SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS V’s latest single “Slow Dancing” debuted at No. 51 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to the latest chart released Wednesday. “Slow Dancing” is the lead track off his first solo album “Layover,” released on Sept. 8. It marks V’s third entry on the chart with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — V of K-pop supergroup BTS entered the Billboard 200 chart at No. 2 with “Layover,” his first solo album, Billboard has said. “Layover” came in second behind Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album, “Guts,” in this week’s chart, Billboard said in a chart preview released Sunday (U.S. local time). This feat [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — In September 2021, the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, located in Mapo, Seoul, was quietly engaged in fundraising efforts. An anonymous benefactor generously contributed 100 million won, specifying that the funds be used for the preservation and restoration of cultural assets abroad. The name of the benefactor, however, remained undisclosed. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) –The debut solo album by V, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, sold about 1.67 million copies on the day of its release, breaking the first-day sales record for K-pop soloists, data showed Saturday. According to the data from Hanteo Chart, a leading local tracker of physical album sales, “Layover” [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – V, a member of the K-pop giant BTS, put out his first solo album, “Layover,” on Friday. The singer has released various original soundtracks for TV dramas, including “Christmas Tree,” and self-composed songs on SoundCloud and YouTube. However, he had never dropped an individual album before “Layover.” “Layover” rolled [...]
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 [...]