SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy group Seventeen’s 10th EP, “FML,” has sold 6.2 million copies, making it the biggest-selling K-pop album of all time, the group’s agency said Wednesday. This also marks the first time that a K-pop album has surpassed 6 million copies in sales. Released April 24,”FML” set a new record [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Boy group Stray Kids set a record for the biggest first-week sales in K-pop history, their agency said Friday. The group’s third full-length album “5-Star” sold about 4.62 million copies in the first week after its release last Friday, JYP Entertainment said, citing data from Hanteo Chart, a local [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Aespa has set a first-week sales record for K-pop girl groups with its third EP, “My World,” its agency said Monday. “My World” sold over 1.69 million copies in the first week of its release, SM Entertainment said, citing data from Hanteo Chart, a leading local album sales tracker. [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group aespa has set a new record by selling about 1.37 million copies of its third EP, “My World,” on the first day of its release, the group’s agency said Tuesday. SM Entertainment cited data from Hanteo Chart, a leading local tracker of albums sales. “My World” [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Le Sserafim has set a new record for the highest first-day sales by a K-pop girl group with its first full-length album, “Unforgiven,” according to sources in the music industry Wednesday. The sources said, citing figures from Hanteo Chart, a leading local tracker of album sales, “Unforgiven” sold over [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — “FML,” boy group Seventeen’s 10th EP, has set a new record for first-week sales by a K-pop album, as it sold 4.55 million copies in the debut week, according to the band’s agency Monday. Pledis Entertainment said “FML” sold about 4,550,214 copies in the first seven days after its [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — “FML,” boy group Seventeen’s 10th EP, has set a new record for first-week sales by a K-pop album, as it sold nearly 4 million copies on the first day alone, according to music industry sources Tuesday. The sources said “FML” sold about 3,998,300 copies less than 24 hours after [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The latest album from Ive, one of the hottest K-pop girl groups, became a million seller in the first week of its release, the band’s agency said Monday. “I’ve Ive,” the sextet’s first full-length album released last Monday sold 1,102,107 copies in the first week, surpassing the 1 million [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop newbie group Le Sserafim has recorded the first million seller since its debut less than a year ago, with its second EP “Antifragile,” the group’s agency said Friday. The album has sold a total of 1,030,808 copies since it was released in October, Source Music said, citing data [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — “Avatar: The Way of Water” has become the second-highest-grossing movie of all time in South Korea, overtaking “The Admiral: Roaring Currents,” the Walt Disney Company Korea said Monday. The sequel to James Cameron’s 2009 sci-fi flick “Avatar” has raked in 136.1 billion won (US$106 million) in Asia’s fourth-biggest economy [...]