SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — “ON,” the lead track of BTS’ new album, debuted at 4th on the Hot 100 singles chart this week, the highest rank for any BTS song, Billboard said Monday (U.S. time). “BTS scores its third and highest-peaking Hot 100 top 10, and the highest-charting song ever for a K-pop [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Monsta X, a six-piece K-pop boy band, debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart this week, becoming the third K-pop band ever to make the top five on the album tally. “All About Luv,” the band’s new album, came in fifth on the album chart dated [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Putting on the debut performance of “ON,” the lead track of the new BTS album “Map of the Soul: 7,” the South Korean super band has rocked Grand Central Terminal, a symbolic public space in New York City. The septet unveiled a premiere performance of “ON,” pre-filmed in a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — “Map of the Soul: 7,” the new album of K-pop super band BTS, is bound to debut atop the Billboard 200 next week, the band’s historic fourth No. 1 on the chart, the company has said. “The set, which was released Feb. 21 via Big Hit Entertainment, could earn [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop ‘super rookie’ band ITZY will return to the music scene next month with a new EP, “IT’z ME,” the band’s management agency said Saturday. “IT’z ME,” set for official release on March 9, is the quintet’s second EP since the band made a sensational debut in February last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop phenomenon BTS dropped a new album, “Map of the Soul: 7,” Friday with a majestic music video of the album’s lead track, “ON,” ready to rock the world music scene once again. The upcoming 20-track album is the second part of its “Map of the Soul” album series, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — IZ*ONE has shattered a first-week sales record for albums by girl groups of all time with its new album, the band’s management agency said Tuesday. The group’s first full-length album “Bloom*Iz” sold some 184,000 copies within the first day of its release Monday at 6 p.m., Off the Record [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Zico, a rapper and music producer, became the latest K-pop sensation as his latest hip-hop number, “Any Song,” topped weekly domestic music charts for the fourth week in a row. The hypnotic song topped the Gaon weekly digital chart, operated by the Korea Music Content Association, for the week [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop super band BTS unveiled Monday the tracklist of its much-anticipated upcoming album, which includes the main track, “ON,” and an accompanying digital version of the song featuring Australian singer Sia. According to the image of the tracklist posted on the website of the band’s agency, Big Hit Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Chen of K-pop boy band EXO took the band’s devoted fans by surprise last month with the announcement that he is set to marry his pregnant girlfriend. Many fans supported Chen’s straightforwardness in breaking the news about his personal life and defended celebrities’ right to privacy, but many others [...]