SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — About half of all K-pop fans bought albums to collect celebrity goods, and not for the music itself, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Consumer Agency conducted a survey of 500 consumers said they had used a a paid K-pop fandom service, which showed that they purchased albums (78.9 [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — It’s common practice for some K-pop fans to mass-purchase K-pop albums but throw most away after removing only photo cards or invitation cards for fan meetings. Since they throw the CDs away, the excess copies end up becoming plastic waste. The number of K-pop CD albums sold in the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As the K-pop market continues to expand, music albums are taking on a greater variety of shapes and sizes. Artists in recent years release an average of two or three types of music albums, along with so-called ‘jewel case’ albums, which are CDs packed into a transparent plastic cases [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop concerts, showcases and various other promotional events have been canceled due to the spreading of the new coronavirus. But that does not mean the industry is at a total standstill. Many established and rising K-pop artists, including Kang Daniel and EXO leader Suho, are ready to drop new [...]