SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Koreans have chosen boy band BigBang as the artist of 2015, a Gallup survey showed Thursday. The five-member act received 15.5 percent of the votes in interviews conducted by Gallup Korea in July, September and November. BigBang topped music charts every month from May to August, when they [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Bang Bang Bang” by South Korean boy band BigBang is the most watched K-pop video of the year, YouTube said Monday. The U.S. video-sharing website revealed the top 10 K-pop videos of 2015, and all five songs included on the act’s latest album “MADE” are [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy bands BigBang and EXO each collected four trophies at the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at Asia World-Expo Arena in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with 10,000 K-pop enthusiasts attending. BigBang captured the “Song of the Year” award for “Bang Bang Bang” and also nabbed “Artist [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - With Korean cosmetics products creating a buzz in the international market due to the so-called ‘K-Beauty’ craze, domestic entertainment businesses and celebrities are launching their own brands. These brands have been attracting a lot of attention from the start, thanks to their popular creators. J.ONE, the cosmetics brand launched in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) - Tens of thousands of K-pop fans flocked to watch South Korean boy band BigBang on their North American tour earlier this month, the group’s management agency said Wednesday. The North American leg of the world tour “Made,” named after the word spelled by four singles released in succession earlier this year [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – After non-governmental organizations suggested that merchandise related to idol groups was overpriced, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced that they have started an investigation. The Seoul YMCA conducted research on the price of idol group merchandise, and requested that the FTC launch a formal investigation. The target of investigation was [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Naver, South Korea’s top Internet portal operator, rolled out a real-time video streaming app on Friday that features behind-the-scenes stories of popular K-pop artists, as it seeks to expand its global presence with the new mobile media platform. Dubbed V, the app is designed to provide footage of top Korean singers [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In the first half of the year, private creators showed a marked improvement on YouTube as non-celebrity channels have been attracting more subscribers. Global video streaming site YouTube released the top 20 Korean YouTube channels with the highest growth in the number of subscribers on July 7. Among the members [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy group BigBang rose to the top of major local music charts upon the release of its new single album Wednesday. According to YG Entertainment, which manages the group, BigBang unveiled the third album of its “Made Series” project at midnight. “If You,” one of the two tracks [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The much-awaited exhibition of artwork visualized by a young icon of Korean pop music has kicked off at a Seoul gallery. The “PEACEMINUSONE: Beyond the Stage” exhibition began receiving visitors at the Seoul Museum of Art in downtown Seoul on June 9. The exhibition, a co-production of YG Entertainment and [...]