SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop boy group Super Junior will return to the K-pop music scene in October with less members, its management agency said Monday. Originally consisted of 11, the restructured team will be made up of seven members — Leeteuk, Heechul, Shindong, Yesung, Eunhyuk, Donghae and Siwon — said Label SJ, [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Today’s K-pop has a plethora of talented, self-producing idol artists, such as Highlight, WINNER and EXID, just to name a few. But the supposed first-generation bands back in the ’90s were almost exclusively manufactured and tailored — from songs, to style and even public behavior — as are still [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop idol group Girls’ Generation will come out with a new full-length album next month, its agency said Tuesday. The record will be released on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the group’s debut, which falls on Aug. 5, S.M. Entertainment said. No further details of the album [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop band TWICE’s inaugural Japanese album rose to No. 2 on the country’s key music chart, according to the group’s agency Thursday. “#TWICE,” released on Thursday in Japan, has sold 46,871 copies, coming in at second place on Oricon’s daily album sales chart after Japanese idol group Kanjani8, JYP [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — AOA 53 months, EXID 52 months, Girl’s Day 32 months and Mamamoo 30 months. TWICE and BLACKPINK? Unknown. You might think these are how long it took for the respective K-pop artists to break out. But no. These groups actually built their name recognitions much faster. They’re how long [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Police heightened security at a media showcase for K-pop band Apink on Monday after an unidentified man threatened to bomb the event. “A man with the same voice as the person who threatened to kill (the group’s members) called the office at 11:30 a.m., claiming to have set up [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) – G-Dragon, member of popular K-pop band BIGBANG, on Friday became mired in controversy over reports that red paint on his new album’s packaging washed off easily. A number of fans who bought the album have complained that the red paint over the USB rubbed off easily, with some fans posting [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – G-Dragon’s new solo album has conquered Apple’s iTunes album charts in 39 countries upon its release, his agency said Friday. “Kwon Ji Yong,” the fourth solo album released by the singer-rapper of boy band BIGBANG, has stormed the charts in the United States, Canada, Argentina, France and Hong Kong, [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Sistar’s new and final song “Lonely” on Thursday rose to No. 1 on major South Korean music streaming charts. “Lonely,” an acoustic R&B song released Wednesday afternoon, topped seven music streaming charts, including Melon, Olleh Music, Naver Music and Bugs Music, as of 8:30 a.m. The track was produced [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group TWICE has sold more than 1 million copies of its five albums so far, a rare feat for a girl group that debuted less than two years ago, its agency said on Tuesday. JYP Entertainment said the nine-member act has sold an accumulated 1.24 million copies [...]