SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group EXO has achieved a major milestone in the Korean music industry with more than 10 million cumulative album sales, its agency said Monday. SM Entertainment said more than 12 million copies of the group’s albums — five full-length albums, two EPs, a winter special album and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A large arena in Seoul was rocked with cheers from some 10,000 fans when the sharp intro of “DDU-DU DDU-DU,” the popular title track off girl group BLACKPINK’s first EP album “Square Up,” was played. The song opened the “Black Pink 2018 Tour [In Your Area] Seoul x BC [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese television station has canceled an appearance by the massively popular K-pop group BTS citing controversy over a T-shirt with an image of an atomic bomb that a member wore last year to celebrate Korea’s liberation from Japan after World War II. “BTS won’t be able to appear [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular K-pop girl group TWICE released its much-anticipated sixth EP, “Yes or Yes,” and its title track Monday. Will it be another success after the group’s nine straight hits, which range from debut single “OOH-AHH” to latest success “Dance The Night Away”? “We worked hard on this album because [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop duo TVXQ has drawn the largest number of concertgoers in Japan this year, beating foreign and Japanese artists, its agency SM Entertainment said Monday. According to the agency, the team ranked No. 1 on the list, compiled by Nikkei Entertainment, of performers’ ticket power. The duo’s concerts in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BTS has topped 1 billion streams on Apple Music, becoming the first Korean artist to do so, its management agency said Sunday. Apple Music announced the feat on Friday, local time, according to Big Hit Entertainment. The agency said that streaming numbers were evenly distributed across [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Red Velvet will have concerts in five U.S. cities starting next February, their Seoul-based agency confirmed on Saturday. According to SM Entertainment, Red Velvet will start their U.S. tour in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2019, and will go to Dallas two days later. They will [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO, “the kings of K-pop,” returned with a new album on Thursday, bringing together all nine members for the first time in more than a year to stage a new collection of music filled with masculine vibes. The group’s fifth full-length album, “Don’t Mess Up My Tempo,” set to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will go on its first global tour starting in Seoul this month, its agency, YG Entertainment, said Thursday. After its Seoul concerts on Nov. 10 and 11, the four-member act will perform in Bangkok on Jan. 12 and 13, in Jakarta on Jan. 20, in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Preorders for K-pop boy band EXO’s forthcoming album, “Don’t Mess Up My Tempo,” exceeded 1.1 million copies, its management agency said Wednesday. As of Tuesday, 1,104,617 copies of the fifth full-length album by EXO were ordered in advance of its release on Friday, according to SM Entertainment. “With preorders [...]