Clockwise from top left) BTS, TWICE, Kang Daniel, Monsta X and NCT 127 (Twitter) The inaugural APAN Music Awards ceremony was held on Jan. 24 to honor excellence in music in 2020. It was hosted by “Running Man” stars Kim Jong-kook and Jeon So-min at the Kyunghee University Grand Peace...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, BLACKPINK, Seventeen, NCT 127, NCT and EXO's Baekhyun (Twitter) Gaon Music Chart has released the final figures for the top-selling albums in South Korea in 2020 and has also published new certifications. The Album Chart refers to the total number of albums shipped...
BTS (top) and NCT 127 (Twitter) K-pop boy bands BTS grabbed the top spot and NCT 127 placed sixth in the top 10 physical album sales in the US in 2020. MRC Data, formerly Nielsen Music, released the “Year-End Report: US 2020” that was presented in collaboration with Billboard covering the...
(Clockwise from top left) SuperM, Taeyeon, NCT 127, NCT Dream, Red Velvet, Taemin, Baekhyun, NCT U, Aespa, WayV, TVXQ and Super Junior (Twitter) The online concert of artists under SM Entertainment has set a new record by attracting more than 35 million viewers. Billed as “SMTOWN Live:...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, Seventeen, NCT, BLACKPINK, NCT 127, IZ*ONE, TWICE, EXO’s Baekhyun, Stray Kids and TXT (Twitter, Instagram) Gaon Music Chart has released the rankings for the best-selling artists in Korea in 2020 based on the total sales of physical albums. Despite the...
Twitter’s top 10 Most Tweeted K-pop accounts globally in 2020 (Twitter) Twitter has revealed the top 10 most tweeted K-pop accounts globally and most tweeted about people worldwide in 2020. According to Twitter, the top 10 Most Tweeted K-pop accounts globally in 2020 are: BTS (@bts_twt) EXO...
BTS including Suga at their AMAs performance (Twitter/AMAs) K-pop powerhouse BTS won two awards at the 2020 American Music Awards (AMAs) held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 22 (Nov. 23 in the Philippines). BTS bagged the Favorite Social Artist award, beating EXO, NCT 127, Billie...
K-pop boy groups BTS, EXO and NCT 127 bagged nominations at the 2020 American Music Awards (AMAs), which will be held live at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on ABC on Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. EST (Nov. 23, 8 a.m. in the Philippines). The three K-pop groups are vying for the Favorite Social Artist award...
K-pop supergroup SuperM’s debut studio album “Super One,” released on Sept. 25, debuted at No. 2 on Billboard 200 for the Oct 10-dated chart. According to Billboard, the album “bows with 104,000 equivalent album units earned. Of that sum, 101,000 are from album sales, 3,000 from SEA units...
K-pop supergroup SuperM made their comeback today, Sept. 25, with the release of their first ever studio album “Super One” and the music video for the carrier single “One (Monster & Infinity).” Seven-member SuperM is composed of Baekhyun and Kai of EXO, Taemin of SHINee, Mark and...
Recent data released by Twitter showed the Philippines among top 5 countries in the world with the most avid K-pop fans. Twitter released the data to celebrate 10 years of #KpopTwitter. It included the most mentioned K-pop artists and songs and top 20 markets for K-pop in the world. “Through your...
(Clockwise from top left) Monsta X, EXO’s Baekhyun, NCT 127, TXT and IZ*ONE (Twitter) South Korea’s Gaon Music Chart has issued new platinum certifications for album sales and streaming. Boy band EXO member Baekhyun led the album category as his second mini-album “Delight,” released...
