SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group BLACKPINK’s second full-length album has sold more than 1 million copies on its first day of sales, music industry sources said Saturday. The sources said, citing data from local albums sales tracker Hanteo Chart, “Born Pink” sold 1,011,000 copies Friday. This marks the first time that any [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Globally famed K-pop boy group NCT 127 has kick-started the pursuit of its high goal of becoming a Billboard No. 1 group, back with what it proudly called the best album yet of its discography Friday. “2 Baddies,” released at 1 p.m. Friday, is the nine-member band’s fourth full-length [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK dropped its second full-length album, “Born Pink,” on Friday. “As indicated by its title, the new album depicts the confidence of the four members who were unique from the beginning,” the band’s agency YG Entertainment said in a release. “The album will paint the team’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of K-pop superband BTS, has donated 100 million won (US$71,854) for the second consecutive year to preserve and restore overseas Korean cultural heritage, a state-run cultural foundation said Thursday. The Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation said the singer, whose real Korean name is Kim Nam-joon, has recently [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group (G)I-dle will return to the music scene in October after seven months with its fifth EP, the group’s agency said Wednesday. Cube Entertainment unveiled a promotional poster on social media for the group’s upcoming EP titled “I Love,” set to come out Oct. 17. The EP [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — For many K-pop artists, Olympic Stadium, the country’s largest concert venue with a capacity to house up to 100,000 spectators, including standing seats, is considered “a stage of dreams,” because only a few big names have had their individual concerts there. Most recently, globally popular stars, such as EXO, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The lead single of BLACKPINK’s upcoming full-length album is titled “Shut Down,” the band’s agency said Wednesday. “It’s a title that is intuitive and creates a strange tension,” YG Entertainment said in a release. “BLACKPINK will once again captivate music fans around the world with its unique charisma and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids will return with its seventh EP titled “Maxident” on Oct. 7, the band’s agency said Tuesday. It will mark the first release from the group since its sixth EP, “Oddinary,” in March. The last EP debuted atop the Billboard 200 main albums chart with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A new single by hip-hop group Balming Tiger featuring RM of BTS topped the iTunes’ global songs chart Friday, the hip-hop group said. “Sexy Nukim” debuted atop the Worldwide iTunes Song chart and top songs charts in about 50 countries around the world, a day after its release, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Ive has proved its status as one of the hottest rookie girl groups with its latest single “After Like” dominating domestic charts and having sold far more copies than two preceding hits from early on. The six-member group dropped its third single “After Like” on Aug. 22, making the [...]