SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop juggernaut BTS’ Jimin and girl group NewJeans have each been nominated for four categories at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs). According to the complete list of nominees announced by the BBMAs on Thursday (U.S. time), Jimin is a finalist in four categories — Top Selling Song for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS member Jungkook has placed three songs on the streaming platform Spotify’s global top 10 chart, becoming the first South Korean solo artist to do so, his agency said Sunday. Jungkook’s debut solo single, “Seven,” and his second digital single, “3D,” ranked No. 1 and No. 9, respectively, on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it has set up a garden named after J-hope, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, in collaboration with his fan club inside a park in Seoul. The 213-square-foot garden, known as the J-Hope Forest, has been created between the central pond and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Jugkook of K-pop sensation BTS will perform at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Paris. According to the homepage of the MTV EMAs on Tuesday (local time), the South Korean singer is among the nominees chosen to perform at the awards ceremony on Nov. 5. Jungkook has [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The lead single of BTS vocalist Jungkook’s upcoming first solo album will be “Standing Next to You,” the group’s agency said Monday. The singer also unveiled a list of 11 songs to be on the “Golden” album due out Nov. 3 on social media. Also among the 11 tracks [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS member Jungkook reentered the top 10 on the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 songs chart with his latest single, “3D.” Jungkook’s sophomore solo single, featuring American rapper Jack Harlow, debuted at No. 5, Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) in a preview of this week’s ranking. This makes him the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of BTS was nominated in three categories for the MTV Europe Music Awards, the awards’ organizer has said. Jungkook was nominated in the Best Song, Best K-Pop and Biggest Fans categories, according to the official nominations announced Wednesday from the MTV EMAs’ official website. The vocalist made his [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Jungkook of K-pop boy group BTS will put out his first solo album, “Golden,” next month, the group’s agency said Wednesday. According to BigHit Music, “Golden,” which is set to drop on Nov. 3, is an 11-track album that has Jungkook’s “golden moments” as a soloist as its motive. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The top 1 percent of South Korean singers in terms of income earned an average of 4.62 billion won (US$3.4 million) per person in 2021, with their aggregate income accounting for nearly 70 percent of that earned by all singers in the country that year, data showed Saturday. A [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of the K-pop sensation BTS, on Friday began his mandatory military service as a social service agent. Suga, 30, is the third member of the septet to enlist in the military, following Jin in December 2022, and J-Hope in April this year. “I was able to [...]