SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop soloist Chungha, who has evolved from a member of a project girl group to an aspiring K-pop soloist, is set to drop her much-awaited debut full album next week. Titled “Querencia,” the album carries 21 songs, including title track “Bicycle,” a R&B pop trap song that Chungha wrote [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Global superstar BTS has set another record on YouTube, with its music video for the 2017 song “DNA” earning 1.2 billion views on YouTube, the band’s agency said Thursday. YouTube views for “DNA,” released in September 2017, broke the record at 3:13 a.m., becoming the seven-piece act’s first music [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastar BLACKPINK’s debut studio album has rebounded big on Billboard’s main albums chart this week following its first online concert held late last month. “The Album” has resurged to No. 59 on the Billboard 200 chart updated Tuesday (U.S. time), ascending 89 notches from a week before. It [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Global superstars BTS will be appearing on “MTV Unplugged” later this month, becoming the first Korean act to perform on the iconic music program produced by American broadcaster MTV. “On Feb. 23, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook will bring their collective energy to an update of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK, which owns one of the world’s biggest subscriber bases on YouTube, set another record Tuesday by earning 1.2 billion views with its music video “Kill This Love.” Views for the 2019 hit broke the record at 12:38 a.m. on YouTube, becoming the all-female act’s second music video to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will hold a digital concert that will be broadcast live in Japan next month, the act’s management agency said Friday. “TWICE in Wonderland” will air at 7 p.m. on March 6 in collaboration with Japan’s biggest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo, according to JYP Entertainment. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LOONA has made its first entry on the Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, becoming the first K-pop girl group to rank on the radio chart since BLACKPINK. LOONA’s all-English song “Star” ranked No. 40 on the Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, set to be updated on Saturday (U.S. time), according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A hilarious meme contrasting K-pop soloist HyunA’s choreography for her new song “I’m Not Cool” with a scene from the Japanese animation “Crayon Shin-chan” has become the latest meme to hit Korea. The singer, known for her bold and powerful performances, last week released a new album, “I’m Not [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s first livestream concert held over the weekend was the most watched in the United States, the act’s agency said Thursday. Subscribers based in the U.S. accounted for 19.2 percent of all subscribers for the show, followed by those watching from Thailand, the Philippines, Japan, Mexico, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop related tweets remained in full force last year, reaching a new record of 6.7 billion, Twitter Inc. said Thursday. The figure represents a jump of 600 million from 6.1 billion K-pop tweets in 2019. The social media company said Indonesia ranked as the top market tweeting about K-pop [...]