Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS are celebrating their ninth anniversary today, June 13, and capped the weekend off by achieving the No. 1 spot on the album chart. BTS released their anthology album “Proof” on June 10. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Proof” topped the weekly album...
K-pop boy band NCT Dream zoomed to the top of the weekly album chart with “Beatbox,” the repackaged version of their studio album “Glitch Mode.” According to Hanteo Chart, “Beatbox” grabbed the No. 1 spot on the weekly physical album chart for May 30 to June 5 with 848,367 copies sold....
K-pop girl group Red Velvet will be coming to perform in Manila in July. Performers at the event are (from top) Red Velvet, Lady Pipay, Bini and BGYO (Be You on Twitter) Twitter account Be You announced that Red Velvet will be one of the special guests at the “Be You” event that will be held on...
The albums of K-pop groups NCT Dream, Stray Kids, TWICE and Red Velvet have been certified platinum to double million based on sales. The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) issued the new certifications on May 12 through the Gaon Music Chart for album sales in Korea and streaming. (Clockwise...
Korea’s Hanteo Chart has released the rankings of the best-selling albums for the month of April. K-pop girl group Ive, NCT Dream, Monsta X, EXO’s Suho and SHINee’s Onew grabbed the first five places on Hanteo’s monthly album chart for April. (Clockwise from top left) Ive, EXO’s Suho, NCT...
Additional K-pop stars have tested positive while others have recovered from Covid-19 as South Korea continues to battle the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant although daily numbers have gone down in the last few days. Girl group Red Velvet member Wendy tested positive for Covid-19 on...
More Korean stars have tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea’s confirmed cases reached 12.77 million. On March 30, SM Entertainment announced that K-pop group Red Velvet’s Seulgi has been confirmed to have Covid-19. (Clockwise from top left) Red Velvet's Seulgi, 2PM's Junho, Golden...
K-pop girl group Red Velvet’s new album has topped the weekly album charts in Korea and shattered their own first-week sales record. Red Velvet released their seventh mini-album “The ReVe Festival 2022-Feel My Rhythm” on March 21. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “The ReVe Festival...
Three members of K-pop girl group Red Velvet have been diagnosed with Covid-19 while two more members of boy band Seventeen have fully recovered. SM Entertainment announced on March 14 that Red Velvet members Irene, Joy and Yeri tested positive for Covid-19 over the weekend. (Clockwise from top...
BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, Red Velvet and Seventeen copped the first five places in the brand reputation ranking for K-pop idol groups for February this year. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 93 million pieces of big data of K-pop idol groups from Jan. 1 to Feb. 1, an increase by 20.34...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa, Aespa’s Winter, BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Aespa’s Karina and Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon grabbed the first five places in the brand reputation index for individual K-pop girl group members for January 2022. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 97.73 million pieces...
K-pop boy band EXO member Chanyeol, girl group Red Velvet’s Irene and former Berry Good member Johyun were voted as the worst film actors in Korea in 2021. The two were chosen through the 5th Raspberry Film Festival, the Korean version of the Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, in the US. ...