SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Grammy Awards, one of the major American pop music award events, have become fodder for criticism after K-pop band BTS was shut out of the nominations for the 2020 Grammys. Many eyes had been on BTS’ possible nomination when the American Recording Academy announced the 2020 list of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major entertainment agencies are expected to see improved earnings next year on growing album sales and global activities of their idol groups, analysts said Tuesday. SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, the two largest agencies by market capitalization, reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, and they are poised to deliver [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Roaring four-piece K-pop girl band Mamamoo dropped its second full-length album, “reality in BLACK,” Thursday, returning to smash the music scene. The 11-track album, the group’s first full-length since “Melting” nearly four years ago, is fronted by brassy, girl-crush number, “HIP,” but also carries the band’s signature soulful vocal [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A fall from grace by “Produce 101,” South Korea’s most sensational idol audition show to date, is derailing the burgeoning K-pop careers of the show’s winners. Last week, police put in custody An Joon-young, the director of the Mnet cable show, and the program’s chief producer over suspicions of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With all of its members returning to public life over the weekend, popular K-pop band BIGBANG is set to make a comeback, but the future of the group remains unclear due to an ongoing corruption scandal. As a well-known fashion icon across Asia, band leader G-Dragon, who was discharged [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean singer-songwriter Zion.T has been known as one of the best-selling singers on local online music charts for years. His unique voice and lyrics have gained prominence, especially in the Korean hip-hop and R&B scene. In the late fall of 2019, after a one-year hiatus, he returned with his [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl band IZ*ONE has postponed the release of its new album amid snowballing vote-rigging allegations at “Produce 48,” a popular K-pop competition show. “Off the Record, the management agency of IZ*ONE, has decided to delay the release of the group’s first full-length album, originally scheduled for Nov. 11, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As police have been speeding up a probe into snowballing allegations of vote rigging at a popular K-pop TV series of “Produce 101,” South Korean cable channel Mnet is seeing its sensational competition show lineup lose its decadelong reputation on the entertainment scene both at home and abroad. Launched [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean star actress Lee Young-ae said Monday that she expects her new film “Bring Me Home” to be a turning point in her acting career and her life as the mother of two children. Rising to global stardom for her role in the smash-hit historical drama “Daejanggeum” (2003), [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Returning to the K-pop scene in the depth of autumn on Monday, K-pop boy band GOT7 is “flattered and nervous” about the release of “Call My Name,” a rare sexy concept album for the dance group. The six-track album is due to hit major online music stores Monday evening, [...]