SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Female artists claimed nine of the top 10 spots on YouTube Korea’s most popular songs list this year, marking a significant milestone for women in the Korean music industry. YouTube announced its domestic trends list on December 12, highlighting the year’s notable topics, creators, popular songs, and trending Shorts content. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular girl group aespa will release its fifth EP, “Whiplash,” on Oct. 21, the group’s agency, SM Entertainment, said Monday. The album aims to build on the success of the group’s previous hit, “Supernova,” which was the lead track from its first full-length album, “Armageddon,” released in May. “Supernova” [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Winter, a member of K-pop girl group aespa, will temporarily halt her activities following recent lung surgery, her agency said Friday. “Winter is recovering from pneumothorax surgery,” SM Entertainment said in a release. “We’ll prioritize her health conditions in determining her future schedules.” The surgery was conducted preemptively as [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop stars aespa and (G)I-dle will perform in pregame shows in celebration of the historic Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season openers in Seoul next week, the event’s organizers announced Wednesday. Coupang Play, the presenting and marketing partner for the MLB Seoul Series, said aespa will take the stage [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Karina, a leading figure in the fourth-generation K-pop group aespa, took to Instagram on the evening of March 5 to issue a heartfelt handwritten apology to her fans, known as ‘MYs’, for the surprise caused by the recent revelation of her relationship with actor Lee Jae-wook. In her message, Karina [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group aespa’s third EP “My World” has sold over 2 million copies, breaking its own previous album sales record, its agency said Monday. The album released on May 8 had sold 2.01 million copies as of Sunday, SM Entertainment said. “My World” received 1.8 million preorders ahead [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Aespa has set a first-week sales record for K-pop girl groups with its third EP, “My World,” its agency said Monday. “My World” sold over 1.69 million copies in the first week of its release, SM Entertainment said, citing data from Hanteo Chart, a leading local album sales tracker. [...]
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 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, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group aespa will roll out its third EP, “My World,” on May 8, its management agency said Tuesday. The quartet’s last release was in July, when its second EP “Girls” came out. The upcoming EP will have six tracks and tell a story based on the band’s [...]