Apparel, stationery, and even household items that will make any army member giddy The Filipino army fans have proven that they can't get enough of BTS, and with the success of its first BTS pop-up store last year, SM Megamall is offering another wave of cute merchandise at the BTS Pop-up: Space of...
A total of 57.09 million physical copies of K-pop albums were sold in 2021, according to Korea’s Gaon Music Chart. The total is an increase of 15.38 million albums, or 37 percent, compared to 41.7 million copies of K-pop albums sold in 2020. The total physical album sales in 2021 were based on...
K-pop superstars BTS, NCT, EXO, Seventeen and TWICE emerged as the top five K-pop artists with the highest album sales in the last 11 years from 2011 to 2021. This is based on the annual cumulative album sales data released by Gaon Music Chart covering the period January 2011 to November 2021,...
K-pop Radar, a “fandom data service” by music startup Space Oddity, released the top 10 most viewed K-pop music videos on YouTube in 2021. It “highlighted the brilliant achievements of artists who heated up 2021 through year-end settlement data.” K-pop Radar's top 10 most viewed K-pop music...
Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the list of the best-selling physical albums in 2021 based on the period Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2021. According to Hanteo Chart, BTS’ “Butter” is the No. 1 best-selling album in 2021 with sales of 2.25 million copies. Seventeen’s “Attacca” placed second with...
Who are the best rookie K-pop groups of 2021? Korean media outlet News1 held a survey among representatives of 31 entertainment agencies to choose the best rookie K-pop groups of 2021. (Clockwise from top left) Aespa, Ive, STAYC, ENHYPEN, Billlie, Mirae, Lightsum and Epex (Twitter) Aespa, composed...
After BLACKPINK’s Lisa , a member of K-pop boy band Pentagon has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid a surge in new cases in South Korea. “Kino of Pentagon tested positive for COVID-19 today (the 25th),” announced Cube Entertainment, the idol group’s agency. Kino of...
Dark Pop Queen FLØRE blossoms anew with her second EP Romaniac BUDDING FLOWER FLØRE, photo taken from her Instagran account “Sometimes the most beautiful things make you the most lonely,” sings FLØRE in her title track “Another year like that and we’d all be dead,” released on her new...
The Paranaque City government is allowing Christmas bazaars, tiangges, and pop-up stores to operate under Alert Level 2. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said organizers of Christmas bazaars, tiangges, and pop-up stores must secure Mayor’s permit. Olivarez said traders, salespersons, exhibitors, organizers,...
K-pop groups will embark on tours and concerts, and overseas performances as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions have been eased owing to decreasing number of cases and vaccination rollouts in many countries including the US. These include BTS, NCT 127, TWICE, ATEEZ, Monsta X and Verivery,...
London, United Kingdom - ABBA's first studio album in nearly 40 years has made it to the top of the UK charts, becoming the fastest seller of the year so far, the Official Charts Company said on Friday. "Voyage" by the Swedish quartet of Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny and Anni-Frid racked up 204,000 chart...
Check out the mini versions of Players 456, 218, 001, 067, and 199, and the masked guards As a champion of pop culture, it was just a matter of time for Funko to jump into the “Squid Game” phenomenon. And, lo and behold, the American collectibles company just released a new line featuring what...
