SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — On the back of the increasing fandom of K-pop idols throughout the world, South Korea’s music album market is growing at a blistering pace, with sales of music albums estimated to have already exceeded the 30 million mark this year. According to the Gaon Chart run by the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop acts IZ*ONE and Monsta X are set to join game developer NCsoft’s new fan platform aiming for launch early next year, the company said Friday. The platform, named Universe, will allow K-pop fans around the world to join fan communities and enjoy original content, according to KLAP, an [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — GFriend is the latest K-pop act to turn to disco. The six-member girl group unveiled its new title track “MAGO” in a media showcase Monday ahead of dropping its third studio album “回: Walpurgis Night” at 6 p.m. The album, which succeeds EPs “LABYRINTH” and “Song of the Sirens,” [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop megastar BTS has clinched four trophies at this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), including the coveted Best Song prize. The seven-member act took home four prizes in total, winning the Best Song category with its latest hit “Dynamite” and Best Virtual Live for its concert that was [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Suga, a member of K-pop megastar BTS, will take a break from official activities, including promotion for an upcoming album, to fully recover from a recent shoulder surgery, the band’s agency said Friday. “Suga underwent surgery to repair his torn shoulder labrum on November 3,” Big Hit Entertainment said [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — SM Entertainment said Monday that aespa, the agency’s first K-pop act in four years, is set to officially debut on Nov. 17. The all-female quartet will release its first single “Black Mamba” at 6 p.m. on Nov. 17, the agency said. SM Entertainment recently released the profiles of the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Mino, the witty rapper and lyricist of K-pop boy band WINNER, said Friday his upcoming second solo album is all about showing what kind of musician he is. Mino, whose real name is Song Min-ho, is set to drop the album “Take,” in the evening, two years after he [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — It depends on what you define K-pop as, but the Refund Sisters are probably not your typical K-pop stars. Brimming with confidence and bad girl vibes, nothing seems to daunt the group’s four divas — soloists Uhm Jung-hwa and Lee Hyori, rapper Jessi and Hwasa of girl group MAMAMOO [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop act Tomorrow X Together said Monday their upcoming album captures the stories and sentiments of teens who are living in an unprecedented world amid the new coronavirus pandemic. “Like everyone else, we were taken aback and confused by the situation that we’re experiencing for the first time. Above [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — After becoming the first K-pop girl group to rank No. 2 on the Billboard main album chart, BLACKPINK has set another record by becoming the first all-female act to sell more than 1 million albums, its agency said Monday. “The Album,” the group’s first studio album released earlier this [...]