SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BIGBANG topped various music charts in and outside of South Korea upon returning with a new single, “Still Life,” on Tuesday after a four-year hiatus due to its members’ mandatory military service. The digital single debuted at No. 1 on real-time charts of major online music services, [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BTS has failed to take home an honor at the Grammy Awards, one of the biggest U.S. music awards, for the second consecutive year. BTS was nominated for best pop duo or group performance with its megahit “Butter” for the 64th Grammy Awards but left the ceremony [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup Seventeen will release its first English single this month to expand its presence in the global music market, the group’s agency said Friday. The digital single will hit online music services at home and abroad at 1 p.m. on April 15, Pledis Entertainment said, adding it is [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Celebrity actor couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin got married Thursday, with the wedding ceremony strictly hidden from the public eye. Under tight security and secrecy, the wedding started at Grand Walkerhill Seoul, in eastern Seoul, at 4 p.m. with only their parents, relatives and friends attending. Actor Jang [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will return for a one-day encore concert in Los Angeles as part of its fourth world tour that took it to five U.S. cities, including L.A., in February, the group’s agency said Thursday. The nine-piece group will hold the concert at the 22,000-seat Banc of [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Onew, the leader and lead vocalist of K-pop boy group SHINee, will return with his second individual EP album next month, his agency said Tuesday. The EP, titled “Dice,” will hit various online music services on April 11, SM Entertainment said. It marks the first release from the artist [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group Stray Kids debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s main albums chart with their latest EP “Oddinary,” the U.S. music magazine said Tuesday, becoming the third K-pop act ever to top the chart. The seven-track album began atop the Billboard 200 chart dated April 2 with [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — NCT Dream, a subunit of SM Entertainment’s K-pop supergroup NCT, said Monday it sought to show how much it has grown musically over the past year through its second full-length album “Glitch Mode.” The album comes a year after the unit’s first full-length album “Hot Sauce,” which dropped in [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BIGBANG will drop “Still Life,” its first single in four years, next month, the group’s management agency said Thursday. YG Entertainment also unveiled a teaser poster featuring white, pink, yellow and red daisies in full bloom for the highly anticipated song set to be out on April [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Brave Girls said Wednesday its latest album, “Thank You,” is an ode to its devoted fans, who made it possible for the K-pop group to achieve viral success with “Rollin’” last year after more than 10 years of obscurity. “We received so much love last year but had no [...]