SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY has landed on Billboard’s main albums chart for the first time in the third year of its debut. The five-piece act’s latest EP “Guess Who,” reached No. 148 on the Billboard 200, which compiles the week’s most popular albums in the United States, according to [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Unionized construction workers on Thursday demanded the removal of a billboard suggesting their wives will sleep with other men if they do not stay safe at work. The billboard, which has been installed at the construction sites of major builders since 2017, shows a woman and man in bed, [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop dynamo BTS has done it again. After making it on the Billboard’s main singles chart with its Korean and English songs, the group landed its new Japanese single on the Hot 100. “Film Out,” the seven-piece act’s Japanese single released on April 2, ranked No. 81 on the [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — BLACKPINK’s Rose saw her debut solo release reach No. 70 on Billboard’s main singles chart in the highest ranking for a K-pop female soloist. “On the Ground,” the title track of her double-track solo release “R,” hit No. 70 on the latest version of the Billboard’s Hot 100 updated [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Global superstar BTS has set another record, this time by claiming No. 1 on the Billboard’s Artist 100 chart for a 16th week, the most for a group act. The seven-piece act ranked No. 1, up four notches from the previous week, on the metric that measures artists’ popularity [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — “Map of the Soul: 7,” an album by global superstar BTS, has stayed on the Billboard main albums chart for almost one straight year this week, recording another piece of history for K-pop. According to the latest Billboard chart results updated Tuesday (U.S. time), the mega-hit album released in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastar BLACKPINK’s debut studio album has rebounded big on Billboard’s main albums chart this week following its first online concert held late last month. “The Album” has resurged to No. 59 on the Billboard 200 chart updated Tuesday (U.S. time), ascending 89 notches from a week before. It [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LOONA has made its first entry on the Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, becoming the first K-pop girl group to rank on the radio chart since BLACKPINK. LOONA’s all-English song “Star” ranked No. 40 on the Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart, set to be updated on Saturday (U.S. time), according to [...]
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Always in the Club record label under Mahvrick/Universal Records has just released a holiday Album, Why? Because It’s Christmas, featuring 17 songs from 17 Mouseketeers. The fan-supported project was an immediate success via their IndieGoGo Campaign, later breaking into the Billboard Compilation Charts at #21 in its first week of release and hitting #17 on iTunes. “We couldn’t be more proud of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar BTS’ megahit song “Dynamite” has resurged to the top 10 on Billboard’s main singles chart this week. “Dynamite” ranked No. 9 on the Hot 100 chart to be refreshed Tuesday (U.S. local time), up 15 notches from No. 24 last week, Billboard said Monday. The rebound came [...]