SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The choreography video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.2 billion views on YouTube. The group’s agency YG Entertainment said Friday the video hit the milestone earlier in the day, becoming the quartet’s fourth video with more than 1.2 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group aespa’s latest EP “Girls” sold more than 1.64 million copies last month, setting a record as the most-sold album by any K-pop girl group, the band’s agency said Thursday. Released on July 8, “Girls” topped the monthly album sales chart of South Korea’s benchmark Circle Chart [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean action thriller “Carter” has debuted at No. 1 on Netflix’s latest weekly viewership chart of non-English films. Released last Friday, the Netflix Korean-language original marked 27.3 million hours of viewing for the week of Aug. 1-7 to lead the official top 10 list for non-English films available [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will release its second studio album titled “Born Pink” on Sept. 16, the band’s management agency said Wednesday. YG Entertainment teased the album by posting a promotional poster on its official blog. The poster shows a logo for the upcoming project, an artwork featuring fangs [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Min Jin Lee, the author of historical novel “Pachinko,” on Monday gave credit to artists behind the Korean Wave for the wide recognition of her works and other Korean American novels in the United States. In a press conference to promote the publication of the new Korean edition of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will unveil “Pink Venom,” a track from its upcoming second studio album, on Aug. 19, its agency said Monday. The song and its music video will hit various music streaming services and YouTube at 1 p.m. on Aug. 19, YG Entertainment said. “The combination of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Ateez debuted at third on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart with “The World Ep. 1: Movement.” Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time) in a preview of this week’s charts that Ateez notched its first top 10 on the Billboard 200 as its latest EP arrived at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group Girls’ Generation’s new album topped iTunes charts in 31 countries Saturday, the group’s agency said. The eight-member group digitally released “Forever 1,” its first album in five years, on Friday afternoon. “Forever 1″ ranked No. 1 on iTunes Top Albums charts in 31 countries, including Sweden, Finland, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — “Bad Decisions,” a collaboration single by four BTS members — Jin, Jimin, V and Jungkook — U.S. producer-singer-songwriter Benny Blanco and rapper Snoop Dogg, topped iTunes charts in 74 countries Saturday, the group’s agency said. Big Hit Music said the song, released the previous day, ranked No. 1 on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Girls’ Generation, one of the longest-running K-pop girl groups, made a highly anticipated comeback Friday, the anniversary of the day of its debut in 2007, with “Forever 1.” “Forever 1,” the group’s seventh full-length album, marks its first group project since its previous LP “Holiday Night” five years ago. [...]