SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Lisa, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, scored her second-ever appearance on the Hot 100, Billboard’s main singles chart, with “Money.” According to Billboard on Monday (U.S. time), “Money,” a track from Lisa’s first individual single album released in September, opened at 90th on the chart for the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — “Dynamite,” a megahit single by K-pop superstars BTS, has received triple platinum certification in the United States. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) revealed the certification on its website Monday (U.S. time), recognizing the song for achieving more than 3 million certified units in sales and streams. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will debut in the Japanese market next month with a new album, according to its agency JYP Entertainment on Monday. The agency announced the group will release a Japanese-language compilation album titled “IT’z ITZY” on Dec. 22, including its hit numbers, such as “Dalla Dalla,” [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “Boombaya” has surpassed 1.3 billion YouTube views. The video, released in August 2016, hit the milestone at 9:34 a.m. Monday, 146 days after passing the 1.2 billion mark, according to the group’s management agency, YG Entertainment. “Even though four years have [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun has won a U.S. entertainment award for Asian and Asian American contributions to film and television, the event organizer said Friday (Korean time). Lee was included in the list of recipients of the U.S.–Asia Entertainment Summit and Game Changer Awards, along with Bela Bajaria, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS has been nominated for three categories in this year’s American Music Awards, including for the top Artist of The Year prize for the first time. In the 2021 AMA nomination list released Thursday (U.S. time), BTS was recognized in the Artist of The Year, Favorite Duo [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizswire) — K-pop supergroup BTS delivered a message of hope to its global fans Sunday during an online concert livestreamed from an empty stadium in Seoul to prevent the spread of COVID-19. “BTS Permission To Dance On Stage” was the group’s first global online concert in about a year since the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — After making an impressive debut on Billboard’s main albums chart with its previous album, K-pop boyband Seventeen now has a bigger ambition for its new songs: the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. The 13-member group on Friday dropped the seven-track album, “Attacca,” fronted by main track “Rock [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superband BTS will hold an online concert, “BTS Permission To Dance On Stage,” this weekend, featuring fresh up-to-date viewing technologies, its management agency said Friday. The seven-piece act’s performance on a scale equivalent to an offline concert will be livestreamed from a local stadium Sunday, according to Big [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Kim Seon-ho on Wednesday admitted to forcing his ex-girlfriend to have an abortion and apologized in public to her and fans for his “carelessness.” “I had dated her with affection,” he said in a statement released through his management agency Salt Entertainment. “But I hurt her [...]