SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — NewJeans will perform at the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) for the first time as a K-pop girl group. The South Korean quintet was chosen to perform at this year’s awards ceremony, the BBMAs announced on social media Wednesday (U.S. time). The BBMAs are one of the three biggest U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band Seventeen’s latest album has debuted at No. 2 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, after Taylor Swift’s new album, Billboard said. “Seventeenth Heaven,” the boy band’s 11th EP, earned a total of 100,000 equivalent album units in its first week ending Nov. 2, driven almost entirely [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BTS’ Jimin and girl group NewJeans have each been nominated for four categories at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs). According to the complete list of nominees announced by the BBMAs on Thursday (U.S. time), Jimin is a finalist in four categories — Top Selling Song for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Tomorrow X Together made it into the Billboard 200 albums chart for the first time at No. 3 with its third studio album. “The Name Chapter: Freefall” ranked third behind Bad Bunny’s “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Manana” and Drake’s “For All the Dogs” [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS V’s latest single “Slow Dancing” debuted at No. 51 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to the latest chart released Wednesday. “Slow Dancing” is the lead track off his first solo album “Layover,” released on Sept. 8. It marks V’s third entry on the chart with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — V of K-pop supergroup BTS entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 2 with “Layover,” his first solo album, Billboard has said. “Layover” came in second behind Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album, “Guts,” in this week’s chart, Billboard said in a chart preview released Sunday (U.S. local time). This feat [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member J-Hope’s debut solo album, “Jack in the Box,” has re-entered the top 10 of the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart this week, more than a year after its release, Billboard said Monday. The album ranked sixth on Billboard 200, with 50,000 equivalent album units sold during the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s debut solo single, “Seven,” stayed atop the U.S. Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts for the fifth consecutive week. According to the latest charts unveiled Monday (U.S. local time), “Seven” continued to lead both charts for five weeks in a row, making Jungkook the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean has been the second most dominant language among the non-English songs that have reached the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to a recent report by Billboard. The U.S. music magazine said in an online article published Wednesday (U.S. local time) that only 35 songs [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of the K-pop supergroup BTS has stayed atop the U.S. Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. U.S. charts for the fourth consecutive week with his debut solo single, “Seven.” According to the latest charts unveiled Tuesday (U.S. local time), “Seven” continued to lead both charts for the fourth [...]