SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment companies are expected to post solid profit growth this year despite fallouts caused by a scandal centered on a K-pop boy band member, a local market tracker said Thursday. According to forecasts by FnGuide Inc., the operating profits for the big three labels — SM Entertainment, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — When globally loved K-pop boy band BTS announced last month the title of its highly anticipated new album set for release this week, fans were thrilled, having been recommended a book with the same title from the band three months ago. The Korean version of the book “Jung’s Map [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop superstars BTS was nominated in the Top Duo/Group category for the upcoming 2019 Billboard Music Awards set for May, as well as in the Top Social Artist category, which the septet has conquered for the last two years, according to Billboard on Friday. Billboard released the lineup for [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band BTS will throw two rounds of global fan meetings in Seoul and the country’s second-largest city of Busan in June, the band’s management agency said Friday. The events titled “5th Muster Magic Shop” are slated to hit the Busan Asiad Stadium on June 15-16 and the Olympic [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Mattel Inc., the manufacturer of Barbie Dolls, introduced a new doll collection of the famous South Korean idol group BTS. Mattel released photos of the new BTS dolls on Twitter on Tuesday. Mattel has been getting BTS fans excited over the past couple days by releasing teasers of the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — English electronic music duo HONNE announced Tuesday the release of its second musical collaboration with RM, the leader of K-pop band BTS. The duo posted images reading the lyrics of the new song on its official social media accounts, under a note, “27.03.19″, the date of the song’s release. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — “The Dream Chapter: Star,” the debut album of new boy band Tomorrow X Together, also known as TXT, landed at 140 on the main Billboard 200 album chart, becoming the highest-charting debut album by a K-pop male act, Billboard said Tuesday. The chart results dated March 16 came after [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop supergroup BTS will return to the music scene next month with a new album, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The boy band will put out the new EP “Map of the Soul: Persona” on April 12, the first release since it completed its “Love Yourself” album trilogy [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean entertainment giant CJ ENM has teamed up with Big Hit Entertainment, the management agency of the sensational K-pop boy band BTS, to launch an idol band on the global music scene, according to CJ on Monday. The two firms established a joint venture named Belif Lab, aiming [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Within one day of the release of its debut album, TXT, the new boy band from BTS’ management agency, took global album charts by storm Tuesday. The five-track album, “The Dream Chapter: Star,” which hit the global music scene Monday evening, topped the iTunes album charts in 44 countries [...]