SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group NewJeans has achieved a significant milestone by topping the Billboard 200 main albums chart for the first time since its debut a year ago. According to the latest chart revealed Wednesday (U.S. time), the quintet’s second EP titled “Get Up” debuted atop the list. This [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Billboard, the U.S. music chart operator, has decided to exclude artist webstores from the tabulation of digital single charts, raising doubts about whether this decision is aimed at preventing K-pop singers from reaching the top. Billboard recently announced that it would no longer include D2C (Direct-to-consumer) websites in chart [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Ateez’s latest EP, “The World Ep. 2: Outlaw,” has landed at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, marking the band’s highest-charting entry yet. The EP had earned 105,500 equivalent album units in the United States since its release on June 16, including 101,000 units of album [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty Fifty has become the longest-charting K-pop girl group on the Billboard Hot 100 in history as it stayed on the U.S. music chart for the 13th consecutive week. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), the group ranked 24th this week, three places down from the [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Stray Kids has claimed No. 1 on U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart for the third time in their career with their third studio album “5-Star.” The 12-track album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart for this week with 249,500 equivalent album units earned in the United [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Music charts data from Melon, the largest music streaming platform in South Korea, will now be incorporated into the U.S. Billboard charts. Kakao Entertainment Corp., the operator of Melon, said Wednesday the streaming service has signed a contract with Luminate, the data management company of Billboard, to provide music [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Fifty Fifty has become the longest-charting K-pop girl group on the Billboard Hot 100 in history as it stayed on the U.S. music chart for the ninth consecutive week. According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), the group ranked 18th this week, a step down from the [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Le Sserafim ranked at No. 6 on this week’s Billboard 200 main album chart with its first official album, “Unforgiven,” industry data showed Monday. It is the first time the rookie girl group has entered the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. It previously ranked at [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group Seventeen has ranked No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with its 10th EP, “FML,” its highest ranking ever on the chart. Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) in a preview of this week’s chart that the South Korean album came after U.S. country singer Morgan [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop giant BTS, has arrived at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 main albums chart with his first full-length solo album, “D-Day.” He tied with his bandmate Jimin, who hit the same position with “Face” last month, as the highest-charting K-pop soloist. Billboard said Monday [...]