The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has released the global rankings for album sales, vinyl albums and streaming albums for 2022. Under the IFPI Global Album Sales Chart, Mandopop singer Jay Chou claimed the No. 1 spot for his “Greatest Works of Art.” (Clockwise...
NewJeans, BTS, BLACKPINK, Seventeen and IVE grabbed the first five places in the brand reputation index for K-pop idol groups for March 2023. The Korea Corporate Reputation Research Institute analyzed 93.3 million pieces of idol group brand big data from Feb. 23 to March 23 and came up with the...
K-pop idol group Seventeen wrapped up their three-day fan meeting in Seoul on March 10 to 12 and hinted that they will be making their comeback in April. They held their “Seventeen in Carat Land” fan meeting with four-hour shows and revealed plans for their next album to be released in...
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) revealed on Feb. 24 that Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” is the winner of its Global Album Award for 2022. With this, Bad Bunny became the first Latin American artist to win an IFPI Global Chart Award. “Un Verano Sin Ti” was...
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), representing the recording industry worldwide, announced Taylor Swift as the winner of its 2022 Global Recording Artist of the Year Award. This is her third time to bag the award after achieving the feat in 2019 and 2014....
HYBE, the parent company of K-pop acts BTS, Seventeen, TXT, ENHYPEN and NewJeans, is now officially the single largest shareholder in SM Entertainment, the agency that manages artists like EXO, NCT, Aespa, Red Velvet, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and TVXQ. (Clockwise from top) BTS, EXO,...
HYBE, the agency of K-pop acts BTS, Seventeen, TXT and ENHYPEN, announced that it will debut new K-pop groups this year to join its lineup of artists. During the company’s conference call for its 2022 fourth quarter earnings on Feb. 21, CEO Park Jiwon revealed the plans of the company. HYBE,...
The Circle Chart Music Awards 2022 ceremony was held on Feb. 18 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. BTS won five awards, the most by any K-pop artist. They won Artist of the Year (digital music) in June 2022 for "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)"; Artist of the Year (physical album) in the third...
K-pop boy band Seventeen member The 8 fractured his left clavicle (collarbone) and will wear a brace for the time being. In a notice issued on Feb. 13, Pledis Entertainment, Seventeen’s agency, said, “A part of The 8’s left clavicle has been fractured and the medical staff advised he should...
The first day of the 30th anniversary Hanteo Music Awards 2022 was held at Jamsil Arena in Seoul on Feb. 10. It is based on the Hanteo Chart, which started its service in 1993, and those eligible were artists who released albums and digital music from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022. (Clockwise from top...
Momentica is a platform where fans can get unique digital photo cards or collectibles, known as TAKE, of their favorite K-pop stars. Since the launch last October, fans from 93 countries and regions have enjoyed Momentica. Recent updates have added exclusive digital collectibles for two popular...
Five years after releasing their first digital single “Just Do It,”, K-pop group Seventeen’s special unit BSS will be making a comeback. BSS, composed of Seventeen’s Seungkwan, DK and Hoshi, will be releasing their first single album “Second Wind” on Feb. 6. The name BSS is the acronym...
