SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — “Born Pink,” BLACKPINK’s second full-length album, has sold more than 2 million copies for the first time as a K-pop girl group album, the group’s agency said Thursday. The album had sold a total of 2,141,281 copies in only two days after its release last Friday, YG Entertainment said, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK has topped world’s largest music streaming service Spotify’s Global Top 50 chart with its latest single, “Shut Down,” for two days in a row, the group’s agency said Monday. The main track off the group’s second full-length album, “Born Pink,” bagged its second consecutive No. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Rookie girl group Le Sserafim will release its second EP next month, the group’s management agency said Monday. The EP, titled “Antifragile,” will hit music services on Oct. 17, Source Music said, adding it contains “the inner story and attitude of the quintet, which becomes stronger when faced with [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With the shining Emmy statuette in hand, “Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae received a hero’s welcome home Sunday. Lee arrived at Incheon International Airport with dozens of fans celebrating his historic honor at America’s most prestigious awards for TV programming. At the 74th edition of the Primetime Emmy Awards [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group BLACKPINK’s second full-length album has sold more than 1 million copies on its first day of sales, music industry sources said Saturday. The sources said, citing data from local albums sales tracker Hanteo Chart, “Born Pink” sold 1,011,000 copies Friday. This marks the first time that any [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Globally famed K-pop boy group NCT 127 has kick-started the pursuit of its high goal of becoming a Billboard No. 1 group, back with what it proudly called the best album yet of its discography Friday. “2 Baddies,” released at 1 p.m. Friday, is the nine-member band’s fourth full-length [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK dropped its second full-length album, “Born Pink,” on Friday. “As indicated by its title, the new album depicts the confidence of the four members who were unique from the beginning,” the band’s agency YG Entertainment said in a release. “The album will paint the team’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, leader of K-pop superband BTS, has donated 100 million won (US$71,854) for the second consecutive year to preserve and restore overseas Korean cultural heritage, a state-run cultural foundation said Thursday. The Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation said the singer, whose real Korean name is Kim Nam-joon, has recently [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group (G)I-dle will return to the music scene in October after seven months with its fifth EP, the group’s agency said Wednesday. Cube Entertainment unveiled a promotional poster on social media for the group’s upcoming EP titled “I Love,” set to come out Oct. 17. The EP [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — For many K-pop artists, Olympic Stadium, the country’s largest concert venue with a capacity to house up to 100,000 spectators, including standing seats, is considered “a stage of dreams,” because only a few big names have had their individual concerts there. Most recently, globally popular stars, such as EXO, [...]