Hanteo Chart has released the top-selling albums in South Korea for the week from March 14 to 20. According to its weekly album chart, K-pop boy band Stray Kids’ “Oddinary,” released on March 18, placed first with 583,899 copies sold. Girl group (G)I-DLE’s “I Never Die” grabbed second...
K-pop boy band ASTRO member and actor Cha Eun-woo has tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea grapples with a surge in new daily cases due to the spread of the Omicron variant. “Today (18th), ASTRO artist Cha Eun-woo conducted a preemptive rapid antigen test due to poor condition and...
More K-pop stars have tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea recorded 210,176 new cases on March 7 due to the Omicron variant to push the total confirmed cases to 4.66 million. Among those who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 include two members of K-pop boy band Astro, Hyuna, Kwanghee and...
K-pop boy band Treasure, rookie group NMIXX, STAYC, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon and BTOB topped the monthly album chart in South Korea for the month of February 2022. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the ranking of the best-selling physical albums from Feb. 1 to 28. (Clockwise from top left)...
BTS’ Jimin, Kang Daniel, 2PM’s Junho, BTS’ V and BTS’ Jin topped the brand reputation index for individual K-pop boy band members for the month of February 2022. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 117 million brand big data from 703 members of K-pop boy bands from Jan. 19 to...
Top fashion brand Penshoppe is broadening its eco-friendly collection with new, youthful styles. K-pop stars BLACKPINK’s Lisa and ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo are again leading the conscious switch to greener fashion. Made from recycled plastic bottles, the new styles from Penshoppe’s The Conscious...
TC Candler and The Independent Critics published “The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2021.” This year’s list includes many K-pop stars including BTS’ V (3rd place), BTS’ Jungkook (No. 5), Stray Kids’ Hyunjin (No. 12), BTS’ Jimin (No. 14) and ENHYPEN’s Ni-Ki (No. 18). “Unlike most...
The number of K-pop videos uploaded on short-form mobile video platform TikTok has reached 98 million in three years. TikTok and Space Oddity, a music start-up, revealed the “2021 K-pop TikTok Infographic,” which analyzed K-pop video data on TikTok for the first time including K-pop artists...
K-pop boy band ASTRO member Jinjin tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the latest Korean celebrity to get infected with the virus. “On Sept. 16, Jinjin of ASTRO, an artist belonging to our agency, was in poor physical condition and immediately underwent COVID-19 PCR test just in...
(Clockwise from top left) Stray Kids, The Boyz, TXT, ASTRO and Red Velvet (Twitter) K-pop boy bands Stray Kids, The Boyz, TXT and ASTRO, and girl group Red Velvet led the monthly physical album sales in South Korea in August. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, which announced the best-selling...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS’ Jimin, ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo, and BTS’ Jin, V, Jungkook and Suga (Instagram) BTS’ Jimin, ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo, and BTS’ Jin, V and Jungkook topped the individual boy band member brand reputation rankings for the month of August. The Korea Corporate Research...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO, Seventeen, NCT, ASTRO and The Boyz (Twitter) BTS, EXO, Seventeen, NCT and ASTRO grabbed the first five places in the K-pop boy band brand reputation rankings for the month of August. According to the Korea Corporate Research Institute, 53.68 million...
