NCT Dream (Twitter) K-pop idol group NCT Dream’s new album “Hot Sauce” has sold more than one million copies in the first week of release, ranking fifth in the initial sales rankings of all time. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Hot Sauce” racked up 1,010,766 copies in sales in the...
NCT Dream (Twitter) K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s first studio album “Hot Sauce” sold more than 600,000 copies and debuted at No. 1 on music charts. With “Hot Sauce,” NCT Dream broke their own record as it generated 1,716,571 copies in pre-orders as of May 9, or an increase of 243 percent...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, NCT, Seventeen, Highlight, SHINee and EXO (Twitter, Big Hit Music, SM Entertainment) BTS, NCT, Seventeen, Highlight, SHINee and EXO became the most talked about K-pop boy bands for the month of May. The Korea Corporate Research Institute released on May 8...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, NCT, Seventeen, EXO and SHINee (Twitter) BTS, NCT, Seventeen, EXO and SHINee copped the first five places for the most talked about K-pop boy bands for the month of April. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 51.47 million pieces of big data from...
K-pop boy band NCT 127 made a guest appearance on “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah’s first-ever daytime special on education. “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: Remotely Educational” premiered on March 10 on Comedy Central. Host Trevor Noah and correspondents Ronny Chieng,...
Korean actress Park Hye-soo (front) with Jaehyun of NCT and other cast members in a poster for the drama 'Dear. M' (KBS) Korean actress Park Hye-soo turned the tables on her former friend and schoolmate who claimed to be bullied by the star in middle school and revealed that she was, in fact, the...
Taeyong K-pop boy band NCT's leader Taeyong played and sang Pinoy band Ben&Ben’s song “Pagtingin” in a live broadcast. Taeyong held a broadcast on Naver V Live on Feb. 28 where he played songs that were suggested by fans. One of them was Ben&Ben’s “Pagtingin,” which was released...
(Clockwise from top left) Late SHINee member Jonghyun, EXO’s Kai, ENHYPEN, NCT, BTS, IZ*ONE, GOT7 and TWICE (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) Korea’s Gaon Music Chart has released new certifications covering albums, downloads and streaming. The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA), through...
Voted most handsome and beautiful idols are (clockwise from top left) ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo, Seventeen’s Jeonghan, BTS’ V, NCT’s Jaehyun, NCT’s Lucas, NCT’s Taeyong, April’s Naeun, Red Velvet’s Irene, Suzy, IZ*ONE’s Kim Min-ju, (G)I-DLE’s Miyeon, Girls’ Generation’s Yoona,...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, NCT, EXO, BLACKPINK, GOT7 and Treasure (Twitter) The Philippines ranked fifth in the world with the most K-pop fans and placed fourth among countries with the most tweets related to K-pop in 2020, according to Twitter. Twitter revealed its #KpopTwitter 2020 list,...
NCT (Twitter) K-pop boy band NCT grabbed first place on the monthly physical album chart in January with “Resonance Pt. 2.” According to South Korea’s Hanteo Chart, NCT’s “Resonance Pt. 2” Departure version sold 268,788 copies for the month of January to place first on the chart. The...
Main Prize awardees (clockwise from top left) BTS, Stray Kids, TXT, NCT 127, IZ*ONE, Seventeen, Monsta X, Kang Daniel, NU’EST, Oh My Girl, TWICE and ATEEZ (Twitter) The 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards (SMA) ceremony was held on Jan. 31 to honor outstanding artists who released music from January...
