SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — “OMG,” a hit song from rookie girl group NewJeans, has garnered over 400 million streams on Spotify, the group’s agency said Saturday. The song had recorded 400,964,769 streams on the world’s largest music streaming platform as of Thursday, after its release on Jan. 2 this year, ADOR said. NewJeans [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS announced Friday he will drop his first official solo song next month. The track, titled “Seven,” will arrive on July 14 at 1 p.m., the vocalist said on Weverse, Hybe’s K-pop fan community platform. It is an invigorating, summery song that will make BTS [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of K-pop artists are being featured on Hollywood movie soundtracks. “Barbie Dreams,” performed by K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty, can be found on the original soundtrack album for the new fantasy comedy film “Barbie,” scheduled for release on July 19. Jimin, a member of the K-pop [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Jihyo of popular K-pop girl group TWICE will make a debut as a solo artist in August with her debut solo album, “Zone,” her agency said Monday. The singer will drop the EP, led by the lead track “Killin’ Me Good,” at 1 p.m. on Aug. 18, JYP Entertainment [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Ateez’s latest EP, “The World Ep. 2: Outlaw,” has landed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, marking the band’s highest-charting entry yet. The EP had earned 105,500 equivalent album units in the United States since its release on June 16, including 101,000 units of album [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty Fifty has become the longest-charting K-pop girl group on the Billboard Hot 100 in history as it stayed on the U.S. music chart for the 13th consecutive week. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), the group ranked 24th this week, three places down from the [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Le Sserafim will roll out its second Japanese-language single on Aug. 23, the band’s agency said Tuesday. The single, “Unforgiven,” will have three tracks, including Japanese language versions of “Unforgiven,” the title track of the group’s first studio album of the same name released in May, [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Nmixx will return with its third single, “A Midsummer Nmixx’s Dream,” on July 11, the group’s agency said Tuesday. JYP Entertainment teased the upcoming release on the band’s official social media channels earlier in the day. The six-piece group’s last release was “Expergo,” its first EP [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group NewJeans will return after six months with its second EP, “Get Up,” next month, the group’s management agency said Monday. According to ADOR, the band will release the album on July 21 and “New Jeans” and “Super Shy,” the first two of the album’s six tracks, [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY will put out a new EP, titled “Kill My Doubt,” on July 31, the group’s agency said Monday. The quintet’s latest release was “Cheshire,” its sixth EP dropped in November. The upcoming EP will comprise six tracks, led by “Cake,” according to JYP Entertainment. It [...]