WASHINGTON/SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Jimin, a member of the K-pop superstar BTS, has made history with his single “Like Crazy” reaching the summit of the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, becoming the first South Korean solo artist to top the list. “Jimin’s ‘Like Crazy’ blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jimin’s first solo album, “Face,” ranked second on this week’s Billboard 200 chart, industry data showed Monday. “Face” started with 164,000 equivalent album units earned, making it the second-largest debut week after Wallen’s “One Thing at a Time.” The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Suga will debut his official solo album “D-Day” on April 21 under a stage name for his previous individual projects, Agust D, his agency BigHit Music said Monday. “D-Day” will mark the final installment of the “Agust D” trilogy, which began with his mix tapes “Agust D” [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Jisoo, a vocalist of the biggest K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, topped iTunes’ global songs chart with “Flower,” one of her first solo singles, the group’s agency said Saturday. “Flower” debuted atop the Worldwide iTunes Song Chart and the service’s top songs charts in 60 countries in the Americas, Europe, [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, will join the Army as an active duty soldier, the band’s agency said Saturday. “J-Hope will be enlisting in the Army as an active-duty soldier to fulfill his mandatory military service,” BigHit Music said on Weverse, a K-pop fan community platform. It, [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin has become the highest charting member of K-pop superstar BTS on the British Official Singles Chart, with his solo song “Like Crazy” debuting at No. 8. According to the latest chart released Friday (British time), the track off his first solo album, “Face,” reached No. 8 on the [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Jimin, a member of the globally popular boy group BTS, has broken the record for the highest first-week album sales by a K-pop soloist with his debut solo album titled “Face,” the band’s agency said Friday. The album has sold over 1.45 million copies in the week following its [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Jisoo on Friday released her highly anticipated debut solo project, becoming the final member of the quartet to pursue a solo career. The single album, titled “Me,” features two tracks — “Flower” and “All Eyes on Me.” According to YG Entertainment, the band’s agency, the [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Seventeen, a leading K-pop boy group, will drop its first album in nine months in April, the band’s management agency said Friday. The 13-piece group will release its 10th EP, “FML,” on April 24 at 6 p.m., Pledis Entertainment said. This will be the band’s first album since the [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Jisoo said Thursday she has discovered a new side of herself while trying to find the best music for her solo debut single. In a statement released through her agency on the eve of the release of “Me,” the vocalist also expressed her excitement to [...]