SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group Stray Kids will roll out a new album in Japan next month, the group’s agency said Monday. JYP Entertainment said on social media that the band’s second Japanese EP “Circus” will hit music stores on June 22. The octet’s last Japanese EP was “All In” [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group BTS has won three prizes at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs), one of the three biggest pop music honors in the United States, Billboard said. The septet won top duo or group, top song sales artist and top selling song (for its 2021 smash [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group aespa has been chosen as one of the Next Generation Leaders by the U.S. news magazine TIME. Since 2014, the magazine has annually announced the list featuring trendsetters and trailblazers who are guiding the way to a brighter future. “aespa is an experiment, but it [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group (G)I-dle will hold a world concert tour for the first time since its debut four years ago, its agency said Thursday. The tour will kick off in Seoul on June 18 and 19, and make stops in 15 major cities in the United States, Chile, [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The latest album from K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together (TXT) has sold over a million copies for the first time in its three-year career, the group’s agency said Wednesday. TXT’s fourth EP “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” has sold 1.07 million copies in just two days after its release [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The choreography video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.1 billion views on YouTube. The group’s agency YG Entertainment said Wednesday the video hit the milestone slightly after midnight, one year and 10 months after it was uploaded on [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean singer-rapper Psy has put his name onto Billboard’s main singles chart for “That That,” his collaborative tune with Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS, the U.S. music magazine said Tuesday. The main track from Psy’s ninth full-length album “Psy 9th” debuted at No. 80 on this week’s Hot [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Dropping its fourth EP, “minisode 2: Thursday’s Child” on Monday, rising K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together (TXT) went for an intense and dark concept that has not been seen in its discography. The EP, the band’s first release in nine months, consists of five songs of various genres [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS will not attend the upcoming 2022 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) even though it is highly likely to bring home multiple prizes, sources in the music industry said Monday. The sources said the septet has recently decided not to attend the awards ceremony to be held in [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Le Sserafim, the first girl group from K-pop powerhouse Hybe, has recorded the most first-week sales of any debut album by girl groups in South Korea ever, the group’s management agency said Monday. “Fearless,” the group’s first EP released last Monday, sold 307,450 copies in the first week of [...]