SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY has debuted in Japan with a digital album containing its hit songs and opened an official Japanese website, the group’s label said Wednesday. The album “WHAT’z ITZY,” was released through Warner Music Japan at midnight Tuesday, carrying the tracks “Dalla Dalla,” “Icy,” “Wannabe,” “Not Shy” [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS’ mega-hit “Butter” climbed back a notch to place seventh on this week’s Billboard main singles chart, extending its top 10 performance for the 14th consecutive week. The summery song debuted at No. 1 in May and spent nine nonconsecutive weeks atop the Hot 100 chart before [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — CL, the fierce and talented K-pop singer-rapper, has signed with British entertainment agency SATELLITE414 in a move to expand her presence overseas, her label said Monday. According to Very Cherry, CL recently signed a contract with SATELLITE414, which represents global superstars, including Adele and Beyonce. “CL plans to expand [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop superband BTS has refuted the recent online allegations of Billboard chart manipulation, pointing out that they are easily subject to such accusations just because they are a peripheral band from Korea. The septet’s English-language songs “Butter” and “Permission to Dance” have stayed atop the Hot 100 main singles [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Lisa, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, will debut as a solo artist next month, her management agency said Thursday. The rapper-dancer will release her first individual single album titled “Lalisa” at 12 a.m. on Sept. 10 (U.S. eastern time), YG Entertainment said. “The upcoming album will feature [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean superband BTS and American rapper Megan Thee Stallion are set to release a remix of the group’s single “Butter” Friday, the septet’s agency announced. The collaboration will drop at 1 p.m. Friday (Korean time) amid the original single’s continued success on music charts, including the Billboard Hot [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — California’s legislature has passed a new resolution to celebrate kimchi, a popular Korean fermented side dish, to promote the consumption of healthier food, industry sources said Tuesday. Under the bill led by Californian Assemblyman Steven Choi, which was passed on the previous day, the U.S. state of California plans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS’ mega-hit “Butter” placed eighth on this week’s Billboard main singles chart, staying in the top 10 for 13 consecutive weeks. The summery song dropped one notch to No. 8 on the Hot 100 chart after earlier spending nine weeks at No. 1, Billboard said on its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop album sales have grown further as new fans of the genre have snatched up old albums in addition to new ones, industry sources said Monday. K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment sold 1.64 million copies of old albums by artists, including NCT and EXO, in the second quarter, a large [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BTS’ planned world tour, which has been put off for more than a year due to the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, has been officially canceled, its agency here said Friday. “Our company has worked hard to resume preparations for the BTS Map of the Soul Tour, knowing that [...]