SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group Mamamoo will release a new album next week, with a ballad song fronted as the lead track for the first time since its debut, its management agency said Thursday. The EP titled “WAW,” an acronym for “Where Are We,” will be released next Wednesday, according to RBW [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Leeteuk and Yesung, members of veteran K-pop boy band Super Junior, appeared on Instagram wearing garments featuring batik, an Indonesian traditional costume, gaining much attention. The garments were designed and made by Ridwan Kamil, governor of Indonesia’s West Java province, and were presented to the members with a hand-written [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop supergroup BTS’ new single “Butter” has stormed major music charts in the United States and Japan following its release last week, the band’s agency said Wednesday. The English-language single debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard’s pop airplay chart, which measures airplay of pop songs at some 160 [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie Enhypen has landed on Billboard’s main albums chart this week with its latest EP, making its first appearance on the prominent U.S. music chart in just over six months since its debut. “Border: Carnival,” the boy band’s second EP released on April 26, ranked No. 18 on [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The seven-piece act that continues to build up a seemingly endless list of record-breaking feats has done it again — this time with its latest single “Butter” that is poised to become the summer song of 2021. On Friday at 1 p.m., BTS — RM, Jin, Suga, J-hope, V, [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has won four prizes, including the major title of Top Selling Song, at this year’s Billboard Music Awards (BBMA), the most for the group at the event ever. The septet was awarded Top Selling Song, Top Duo/Group, Top Song Sales Artist and the fan-voted Top [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS has set another record, with its latest single “Butter” becoming the most-watched music video on YouTube in 24 hours since its debut, its agency said Sunday. The upbeat summer song had racked up 108.2 million views in its first 24 hours of release on Friday, Big Hit Music [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK, which has one of the world’s biggest subscriber bases on YouTube, set another record Saturday by racking up 1.3 billion views with its music video “Kill This Love.” Views for the 2019 hit broke the record at 1:40 p.m. on YouTube, becoming the all-female act’s second music video [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop dynamo BTS has topped more than 100 regional iTunes charts and surpassed 100 million YouTube views in less than a day with its latest single “Butter,” its management agency said Saturday. The vibrant pop-dance number, released at 1 p.m. on Friday here, debuted at No. 1 on iTunes [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS, the K-pop juggernaut that has emerged as the world’s biggest band, said its music has always been the best conclusion to the numerous questions the group contemplates on. “We always question ourselves — what BTS wants to do, what we want to express and what people want to [...]