SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean children’s song “Baby Shark” has stayed on Billboard’s Hot 100 main singles chart for the third consecutive week. The English version of the song by Pinkfong, a children’s education entertainment brand, whose Korean title is “Shark Family,” came in 37th, up one notch from last week’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Soulful veteran singer Lee So-ra’s new release, “Song Request,” featuring K-pop boy band BTS member Suga, took local and global music charts by storm, according to charts results released Wednesday. The mellow ballad, Suga’s first collaboration, written by rapper and singer-songwriter Tablo, topped six major local song charts, including [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Kang Daniel, the pivotal member of now-disbanded K-pop boy band Wanna One, is preparing for his solo debut in April, his agency has said. “Kang Daniel is preparing a music record with a goal of debuting as a solo artist in April,” his management agency said Monday, adding that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Acclaimed K-pop boy band Seventeen returned Monday with the new EP “You Made My Dawn,” fronted by “Home,” which brings out the 13 members’ warmer and manly sides. The teenage concept band showed up in uncharacteristic warm pink suits and tailored jackets as the members presented “Home,” the title [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Communications Commission has announced the results of an Internet survey conducted last year to look into the response to Korean dramas in Turkey and three other countries in the Middle East – Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The study was based on 27 Korean [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean children’s song “Baby Shark” was ranked on Billboard’s Hot 100 main singles chart this week after debuting on the list a week earlier, results showed Thursday. The English version of the song by Pinkfong, a children’s education entertainment brand, whose Korean title is “Shark Family,” came [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Six-piece K-pop girl band GFriend released their second full-length album, “Time for us,” Monday as the group marked their successful fourth year on the K-pop scene. “Time for us” is the band’s first full-length album since the release of their first, “LOL,” in July, 2016, and their first music [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Big Hit Entertainment, which manages K-pop boy band BTS, on Friday unveiled the first member of a new boy band it is set to launch. Big Hit uploaded photos of and an introductory film about the new band’s first member, Yeonjun, on its website and social media accounts, as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS became the first South Korean boy band to hit 600 million views on YouTube with the music video for their song “DNA”. Big Hit Entertainment said that the music video reached 600 million views at 7:18 p.m. on Wednesday. The music video uses various transitional effects as if [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of dedicated global fans of “hallyu,” or the Korean Wave, is estimated to have surged to about 90 million at the end of last year, a government-affiliated foundation said Thursday. The Korea Foundation said in a report that there were 1,843 hallyu fan clubs in 113 countries [...]