The gloves are off between popular Korean agency HYBE and its own label, ADOR, which manages new group NewJeans. ADOR is revolting against HYBE, accusing that HYBE and Belift Lab's new girl group, ILLIT, which debuted March, of copying girl group NewJeans. ADOR, headed by CEO Min...
HYBE has launched an audit of the management of K-pop group NewJeans’ agency, ADOR, and its CEO, Min Hee-jin, a former creative director at SM Entertainment, after allegations of takeover attempt surfaced. Korean media reported that HYBE started the audit of Min Hee-jin and another...
Hyein, a 15-year-old member of K-pop girl group NewJeans, suffered an injury resulting in the suspension of her activities. Ador, the group’s agency, announced the details about Hyein’s injury. “Hyein suffered an injury during her practice, forcing her to suspend her schedule for...
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) announced the winners of the 38th Japan Gold Disc Award. First established in 1987, the Japan Gold Disc Award recognized Japanese and foreign artists based on net sales of CDs, music videos, singles, downloads and streaming. (Clockwise...
Leading music streaming platform Spotify has put the spotlight on Korean female artists in celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8. Spotify data revealed Korean women artists have been steadily gaining popularity, recording phenomenal growth in streams among listeners...
Calling the Bunnies and other K-pop fans! Interior designer group Anderson C offered a glimpse of what inside the NewJeans' luxurious dorm. From the photos provided by the design group on Instagram, the area is infused with a color palette of orange, blue, and off-white — creating a minimal...
K-pop girl group NewJeans will receive the Group of the Year award at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards. Tracee Ellis Ross will host the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards, which will be held on March 6 at YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. The honorees at the 2024...
Luminate, the company that provides music data to Billboard for its charts, has released its “Luminate Year-End Music Report” for the US in 2023. The report include year-end charts, showing the top artists in album sales, CD album sales, digital sales, on-demand streaming and radio songs....
K-pop boy band Seventeen and girl group NewJeans won their first Golden Disc Awards (GDA) “daesang” or grand prizes. The 38th Golden Disc Awards ceremony was held on Jan. 6 at the Jakarta International Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia and was hosted by K-pop idol-actor Cha Eun-woo and singer...
Gallup Korea has released its year end survey, revealing the top 10 favorite Korean singers and songs of 2023. The polling firm conducted the survey three times: July 11 to Aug. 3, Sept. 15 to Oct. 19, and Nov. 2 to Dec. 4. It asked 5,262 people aged 13 and above in South Korea...
The 2023 Melon Music Awards ceremony was held on Dec. 2 at Inspire Arena in Yeongjong Island in Incheon, South Korea. Girl group NewJeans bagged two grand prizes (“daesang”), the highest honors of the night, winning Artist of the Year” and Song of the Year for “Ditto.” They also won...
K-pop girl group NewJeans, and boy bands Seventeen and BTS won the “daesang” (grand prizes) at the 2023 MAMA Awards held on Nov. 28 and 29 at Tokyo Dome in Japan. NewJeans bagged the Artist of the Year award, one of the grand prizes previously won by BTS for seven straight years. ...
