Korean agency Belift Lab, home of K-pop groups ENHYPEN and ILLIT, announced on March 4 that it will hold the “2025 Next New Creator with Belift Lab,” a global audition aiming to find music producers specializing in pop genres. Aspiring contestants above the age of 18 can apply individually or...
K-pop boy band ENHYPEN returned to the Philippines for another impressive concert that drew legions of fans. ENHYPEN, composed of Jay, Sunghoon, Heeseung, Jake, Sunoo, Ni-Ki and Jungwon, held their “Walk The Line” third world tour on March 1 at the Philippine Sports Stadium in...
The first D Awards ceremony was held in South Korea on Feb. 22 to honor singers. The music awards event, hosted by Korean media outlet Sports Donga and WSM, was held at the Korea University in Seoul with Go Minsi and Lee Jong-won as emcees. D Awards (Photo from Sports Donga) Here are the...
Taylor Swift was named Global Recording Artist of the Year 2024 by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the recorded music industry globally. K-pop acts Seventeen and Stray Kids landed in the top 10 while ENHYPEN made it to the top 20 list. ...
South Korea’s Hanteo Chart, which tracks music sales, has revealed the best-selling albums in 2024. K-pop boy band Seventeen, under HYBE and Pledis Entertainment, dominated the top 100 list by garnering the first two places. Based on Hanteo Chart data, Seventeen’s “SEVENTEEN BEST...
K-pop acts received nominations at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, which will be held on March 17 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Nominated for K-pop Artist of the Year are Aespa, ATEEZ, ENHYPEN, BTS’ Jimin and BLACKPINK’s Lisa. For K-pop Song of the Year, the nominees are...
Five K-pop groups made it to the top 10 CD album sales in the US in 2024. Luminate, which provides data to Billboard charts, released its 2024 Year-End Music Report, which delves “deeper into several key trends to watch in 2025 — genre shifts on streaming, highlight changes in...
Hallyu (Korean Wave) was very vibrant in the Philippines in 2024 as K-pop idols and Korean actors and actresses visited the country for concerts, fan meetings and other events. The Philippines continued to be an important market for itineraries and events of Korean celebrities in 2024 with almost...
Billboard unveiled the top 10 K-pop artists who grossed the highest from their concert tours in 2024. “Less than 10 years since the first K-pop group landed on the all-genre Top Tours chart (BigBang in 2015), Korean acts continue to expand their global footprint in arenas and stadiums...
Following Tokyo, Seoul, Jakarta and Los Angeles, the highly-anticipated immersive K-pop exhibit D’Festa was launched in the Philippines in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig. D’Festa is produced by Korean media outlet Dispatch to mark its 10th anniversary. The exhibit showcases...
K-pop idol group ENHYPEN spent the Christmas season with their Filipino Engenes (fans), promising to achieve more goals next year. ENHYPEN held their “DES7INED ENHYPEN | DUNKIN' Fun Meet” on Dec. 6 at the Araneta Coliseum that drew thousands of fans. Last March, Dunkin’...
The agencies of K-pop stars Winter of Aespa and Jungwon of ENHYPEN denied that the two are dating. On Dec. 11, a netizen claimed in an online community that Jungwon, 20, and Winter, 23, had a date at a whiskey bar in Cheongdam, Seoul. Photos of a man and a woman, who were wearing face...
