SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty has debuted on the Billboard’s main singles chart with its first single “Cupid,” becoming the fastest group to enter the chart in K-pop history. Billboard said on social media Monday (U.S. time) that “Cupid” entered the Hot 100 chart at No. 100 this week, just [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — “Attention,” a hit song from rookie girl group NewJeans, has garnered 200 million streams on Spotify, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The song had accumulated 200,562,682 streams on the world’s largest music streaming platform as of Sunday (U.S. time), ADOR said, citing data from the platform. This brought the [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – “Set Me Free Pt. 2″ by Jimin, a member of the K-pop superband BTS, has entered the U.S. Billboard’s main songs chart for this week. Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) the song arrived at No. 30 on the Hot 100 chart, adding Jimin became the first BTS member to [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A new unit composed of three members of the popular K-pop boy group NCT will make a debut with its first EP next month, the group’s agency said Monday. Dojaejung that consists of Doyoung, Jaehyun and Jungwoo will drop the EP “Perfume” on April 17, SM Entertainment said. They [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin of K-pop superstar BTS dropped his first official album as a solo artist Friday. “Face” consists of six tracks — both Korean and English-language versions of the main single “Like Crazy,” “Face-off,” “Interlude: Dive,” “Alone” and “Set Me Free Pt. 2,” according to the band’s agency, BigHit Music. [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment company Kakao Entertainment said Friday it will partner with American record label Columbia Records for K-pop girl group IVE’s debut in the North American market. Kakao Entertainment America struck a partnership agreement with Columbia Records, a subsidiary of Sony Music, to support the group’s first official [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Twice has sold out tickets for an upcoming concert at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, which will be part of its fifth world tour titled “Ready to Be,” its agency JYP Entertainment said Friday. The global tour is slated to kick off April 15-16 in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year was probably one of the busiest years for Ateez, a rising fourth-generation K-pop group. The octet performed in front of 430,000 fans in the past one year and two months during its two “The Fellowship” world tours in North America, Europe and Asia. “It was good to [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Netflix revenge thriller series “The Glory” Part 2 stayed on top of the streamer’s weekly viewership chart for the second consecutive week, data showed Wednesday. Premiered on March 10, the highly anticipated second part was the most-watched non-English TV show on Netflix’s top 10 list for the week [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Solo,” an individual single from Jennie, a member of popular girl group BLACKPINK, topped 900 million views on YouTube on Tuesday, a first for any female K-pop solo artist. The video hit the milestone four years and four months after it was uploaded, the group’s [...]