SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – CJ E&M, which manages the music site mnet.com, has decided to abolish its ‘recommended music’ section. ‘Recommended music’ refers to songs that are selected by music sites for increased promotion, and are displayed right above the ranking charts. If a song is selected as ‘recommended music’, it is easier [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) - With suspicious IDs turning up in large quantities on music sites, industry watchers are expressing concern that sales charts are being manipulated. Questions over entertainment companies purchasing songs in bulk have been stirring since 2012. But after thousands of IDs with serial numbers of a similar pattern were found [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Girls’ Generation, one of the top South Korean girl groups, swept various music charts at home and other Asian countries Wednesday after making a long-awaited return to the music scene. The album’s title piece “Party” topped eight Korean music services, including Genie, Melon and Mnet, as of 9 a.m. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27(Korea Bizwire) – Ailee dubbed as a Korean “Beyonce” came back with her third mini album and its title track “Don’t Touch Me” swept the No. 1 title in nine major music streaming sites in Korea including Melon, Genie, Mnet.com, Soribada and Bugs. Before releasing the title track, Ailee received media attention with 10-kg [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop group EXO set highest record of preorders with its new mini album “Overdose.” Released on May 7, EXO’s new album secured 658,710 copies of preorders (Korean version 372,160 copies and Chinese version 286,550 copies) and set record in the volume of preorders in mini album history. Upon releasing [...]