SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean retail chain operator E-mart Inc. said Tuesday its sales of goods produced through collaborations with local pop stars have emerged as a new cash cow on the back of their strong popularity. E-mart, which rolled out different kinds of goods designed under ties with local entertainment agency S.M. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) - Boy band EXO has become the first K-pop artist to win three awards, including the Grand Prize, for three consecutive Seoul Music Awards. The nine-member act won the Grand Prize, Main Prize and Hallyu Special Award at the 25th High 1 Seoul Music Awards on Thursday evening. No artist had [...]
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 [...]