SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — V will become the last member of the globally popular K-pop septet BTS to debut as a solo artist, his agency said Wednesday. “V is stepping up work to make his first solo album,” BigHit Music said in a release. It said Min Hee-jin, CEO of ADOR, also a [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook has topped the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with his first solo single, “Seven,” becoming the second South Korean soloist to lead the list following his bandmate Jimin. Released July 14, “Seven,” a summery pop song featuring American female rapper Latto, has sold 153,000 song downloads [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS has expressed his anticipation for the group’s future reunion after all the members complete their military service, saying their synergy will be much more powerful then. “It’s good that we all have time to grow up individually through our solo projects that reflect our [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop giant BTS’ first official book, “Beyond the Story: 10-year Record of BTS,” has topped New York Times bestseller lists. According to the lists released by the U.S. newspaper Wednesday (U.S. time), the English version of the book shot to the top of this week’s bestseller lists for “hardcover [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — J-Hope of K-pop juggernaut BTS will release a CD edition of his debut solo album “Jack in the Box” released a year ago, the band’s agency said Monday. BigHit Music said the album’s “HOPE Edition” will be put out on Aug. 18. The edition will have three live tracks [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s first solo single, “Seven,” has landed atop streaming giant Spotify’s daily top song global chart, his agency said Sunday. The digital single, unveiled Friday, topped the chart after being streamed nearly 16 million times. The agency, BigHit Music, said the feat made Jungkook the first Korean [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook’s first solo single, “Seven,” topped iTunes Top Song charts of 106 countries around the world Saturday, one day after its release, its agency, BigHit Music, said. Jungkook unveiled the digital single Friday, becoming the sixth member of the septet to debut as a soloist, after J-Hope, [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS droped his first official solo song on Friday. The digital single, titled “Seven,” was arrived at 1 p.m. in local time, according to the band’s agency, BigHit Music. The release will make him the sixth member of the septet to debut as a soloist, [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop megastar BTS will headline this year’s “Good Morning America” Summer Concert Series, an annual summer concert hosted by the famous U.S. morning talk show. The vocalist will open the concert on July 14 at New York’s Central Park with “Seven,” his first official solo song set [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS topped iTunes Top Song charts of 83 territories around the world with “Still With You,” one of his recently released self-composed solo pieces, the band’s agency said Tuesday. The song was first uploaded on the music sharing service Soundcloud to download for free in [...]