SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hybe, home to famous K-pop groups such as BTS, Seventeen, Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and Enhypen, said Tuesday it will throw a joint concert of its artists to celebrate the end of the year, though BTS will be absent from the event. The concert, titled “2022 Weverse Con (New [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Tuesday opened a studio for immersive online concerts to support and nurture the digital capabilities of the local music industry amid the prolonged coronavirus pandemic. The KOCCA Music Studio, completed last month through a remodeling of a music hall at Olympic Park in southeastern Seoul, will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s sensational survival drama “Squid Game” has been nominated in three categories, including best drama series, at the 27th Critics Choice Awards. According to the nominations announced by the Critics Choice Association Monday (U.S. time), “Squid Game,” a Netflix original, was listed in the categories best drama series, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment on Monday revealed its much-anticipated first boy group in six years since the debut of Day6 in September 2015. Xdinary Heroes landed in the highly competitive K-pop music scene, dropping its debut digital single titled “Happy Death Day.” During a media showcase for the upcoming [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS will take a long vacation from Monday to spend the holiday season with their family members upon returning from a trip to Los Angeles where it secured a music honor and had four sold-out live concerts, the group’s agency said. It will be the group’s second [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar BTS’ mega-hit single “Butter” has been selected as the Record of the Year by U.S. magazine Variety, the label behind the group said Sunday. BTS won the award for its second English-language single “Butter” during Variety’s Hitmakers event held in Los Angeles on Saturday (local time). “The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS has taken the opening stage for the Los Angeles stop of this year’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, the largest year-end radio show in the United States, the group’s agency said Saturday. The septet performed its English-language hit singles “Butter” and “Dynamite,” with the latter sung [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS will continue its latest live concert series in Seoul in March, its management agency said Friday, after the group successfully finished its sold-out live concerts in Los Angeles amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “See you in Seoul, March 2022,” Big Hit Music announced in a brief posting [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has topped nine of Billboard’s year-end charts for 2021, including the year’s top duo/group category. According to Billboard on Friday, BTS ranked No. 1 on the lists of Top Artists – Duo/Group, Hot 100 Artists – Duo/Group, Billboard 200 Artists – Duo/Group, Billboard Global Excl. U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean group BTS was the third most-streamed global artist on Spotify, one of the world’s biggest players of music streaming, this year, data from the service showed Thursday. According to the Spotify Wrapped 2021 data, BTS ranked third after Puerto Rican vocalist Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift as [...]