SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Monsta X, a six-piece K-pop boy band, debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart this week, becoming the third K-pop band ever to make the top five on the album tally. “All About Luv,” the band’s new album, came in fifth on the album chart dated [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Putting on the debut performance of “ON,” the lead track of the new BTS album “Map of the Soul: 7,” the South Korean super band has rocked Grand Central Terminal, a symbolic public space in New York City. The septet unveiled a premiere performance of “ON,” pre-filmed in a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — “Map of the Soul: 7,” the new album of K-pop super band BTS, is bound to debut atop the Billboard 200 next week, the band’s historic fourth No. 1 on the chart, the company has said. “The set, which was released Feb. 21 via Big Hit Entertainment, could earn [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — “They pull everybody together, in a time where it seems like the world is going the opposite, so we need people like that who are bringing people together,” said American trombonist Duane Benjamin, who participated in K-pop boy band BTS’s fourth album, “Map of the Soul: 7.” Benjamin appeared [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop ‘super rookie’ band ITZY will return to the music scene next month with a new EP, “IT’z ME,” the band’s management agency said Saturday. “IT’z ME,” set for official release on March 9, is the quintet’s second EP since the band made a sensational debut in February last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop phenomenon BTS dropped a new album, “Map of the Soul: 7,” Friday with a majestic music video of the album’s lead track, “ON,” ready to rock the world music scene once again. The upcoming 20-track album is the second part of its “Map of the Soul” album series, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Pre-orders for K-pop super band BTS’ upcoming album have topped the 4 million mark, the biggest pre-order volume ever for a South Korean album. Pre-orders for “Map of the Soul: 7,” set for official release on Friday, reached 4.02 million copies as of Monday, BTS’ management agency, Big Hit [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — IZ*ONE has shattered a first-week sales record for albums by girl groups of all time with its new album, the band’s management agency said Tuesday. The group’s first full-length album “Bloom*Iz” sold some 184,000 copies within the first day of its release Monday at 6 p.m., Off the Record [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Zico, a rapper and music producer, became the latest K-pop sensation as his latest hip-hop number, “Any Song,” topped weekly domestic music charts for the fourth week in a row. The hypnotic song topped the Gaon weekly digital chart, operated by the Korea Music Content Association, for the week [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS unveiled Monday the tracklist of its much-anticipated upcoming album, which includes the main track, “ON,” and an accompanying digital version of the song featuring Australian singer Sia. According to the image of the tracklist posted on the website of the band’s agency, Big Hit Entertainment, [...]