SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Set to release the first solo album in his 17-year K-pop career Monday, Max Changmin of the male duo TVXQ described the work entitled “Chocolate” as “sweetly addictive.” The six-track album, led by the title track, “Chocolate,” will hit major local online music stores Monday evening as the first [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE has canceled its Japanese concerts, originally scheduled for mid-April, amid the global COVID-19 outbreak. An announcement on the band’s official Japanese website last week said “Twice World Tour 2019 ‘Twicelights’ in Japan,” scheduled to be held at Tokyo Dome on April 15 and 16, has [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop concerts, showcases and various other promotional events have been canceled due to the spreading of the new coronavirus. But that does not mean the industry is at a total standstill. Many established and rising K-pop artists, including Kang Daniel and EXO leader Suho, are ready to drop new [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Flo, the third-biggest music streaming service in South Korea, has recently revamped the compilation method of its music charts in a countermeasure against a lingering controversy over music chart manipulation. The music streaming service run by SK Telecom introduced a new “Flo Chart” to replace a real-time music chart [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In a remix of British pop star Dua Lipa’s latest song, “Physical,” released earlier this week, K-pop artist Hwasa opens up the sensual synth-pop number with her signature raspy voice singing in the Korean language. The remix featuring Hwasa gives more color and trendiness to the original version, which [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Since K-pop band BTS’ first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in 2018, other K-pop boy bands have entered the top five of the albums chart, pushing the horizon for South Korean pop in the global music market. This week, K-pop boy band NCT 127′s new album, [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The new album by K-pop boy band NCT 127 debuted at fifth on the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, the band’s strongest feat on the chart, the music magazine said Monday. “Korean pop group NCT 127 lands its first top 10 effort, as ‘NCT #127 Neo-Zone,’ the 2nd [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Adding to the phenomenal global ascent of K-pop, led by boy band BTS, another Korean band, SuperM, hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart last October, furthering the global influence of Korean pop music. It was a major feat accomplished in SuperM’s widely publicized collaboration with Capitol [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop boy band BIGBANG has renewed its contract with the current agency, YG Entertainment, ahead of the band’s new music release planned for this year, YG said Wednesday. “The BIGBANG members, G-Dragon, Taeyang, T.O.P and Daesung, signed an exclusive contract with YG,” the management said in a press release. [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Successful K-pop singer Chungha has signed a contract with ICM Partners, a major American talent agency, as she gears up for a U.S. debut, her local agency said Tuesday. “Chungha recently signed an agreement with ICM Partners, one of the top three global agencies in the U.S., and is [...]