SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Psy, the singer-producer behind the 2012 viral sensation “Gangnam Style,” has celebrated his 20-year music career with a special social media post, his agency said Monday. “Psy’s 20th debut anniversary … Congrats, @psy_oppa,” P Nation, the singer-producer’s agency — which he founded in 2018 — wrote on its Twitter [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A teenage boy who used to shuttle from his hometown of Gwangju to Seoul to not miss school while training to become a K-pop idol has become the face of passion nearly 20 years later. That boy, who is now 34, is U-know Yunho, the energetic leader of second-generation [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop soloist IU is set to release the new single “Celebrity” later this month ahead of releasing her long-awaited fifth studio album, her agency said Friday. The song, which Edam Entertainment described as an “upbeat pop sound track that IU will be experimenting with for the first time,” will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Jennie, the singer-rapper of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has earned over 600 million views on YouTube with her 2018 hit song “Solo,” her agency said Friday. The music video for her first solo single hit the milestone at around 5:19 a.m., some 26 months after its release in November [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Superstar BTS has swept the 2021 Gaon Chart Music Awards with six trophies for its successful albums and songs released last year. At the annual awards ceremony held virtually on Wednesday due to the new coronavirus pandemic, the K-pop act won three trophies in the “Artist of the Year [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — After selling 700,000 albums with just three singles and sweeping rookie prizes at year-end awards, TREASURE now aims to send out positive vibes to fans and listeners. The rookie band that debuted in August through a survival audition program by YG Entertainment, “YG Treasure Box,” is set to drop [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven-piece boy band GOT7 will officially be leaving JYP Entertainment without renewing its contract, the agency announced Monday. “JYP held in-depth discussions with members of GOT7 ahead of their exclusive contract termination on Jan. 19. As a result, the two sides agreed not to proceed with a contract renewal, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — “I Can’t Stop Me” has become K-pop girl group TWICE’s fastest music video to rack up 200 million views on YouTube, its management agency said Monday. The music video hit the milestone around 8:40 p.m. Sunday, some 77 days after its release in October, according to JYP Entertainment. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The BTS album “Map of the Soul: 7,” featuring hit tracks “On” and “Boy with Luv,” has been tallied as the bestselling physical album in the United States last year. Physical album sales of the septet’s fourth full album released in February reached 646,000 in the U.S., according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — January is usually a bleak month after year-end festivities and the hype for ambitious New Year’s resolutions have faded. But in the K-pop industry, January is set to be packed with debuts and comebacks by both rookies and veteran acts this year. On Monday, 12-piece group TREASURE is set [...]