SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s “As If It’s Your Last” has become its fourth music video to top 1 billion views on YouTube. According to YG Entertainment, BLACKPINK’s music video “As If It’s Your Last” broke 1 billion views at 6:52 p.m. Friday on YouTube, three years and [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Rose, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has sold more than 500,000 units of her first solo album “R,” becoming the first South Korean female soloist to breach the half-million sales mark in about 19 years, her management agency said Thursday. As of Tuesday, “R” had sold a [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE is set to appear on the U.S. TV series “The Kelly Clarkson Show” next week, its management agency said Tuesday. The K-pop act will perform “Cry For Me,” its latest single released in December, on the popular American daytime show on April 27 (U.S. time), [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Taemin, a member of K-pop boy band SHINee, will join the military next month to fulfill his mandatory service, his agency said Tuesday. The 27-year-old singer is set to enlist on May 31, according to SM Entertainment. The agency did not elaborate further on the venue and schedule of [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The growing popularity of K-pop in Britain is prompting fans to go beyond singing and dancing to write lyrics in the Korean language. The Korean Cultural Center UK said Sunday that it will host a competition for K-pop lyrics and album design as a promotion for the Korean Wave. [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Baekhyun, a member of K-pop boy band EXO, now has two million-selling solo titles under his belt, his agency said Monday. The singer’s third EP, titled “Bambi,” sold a total of 1 million copies as of Sunday, 20 days after its release on March 30, according to SM Entertainment. [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group ITZY is ready to come back with its fourth EP, “Guess Who,” later this month, its agency said Wednesday. The album, due out on April 30, includes main track “In the Morning” produced by their label founder and K-pop guru Park Jin-young, according to JYP Entertainment. [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group BLACKPINK now has more than 60 million subscribers around the world following its YouTube channel, the biggest account based in South Korea and the second largest among global artists, the band’s agency said Tuesday. The number of subscribers for the four-piece act’s YouTube channel passed the [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean all-female group Mamamoo will perform for an online K-pop show series to be launched by a British music streaming service next month, its management agency said Monday. The quartet will hold a special online concert of their hit songs and also share behind-the-scenes moments on LIVENow’s K-pop [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of K-pop group members, like BLACKPINK’s Rose and EXO’s Baekhyun, are releasing solo projects as a way to show their uniqueness and experiment with new music styles. At the forefront is Rose, who released her much-awaited debut solo material in March. The main track “On the [...]