SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ new digital single “The Planet” topped iTunes charts in 67 countries Saturday, the group’s agency said. The original soundtrack for TV animation series “Bastions” was released the previous day. The song had claimed the No. 1 spot on the iTunes Top Songs charts in 67 countries, [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The dance performance video for “How You Like That,” a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.4 billion views on YouTube, its entertainment agency said Wednesday. The choreography video hit the milestone Tuesday, even surpassing 1.2 million views by the song’s official music video on [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean rapper Psy said Tuesday he is proud of turning his drenched concert series into not a one-time show but “culture” among concertgoers in the summertime and is excited to dazzle his fans once again this summer. Psy, who rose to international stardom with his viral hit song [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group aespa has set a new record by selling about 1.37 million copies of its third EP, “My World,” on the first day of its release, the group’s agency said Tuesday. SM Entertainment cited data from Hanteo Chart, a leading local tracker of albums sales. “My World” [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — NewJeans has broken a Guinness World Record as a K-pop act by securing 1 billion streams the fastest with its songs on Spotify, the group’s agency said Tuesday. The quartet hit the milestone Monday, only 219 days after it made its debut in July 2022, ADOR said, quoting data [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen has ranked No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with its 10th EP, “FML,” its highest ranking ever on the chart. Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) in a preview of this week’s chart that the South Korean album came after U.S. country singer Morgan [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group aespa has expanded its fictional universe from the cyberpunk metaverse to the “real world” for the band’s third EP “My World.” The group — consisting of Ningning, Winter, Giselle and Karina — dropped the album marking the band’s first release in 10 months at 6 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty Fifty has made it into the top 10 of the British Official Singles Chart for the first time as a K-pop girl group with its new viral hit song “Cupid.” According to the latest chart released Friday (British time), “Cupid” rose nine places from last week to rank [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group EXO’s Kai will enlist in the military next week to fulfill his mandatory military service, his agency said Thursday. The 29-year-old will begin with a five-week basic training program at an Army boot camp from next Thursday, SM Entertainment said on its K-pop fan community platform, [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Le Sserafim has set a new record for the highest first-day sales by a K-pop girl group with its first full-length album, “Unforgiven,” according to sources in the music industry Wednesday. The sources said, citing figures from Hanteo Chart, a leading local tracker of album sales, “Unforgiven” sold over [...]