SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising K-pop rookie band Enhypen became a “million-seller” through its first full-length album, the group’s management agency said Thursday. “Dimension: Dilemma” has sold 1,139,099 copies since its release on Oct. 12, Belift Lab said, citing data from music market tracker Gaon Chart. The album sold more than 810,000 copies [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean phenomenon “Squid Game” has outnumbered the longtime TV powerhouse “Game of Thrones” in terms of combined YouTube views of its derivative video content, a U.S. media outlet has reported. A total of 129,000 videos of the survival drama, including official trailers, fan-made reaction clips and video [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together rolled out its first Japanese-language EP on Wednesday, the group’s management agency said. “Chaotic Wonderland” consists of four songs, including the main track, “0X1=LOVESONG,” Big Hit Music said in a press release. The title number is the Japanese-language version of a track [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS will hit the stage with American rapper Megan Thee Stallion for a joint performance of “Butter” at the 2021 American Music Awards. BTS and Megan Thee Stallion were among the list of AMA performers announced Monday (U.S. time) by the show on its website, along with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will host a K-pop concert at the Expo 2020 Dubai this week featuring popular Korean idol groups, such as Highlight, BTOB, Laboum and pop diva Punch, organizers said Monday. The concert titled “KITE: K-pop in the Emirates (KITE)” will take place at Jubilee Park in Dubai on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK urged the world to join efforts to tackle climate change in its video message to the World Leaders Summit at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The summit was held Monday and Tuesday as part of the COP26 conference under way in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band NCT 127′s latest album has sold more than 3 million copies, its management agency said Wednesday. According to SM Entertainment, the accumulated sales of “Sticker,” the group’s third full-length album released on Sept. 17, and “Favorite,” a repackaged version released on Oct. 25, had come to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Lisa, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, scored her second-ever appearance on the Hot 100, Billboard’s main singles chart, with “Money.” According to Billboard on Monday (U.S. time), “Money,” a track from Lisa’s first individual single album released in September, opened at 90th on the chart for the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — “Dynamite,” a megahit single by K-pop superstars BTS, has received triple platinum certification in the United States. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) revealed the certification on its website Monday (U.S. time), recognizing the song for achieving more than 3 million certified units in sales and streams. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will debut in the Japanese market next month with a new album, according to its agency JYP Entertainment on Monday. The agency announced the group will release a Japanese-language compilation album titled “IT’z ITZY” on Dec. 22, including its hit numbers, such as “Dalla Dalla,” [...]