By Lee Minji
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- January is usually a bleak month after year-end festivities and the hype for ambitious New Year's resolutions have faded. But in the K-pop industry, January i...
14:11 Jan. 08
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Rookie girl group aespa's song "Black Mamba" has earned 100 million views on YouTube, becoming the fastest debut music video by a K-pop act to reach the milestone, the gro...
10:10 Jan. 08
By Lee Minji
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Yonhap) -- Seven-member superband BTS, which released megahits "Dynamite" and "ON" in 2020, was the most streamed Korean artist and global group last year, global stream...
11:46 Jan. 07
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- BTS has set another record by becoming the first K-pop group or singer to have a song rank within the top 10 on the Billboard's main singles chart for 13 weeks.
The sep...
16:14 Jan. 06
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy band Seventeen will hold an online concert later this month to meet fans across the world, its management agency said Tuesday.
The concert, titled "IN-COMPLE...
16:37 Jan. 05
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Yonhap) -- The chart-topping BTS hit "Dynamite" has rebounded to the fifth spot on the chart, the Billboard reported Monday (U.S. time).
The U.S. music magazine, which compiles th...
10:39 Jan. 05
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group EXO's Baekhyun attracted some 110,000 viewers from around the world in his first online concert held over the weekend, the singer's agency said Monday.
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11:02 Jan. 04
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SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- BTS has become the inaugural winner of a special category at the Japan Record Awards hosted by Japanese broadcaster TBS, th...
16:43 Dec. 31
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- K-pop band BTOB's rapper Jung Il-hoon has left the group, the band's management agency said Thursday, one week after allegations of marijuana use came to light.
"(The ...
16:25 Dec. 31
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- BTS has become the inaugural winner of a special category at the Japan Record Awards hosted by Japanese broadcaster TBS, the band's agency said Thursday.
The septet wo...
09:53 Dec. 31
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- Two South Korean entertainment gurus -- Bang Si-hyuk and Lee Mie-kyung, widely known as Miky Lee -- have been named by U.S. magazine Variety as among the 500 most influen...
16:52 Dec. 29
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean girl group ITZY plans to release its first English-language album next month, stepping up its entry into the global music market.
The album, titled "Not S...
17:28 Dec. 28
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- SM Entertainment said Monday it will hold a free online concert on the first day of next year to give comfort to those fighting against the novel coronavirus pandemic acr...
10:19 Dec. 28
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- A culture group on Thursday criticized the recently revised law allowing celebrities to delay their mandatory military service, raising questions on its feasibility.
E...
16:58 Dec. 24
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superstar BTS' megahit song "Dynamite" has resurged to the top 10 on Billboard's main singles chart this week.
"Dynamite" ranked No. 9 on the Hot 100 chart to be...
11:38 Dec. 22
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- K-pop band BTOB's rapper Jung Il-hoon was apprehended by the police earlier this year for allegedly smoking marijuana on multiple occasions, according to law enforcement ...
10:17 Dec. 22
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- The music video of "Dynamite," K-pop superstar BTS' 2020 megahit song, has racked up 700 million views on YouTube, its agency said Friday.
The video surpassed the mark...
10:51 Dec. 18
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- Global streaming giant Spotify said Friday it plans to launch a music streaming service in South Korea, home to the booming K-pop industry, in the first half of 2021.
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10:09 Dec. 18
By Lee Minji
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Yonhap) -- In 2013, seven fledgling young men, who mostly grew up in towns outside of South Korea's megacity Seoul, made their debut as a hip-hop group. They called the...
10:00 Dec. 18
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group TWICE ranked No. 72 on the Billboard main albums chart this week, renewing its highest record on the U.S. music publisher's ranking.
"Eyes Wide Open,"...
14:08 Dec. 16