Main Prize awardees (clockwise from top left) BTS, Stray Kids, TXT, NCT 127, IZ*ONE, Seventeen, Monsta X, Kang Daniel, NU’EST, Oh My Girl, TWICE and ATEEZ (Twitter) The 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards (SMA) ceremony was held on Jan. 31 to honor outstanding artists who released music from January...
Seventeen performing at their online concert 'IN-COMPLETE' (Pledis Entertainment) K-pop boy band Seventeen’s online concert “IN-COMPLETE” was held on Jan. 23 and it showcased their “performance powerhouse” status among fans from all over the world. According to their agency Pledis...
Clockwise from top left) BTS, TWICE, Kang Daniel, Monsta X and NCT 127 (Twitter) The inaugural APAN Music Awards ceremony was held on Jan. 24 to honor excellence in music in 2020. It was hosted by “Running Man” stars Kim Jong-kook and Jeon So-min at the Kyunghee University Grand Peace...
Hanteo Chart has revealed the top-selling albums released by Korean male and female groups, and male and female solo artists in the second half of 2020 covering the period July 1 to Dec. 31. In the male group category, BTS’ “BE” album, released on Nov. 20, grabbed the No. 1 spot in album...
Seventeen (Pledis Entertainment) K-pop boy band Seventeen made their US debut performance of the song “Left & Right” on the Daytime Emmy award-winning “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Jan. 13. “My next guest has sold over six million albums and have had their songs streamed more than two...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, BLACKPINK, Seventeen, NCT 127, NCT and EXO's Baekhyun (Twitter) Gaon Music Chart has released the final figures for the top-selling albums in South Korea in 2020 and has also published new certifications. The Album Chart refers to the total number of albums shipped...
Seventeen’s poster for ‘IN-COMPLETE’ online concert (Pledis Entertainment) K-pop boy band Seventeen will hold their online concert later this month. The idol group will be kicking off the new year with the 2021 Seventeen Online Concert IN-COMPLETE slated on Jan. 23 at 5 p.m. (Philippine...
( Clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO’s Baekhyun, Seventeen, BLACKPINK, NCT, NCT Dream (Twitter/Instagram) Hanteo Chart has revealed the top 30 best-selling albums in South Korea in 2020, covering the period Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020. K-pop idol group BTS topped the list and garnered the first two...
K-pop stars in Manila in 2020: (clockwise) Eric Nam, Kim Myung Soo, Tiffany Young, WINNER, Seventeen and NCT Dream (Photos: Jonathan Hicap, YG Entertainment) Before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spread in the Philippines, several K-pop stars were able to visit and perform in the...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS’ V, BTS’ Jungkook, EXO’s Lay, NCT’s Taeyong, BTS’ Jimin, ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo, ENHYPEN’s Ni-Ki, Seventeen’s Mingyu and Wonho. (Screenshots from TC Candler’s YouTube video) TC Candler’s The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2020 includes 24 K-pop idols,...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, Seventeen, NCT, BLACKPINK, NCT 127, IZ*ONE, TWICE, EXO’s Baekhyun, Stray Kids and TXT (Twitter, Instagram) Gaon Music Chart has released the rankings for the best-selling artists in Korea in 2020 based on the total sales of physical albums. Despite the...
Korean TV station KBS has earned criticisms for making unreasonable demands from K-pop boy band Seventeen regarding its KBS Gayo Festival, which was held on Dec. 18. According to Korean news outlet Dispatch, after Golden Child member Jaehyun tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on...
