K-pop artists Stray Kids, NCT 127 and BTS’ Jimin grabbed the first three places in the weekly physical album chart. Korea’s Hanteo music chart released the rankings for the weekly album chart for the period July 15 to 21. Stray Kids’ new mini-album “ATE,” released on July 19,...
K-pop idol group Stray Kids sold 1.65 million copies of their new mini-album and talked about renewing their contracts early. Stray Kids released the album “ATE” on July 19 led by the main track "Chk Chk Boom." According to Korea’s Hanteo music chart, “ATE” sold a total of 1,654,332...
Members of K-pop boy band Stray Kids have renewed their contracts with JYP Entertainment ahead of its expiration next year. JYP Entertainment announced the renewal on July 18, Korean media reported. “Ahead of the expiration of their exclusive contracts early next year, all members of...
K-pop groups dominated the top 10 CD album sales in the US in the first half of 2024. Luminate, the company that provides music data to Billboard charts, released its 2024 Luminate Midyear Music Report, detailing the US music industry in the first half of the year. The 2024 Luminate Midyear...
Celebrities attended the much-awaited 2024 Met Gala on May 6 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The star-studded event is in support of the Met Costume Institute’s “spring 2024 exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” The Met Gala, also known as The...
K-pop boy bands Stray Kids and Tomorrow X Together led the winners at the inaugural Asia Star Entertainer Awards (ASEA) 2024 held in Yokohama, Japan on April 10. ASEA 2024 was hosted by Newsen, Korea’s entertainment and sports media outlet, and AtStyle, a Korean online entertainment...
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) announced the winners of the 38th Japan Gold Disc Award. First established in 1987, the Japan Gold Disc Award recognized Japanese and foreign artists based on net sales of CDs, music videos, singles, downloads and streaming. (Clockwise...
The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) has announced on Feb. 27 that K-pop boy band Seventeen’s “FML” is the biggest-selling Global Album of the Year for 2023. With such, IFPI named Seventeen's “FML” as the winner of the IFPI Global Album Award for 2023....
The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), the organization representing the recorded music industry worldwide, announced Taylor Swift as the winner of IFPI’s 2023 Global Recording Artist of the Year Award. The Global Recording Artist of the Year Award is calculated...
K-pop stars Jungkook of BTS and boy band Stray Kids won at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards held on Feb. 18 at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Jungkook, who is on hiatus while fulfilling his military service, won The Male Artist of the Year, edging out Bad Bunny, Drake, Jack...
K-pop groups Seventeen, NCT Dream, Stray Kids and IVE emerged as the biggest winners on the second day of the 31st Hanteo Music Awards held on Feb. 18 at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul. The 31st Hanteo Music Awards ceremony was held for two days on Feb. 17 and 18. It was...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa and K-pop boy band Stray Kids performed at the Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes (Yellow Coins Gala) concert aimed at raising funds for hospitalized children and adolescents. The concert was held at Accor Arena in Paris and featured Lisa, Stray Kids, Maroon 5, A$AP Rocky, J...
