SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Billboard, the U.S. music chart operator, has decided to exclude artist webstores from the tabulation of digital single charts, raising doubts about whether this decision is aimed at preventing K-pop singers from reaching the top. Billboard recently announced that it would no longer include D2C (Direct-to-consumer) websites in chart [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group Ive has notched up a fourth straight hit with its first full-length album “I’ve Ive.” The album’s prereleased song “Kitsch” and lead track “I Am” have shot to the top of South Korea’s largest music streaming platform Melon’s Top 100 chart, occupying the No. 1 and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Three new songs from K-pop rookie NewJeans exploded onto the latest monthly chart of Melon, South Korea’s largest music streaming service. The girl group swept the top three spots, with “Ditto” debuting at No. 1, followed by “OMG” and “Hype Boy,” according to the chart released Wednesday. The first [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Music producer and rapper Zico has dominated local music charts with his new single, ending seemingly never-ending chart domination by the hottest girl groups, such as Ive, BLACKPINK and NewJeans, in recent months. “New Thing (Feat. Homies)” has retained the No. 1 spot on the daily chart of the [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — All-female groups, often dubbed as “girl groups,” are ruling domestic music charts in South Korea, taking the lead in the summer dance-pop race. With the exception of superband BTS and American pop star Justin Bieber, who have long led the charts with “Butter” and “Peaches,” girl groups are reigning [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Pop music industry insiders on Monday called for greater transparency in compiling online music charts amid a heated controversy over chart fixing that is currently rocking the South Korean music scene. The chart-fixing controversy that has long nagged pop music was rekindled last month after Park Kyung, a member [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Project boy band Wanna One took the lead in seven music streaming charts with its latest song, “I.P.U.,” on Tuesday. Wanna One’s “I.P.U.,” released at 6 p.m. Monday, was ranked No. 1 on Melon, Genie, Bugs Music, Mnet, Soribada and Naver Music as of 8 a.m. Tuesday. iKON’s “Love [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Major Korean music platforms have decided to challenge the conventional practice of releasing albums and singles at midnight, after criticism that the custom is distorting local music charts. South Korean artists typically release their music at noon or midnight. However, midnight has long been the more popular time of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Psy’s “Daddy” launched at 97th on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart on Tuesday, the fourth consecutive time his song opened on the industry standard U.S. chart. The track featuring CL of the girl group 2NE1 came out last Tuesday, with charts updated every Tuesday, according to the U.S. website. Psy [...]
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 [...]