SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed No. 1 on U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart for the third time in their career with their third studio album “5-Star.” The 12-track album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for this week with 249,500 equivalent album units earned in the United [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In a bid to foster cultural exchanges and introduce Korean arts to the local communities, a series of captivating “hallyu” (Korean wave) cultural events unfolded in the heart of the Middle East, specifically the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman. The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Oman, [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ 10th anniversary song “Take Two” has debuted atop iTunes Top Songs charts in 92 countries around the world, the band’s agency said Saturday. The countries include the United States, Britain, France and Germany, according to BigHit Music. Released Friday, the song expresses the band’s gratitude and [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Jihyo of popular K-pop girl group TWICE will make a debut as a solo artist in August, the band’s agency said Friday. She will become the second member of the nine-piece group to go solo, following Nayeon, who released her first solo album a year ago. JYP Entertainment has [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, the leader of K-pop superband BTS, will attend the main event of the BTS Festa to celebrate its debut anniversary, the group’s agency said Thursday. The BTS Festa@Yeouido will take place at the Han River Park in Seoul’s Yeouido area on June 17 to wrap up the two-week-long [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean dance team ARTGEE, winners of a prestigious international dance championship, will hold a street dance gala show at Vascello Theatre in Rome, Italy on June 30. The gala show, organized by the Korean Cultural Center in Rome, will feature seven performances. ARTGEE achieved second place at the [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop idol G-Dragon’s contract with YG Entertainment has expired, but the entertainment agency plans to discuss signing an additional contract with the singer when he resumes his music career, an agency official said Tuesday. “The exclusive contract with G-Dragon has expired,” a YG official told Yonhap News Agency, adding [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video of K-pop superband BTS’ 2020 megahit single “Dynamite” has topped 1.7 billion YouTube views, becoming the most-viewed music video by the boy group, its agency said Tuesday. The “Dynamite” music video surpassed the threshold on YouTube at 8:37 p.m. on Monday, becoming the first music video [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS, which celebrates its 10th anniversary on June 13, has grown from a lesser-known hip-hop idol group to the most successful K-pop band, breaking numerous records in K-pop history along the way. Initially launched as a band under Big Hit Entertainment, a smaller K-pop label that later transformed into [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop group Stray Kids on Friday returned after eight months with their third full-length album, “5-Star.” “We’d like to show the color of Stray Kids properly after a long time through the album,” the group said in an interview with its agency, JYP Entertainment. The interview was released [...]