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BTS wins third Top Social Artist prize at Billboard Music Awards

K-pop boy band BTS won the Top Social Artist award at this year's Billboard Music Awards, their third consecutive victory in the category. American rapper and radio personality Sway Calloway broke t...

May 2, 2019
K-pop to be performed at Lincoln Center

K-pop music is headed to New York’s Lincoln Center, where it will be performed by an orchestra. An orchestral concert exploring Korean popular music over the past century will be held at the Lincoln...

May 1, 2019
Chin Un-suk appointed composer-in-residence at Elbphilharmonie Orchestra

Composer Chin Un-suk, 58, winner of the 2019 Bach Award, has been named composer-in-residence of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. The orchestra, based at the iconic Elbphilharmonie Hamburg concert...

Apr 29, 2019
BTS' 'Map of the Soul: Persona' comes in at 3rd on Billboard 200 chart

"Map of the Soul: Persona," the latest, record-breaking album of K-pop boy band BTS, came in at 3rd on the Billboard 200 main album chart for this week, one week after it debuted at No. 1, the Billbo...

Apr 29, 2019
Met Opera soprano to perform ‘Tosca’ concert opera

The Metropolitan Opera’s Jennifer Rowley, who has been performing “Tosca” at the Met since the 2017-18 season, will take to the stage Tuesday at the Seoul Arts Center in a concert performance of the ...

Apr 29, 2019
[Herald Interview] Linkin Park’s Joe Hahn talks band, K-pop, future plans

“Being a Korean is cool now”

Apr 26, 2019
SSF entertains Seoul with classical music

For the next two weeks, the capital city will be filled with classical music as the Seoul Spring Festival returns. The 14th edition of the annual event began Tuesday and continues through May 4. Led...

Apr 23, 2019
With new album, soprano Sumi Jo shares ode to ‘Mother’

Soprano Sumi Jo, a star in Korea’s classical music scene, recently released the album “Mother,” dedicated to her mom. The 57-year-old is one of the most beloved sopranos in Korea. She has won a Gram...

Apr 23, 2019
Ed Sheeran rocks Incheon

After a nearly two-year delay, pop superstar Ed Sheeran finally took the stage in Korea on Sunday, electrifying 25,000 fans gathered at Songdo Moonlight Festival Park in Incheon. He dove right in as...

Apr 23, 2019
BTS 'Boy with Luv' ranks 8th on Billboard singles chart

BTS' latest "Boy with Luv" clinched the eighth spot on Billboard's main singles chart, making it the highest-charted K-pop act ever, the US Billboard magazine said Tuesday. "BTS' 'Boy With Luv,' fea...

Apr 23, 2019
TWICE expands to US cities with release of new album ‘Fancy You’

Chart-smashing K-pop girl band TWICE is gearing up for their first solo concerts in United States cities with the release of their new album, “Fancy You,” on Monday. The six-track album marks a maj...

Apr 22, 2019
BTS becomes 1st band since Beatles to score 3 Billboard No. 1 albums in single year

K-pop boy band BTS has scored its third No. 1 on the main Billboard 200 album chart, becoming the first group since the Beatles to earn three No. 1s in less than a year, Billboard said. "Map of the ...

Apr 22, 2019
BTS becomes first Korean artists to top British chart

K-pop sensations BTS has topped the British chart with its new album, becoming the first South Korean artists to do so. The new album “Map of the Soul: Persona” landed at the top with 26,500 combine...

Apr 20, 2019
[Eye Plus] Paradise for music players

In Seoul, there is a paradise for music players. Nakwon Instrument Arcade, otherwise known as Nakwon Music Mall, is a one-stop shopping center of over 300 independent music stores -- selling virtual...

Apr 19, 2019
BTS breaks its own record for highest first-week album sales with 'Map of the Soul: Persona'

K-pop sensations BTS sold more than 2.13 million copies of their new album, "Map of the Soul: Persona," in the first week of the album's release, setting a new record of highest first-week record sal...

Apr 19, 2019

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