“BE,” the latest album by K-pop megastars BTS, has landed at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming the group’s fifth album to top the Billboard’s main albums chart. “BTS lands its fifth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as ‘Be’ bows atop the tally,” U.S. music publication Billboard reported Sunday (U.S. time)....Read More
VVID, renewed as a global music platform from Vsquare, hosted the global label Warner Music and the Untact MeMeWe Music Festival with global label Warner Music. Applicants for the Music Festival cover and shoot MeMeWe song in their own style from November 24 to December 24 and post it on the Vvid site by attaching...Read More
South Korea’s K-pop megastar BTS was nominated for the Grammy Award in best pop duo/group performance on Tuesday, becoming the first South Korean pop artist to be nominated for the U.S. music award. The South Korean boy group was nominated for its latest hit single “Dynamite” in a virtual ceremony streamed live. BTS was one...Read More
K-pop sensation BTS has topped 90 regional iTunes charts with its latest album titled “Be,” the band’s agency said Saturday. Released the previous day, the band’s fifth Korean-language studio album debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Top Albums charts in 90 countries, including the United States and Britain, according to Bit Hit Entertainment. At...Read More
BTS music video “Dynamite” surpassed 600 million views on YouTube. The music video for BTS’s digital single “Dynamite,” which was released at 1 p.m. on August 21, surpassed 600 million views at around 0:01 p.m. on the 17th. It proved its “recorded” popularity, adding 100 million views in about 27 days, following its 500 million...Read More
Several popular K-pop acts are set to participate in an online concert on Nov. 23 to cheer people up amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Groups including SuperM, Monsta X, ITZY and OH MY GIRL will perform for the “Unite ON: Live Concert,” according to its organizer, the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), Monday. “For diversity,...Read More
K-pop boy band SHINee’s rapper Minho has returned to civilian life. Minho, 28, had a celebration with his fans Sunday after completing his 19-month obligatory military service in the Marine Corps. “Thank you for coming here to wait for me,” he said during the ceremony near the base in the southeastern coastal city of Pohang,...Read More
South Korea will maintain Level 1 social distancing regulations under a revised five-tier scheme as the average daily number of new cases remains below 100 this week, the health authority said Friday. The new five-tier scheme, which takes effect Saturday, breaks the current three levels into five — 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 —...Read More
K-pop quartet BLACKPINK performed and shared its stories on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” becoming the first K-pop girl group to appear on the U.S. late-night show. The band, which Kimmel introduced as “the most popular all-female group in the vast realm of music known as K-pop” joined the show through video chat on Tuesday (U.S. time)....Read More
BTS is known to have applied for seven nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards. According to recent members of The Recording Academy, BTS recently applied for seven nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards early next year through its agency Big Hit Entertainment. According to the report, BTS supported “Album Of The Year,” “Best Pop Vocal...Read More
