SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids’ latest EP “Maxident” has sold 2.18 million copies in the first week of its release, its agency said Friday, becoming the fourth most-sold K-pop album of all time in the first week. The band’s seventh EP has sold 2,185,013 copies since it came out [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group Kep1er on Thursday will put out a new EP with the concept of nine charismatic heroines who cheerfully help resolve the problems of other people, its agencies said. The nine-member band’s third EP, “Troubleshooter,” will hit music services at 6 p.m., according to its agencies WakeOne [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group BLACKPINK has earned four nominations at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards, while boy groups BTS and Seventeen have gotten three nods each. According to a list of nominees announced by MTV EMA on Wednesday (U.S. time), BLACKPINK was nominated for Best Video for “Pink [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Mamamoo expressed hope Tuesday it would make a sensation on music charts, returning as a whole group after one year with a new EP under an ambitious name. The EP’s title “Mic On” means Mamamoo has turned on its mic and is ready to make splashes. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Shin Hye-sung, a member of the long-running idol group Shinhwa, has been arrested for refusing to take a breathalyzer test, police said Tuesday. The 43-year-old singer was found at around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday while sleeping in a stolen vehicle parked on a street in Seoul’s Songpa Ward, according to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Globally popular K-pop group Stray Kids returned Friday with a song depicting the universal theme of love in its own style. Included in the band’s new EP, “Maxident,” released at 1 p.m., the song “Case 143″ compared one’s confusion from sudden feelings of love to an incident with a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT 127 will appear on U.S. broadcaster ABC’s “Good Morning America” next week to showcase its new single, the band’s agency said Wednesday. NCT will perform “2 Baddies,” the title track of its fourth full-length album, during the famous U.S. talk show on Oct. 10 (U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Red Velvet’s Seulgi said Tuesday she feels the time is right for her to make a debut as a soloist after seven years with one of the biggest K-pop girl groups. Seulgi debuted as a member of the five-piece group in 2014 along with Irene, Wendy, Joy and Yeri, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — “Squid Game” star Jung Ho-yeon has been chosen as one of the 100 rising leaders from across industries and around the world by U.S. magazine Time for this year. Jung was named in the phenoms category of the 2022 Time 100 Next list released Wednesday (U.S. time), which also [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Music producer and rapper Zico has dominated local music charts with his new single, ending seemingly never-ending chart domination by the hottest girl groups, such as Ive, BLACKPINK and NewJeans, in recent months. “New Thing (Feat. Homies)” has retained the No. 1 spot on the daily chart of the [...]