SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Big-name K-pop companies saw their revenues from overseas rise sharply in the first half of the year, financial data showed Monday, as the number and influence of overseas-based fans grew to a point where they can determine the rankings of local music charts. According to data available on the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A two-day Korean culture festival will bring together K-pop acts like NCT Dream and aespa next month to provide comfort to people around the world who are exhausted from COVID-19, the culture ministry said Wednesday. “The K-Culture Festival – 2021 World K-pop Concert” will take place at the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — After making an impressive debut on Billboard’s main albums chart with its previous album, K-pop boyband Seventeen now has a bigger ambition for its new songs: the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. The 13-member group on Friday dropped the seven-track album, “Attacca,” fronted by main track “Rock [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The local pop culture market has suffered a heavy blow from the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, but the K-pop industry remains less affected thanks to the strongest sales of physical albums in a decade. “Noeasy,” the second full-length album by boy band Stray Kids, recently became the first-ever million seller [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising rookie group Enhypen on Tuesday expressed hope for becoming the hottest band in the K-pop industry during a media event before dropping the first full-length album after the group’s debut about a year ago. “We want to grow more in the future and become the hottest K-pop group, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Rising South Korean girl group aespa will appear on NBC’s “The Kelly Clarkson Show” this weekend, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The group will perform the title track of its latest EP “Savage,” appearing on the popular American TV show on Saturday at 3 a.m. (on Korean time), [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT 127 will release a repackaged version of its latest hit album “Sticker” late this month, the group’s management agency said Tuesday. The band’s third full-length album “Sticker” was released on Sept. 17 and has sold more than 2 million copies since then. Its repackaged album [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Three members of the disbanded K-pop girl group GFriend will be reunited to create a new team, their new management agency said Wednesday. “Eunha, SinB and Umji have recently signed exclusive contracts (with us),” startup K-pop agency Big Planet Made said in a press release. “They will engage in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group aespa unveiled its first EP “Savage” Tuesday, expressing hope to move on to a higher level with the album directed by Lee Soo-man, the chief producer and founder of major K-pop agency SM Entertainment. “We’re so thrilled and nervous to release our first physical album,” the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY landed at 11th on the U.S. Billboard’s main albums chart, its highest chart position ever, with “Crazy In Love,” Billboard said. The group’s first studio album, released on Sept. 24, ranked 11th on the Billboard 200 for this week, Billboard said on its Twitter account [...]