SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop superband BTS has refuted the recent online allegations of Billboard chart manipulation, pointing out that they are easily subject to such accusations just because they are a peripheral band from Korea. The septet’s English-language songs “Butter” and “Permission to Dance” have stayed atop the Hot 100 main singles [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop album sales have grown further as new fans of the genre have snatched up old albums in addition to new ones, industry sources said Monday. K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment sold 1.64 million copies of old albums by artists, including NCT and EXO, in the second quarter, a large [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy group NCT Dream will hold a virtual fan meeting in celebration of its fifth debut anniversary later this month, its management agency said Friday. The online event, titled “Hot! Summer Dream,” will be livestreamed on the “Beyond LIVE” channel of internet portal operator Naver’s streaming platform V [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — As Korean bands like BTS and BLACKPINK have created a sensation in the world’s popular music scene, K-pop is expanding its business horizons beyond its genre to a prolific environment for creating music, film and experiences for fans. Entertainment giant CJ ENM said this week that it will launch [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new season of KCON, a major K-pop and Korean culture festival series, will kick off online next month amid the pandemic, its organizer said Wednesday. The fifth season of the online event titled “KCON:TACT” will be streamed from Sept. 18-26 on the YouTube channels of KCON and Mnet [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In the latest series of vibrant songs aimed at brushing off the pandemic blues, K-pop songstress Sunmi has also lightened up for “You Can’t Sit With Us,” the main track of her new EP “1/6.” The 29-year-old singer, whose discography is marked by bold performances and lyrics that encapsulate [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — August is set to be another star-studded month in the K-pop scene, with major female soloists and groups preparing to release new songs for the scene’s biggest season. In chronological order, soloist Sunmi is set to drop her first EP in three years Friday. While the sassy vocalist has [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop sensation BLACKPINK will hold a pop-up exhibition later this month to mark the fifth anniversary of its debut, the group’s management agency said Thursday. The exhibition, part of the group’s earlier announced “4+1 project,” will take place at YG Entertainment’s headquarters in western Seoul from Aug. 21 to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Five-piece girl group Red Velvet will release a new EP in mid-August, the first new album in nearly two years, its management agency said Monday. The group’s upcoming album “Queendom,” which carries six tracks, will drop globally at 6 p.m. on Aug. 16, according to SM Entertainment. In line [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of popular boy band GOT7, who left their long-time agency JYP Entertainment earlier this year, are stepping up their music activities through solo projects. The seven-piece act — consisting of Mark, Jay B, Jackson, Jinyoung, Youngjae, BamBam and Yugyeom — in January left JYP after seven years without [...]