SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Who is the hottest South Korean pop star on Instagram, an online mobile photo-sharing and video-sharing service? The answer is popular idol group EXO‘s Chanyeol, according to data released by Instagram Thursday. The data showed that Chanyeol received 97 million replies and “likes” during a year from May 25, last [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The father of Tao, a Chinese member of the popular South Korean boy band EXO, has posted a letter on the Chinese social networking service Weibo, implicating the singer’s imminent exit from the team. Rumor has it that following departures last year of two Chinese EXO members, Kris and [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band EXO ranked 90th on the Billboard 200 albums chart with its latest album, setting a new record as the highest-charting K-pop album by a male act. Released on March 30, EXO’s second full-length album “Exodus” landed at No. 90 on the Billboard 200, selling 6,000 copies in the [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO‘s Chinese member Ray will be fully backed by SM Entertainment for his solo career in China, as the company has established an agency solely dedicated to the artist’s work, according to an announcement on April 8. The agency, named Ray Workshop, will be operated under a contract between [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO began promoting Exodus, its second album, with a press conference at SM TOWN COEX Artium on March 30. Reporters from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other Asian countries swarmed the conference hall to cover EXO’s much anticipated new album. Their new song, ‘Call Me Baby,’ which was released [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean boy band EXO climbed to No. 5 on the U.S. iTunes chart this week with its new album, “Exodus,” the group’s agency said Tuesday. Released worldwide on Monday, the group’s second full-length album rose to fifth place on the U.S. iTunes general albums chart on Tuesday, S.M. Entertainment said. “Exodus” [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The popular K-pop boy band EXO will release its second full-length album “Exodus” this week, its management said Thursday. The new album, the first by the group since “Overdose” in December, is scheduled to hit the market on Friday, S.M. Entertainment said. Some of the tracks on the new album were unveiled [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — EXO is set to become the first idol band ever to have a five-day concert series at a 10,000-seat gymnastics stadium. The group faced adversity last year, as two former members, Kris and Luhan, left the band. However, the hurdle has been overcome, and the remaining members now stand as one [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — S.M. Entertainment, one of South Korea’s leading talent agencies, said Thursday it has filed a damage suit with a Chinese court against a Chinese member of the popular K-pop boy band EXO for an alleged breach of contract. Luhan, 24, a member of the band consisting of four Chinese [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – EXO was awarded the honor of the Best Global Idol Group at the 14th Annual Huading Awards in China on January 8. EXO-M members Chen and Lay attended the awards show to accept the honor. The Huading Awards are one of the most prestigious music awards in China, and are [...]