SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — After selling 700,000 albums with just three singles and sweeping rookie prizes at year-end awards, TREASURE now aims to send out positive vibes to fans and listeners. The rookie band that debuted in August through a survival audition program by YG Entertainment, “YG Treasure Box,” is set to drop [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven-piece boy band GOT7 will officially be leaving JYP Entertainment without renewing its contract, the agency announced Monday. “JYP held in-depth discussions with members of GOT7 ahead of their exclusive contract termination on Jan. 19. As a result, the two sides agreed not to proceed with a contract renewal, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — “I Can’t Stop Me” has become K-pop girl group TWICE’s fastest music video to rack up 200 million views on YouTube, its management agency said Monday. The music video hit the milestone around 8:40 p.m. Sunday, some 77 days after its release in October, according to JYP Entertainment. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The BTS album “Map of the Soul: 7,” featuring hit tracks “On” and “Boy with Luv,” has been tallied as the bestselling physical album in the United States last year. Physical album sales of the septet’s fourth full album released in February reached 646,000 in the U.S., according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — January is usually a bleak month after year-end festivities and the hype for ambitious New Year’s resolutions have faded. But in the K-pop industry, January is set to be packed with debuts and comebacks by both rookies and veteran acts this year. On Monday, 12-piece group TREASURE is set [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group aespa’s song “Black Mamba” has earned 100 million views on YouTube, becoming the fastest debut music video by a K-pop act to reach the milestone, the group’s agency said Friday. The music video for “Black Mamba” hit the milestone at around 5:35 a.m. Friday, 51 days [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven-member superband BTS, which released megahits “Dynamite” and “ON” in 2020, was the most streamed Korean artist and global group last year, global streaming giant Spotify said Thursday. Spotify’s 2020 Wrapped data, compiled between Jan. 1 and Nov. 15 last year, also showed that the top 10 most streamed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Seventeen will hold an online concert later this month to meet fans across the world, its management agency said Tuesday. The concert, titled “IN-COMPLETE,” will take place at 6 p.m. on Jan. 23, according to Pledis Entertainment. It marks the second online event by the 13-member [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group EXO’s Baekhyun attracted some 110,000 viewers from around the world in his first online concert held over the weekend, the singer’s agency said Monday. “Beyond Live – Baekhyun : Light,” livestreamed via Naver V Live on Sunday, drew some 110,000 viewers from 120 countries, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Star actor Hyun Bin and his on-screen partner in the hit drama “Crash Landing On You,” Son Ye-jin, have been dating for eight months, their agencies confirmed Friday. “The two have become intimate as co-stars and have developed such intimacy into a romantic one as lovers after the series [...]