SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy band Stray Kids set a record with its latest release, “Karma,” which posted the highest first-week sales of any K-pop album this year, the group’s agency said Friday. JYP Entertainment said the group’s fourth full-length album, released on Monday, sold 3.03 million copies in its first week, citing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop phenomenon BTS has been nominated for the annual American Music Awards (AMAs), slated for Oct. 9, becoming the first Korean act to receive such recognition, according to its organizer Thursday. “On Sept. 12 local time, the 2018 American Music Awards announced its nominees, and BTS has been included [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, the home for top-rung girl band TWICE, beat its long-time rival SM Entertainment to emerge as the biggest entertainment firm by market capitalization for the first time in nearly two decades this week. Following steady growth since early this year, shares of JYP finished at 31,300 won [...]
Jun 30 (Korea Bizwire) – At first sight, one would think that they were in front of a “K-store” – a shop carrying Korean items. A quick peek inside, however, reveals the extent of the deception, the opportunistic façade unable to mask the reality of the wares being touted within – knockoffs of popular [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group TWICE will release its first full-length album in Japan later this year, their management agency JYP Entertainment said Friday. The new record, “BDZ,” an abbreviation of bulldozer, will hit the Japanese market on Sept. 12, the agency said. The envisioned album will feature five new tracks [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – With the release of a new digital single next month, Lovelyz will join their girl group competitors in attempting to conquer the summer record market, according to their management agency on Friday. The eight member K-pop female act’s new single, “A Piece of Summer,” will hit the market on [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop sensation BTS’ music video for “DNA” exceeded 400 million views on YouTube on Saturday, marking the first time that a South Korean music group has set such a record. The video for the lead song on the group’s mini album “LOVE YOURSELF: Her” surpassed the milestone on the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Gfriend will go on its first Asian tour next month, its management agency said Thursday. According to Source Music, the girl group will begin the tour titled “Season of Gfriend” on Feb. 28 in Taiwan and continue to Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. The band had its first-ever [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2017 Gangnam Street Dance Festival Beat One will be held at Coex on September 6. Starting at 6 p.m., the b-boy and freestyle dance show is expected to boast over 1,000 dance contestants. The itinerary is jam-packed with a dance battle competition, cover dance performances and an EDM [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The “Whistle” music video by BLACKPINK, one of K-pop’s biggest breakout stars from last year, surpassed 100 million views on YouTube on Saturday, the group’s agency said. The video hit 100,143,704 views as of 7 p.m., eight months after it was uploaded on the global video sharing service last [...]