SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstar BTS said Thursday that their years of efforts to overcome linguistic and racial barriers have appealed to the musical mainstream in the United States and exploded with their latest hit “Dynamite.” The boy band debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart with the English-language song [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — It’s hard to fathom, but for global K-pop super group BTS, the band’s biggest goal once was to enter not the top 10 or top 40 but just land on the Hot 100, the main singles chart of Billboard for the top 100 popular songs in the United States, [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Since K-pop band BTS’ first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 2018, other K-pop boy bands have entered the top five of the albums chart, pushing the horizon for South Korean pop in the global music market. This week, K-pop boy band NCT 127′s new album, [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The new album by K-pop boy band NCT 127 debuted at fifth on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, the band’s strongest feat on the chart, the music magazine said Monday. “Korean pop group NCT 127 lands its first top 10 effort, as ‘NCT #127 Neo-Zone,’ the 2nd [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite K-pop band BTS’ record high sales of “Map of the Soul: 7,” the relatively tepid performance of the album’s title track, “ON,” on the Billboard singles chart indicates that American radio airplay remains a formidable barrier for the septet. This week, “ON,” the lead single from the latest [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Topping the key American and British music charts with record-breaking first-week sales figures this week, K-pop phenomenon BTS is changing the global music landscape as arguably the most influential cross-border musical act in decades. According to Billboard, BTS’ latest album, “Map of the Soul: 7,” debuted atop the Billboard [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Monsta X, a six-piece K-pop boy band, debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 album chart this week, becoming the third K-pop band ever to make the top five on the album tally. “All About Luv,” the band’s new album, came in fifth on the album chart dated [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — “Map of the Soul: 7,” the new album of K-pop super band BTS, is bound to debut atop the Billboard 200 next week, the band’s historic fourth No. 1 on the chart, the company has said. “The set, which was released Feb. 21 via Big Hit Entertainment, could earn [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Propelled by the decadeslong expertise of K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment, coupled with the distribution network of Capitol Music Group (CMG), K-pop boy band SuperM scored a No. 1 on the main Billboard albums chart with its debut album. Billboard said on its official website Monday (Korean time) that the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Brand new K-pop act SuperM topped a main Billboard chart upon its debut in the United States, according the chart result re-released on Monday. The supergroup’s first release, “SuperM: The 1st Mini Album,” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the week of Oct. 19, [...]