SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will release a special movie for global fans this summer to mark its fifth debut anniversary, its management agency said Wednesday. “BLACKPINK the Movie” will hit theaters in around 100 countries, YG Entertainment said, without elaborating on the exact release dates in different regions. In [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — BamBam, the versatile Thai rapper-singer from disbanded K-pop boy band GOT7, has taken his first step as a solo artist with his new album “riBBon,” which he wrote. The six-track album, released late Tuesday, is his first album as a solo musician after members of the septet left their [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Supergroup BTS once again outran its own track record as the summery single “Butter” ranked No. 1 on the latest Billboard’s main singles chart for the third straight week. “”Butter” holds at No. 1 with 15.4 million U.S. streams and 138,400 downloads sold in the week ending June 10. [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band EXO has added another album to its list of million-selling albums with the latest release “Don’t Fight the Feeling,” its management agency said Tuesday. The EP, released last week, has sold 1.09 million copies as of Sunday, becoming the nine-member group’s sixth million-selling album, according to [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) saw its latest album land at fifth place on the Billboard main albums chart in its best record since debut. “South Korean pop quintet Tomorrow x Together notches its first top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as ‘The Chaos Chapter: Freeze’ [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Taking a trip down memory lane has always been one option for many musicians. But the K-pop scene seems to be increasingly turning to more of these oldies but goodies ahead of summer. The move comes a year after project group SSAK3 topped domestic music charts. Like its group [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS, the seven-piece act that has emerged as the world’s biggest boy band, is set to hold a two-day fan event in line with its eighth debut anniversary, the group’s agency said Friday. BTS 2021 Muster Sowoozoo, now in its fifth round, will take place through online streaming on [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — All-male K-pop act 2PM will release a new album this month, coming back from a near five-year hiatus after its members completed their military service, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The six-member group’s seventh full album, titled “Must,” will drop on June 28, JYP Entertainment announced on its [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — “Butter,” the latest hit by boy band BTS, again ranked No. 1 on the Billboard’s main singles chart in its second week after debuting. “BTS’ ‘Butter’ adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, a week after it soared in at the summit, [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop act Tomorrow X Together (TXT) is set to appear on popular American TV shows to perform its first English-language song this month, the group’s management agency said Monday. On Thursday, the five-member boy band will deliver its first performance of “Magic,” along with an interview, on ABC’s “Good [...]