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 [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — NewJeans, one of the hottest K-pop girl groups, said Wednesday its secret to success was “honesty” during a press conference in Seoul on Wednesday. When asked what it thinks is behind its success, member Minji said she and her bandmates had not expected the band would receive this much [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group TWICE has stayed in the top 20 on the Billboard 200 main albums chart for the second consecutive week. According to the latest chart update released on Tuesday (U.S. time), the nonet’s 12th EP, “Ready to Be,” ranked 11th, dropping nine notches from its No. [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Jisoo, a member of girl group BLACKPINK, has set a new record for a K-pop female soloist as preorders for her first individual single surpassed 1.24 million copies, the group’s agency said Tuesday. “Me,” the album set to roll out Friday, recorded 510,000 preorders just two days after such [...]