SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — After BTS won the artist of the year, considered the top honor, at the American Music Awards (AMAs), beating out big names like Ariana Grande, Drake, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, all eyes are now on the South Korean group’s next challenge — the Grammy Awards. Will [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean supergroup BTS once again rewrote K-pop history Monday by becoming the first Asian act to win artist of the year, considered the top award, at the American Music Awards (AMAs). The septet clinched the award during the 2021 AMAs broadcast live from Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean fantasy horror “Hellbound” has topped the world’s popular TV show rankings on the day after its release. According to data by streaming analytics firm FlixPatrol, the Korean-language Netflix original became the most-watched TV program on the streaming platform Saturday (U.S. time), a day after its global [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has been announced the winner of U.S. magazine Variety’s Record of the Year award for its global hit song “Butter,” the band’s agency said Sunday. The digital single won the Record of the Year category in Variety’s 2021 “Hitmakers” list, released Friday (U.S. time), according [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Netflix’s monthly active users (MAU) in South Korea hit a record high in September from a month earlier helped by the Korean-made mega hit “Squid Game,” a market research firm said Sunday. The U.S. streaming giant’s monthly active users in South Korea reached 9.48 million in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop superband BTS’ “Dynamite” has passed 1.3 billion views on YouTube, its management agency said Saturday. The video for the megahit single released in 2020 reached the milestone at 10:15 p.m. Friday, Big Hit Music said. It became the seven-member group’s third music video to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Monsta X released its 10th mini album “No Limit” Friday, expressing their determination to keep challenging their limits and going forward. “This album is the outcome of our identity and our persistence to go our own way,” the group said during an online press showcase event [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hwang Dong-hyuk, the creator of “Squid Game,” said Thursday the smash-hit Netflix series was intended to pose questions about modern capitalist society that corners people into extreme competition. “I thought capitalism has proved its own limitations in the 21st century,” Hwang said in an online speech during the SBS [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean sensation “Squid Game” has posted a total of 1.65 billion hours of streaming in the first four weeks of release, becoming the most-watched Netflix content of all time. Netflix on Tuesday (U.S time) released the global top 10 lists of films and TV shows based on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — With travel restrictions eased under the “living with COVID-19″ scheme, big-name K-pop stars are heading overseas to hold live concerts with foreign fans that have not been held for nearly two years. Superband BTS is at the forefront of the move, scheduled to throw a series of live in-person [...]