SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite K-pop band BTS’ record high sales of “Map of the Soul: 7,” the relatively tepid performance of the album’s title track, “ON,” on the Billboard singles chart indicates that American radio airplay remains a formidable barrier for the septet. This week, “ON,” the lead single from the latest [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Adding to the phenomenal global ascent of K-pop, led by boy band BTS, another Korean band, SuperM, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart last October, furthering the global influence of Korean pop music. It was a major feat accomplished in SuperM’s widely publicized collaboration with Capitol [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BIGBANG has renewed its contract with the current agency, YG Entertainment, ahead of the band’s new music release planned for this year, YG said Wednesday. “The BIGBANG members, G-Dragon, Taeyang, T.O.P and Daesung, signed an exclusive contract with YG,” the management said in a press release. [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Successful K-pop singer Chungha has signed a contract with ICM Partners, a major American talent agency, as she gears up for a U.S. debut, her local agency said Tuesday. “Chungha recently signed an agreement with ICM Partners, one of the top three global agencies in the U.S., and is [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Roaring rookie girl band ITZY on Monday returned with its new album “IT’z ME,” a seven-track record led by the main song “Wannabe.” The lead track has a fusion groove, mixing EDM with other trendy music genres. The song is another collaboration between the five-piece girl band and Galactika, [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Seungri, a scandal-ridden former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, joined the Army on Monday to fulfill his mandatory military service duty. The celebrity, disgraced by illegal gambling and other misconduct charges, entered an Army recruit training center in Cherwon, a border town about 90 kilometers northeast of Seoul [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A string of major K-pop concerts have been called off or postponed in Japan as mutual entry restrictions by South Korea and Japan went into force early Monday. South Korea and Japan’s visa waiver programs for nationals from each other were suspended at the start of Monday amid outbreaks [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Super Junior on Friday indefinitely put off its Japanese concerts after the neighboring country announced a plan to introduce quarantine measures for travelers from South Korea. Tokyo has announced that travelers coming from South Korea and China will be asked to stay at designated facilities for [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Many K-pop artists are turning to live online shows to reach out to fans as the ongoing coronavirus outbreak keeps people away from public gatherings. Last month, four-piece boy band WINNER performed live to 964,000 fans through V Live, an online broadcasting platform owned by internet portal Naver. The [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Seungri, a former member of K-pop boy band BIGBANG, will join the Army next week to fulfill his mandatory military service duty, military sources said Thursday. The scandal-ridden celebrity will join an Army boot camp in the central border town of Cherwon on Monday, the sources said. All able-bodied [...]