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 [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty ranked at No. 50 in its fifth week on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with its new single “Cupid.” According to the latest chart unveiled Tuesday (U.S. time), “Cupid” rose 10 spots from 60th last week. The quartet debuted on the chart at No. [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty’s first single “Cupid” stayed in the Billboard Hot 100 for the fourth consecutive week. According to the major U.S. music chart released Tuesday (U.S. time), Fifty Fifty’s “Cupid” rose to No. 60 this week, up from No. 85 a week ago. The quartet debuted on [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Jisoo arrived at No. 2 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. charts this week with her individual song “Flower.” Billboard said on social media Monday (U.S. time) that Jisoo became the third member of the quartet to chart in the top [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean girl group Nmixx has claimed a spot on the Billboard 200 main albums chart of the United States for the first time since its debut last year. Billboard said on Twitter on Monday (U.S. time) the K-pop rookie debuted on the chart, ranking 122nd with its first [...]