Hanteo Chart has released the list of the best selling albums in South Korea in 2022. The ranking is based on its proprietary physical record index, which incorporates the total number of copies sold and the price of the album. (Clockwise from top left) BTS, Stray Kids, Seventeen, BLACKPINK and NCT...
K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s new mini-album topped the weekly album chart in South Korea with nearly 1.6 million copies sold. Hanteo Chart released the physical album chart for Dec. 19 to 25, which showed NCT Dream grabbing the No. 1 spot. NCT Dream (top) and BTS (Twitter, Big Hit Music) NCT...
2022 emerged as the year that people started returning to their normal lives after the Covid-19 pandemic. This included those in the entertainment industry, which was crippled by the pandemic as restrictions were imposed. In the Philippines, this year saw the resumption of in-person events such as...
K-pop boy bands Stray Kids and NCT Dream are ending the year by ranking in the top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart. Billboard released the Dec. 31-dated Hot Trending Songs chart which tracks “global music-related trends and conversations in real-time across Twitter, viewable over...
The 2022 Melon Music Awards (MMA) in South Korea proved to be another amazing and surprising ceremony. Held on Nov. 26 at the Gocheok Sky Dome, the MMA this year saw trot singer Lim Young-woong, rookie K-pop girl group IVE and Grammy nominee BTS winning the “daesang” or grand prizes, the...
The 2022 Genie Music Awards ceremony, hosted by Korea’s Genie Music, was held on Nov. 8 in Incheon. Eligible for this year’s awards were digital songs and albums released from Oct. 1, 2021 to Oct. 5, 2022. (Clockwise from top right) NCT Dream, (G)I-DLE and BTS (Twitter, Instagram) (Clockwise...
Five acts converged for a special night at the “I-Pop U 2022 Manila” show on Oct. 21 at the Araneta Coliseum. K-pop boy bands NCT Dream and Golden Child, Chinese idol group WayV, Korean rock band Xdinary Heroes and girl group Alice headlined the show that ran for three hours. The coliseum was...
In September, K-pop idol group NCT Dream launched their “The Dream Show 2: In A Dream” concert tour at the Seoul Olympic Stadium. The memorable moments in the concert have been captured into a film that is coming to theaters. NCT Dream (SM Entertainment) The “NCT Dream The Movie: In A...
K-pop boy band BTS took home seven prizes at The Fact Music Awards held on Oct. 8 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. BTS won the “daesang” or grand prize at the ceremony, their fifth straight year since 2018 to win the prestigious award. (From the top) BTS, NCT Dream and Stray Kids (Twitter) (From the...
Three Korean male acts and a Chinese boy band will be coming to Manila next month for a show. K-pop boy bands NCT Dream and Golden Child, Chinese boy band WayV and Korean rock band Xdinary Heroes will be headlining the “I-Pop U 2022 Manila” show that will be held on Oct. 21 at Araneta Coliseum,...
K-pop boy band NCT Dream finished their two-day concert in Seoul that drew 135,000 fans in-person and online. NCT Dream held their "The Dream Show 2: In A Dream" on Sept. 8 and 9 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium. NCT Dream at their "The Dream Show 2: In A Dream" concert in Seoul (SM Entertainment) NCT...
K-pop group The Boyz grabbed the No. 1 spot on the weekly album chart in Korea with their latest release. Data from Korea’s Hanteo Chart showed that The Boyz’s new album “Be Aware” topped the weekly physical album chart with 382,884 copies sold and a physical record index of 448,865. Hanteo...
