SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS will heat up year-end festivities with a series of high-profile performances in its home country of South Korea and outside. With the 2019 Melon Music Awards scheduled for Saturday at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, BTS will begin its run of performances throughout December, providing an [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS picked up three American Music Awards (AMAs) on Monday to mark the second consecutive year that the band has won honors at the mainstream U.S. award show. Early in the show, the septet was announced as the winner of Favorite Duo or Group – Pop/Rock in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Goo Ha-ra, a K-pop diva and member of girl band KARA, was found dead Sunday at her home, police said. An acquaintance of the 28-year-old found her dead at around 6 p.m. at her home in Seoul’s Gangnam Ward and notified the police and firefighters, the police said. The police [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming 2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) are taking another heavy blow as an ongoing police probe over the music channel’s idol survival shows is eating into its lineup. Earlier this week, police took into custody the director and chief producer of Mnet’s high-profile audition show, “Produce 101,” [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Grammy Awards, one of the major American pop music award events, have become fodder for criticism after K-pop band BTS was shut out of the nominations for the 2020 Grammys. Many eyes had been on BTS’ possible nomination when the American Recording Academy announced the 2020 list of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major entertainment agencies are expected to see improved earnings next year on growing album sales and global activities of their idol groups, analysts said Tuesday. SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, the two largest agencies by market capitalization, reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, and they are poised to deliver [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Roaring four-piece K-pop girl band Mamamoo dropped its second full-length album, “reality in BLACK,” Thursday, returning to smash the music scene. The 11-track album, the group’s first full-length since “Melting” nearly four years ago, is fronted by brassy, girl-crush number, “HIP,” but also carries the band’s signature soulful vocal [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A fall from grace by “Produce 101,” South Korea’s most sensational idol audition show to date, is derailing the burgeoning K-pop careers of the show’s winners. Last week, police put in custody An Joon-young, the director of the Mnet cable show, and the program’s chief producer over suspicions of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With all of its members returning to public life over the weekend, popular K-pop band BIGBANG is set to make a comeback, but the future of the group remains unclear due to an ongoing corruption scandal. As a well-known fashion icon across Asia, band leader G-Dragon, who was discharged [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean singer-songwriter Zion.T has been known as one of the best-selling singers on local online music charts for years. His unique voice and lyrics have gained prominence, especially in the Korean hip-hop and R&B scene. In the late fall of 2019, after a one-year hiatus, he returned with his [...]