SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, will headline 2023 Global Citizen Festival, a large-scale U.S. charity concert set to be held this month, the group’s agency said Thursday, citing the festival’s official social media accounts. The Global Citizen Festival is a large-scale charity concert organized by Global Citizen, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member V officially released three of his self-composed songs — “Winter Bear,” “Snow Flower (feat. Peakboy)” and “Scenery” — on Tuesday, his agency, BigHit Music, said. The release comes over a week ahead of the release of his debut solo album, “Layover,” on Sept. 8. The songs were [...]
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. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s debut solo single, “Seven,” became the third most-streamed song of the summer on the global streaming platform Spotify, his agency said Saturday. “Seven” was ranked only behind “Ella Baila Sola” by Eslabon Armado and Peso Pluma at No. 1 and Bad Bunny’s “Where She Goes” on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS’ music video for its 2019 song “Boys with Luv” has surpassed 1.7 billion views on YouTube, making it the second-most watched video following “Dynamite,” its agency said Tuesday. The music video, uploaded on YouTube in April 2019, reached the milestone at 8:18 p.m. Monday, according to [...]
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. 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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for K-pop giant BTS’ 2021 hit song “Permission to Dance” has surpassed 600 million views on YouTube. The video hit the milestone at 4:21 a.m. Monday, bringing to 12 the number of the band’s music videos seen more than 600 million times, according to BigHit Music. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member V topped the iTunes Top Song charts in 70 countries around the world with his new solo single, “Rainy Days,” on Saturday, a day after its release, his agency said. “Rainy Days,” one of the six tracks on his upcoming debut solo album, “Layover,” was at No. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The music video for “Love Me Again,” a track on BTS member V’s upcoming first solo album, was released Thursday. According to BigHit Music, “Love Me Again” is an emotional R&B genre number featuring V’s dreamlike voice. The music video, shot in a cave in Mallorca, Spain, creates a [...]