SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin of K-pop superstar BTS dropped his first official album as a solo artist Friday. “Face” consists of six tracks — both Korean and English-language versions of the main single “Like Crazy,” “Face-off,” “Interlude: Dive,” “Alone” and “Set Me Free Pt. 2,” according to the band’s agency, BigHit Music. [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment company Kakao Entertainment said Friday it will partner with American record label Columbia Records for K-pop girl group IVE’s debut in the North American market. Kakao Entertainment America struck a partnership agreement with Columbia Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music, to support the group’s first official [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Twice has sold out tickets for an upcoming concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, which will be part of its fifth world tour titled “Ready to Be,” its agency JYP Entertainment said Friday. The global tour is slated to kick off April 15-16 in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year was probably one of the busiest years for Ateez, a rising fourth-generation K-pop group. The octet performed in front of 430,000 fans in the past one year and two months during its two “The Fellowship” world tours in North America, Europe and Asia. “It was good to [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Netflix revenge thriller series “The Glory” Part 2 stayed on top of the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for the second consecutive week, data showed Wednesday. Premiered on March 10, the highly anticipated second part was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s top 10 list for the week [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Solo,” an individual single from Jennie, a member of popular girl group BLACKPINK, topped 900 million views on YouTube on Tuesday, a first for any female K-pop solo artist. The video hit the milestone four years and four months after it was uploaded, the group’s [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE has snatched its career-high ranking of No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart. Billboard said on social media Sunday (U.S. time) that the nonet’s “Ready to Be” debuted at No. 2 on Billboard 200 for this week with 153,000 equivalent album units earned, [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jimin’s single “Set Me Free Pt. 2″ topped iTunes charts in 110 countries Saturday, the group’s agency BigHit Music said. The hip-hop track, released at 1 p.m. Friday, is part of his debut solo album, “Face,” which will roll out next Friday. The song had claimed the [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group Ive will return with its first full-length album “I’ve Ive” on April 10, Starship Entertainment, which manages the group, said Friday. The agency said last month the band was working on its first studio album, without giving the date of the release and the name of [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin of K-pop superstar BTS will release a song to be included on his first solo album and its music video Friday, the group’s agency BigHit Music said. “Set Me Free Pt. 2″ is part of the vocalist’s first individual album, “Face,” set to roll out a week later. The [...]