SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Enhypen has debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with its second studio album, “Romance: Untold,” making it the band’s highest-charting album ever. Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time) that Enhypen came next to rapper Eminem on the chart by collecting 124,000 album-equivalent units [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Lisa of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK and Jimin of boy group BTS have entered the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 main songs chart with their new solo singles. Billboard said on X, formerly Twitter, Monday (U.S. time) that Lisa’s “Rockstar” and Jimin’s “Smeraldo Garden Marching Band” featuring Loco debuted at [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The latest album from Nayeon of K-pop girl group TWICE has debuted at No. 7 on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart. Her second EP, “Na,” collected 47,000 album-equivalent units in the United States during the charting period for the Billboard 200, Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time). The Billboard [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Ateez’s latest album, “Golden Hour: Part. 1,” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 main albums chart. The band’s 10th EP amassed 131,000 album-equivalent units, including 127,000 album sales, in the United States during the charting period, Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time). The figure [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — RM, the leader of K-pop supergroup BTS, has landed again on the Billboard 200 main albums chart with his second solo album, “Right Place, Wrong Person,” at No. 5. Billboard said Sunday (U.S. time) in a preview of this week’s chart that the album amassed 54,000 album-equivalent units, including [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen’s latest best-of album, “17 Is Right Here,” has debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 chart. According to a chart preview released Sunday (U.S. time) by Billboard, the album, which compiles the group’s greatest hits, amassed 53,000 album-equivalent units in the United States during [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Entertainment has struck a deal with the U.S. Billboard magazine to further propel K-pop onto the world stage, the South Korean entertainment firm said Thursday. Joseph Chang, co-CEO of Kakao Entertainment, Billboard U.S. President Mike Van and Kim Yuna, the publisher and CEO of Billboard Korea, signed the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group ILLIT has made history by entering the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 main songs chart with its debut single “Magnetic.” “Magnetic” secured the No. 91 spot on the upcoming Hot 100 chart, Billboard said on social media Tuesday (U.S. time), becoming the first debut song by [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member J-Hope has broken his own record on the U.S. Billboard 200 main albums chart as his latest album debuted at No. 5. “Hope on the Street Vol. 1,” which the rapper-dancer released March 29, claimed the fifth spot on the chart dated for April 13, Billboard said [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — V, a member of K-pop megaband BTS, has scored another hit on the Billboard Hot 100 main singles chart despite serving in the military. His latest digital single, “FRI(END)S,” debuted at No. 65 on this week’s chart, unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time). It marks V’s fourth entry on the chart [...]