K-pop boy band Monsta X, young trot singer Jeong Dong-won, TWICE, T-ara and trot singer Lee Chan-won topped the weekly album chart in South Korea. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, Monsta X’s latest album “No Limit, released on Nov. 19” grabbed first place on the weekly album chart for the...
K-pop groups will embark on tours and concerts, and overseas performances as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions have been eased owing to decreasing number of cases and vaccination rollouts in many countries including the US. These include BTS, NCT 127, TWICE, ATEEZ, Monsta X and Verivery,...
MTV announced the nominees for the 2021 MTV EMAs, which will be held on Nov. 14 (Nov. 15 in the Philippines) at Papp László Budapest Sportaréna in Hungary and will be broadcast in 180 countries. “The MTV EMAs are our biggest night in global music, uniting fans from every corner of the...
BTS won Group of the Year at 2021 VMAs (Screenshot from VMA video) K-pop superstars and Grammy nominees BTS won three awards at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) held on Sept. 12 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. BTS bagged Group of the Year, Best K-pop and Song of Summer for “Butter.”...
(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...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, BLACKPINK, Monsta X, TWICE, Seventeen and (G)I-DLE (Twitter / Facebook) Six K-pop acts have bagged nominations for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be aired live on Sept. 12 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “This year’s awards, complete with a...
ASTRO (Twitter) K-pop boy band ASTRO’s new release “Switch On” grabbed first place on the weekly physical album chart. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the rankings for the weekly album chart covering the period Aug. 2 to 8. ASTRO’s “Switch On” took first place, selling 275,145...
Monsta X’s Shownu (Twitter, Monsta X’s fan cafe) K-pop boy band Monsta X’s leader Shownu, 29, enlisted in the military on July 22 to fulfill his duty as a Korean citizen. Shownu entered the Korea Army Training Center in Nonsan at about 2 p.m. sporting short hair and wearing a face mask due to...
Monsta X’s Shownu (Instagram) K-pop boy band Monsta X’s leader Shownu, 29, will be enlisting in the military this month and will serve in the alternative service due to his health condition. Starship Entertainment, Monsta X’s agency, and Shownu both made announcements regarding the...
(Clockwise from top) BTS, ATEEZ and NCT Dream (Twitter) Hanteo Chart, which tracks album and song sales in Korea, released the “Hanteo Global K-pop Report: 2021 Semi-annual Summary” covering the first half of the year. In its Global Index of K-pop report, Hanteo Chart released the...
(Clockwise from top left) Seventeen, TWICE, EXO, GOT7’s Bambam, Monsta X and Brave Girls (Twitter) K-pop boy band Seventeen sold nearly 975,00 copies of their new album “Your Choice” in just three days and topped the weekly chart by a wide margin. “Your Choice” was released on...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO, NCT, Highlight and Seventeen (Twitter / Big Hit Music / SM Entertainment) K-pop superstars BTS maintained their top ranking while EXO surged to second place followed by NCT, Highlight and Seventeen in the latest brand reputation rankings for K-pop boy bands for...
