SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Kai, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, put out a new individual EP, “Rover,” on Monday. The EP marks his first release as a soloist since his second EP, “Peaches,” in November 2021. Kai, who debuted in 2012 as the main dancer of the nine-piece group managed by [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Netflix revenge thriller series “The Glory” Part 2 landed at No. 2 on a global popularity chart for TV shows available on the streaming giant, just three days after its release, data showed. The highly anticipated second part debuted at No. 3 on streaming analytics website FlixPatrol’s global chart [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK was inscribed on the Guinness World Records as the most-streamed girl group on Spotify in the world, the group’s agency said Saturday. The band’s songs had garnered 8.88 billion streams as of March 3, breaking the previous record of 8.4 billion streams set by the [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar J-Hope’s new digital single “on the street” has entered the British Official Singles chart. According to the chart updated Friday (British time), the song debuted at No. 37 on the Official Singles Chart Top 100, a notch down from Sza’s “Snooze.” The BTS dancer-rapper dropped the song [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS has won four trophies at the 37th Japan Golden Disc Awards, BigHit Music, the group’s agency, said Friday. The septet clinched Best Asian Artist presented by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for the fifth year in a row. It also grabbed Song of the Year [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie NewJeans’ songs have exceeded more than 1 billion combined streams on Spotify, its management agency said Thursday. The girl group recorded 107,788,873 streams on the global music streaming service as of Tuesday with six songs that it has released since its debut in August, ADOR said. According [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE has broken its own album preorder records with upcoming EP “Ready to Be,” the group’s management agency said Wednesday. “Ready to Be,” the band’s 12th EP set to drop Friday, surpassed 1.7 million copies in preorders as of Tuesday, heralding another million seller from the [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — “Promise,” the first song written by Jimin of K-pop superband BTS, topped iTunes charts in 51 regions around the world Tuesday, weeks ahead of the release of his first solo album, the band’s agency said. “Promise” was No. 1 on the iTunes Top Songs charts of Sweden, Norway, Greece, [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean dramas have become increasingly popular in India, according to a report from the British national broadcaster BBC on Monday. The report states that the genre mixing, exaggerated romance and bold heroines in Korean dramas are similar to Indian Bollywood dramas, which have contributed to their popularity among Indian [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Onew, the leader and lead vocalist of K-pop boy group SHINee, releases his first full-length album as a solo artist Monday, his agency said. “Circle” and its music video hit various online services at 6 p.m., SM Entertainment said. The album consists of 10 songs about various moments of [...]