SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean supergroup BTS sat atop the Billboard’s main singles chart for the ninth consecutive week as its hit single “Butter” returned to the throne after briefly giving way to its own latest single. “‘Butter’ officially returns to No. 1 on this week’s #Hot100 chart for an eighth total [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop act aespa has signed a contract with a key U.S. agency, the group’s agency said Friday, raising views the rookie band will expand its global activities. The four-piece act inked a contract with Creative Arts Agency, which represents American pop stars like Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Mariah Carey, [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Cultural Center in Los Angeles is reopening K-pop classes 12 months after they were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The center announced that the ‘K-Pop Dance and Vocal Academy’ will reopen on Friday, until August 14. The program had been an annual event since 2016 until [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The K-pop industry is bracing for a change with the recent rise of non-fungible tokens (NFT). South Korean Singer Se7en has released a new song’s Korean and English version as an NFT. Alternative rock band Leenalchi, too, released its latest hit “Tiger is Coming” as an NFT. K-pop powerhouse [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — All 13 members of K-pop boy band Seventeen have agreed to renew contracts with their agency before expiry, the group’s agency said Monday. “While the existing contract is yet to expire, all 13 members of Seventeen and the company held in-depth discussions on the group’s future plans and reached [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop rookie Enhypen has topped a key daily and a weekly music chart in Japan with its debut Japanese single, music tracker Oricon said Tuesday. “Border: Hakanai” ranked No. 1 on Oricon’s latest weekly singles chart, selling over 200,000 copies from July 5 to Sunday, according to Oricon News. [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment and Japan’s Sony Music are aiming to introduce a new K-pop boy group through a joint audition project following their success with Japanese K-pop girl group NiziU. Under the plan, which is the second leg of the “Nizi Project,” the two companies will hold auditions [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, the agency-label behind K-pop girl groups like ITZY, TWICE and Wonder Girls, is poised to launch a new all-female act next year. The company, which recently posted a new teaser image and video for the upcoming launch, said the new act is set to debut in February [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS and Tomorrow X Together (TXT) — both managed by K-pop powerhouse Big Hit Music — have simultaneously landed on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart with their all-English tracks. BTS ranked No. 11 with “Butter” on the latest version of the radio chart, which reflects weekly data from around 160 [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — In line with eased social distancing rules, a mass K-pop concert will be held in person here next month for the first time since the new coronavirus pandemic broke out early last year, organizers said Wednesday. “Together Again, K-pop Concert” will kick off at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium [...]