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BTS' 'Map of the Soul: 7' tops worldwide album sales in 2020
K-pop superstar BTS swept the top two spots on a worldwide album sales chart last year, according to an organization representing the global recording industry. The International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said Thursday (US time) that "Map of the Soul: 7" ranked No. 1 and "BE" No. 2 on the 2020 Global Album Sales Chart. The albums were released in February and November of last year, respectively. "Map of the Soul: 7 - The Journey," another album th
K-popMarch 12, 2021
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[Graphic News] BTS most tweeted about musician in US in 2020
K-pop sensation BTS was the most tweeted about musician in the United States last year, the band’s agency said. In a recent survey by Twitter, BTS topped the list of 2020 most tweeted about musicians in the US, followed by Kanye West, Beyonce and Drake, according to Big Hit Entertainment. Other South Korean bands, Ateez, NCT and EXO, also made the top 10, along with Megan Thee Stallion, Harry Styles and Bad Bunny. BTS made a splash in the US music scene last year as its first E
K-popMarch 12, 2021
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[Today’s K-pop] NCT 127 tops more Oricon chart
NCT 127 rose to the top of Oricon monthly chart with its second Japanese EP, said its management company SM Entertainment Thursday. The band’s “Loveholic” was rolled out in February and was given a “Gold Disc” endorsement that is awarded to albums that sold more than 100,000 units. The EP landed at the top of Oricon’s daily albums chart and topped its weekly album charts as well as Billboard Japan’s weekly top album sales chart, LINE Music&rsqu
K-popMarch 11, 2021
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Will BTS see a stellar finale at Grammy?
With the 63rd Grammy Awards finally taking place Saturday, pushed back from January due to the COVID-19 pandemic, anticipation on whether K-pop sensation BTS will grab a final win at the award show is rising high. Nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the megahit single “Dynamite,” the boy band is the first Korean act to grab a nod at the Grammys, considered the world’s most coveted music awards. The group will also be performing at the ceremony along with 21 other
K-popMarch 11, 2021
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Project girl group IZ*ONE to disband next month
IZ*ONE, a project girl group that debuted through a reality audition TV show, will disband next month as planned. "IZ*ONE's project will wrap up in April as planned," said music channel Mnet that had aired the series as well as the act's management agencies. Swing Entertainment and Off the Record said they had discussed other possibilities with the management agencies of the 12 members, promising to continue to support the members in their careers. With the disbandment, the Korean-J
K-popMarch 11, 2021
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[Today’s K-pop] Treasure’s pre-debut release already hot in Japan
Treasure is slated to officially debut in Japan on March 31, but the group is already proving to be popular. The boy band dropped Japanese versions of four songs -– “Boy,” “I Love You,” “Mmm” and “My Treasure” –- early Wednesday ahead of its debut and “Boy” landed at the top of LINE Music’s real-time chart. “My Treasure,” “I Love You” and “Mmm” made the list as well,
K-popMarch 10, 2021
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How girl group Brave Girls' 2017 song went viral in 2021 thanks to 'Millboard,' YouTube
In today's world where social media is omnipresent, random things that fascinate people -- think viral cat videos, TikTok dance challenges, political conspiracies -- tend to go viral with the smallest triggers. For one K-pop girl group, this happened in an unexpected yet dramatic way. Brave Girls, a once-forgotten name in the competitive industry where so many acts come and go quickly, saw its 2017 song "Rollin'" soar to No. 1 on domestic music streaming charts -- four years after its
K-popMarch 10, 2021
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BTS megahit 'Dynamite' gets 900 mln views on YouTube
"Dynamite," the historic megahit that was the first song by a Korean act to reach No. 1 on Billboard's main singles chart, has earned 900 million views on YouTube. YouTube views for the summer number's music video surpassed the milestone at 9:56 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the band's management agency Big Hit Entertainment. The feat comes just 40 days after the music video hit 800 million views on the video platform. Released in August, the all-English upbeat song debuted at No.
K-popMarch 10, 2021
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Police question TVXQ's U-Know Yunho for allegedly violating social distancing rules
Police said Tuesday they questioned TVXQ's U-Know Yunho for allegedly violating the nighttime curfew designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The singer, whose legal name is Jung Yun-ho, is suspected of staying at a restaurant in southern Seoul after 10 p.m., according to the Seoul Metropolitan Police. Under the current social distancing rule that took effect on Feb. 15, all restaurants and coffee shops in the greater Seoul area must close at 10 p.m. &nb
K-popMarch 9, 2021
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[Today’s K-pop] NU’EST to return with 2nd LP
NU’EST will come out with the group’s seventh studio album, according to local media on Tuesday. It will celebrate the ninth anniversary of its debut next week and announced that it will return with new music. It has been seven years since it released its first full-length album “Re:BIRTH” and about a year since the eighth EP “Nocturne.” Baekho will show novel sounds, taking the lead in producing the album while the rest of the bandmates
K-popMarch 9, 2021
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Preorders for BLACKPINK member Rose's debut solo album tops 400,000
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK member Rose's upcoming solo album has sold 400,000 units in global preorders, the singer's management agency said Tuesday. The number comes in just four days since the company started taking preorders, according to YG Entertainment. It claimed that the figure is a record for a K-pop solo female act. Rose, known as the four-piece act's main vocalist, is set to release her first-ever solo material on Friday. The album is titled "R," after the singer's initial
K-popMarch 9, 2021
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[Today’s K-pop] Twice to release 8th Japanese single
Twice surprised fans with a clip that announced that it will unveil its eighth Japanese single in May. At the end of its online live show “Twice in Wonderland” that was broadcast on Saturday, Nayeon said: “The concert may be over and we look forward to meeting you again. We’ll drop a huge spoiler.” Then the band sent their audience abuzz at the end with the snippet that said it will come out with new single named “Kura Kura” on May 12. Head produ
K-popMarch 8, 2021
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TWICE to drop new Japanese single album in May
K-pop girl group TWICE will drop a new single in Japan in May, according to its label-management company Monday. The group's eighth Japanese single, titled "Kura Kura," will be released on May 12, according to JYP Entertainment. Written by Park Jin-young, producer and founder of JYP Entertainment, the new song features the enchanted emotion of two lovers, according to the company. It is a follow-up announcement on the upcoming release after the group surprisingly disclosed the plan
K-popMarch 8, 2021
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BTS to become 1st Korean nominee to perform at upcoming Grammy Awards
K-pop sensation BTS, which earned a nomination from this year's Grammy Awards, is set to perform at music's biggest night in the United States next week, the event's organizers have said. The Recording Academy on Sunday (US time) announced the full performers lineup for the 63rd Grammys. BTS is among 22 listed musicians, including Dua Lipa, Roddy Ricch, Taylor Swift, Cardi B, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion and Post Malone, that will perform at the event this coming Sunday. It is the first
K-popMarch 8, 2021
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Indie rock band HYUKOH to hold online concert in Gyeongju this month
HYUKOH, one of the most popular indie rock bands here, will hold its first online concert in the southeastern historical city of Gyeongju later this month, its management agency said Saturday. "HYUKOH 2021 Online World Tour: through love" will air twice for fans here and outside of Korea, according to DooRooDooRoo Artist Company. Local fans can tune in via Korean ticketing website Interpark at 7 p.m. on March 27, while fans outside of the country can watch on livestream platform Dice
K-popMarch 6, 2021
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BTS says 'Love Myself' initiative helped them embrace themselves more
Global superstar BTS said taking part in the United Nations Children's Fund's (UNICEF) campaign aimed at ending violence and sharing hope among children and young people has actually helped them love themselves more. "I thought we're doing this for people around us but I realized as time passed that many changes also happened within myself," Jimin said in a video marking the renewal of the group's support for the global initiative. Jin agreed, noting how the campaign that kicked off
K-popMarch 5, 2021
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[Today’s K-pop] Monsta X’s I.M sweeps Billboard’s global chart with solo EP
I.M of Monsta X saw all of the tracks from his first solo digital EP rank on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales Chart, according to the music media outlet’s tally for next week. Title track “God Damn” ranked No. 9, and “Howlin,” “Happy to Die,” “Flower-ed” and “Burn” settled at No. 17, 18, 20 and 21, respectively. The EP, called “Duality,” rose to the top of iTunes worldwide albums chart upon its release i
K-popMarch 5, 2021
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BTS named Global Recording Artist of 2020
After spending a phenomenal year with megahits "Dynamite" and "Life Goes On" in 2020, BTS has been crowned Global Recording Artist of the Year by an organization representing the worldwide recording industry. The win on Wednesday (US local time) marks a first for an act that performs primarily in a non-English language. It also is the first time for an artist who mostly sings in a language other than English to be included on the Global Artist Chart for a third consecutive
K-popMarch 5, 2021
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[Today’s K-pop] EXO’s Baekhyun to return as solo
Baekhyun of EXO is preparing a new solo album that is slated to be released at the end of March, according to a local news report Thursday. SM Entertainment confirmed that it will be unveiled on March 30 following the report. It has been 10 months since he put out second solo EP “Delight” but he has kept himself busy rolling out digital single “Amusement Park” in December 2020 and first Japanese solo EP “Baekhyun” in January. His solo debut EP &ldqu
K-popMarch 4, 2021
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K-pop songstress IU to release new album on March 25
IU, one of the K-pop scene's most prominent female solo acts, is set to drop her fifth full album later this month, her agency confirmed Thursday. Titled "Lilac," the singer-songwriter's studio album will be released March 25, according to EDAM Entertainment. It did not elaborate on the details of the upcoming album. A teaser image uploaded on IU's official social media channel shows the singer gazing into the camera in a simple shirt with lilac flowers falling in the background. Th
K-popMarch 4, 2021