SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — “Map of the Soul: 7,” an album by global superstar BTS, has stayed on the Billboard main albums chart for almost one straight year this week, recording another piece of history for K-pop. According to the latest Billboard chart results updated Tuesday (U.S. time), the mega-hit album released in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean all-female group BLACKPINK has become the first K-pop group to top 1.5 billion views on YouTube with its music video for “Ddu-du Ddu-du,” its management agency said Wednesday. The 2018 hit broke the record at around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on YouTube, YG Entertainment said, around 15 months [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop songstress Sunmi is back with another new album to add to her discography of songs with striking concepts of feminist empowerment combined with a bold performance and a twist of wordplay. The singer on Tuesday unveiled two songs for her new EP — “Tail” and “What the Flower” [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SHINee is back. Like the line that opens SHINee’s hit tracks like “Sherlock” and “Dream Girl,” the second-generation K-pop act is back with a new full album after two years and six months — a hiatus prompted by the enlistment of three of its members. The boy band known [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS was the most tweeted about musician in the United States last year, the band’s agency said Monday. In a recent survey by Twitter, BTS topped the list of 2020 most tweeted about musicians in the U.S., followed by Kanye West, Beyonce and Drake, according to Big [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A dance video by avatars imitating K-pop girl group BLACKPINK reached 100 million views on YouTube. The dance cover of the four-member band’s 2020 hit single “Ice Cream” featuring Selena Gomez surpassed 100 million views last Saturday, just five months after it was revealed last September, according to YG Entertainment. This [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Singer-actress IU’s song from a decade ago has resurged to top spots on major music charts here after her performance videos went viral on social media. As of 1 p.m. Friday, “Hold My Hand,” the singer-songwriter’s first self-produced song, ranked No. 4 and No. 11, respectively, on music streaming [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival that draws millions of viewers each season, will be held online again next month amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, its organizer said Tuesday. The third season of the online event, titled “KCON:TACT,” will stream from March 20-28 through YouTube and the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Of all the entertainers and musicians here who have been affected by the pandemic, Chungha may have a lot to say. The K-pop soloist had to postpone her first full album release after testing positive for COVID-19 in December when the third wave of the infectious virus began to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – In a country where enlisting in the military for two years is mandatory for all able-bodied men, the rule has long been an unavoidable hurdle for singers and actors in their 20s who are flourishing in their career heyday. In that sense, having completed the two-year service can be [...]