BTS, IU, aespa, Lim Young-woong and NCT have been voted as the best Korean singers of 2021 while “Butter” emerged as the best song of 2021. Korean entertainment media outlet Joy News 24 held a survey from Oct. 12 to 19 to celebrate its 17 anniversary. There were 200 respondents in the survey...
Oscar best supporting actress Youn Yuh-jung of the movie “Minari” was bestowed South Korea’s highest Order of Cultural Merit by the government during the 2021 Korea Popular Culture and Arts Awards, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Creative Content Agency...
MRC Data and Billboard issued the “Global Music & Chart Report: A Year in Review” covering top songs and artists in the past year on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US charts. The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US were launched last year with the first...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, BLACKPINK, NCT Dream, Seventeen, GOT7’s BamBam and Mamamoo (Twitter) BTS, BLACKPINK, NCT Dream, Seventeen and GOT7’s BamBam topped the celebrity category of the 2021 Korea Power YouTuber 100 list. Forbes Korea revealed the list, stating that as media shifts from...
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...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, NCT Dream EXO’s D.O., SF9 and Loona (Twitter) K-pop superstars BTS’ “Butter” CD emerged as the No. 1 best-selling album in Korea for the month of July. Hanteo Chart released the rankings for the monthly album chart covering the period July 1 to 31. The...
(Clockwise from top left) NCT Dream, Seventeen, IU, Brave Girls, BTS and BLACKPINK (Twitter, Instagram) Gaon Music Chart has issued the list of the top-selling songs and albums in Korea, and the most popular artists for the first half of 2021. Album Chart In the first half of 2021, 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...
NCT Dream (Twitter) K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s first studio album “Hot Sauce” has been officially certified to have sold two million copies. On July 8, Korea’s Gaon Music Chart, which is under the supervision of the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA), issued certifications for...
(Clockwise from top left) NCT Dream, 2PM, Loona, Han Seungwoo and Drippin (Twitter / Instagram) K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s repackaged album “Hello Future” topped the weekly physical album chart in South Korea. According to Hanteo Chart, “Hello Future” grabbed the No. 1 spot on the...
(Clockwise from top left) Seventeen, NCT Dream, A.C.E, Brave Girls and TWICE (Twitter) K-pop boy band Seventeen topped the album chart for the second straight week as their new release, “Your Choice,” reached 1.37 million copies in sales. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the rankings of its...
NCT Dream (SM Entertainment) K-pop boy band NCT Dream have sold 2 million copies of their latest album “Hot Sauce,” according to their agency. In a press release sent to Korean media on May 26, SM Entertainment said “Hot Sauce” has sold 2,040,360 copies as of May 25, reaching the...
