SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – EXO-CBX, the K-pop boy band EXO’s sub-unit, will release its first full-length album, titled “MAGIC,” in Japan next month, its agency said Wednesday. SM Entertainment said the album features 11 tracks, including eight new songs, such as “Horololo” and solo songs by its members, Chen, Baekhyun and Xiumin. With the May 9 release, the sub-unit will go on tour in Japan. Titled “EXO-CBX Magical [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Boy band BTS will perform at the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) next month as the first K-pop artist to do so. Announcing the news on the band’s official Twitter account Tuesday night, Big Hit Entertainment said the seven-member K-pop sensation will return to the BBMAs as a performer [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop singer Jang Hyun-seung and celebrity athlete Shin Soo-ji ended their romantic relationship, the singer’s agency said Tuesday. Cube Entertainment said the two decided to remain good friends and that it wasn’t clear when they split up. Jang, a former member of the now-defunct idol group BEAST, and Shin, a star gymnast-turned-pro bowler, started seeing each other last fall and [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Mubeat, a new K-pop video streaming service, has opened its service in Brazil, according to the company Friday. The app developed by Vlending, a joint entertainment venture formed by MBC and SBS Contents Hub, started its service in the South American country this month, the company announced. The service [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS topped Amazon’s album pre-order list, its agency said Thursday. Big Hit Entertainment said “Love Yourself: Tear,” the K-pop sensation’s upcoming full-length album, shot to No. 1 on Amazon’s CDs & Vinyl Best Sellers list in the U.S., a day after the pre-order became available on [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Singer-actor Lee Seung-gi will host the latest season of Mnet’s “Produce” music program, the network announced Wednesday. Lee will serve as emcee of ”Produce 48,” the third season of the popular “Produce 101″ series, set to begin airing in June, according to Mnet. The show’s past two seasons have lead to the creation of I.O.I and Wanna One, two of the most successful K-pop rookie groups in recent [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group TWICE has sold over 2.2 million albums in South Korea since its debut, data showed on Tuesday. The combined number of records sold by the nine-member act stood at 2,222,981 as of Sunday, JYP Entertainment said, citing data from Gaon Chart, South Korea’s main music sales tracker. [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS will make a comeback next month by releasing its third full-length album, its agency said Tuesday. “Love Yourself: Tear,” the follow-up to the band’s smash hit “Love Yourself: Her” from last year, will drop on May 18, according to Big Hit Entertainment. The group released a [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Japanese leg of this year’s KCON, an annual global Korean pop music and culture convention, drew a crowd of some 68,000 during its three-day run, organizers said Monday. The three-day event held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of Tokyo, from Friday to Sunday was attended by a combined audience of 68,000, [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group TWICE plans to release a new Japanese single next month, according to its agency Monday. The group’s third Japanese single, “Wake Me Up,” will be released on May 16 in the neighboring country, JYP Entertainment said. TWICE debuted in Japan in June 2017 with the compilation album [...]