SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Japanese leg of this year’s KCON, an annual global Korean pop music and culture convention, drew a crowd of some 68,000 during its three-day run, organizers said Monday. The three-day event held at the Makuhari Messe convention center in Chiba, east of Tokyo, from Friday to Sunday was attended by a combined audience of 68,000, [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group TWICE plans to release a new Japanese single next month, according to its agency Monday. The group’s third Japanese single, “Wake Me Up,” will be released on May 16 in the neighboring country, JYP Entertainment said. TWICE debuted in Japan in June 2017 with the compilation album [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE on Tuesday achieved another home run with its latest song, “What is Love?” peaking at No. 1 on five major music streaming charts. The lead track for the band’s fifth EP album, which was released at 6 p.m. Monday, stood at No. 1 on five [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop group TWICE aims to extend its nonstop winning streak by releasing its fifth EP album next month, its management agency said Monday. The nine-member idol band will drop “What is Love?” on April 9, JYP Entertainment announced. The company launched a comeback teaser promotion that will continue until [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The music video for “Likey” by K-pop group TWICE has surpassed 200 million views on YouTube, the team’s agency said Thursday. “Likey,” a track off the band’s first full-length studio album, “Twicetagram,” which was released in October last year, had garnered 200,157,388 views on the global video streaming platform as of 2 p.m., according to JYP Entertainment. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Girl group TWICE will put out a new Japanese-language single album titled “Candy Pop” on Feb. 7, its agency said Friday. It will be the group’s first album of 2018, JYP Entertainment said. TWICE debuted in Japan on June 28 with the compilation album “#TWICE.” It was certified “platinum” [...]
(image: Mnet) SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Girl group TWICE has won the Song of the Year Award at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) for the second-consecutive year with “Signal,” according to the music television network Thursday. The nine-member act was announced as the winner of the highly coveted award Wednesday at Yokohama [...]
But many people will be surprised to know that the group has never put out a full-length album. (Image: Yonhap) SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – TWICE has just celebrated their second anniversary but has grown to be one of the most impactful acts in the K-pop scene. It has notched up success after success for its songs such [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Girl group TWICE’s Japanese single ‘One More Time’, released October 18, has taken the number one spot on Japan’s Oricon Singles Chart with sales of 94,957, over 40,000 more than the runner-up, J-pop boy band Magi!c Prince. TWICE’s single was pre-released on streaming service Line Music on October 13, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — K-pop girl group TWICE will release its first full-length album this month, its agency said Monday. The record, titled “Twiceagram,” will be released on Oct. 30, JYP Entertainment said. The lead song of the album is named “Likey,” according to the company. Further details weren’t provided. The nine-member act, [...]