SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — BIGBANG’s G-Dragon finished a three-city Japanese tour, drawing in a total crowd of 260,000, according to his agency Thursday. The singer-rapper wrapped up the Japanese leg of his 29-city world tour Wednesday at the Tokyo Dome in the Japanese capital, according to YG Entertainment. The combined audience at the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Girl group April on Wednesday jumped into the early fall music chart race with its fourth EP album, backed by a pulsating-yet-innocent new dance track titled “Hold My Hand.” “After first listening to the song I thought this is it. I knew that this had to be the lead song,” leader Chaekyung explained to reporters [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop band BTS said Monday it hopes to enter the highly coveted Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States with its latest record “Love Yourself: Her.” “Whenever we’re asked about our goals, we say that we want to enter the Hot 100. But a lot of albums have [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop band BTS’ upcoming album will include a song co-produced with U.S. electronic duo The Chainsmokers, according to the former’s agency Monday. BTS’ rappers and Andrew Taggart of the American group have worked together on the song “Best of Me,” an EDM genre track with a warm melody and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Boy band EXO’s repackaged edition of its hit album “The War” conquered Apple iTunes album charts in over 30 countries, according to its agency Wednesday. EXO’s “The War: The Power of Music,” released on Tuesday, climbed to the No. 1 spot on 33 iTunes album charts, including in Spain, [...]
JAKARTA, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Preparations for K-pop act Super Junior’s comeback are going smoothly, according to its members, with the bulk of the 11-member team having finished their mandatory military duties. “Just until yesterday I practiced our dance choreography with our members. We’re also planning to hold a concert,” Super Junior member Donghae [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Girl group BLACKPINK conquered Japan’s key music sales chart for the second consecutive day with its first album released in the neighboring country, its management agency said Friday. The team’s Japanese debut EP album titled “BLACKPINK” stood at No. 1 on Oricon’s Daily CD album chart as of Wednesday, [...]
TOKYO, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean drama soundtrack-themed concert staring a number of K-pop artists in Tokyo took place successfully this weekend, attracting thousands of spectators. The ‘Drama Original Sounds Korea 2017 with PyeongChang’ concert was held by the Korea Creative Content Agency and the South Korean Embassy in Japan in celebration of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – VIXX LR, a sub-unit of K-pop boy band VIXX, on Monday released its second EP album “Whisper,” armed with a fresh sound and the spirit of creativity unbound from its larger mother band. “We were asked a lot on when LR would return. We’ve worked hard, living up to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor and singer Park Yu-chun of boy band JYJ on Friday was discharged from nearly two years of mandatory military service. Park was discharged late Friday from the Gangnam District Office in southern Seoul, where he served as a public worker in substitution for his military service. All able-bodied [...]