SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Le Sserafim’s first Japanese-language single “Fearless” ranked No. 1 on Oricon’s weekly singles chart, its agency, Source Music, said Tuesday. It is the first time in five years and three months that a foreign female artist has topped Japan’s main music chart with its debut album. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actor Song Joong-ki said Monday he has just been married to British actress Katy Louise Saunders and she is pregnant with his baby. The 37-year-old actor made the surprise announcement in a letter to a fan club, saying the couple has just completed the marriage registration. “I [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band NCT 127 has completed its second world tour, “Neo City:The Link,” which has drawn some 700,000 spectators in 17 major cities, its management agency SM Entertainment said Monday. Beginning in Seoul in December 2021, the nine-member group performed in 28 rounds of concerts in several countries, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together’s latest album sold more than 1.8 million copies on the first day of its release, the group’s agency said Saturday. “The Name Chapter: Temptation,” the quintet’s fifth EP, sold 1,868,919 copies Friday, BigHit Music said, quoting data from local album sales tracker Hanteo [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A documentary about Korea-born video art pioneer Paik Nam-june (1932-2006) has been selected for the official competition of the Sundance Film Festival, one of the major U.S. film festivals. Korean American director Amanda Kim’s first feature film, “Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV,” was chosen for the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has earned six new Guinness World Records titles with its second studio album “Born Pink” and member Lisa’s flourishing solo career, its agency YG Entertainment said Friday. BLACKPINK has been certified as the first K-pop girl group to rank at No. 1 on the U.K. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together has released several concept albums in which all songs are connected to form a story. The band is dropping another album of the kind Friday, containing five tracks depicting the growing pains experienced by young adults. The group’s fifth EP, “The Name Chapter: [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Red Velvet has recorded its first million seller with its latest album, “The ReVe Festival 2022 – Birthday,” the band’s agency said Wednesday. Released Nov. 28, the new EP had sold 1,029,463 copies as of Friday, SM Entertainment said. It marks the first time that any [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group BIGBANG’s Taeyang and BTS’ Jimin have made their debut as solo artists on the U.S. Billboard’s main singles chart for their collaboration single “Vibe.” The digital single landed at 76th on the Hot 100 for this week by scoring 4.2 million streams and 20,000 downloads in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A behind-the-scenes documentary about the creation of BTS star J-Hope’s solo debut album, “Jack in the Box,” will be released on Feb. 17, his agency said Friday. According to Big Hit Music, the documentary film produced by Hybe follows about 200 days spent by the rapper-dancer to make the [...]