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...
TC Candler and The Independent Critics published “The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2021.” This year’s list includes many K-pop stars including BTS’ V (3rd place), BTS’ Jungkook (No. 5), Stray Kids’ Hyunjin (No. 12), BTS’ Jimin (No. 14) and ENHYPEN’s Ni-Ki (No. 18). “Unlike most...
Hanteo Music Awards 2021, given by Korea’s Hanteo Chart, announced the 10 K-pop artists with the highest initial “chodong,” or first week, sales in Korea in 2021. It announced the winners of the Initial Chodong Record Award “given to the artists who recorded top 10 in initial chodong album...
HYBE has announced the artists for the global music festival “2022 Weverse Con ,” which will be held both in-person and online at Ilsan’s Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX) in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province in South Korea on Dec. 31. “2022 Weverse Con ” is a music festival where...
The 2021 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) ceremony was held on Nov. 2 at KBS Arena in Seoul to honor outstanding performances in music and acting. Nine “daesang,” or grand prizes, were awarded at the ceremony hosted by Super Junior’s Leeteuk and Jang Won-young. (Clockwise from top left) "Squid Game"...
Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the best-selling physical albums for the month of November 2021. K-pop boy band The Boyz topped the monthly album chart followed by TWICE, Monsta X, Stray Kids and SF9. Placing sixth to 10th are Seventeen, NCT 127, ONEUS, Jeong Dong-won and EXO’s Kai. (Clockwise...
K-pop boy band Monsta X, young trot singer Jeong Dong-won, TWICE, T-ara and trot singer Lee Chan-won topped the weekly album chart in South Korea. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, Monsta X’s latest album “No Limit, released on Nov. 19” grabbed first place on the weekly album chart for the...
South Korea’s Gaon Music Chart has released the rankings for the top albums and songs for the month of October 2021. K-pop boy band Seventeen topped the month album chart (based on sales volume by shipment less returns) with their new album “Attacca” garnering 1,968,829 copies in sales...
HYBE Corp., which manages K-pop groups BTS, TXT, Seventeen and ENHYPEN, and Universal Music Group (UMG) have launched a global audition to form the next pop girl group in the US. The two companies launched the first-ever HYBE x Geffen Global Girl Group Audition to launch a global, diverse and...
The nominees in different categories for the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) have been announced on Nov. 3. This year, drastic changes have been implemented in the criteria to select the winners in various categories. BEST MALE GROUP nominees (clockwise from top left) BTS, NCT 127, NCT Dream,...
K-pop boy band Seventeen’s ninth mini-album “Attacca” emerged as the No. 1 best-selling album in South Korea for the month of October. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Attacca,” released on Oct. 22, sold a whopping 1,766,524 million copies in October to top its monthly physical album...
K-pop boy band Seventeen became a “million-seller” again through their ninth mini-album “Attacca.” Based on sales on Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Attacca” sold 1,335,862 copies in the first week of release from Oct. 22 to 28. Seventeen (Twitter) “Attacca” sold 491,139 copies on the...
