RM, leader of Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS, debuted on top of Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart with three others in the top 10. He released his first studio album “Indigo” on Dec. 2 containing 10 tracks that saw him collaborating with other artists including Epik High’s Tablo and...
K-pop powerhouse BTS bagged three grand prizes (“daesang”), the highest accolade, at the 2022 MAMA Awards held on Nov. 29 and 30 at Kyocera Dome in Osaka, Japan. BTS won the Yogibo Artist of the Year, Yogibo Album of the Year for “Proof” and Yogibo Worldwide Icon of the Year at the 2022...
Three members of K-pop boy band Stray Kids have tested positive for Covid-19 again with South Korea recording more than 50,000 new cases in one day. In an announcement, JYP Entertainment, Stray Kids’ agency, said that members Lee Know, Han and Seungmin got Covid-19. Stray Kids (Twitter)...
People from the Korean entertainment industry voted to pick the singer of the year and song of the year for 2022. In celebration of its 18th anniversary, Korean media outlet Joy News 24 conducted a survey from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 among 200 entertainment industry workers including employees of...
The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) will be held on Aug. 28 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Ahead of the awards shows, VegasInsider.com collected all of the records that could be potentially broken at this year’s ceremony. (Clockwise from top left) BTS, Seventeen, BLACKPINK, ITZY,...
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...
Rookie K-pop girl group NewJeans topped the weekly physical album chart in Korea two weeks after their official debut. Korea’s Hanteo Chart announced that NewJeans’ debut album “New Jeans,” which was released on Aug. 1, sold 311,271 copies and garnered a physical record index of 368,387.34...
K-pop artists secured nominations at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be held on Aug. 28 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. BTS, Seventeen, BLACKPINK, BLACKPINK’s Lisa, ITZY, Stray Kids and TWICE have been nominated in different categories this year. (Clockwise from top left)...
What are the best-selling K-pop albums in the first half of 2022? South Korea’s Circle Chart, formerly Gaon Music Chart, has released the rankings of the top-selling albums in South Korea in the first half of the year. In a report, Circle Chart revealed that there were 34.94 million...
Six K-pop groups emerged in the top 10 of album sales in the US in the first half of 2022. Luminate (formerly P-MRC Data), which supplies Billboard with music data for its charts, has released its 2022 “Luminate Midyear Music Report” covering the US. (Clockwise from top left) BTS, Stray...
Three members of K-pop boy band Stray Kids have tested positive while on their world tour in the US. JYP Entertainment announced on July 3 “that Stray Kids members Lee Know, Felix, and I.N have tested positive for Covid-19 on July 2nd (local time).” Stray Kids are in the US for their second...
BALUNGAO, Pangasinan – A 59-year-old man being chased by a stray dog was hit and killed by a car in Barangay San Leon here Friday, June 24. The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office identified the victim as Eduardo Martinez Degollacion of Barangay San Leon. Investigation showed Degollacion...
