SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group TWICE plans to release a brand-new song titled “One More Time” in Japan next month, its agency said Friday. The single album for “One More Time” will come out on Oct. 18 in Japan, JYP Entertainment announced on its official Japanese website. The company has uploaded [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — JYP Entertainment, one of South Korea’s largest entertainment agencies, has partnered with cable TV network Mnet in producing a new idol audition program, according to the company Monday. The show aimed at debuting a boy band will air from Oct. 17, JYP said. It will be the first [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The video for TWICE’s 2016 single “Cheer Up” surpassed 200 million views on YouTube on Wednesday, making it the first K-pop girl group with two music videos that attracted over 200 million views. Released on April 25 last year, the video reached the milestone in the morning, hitting 200,195,660 views [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop band TWICE’s inaugural Japanese album rose to No. 2 on the country’s key music chart, according to the group’s agency Thursday. “#TWICE,” released on Thursday in Japan, has sold 46,871 copies, coming in at second place on Oricon’s daily album sales chart after Japanese idol group Kanjani8, JYP [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop group Cosmic Girls, also known as WJSN, will release its first full-length album next week, according to its agency Friday. The album, titled “Happy Moment,” will come out on June 7, Starship Entertainment said. The title track, “Happy,” is produced by Black Eyed Pilseung, the oft-sought-out production team [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop girl group TWICE has sold more than 1 million copies of its five albums so far, a rare feat for a girl group that debuted less than two years ago, its agency said on Tuesday. JYP Entertainment said the nine-member act has sold an accumulated 1.24 million copies [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — TWICE, one of the hottest pop idol groups in South Korea today, said Monday it looks forward to presenting a fresh image through its latest EP album “Signal.” “Having no pressure would be a lie. But we’re looking forward to presenting a fresh image since it’s our first time [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A handful of K-pop idols have applied for the upcoming Korean CSAT set to take place this week, according to their agencies on Wednesday. Members of girl groups TWICE, Gfriend and Cosmic Girls and boy group Seventeen are readying for the college scholastic aptitude test scheduled this Thursday for [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean bands AOA, TWICE and 2PM will headline KCON Japan, that country’s edition of the world’s largest convention on all things “hallyu,” or the worldwide popularity of Korean culture, organizers said Friday. This year’s KCON Japan will consist of a convention displaying merchandise related to Korean culture, a [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) - The South Korean girl group industry is undergoing a generational shift, with new girl groups expanding their presence in the K-pop power structure. Almost 20 years has passed since the debut of the “first generational” girl groups — SES of S.M. Entertainment, Babyvox of DR Music and Fin.K.L. of DSP Entertainment – in [...]