SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) - Boy bands BigBang and EXO reigned over South Korea’s digital and albums charts in 2015, respectively, while none of their female counterparts made it into the top 10 of either chart, a local music website said Tuesday. BigBang’s “Bang Bang Bang,” “Loser” and “Bae Bae” took the No. 1, 2 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy band EXO has finished the year 2015 in the top 10 of two Billboard year-end charts, the group’s agency said Thursday. The nine-member act ranked seventh in the World Albums Artists category, becoming the only South Korean band to make the top 10 list, S.M. Entertainment [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Bang Bang Bang” by South Korean boy band BigBang is the most watched K-pop video of the year, YouTube said Monday. The U.S. video-sharing website revealed the top 10 K-pop videos of 2015, and all five songs included on the act’s latest album “MADE” are [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean boy bands BigBang and EXO each collected four trophies at the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) at Asia World-Expo Arena in Hong Kong on Wednesday, with 10,000 K-pop enthusiasts attending. BigBang captured the “Song of the Year” award for “Bang Bang Bang” and also nabbed “Artist [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Boy band EXO has sold the most debut singles as a South Korean act to enter Japan ever, its agency said Tuesday. EXO sold more than 147,000 copies of its first single in Japan, “Love Me Right ~romantic universe~,” which came out last Wednesday, S.M. Entertainment said. The single [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung group held a showcase of their third web-drama, called ‘Fall in Challenge’, on October 26. After the screening of the highlights of the drama, a press conference took place. XIUMIN from EXO and Kim So-eun, the heroes of the show, were present, along with the director, Lee Hyung-min. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – SM Entertainment has filed a suit against Tao, an ex-member of the group EXO, and the Chinese production company that enabled his illegal activities. SM announced that the suit it filed against Tao and a Chinese album production company at a Beijing court in China had been officially submitted. The [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – After non-governmental organizations suggested that merchandise related to idol groups was overpriced, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) announced that they have started an investigation. The Seoul YMCA conducted research on the price of idol group merchandise, and requested that the FTC launch a formal investigation. The target of investigation was [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – To attract young customers in their 20s and 30s, Korean department stores are holding various promotional events, such as a mega concert with K-pop stars and mobile coupons for VIPs visiting the stores. The department stores are feeling a sense of crisis that if they neglect buyers under 40, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO’s title song ‘Call Me Baby’ was the most viewed K-pop music video on YouTube in the first half of 2015, said SM Entertainment on July 2. The music video for Call Me Baby was released worldwide on March 31, and the number of hits on YouTube had reached [...]