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 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Globally popular K-pop group BTS will perform on the Los Angeles stop of this year’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, the largest year-end radio show in the United States, organizers said Tuesday. The septet was included in a star-studded lineup for the L.A. show scheduled for Dec. 3, the iHeartRadio, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Emerging South Korean girl group aespa has hit the Billboard main albums chart for the first time, as its first EP “Savage” debuted at No. 20, Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time). “Savage” ranked No. 20 on the Billboard 200 chart for this week, Billboard said on its twitter account. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising rookie group Enhypen on Tuesday expressed hope for becoming the hottest band in the K-pop industry during a media event before dropping the first full-length album after the group’s debut about a year ago. “We want to grow more in the future and become the hottest K-pop group, [...]