SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group Ive will return with its first full-length album “I’ve Ive” on April 10, Starship Entertainment, which manages the group, said Friday. The agency said last month the band was working on its first studio album, without giving the date of the release and the name of [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin of K-pop superstar BTS will release a song to be included on his first solo album and its music video Friday, the group’s agency BigHit Music said. “Set Me Free Pt. 2″ is part of the vocalist’s first individual album, “Face,” set to roll out a week later. The [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, has said the date for his enlistment in the military has been set. He, however, did not reveal the exact date, apparently hoping to make his future entry to a military boot camp a low-profile event. “I can’t give you the details, [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – “OMG,” a hit song from rookie girl group NewJeans, has garnered 200 million streams on Spotify, the group’s agency said Wednesday. The song had recorded 202,076,893 streams on the world’s largest music streaming platform as of Monday, 70 days after its release on Jan. 2, ADOR said, citing data [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A new digital single from J-Hope of K-pop boy group BTS has debuted at 60th on the U.S. Billboard’s main singles chart. According to the latest Billboard Hot 100 released Tuesday (U.S. time), J-Hope’s “on the street” hit No. 60, becoming the highest-charting solo song from the dancer-rapper. It [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT Dream will release an English language version of its 2022 song “Beatbox” this month, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The new version will hit various music services in the world at 1 p.m. next Tuesday, SM Entertainment said. “Beatbox,” the original song, is the main [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kai, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, put out a new individual EP, “Rover,” on Monday. The EP marks his first release as a soloist since his second EP, “Peaches,” in November 2021. Kai, who debuted in 2012 as the main dancer of the nine-piece group managed by [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK was inscribed on the Guinness World Records as the most-streamed girl group on Spotify in the world, the group’s agency said Saturday. The band’s songs had garnered 8.88 billion streams as of March 3, breaking the previous record of 8.4 billion streams set by the [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar J-Hope’s new digital single “on the street” has entered the British Official Singles chart. According to the chart updated Friday (British time), the song debuted at No. 37 on the Official Singles Chart Top 100, a notch down from Sza’s “Snooze.” The BTS dancer-rapper dropped the song [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS has won four trophies at the 37th Japan Golden Disc Awards, BigHit Music, the group’s agency, said Friday. The septet clinched Best Asian Artist presented by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for the fifth year in a row. It also grabbed Song of the Year [...]