect lecture notes; hence this booklet which aims to give at least one of the right answers for each of the questions they will have about the strange terms used to describe country dances.
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Dance Music

A Feminist Account of an Ordinary Culture

by Dr Tami Gadir ...

Series series Alternate Takes: Critical Responses to Popular Music
For some people, at some times, in some places, on some drugs, dance music can be a gateway to transformative, even transcendent experiences. With the help of skilled DJs, dancers can reach euphoric states, discard their egos, and feel social barriers dissolve. Dance floors can be sites of openness, subversion, and even small-scale acts of political resistance. At a minimum, dance music lightens ... Read more

$28.52 CAD

For some people, at some times, in some places, on some drugs, dance music can be a gateway to transformative, even transcendent experiences. With the help of skilled DJs, dancers can reach euphoric states, discard their egos, and feel social barriers dissolve. Dance floors can be sites of openness, subversion, and even small-scale acts of political resistance. At a minimum, dance music lightens
... Read more
我愛EXO

我愛EXO：來自未知星系的超魅力新星

by EXO研究會 ...

Series Book 11 - 愛偶像
魅力征服全球！史上最強男子天團！歌唱舞蹈無人能敵　魅力無限光速席捲世界◆◆◆EXO◆◆◆　　來自未知星系的超魅力新星EXO　　本書完整收錄EXO從成軍前的秘密、成員們的小秘密。網羅音樂、綜藝、戲劇、廣告各種不同面貌的EXO。在出道後短短時間就以光速征服世界的EXO，背後究竟有什麼樣的魅力，收服競爭激烈的演藝市場，站穩腳步。　　【EXO】是韓國SM Entertainment旗下的男子團體，EXO分為全由韓國人組成，主打韓國娛樂市場的EXO-K（Korean），以及針對大中華市場的EXO-M（Mandarin）兩小隊，在韓國及中國以小隊形式分別展開活動。　　【EXO】的團名由來，源自於表示太陽系外行星「EXOPLANET」的前三個英文字母，代表他們是誕生於未知外星系的新星之意。EXO的團員總共為十二人，依年齡高低排行分別是，XIUMIN、LUHAN、KRIS、SUHO、LAY ... Read more

$7.03 CAD

魅力征服全球！史上最強男子天團！歌唱舞蹈無人能敵　魅力無限光速席捲世界◆◆◆EXO◆◆◆　　來自未知星系的超魅力新星EXO　　本書完整收錄EXO從成軍前的秘密、成員們的小秘密。網羅音樂、綜藝、戲劇、廣告各種不同面貌的EXO。在出道後短短時間就以光速征服世界的EXO，背後究竟有什麼樣的魅力，收服競爭激烈的演藝市場，站穩腳步。　　【EXO】是韓國SM Entertainment旗下的男子團體，EXO分為全由韓國人組成，主打韓國娛樂市場的EXO-K（Korean），以及針對大中華市場的EXO-M（Mandarin）兩小隊，在韓國及中國以小隊形式分別展開活動。　　【EXO】的團名由來，源自於表示太陽系外行星「EXOPLANET」的前三個英文字母，代表他們是誕生於未知外星系的新星之意。EXO的團員總共為十二人，依年齡高低排行分別是，XIUMIN、LUHAN、KRIS、SUHO、LAY
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