SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group TWICE plans to release a brand-new song titled “One More Time” in Japan next month, its agency said Friday. The single album for “One More Time” will come out on Oct. 18 in Japan, JYP Entertainment announced on its official Japanese website. The company has uploaded [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, one of South Korea’s largest entertainment agencies, has partnered with cable TV network Mnet in producing a new idol audition program, according to the company Monday. The show aimed at debuting a boy band will air from Oct. 17, JYP said. It will be the first [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – HyunA, former member of the now-defunct girl group 4minute, on Tuesday released her sixth solo EP album “Following,” attempting to make a splash in the late-summer music chart battle. “This album is filled with my hope that fans and followers maintain their interest in me,” HyunA told reporters at [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The video for TWICE’s 2016 single “Cheer Up” surpassed 200 million views on YouTube on Wednesday, making it the first K-pop girl group with two music videos that attracted over 200 million views. Released on April 25 last year, the video reached the milestone in the morning, hitting 200,195,660 views [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop band TWICE’s inaugural Japanese album rose to No. 2 on the country’s key music chart, according to the group’s agency Thursday. “#TWICE,” released on Thursday in Japan, has sold 46,871 copies, coming in at second place on Oricon’s daily album sales chart after Japanese idol group Kanjani8, JYP [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group TWICE has sold more than 1 million copies of its five albums so far, a rare feat for a girl group that debuted less than two years ago, its agency said on Tuesday. JYP Entertainment said the nine-member act has sold an accumulated 1.24 million copies [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) - The South Korean girl group industry is undergoing a generational shift, with new girl groups expanding their presence in the K-pop power structure. Almost 20 years has passed since the debut of the “first generational” girl groups — SES of S.M. Entertainment, Babyvox of DR Music and Fin.K.L. of DSP Entertainment – in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The fifth season of “K-pop Star,” a popular singing audition program, will not only focus on the individual’s talent but also his motivation for wanting to become a singer, producers said Monday. “K-pop Star,” an SBS program started in 2011, has gained significant clout over the past four years, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – JYP Entertainment, one of South Korea’s three largest entertainment agencies, on Tuesday showcased TWICE, its first girl group in five years. The nine-member act performed tracks from its first album “The Story Begins” at a press event in Seoul. The multinational group, comprised of six South Koreans, two Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Actor Lee Min-ho and singer Suzy have denied rumors of a breakup, their management agencies said Tuesday. Citing people close to the couple, a local media outlet reported earlier Tuesday that the two have called it quits because of busy schedules. Starhaus Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, however, rejected the [...]