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 [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie NewJeans’ songs have exceeded more than 1 billion combined streams on Spotify, its management agency said Thursday. The girl group recorded 107,788,873 streams on the global music streaming service as of Tuesday with six songs that it has released since its debut in August, ADOR said. According [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE has broken its own album preorder records with upcoming EP “Ready to Be,” the group’s management agency said Wednesday. “Ready to Be,” the band’s 12th EP set to drop Friday, surpassed 1.7 million copies in preorders as of Tuesday, heralding another million seller from the [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — “Promise,” the first song written by Jimin of K-pop superband BTS, topped iTunes charts in 51 regions around the world Tuesday, weeks ahead of the release of his first solo album, the band’s agency said. “Promise” was No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs charts of Sweden, Norway, Greece, [...]