Another member of K-pop boy band Stray Kids has been diagnosed with Covid-19, affecting the group’s promotions for their new album. JYP Entertainment, the boy band’s management, announced on March 20 that Stray Kids member Seungmin, 21, “tested positive for Covid-19 on March 20th...
K-pop idol group Stray Kids member Han has tested positive for Covid-19 a day after the group released their new album. “We inform you that Stray Kids member Han has tested positive for Covid-19 today ,” announced JYP Entertainment, Stray Kids’ agency. Stray Kids' Han (left) and Ghost9's Lee...
K-pop boy band Treasure, rookie group NMIXX, STAYC, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon and BTOB topped the monthly album chart in South Korea for the month of February 2022. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the ranking of the best-selling physical albums from Feb. 1 to 28. (Clockwise from top left)...
K-pop boy band Stray Kids member Felix has been diagnosed with intervertebral disk herniation or herniated disk. “We would like to provide information regarding Stray Kids' Felix's upcoming schedules. Felix recently visited a hospital after experiencing pain in his back. After a detailed...
Music research and analytics platform Viberate published its annual “State of Music” report, highlighting the artists that dominated social media and music apps in 2021 and the trends that will be hot in 2022. Viberate analyzed massive amounts of data (more than a trillion data points,...
K-pop superstars BTS, NCT, EXO, Seventeen and TWICE emerged as the top five K-pop artists with the highest album sales in the last 11 years from 2011 to 2021. This is based on the annual cumulative album sales data released by Gaon Music Chart covering the period January 2011 to November 2021,...
Gaon Music Chart has revealed the best-selling albums in Korea in 2021 based on sales In the 2021 Album Chart (based on total shipments minus returns), BTS’ “Butter” topped the tally with 2.99 million copies. NCT 127’s “Sticker” placed second with 2.42 million copies followed by NCT...
K-pop Radar, a “fandom data service” by music startup Space Oddity, released the lists of K-pop artists who posted the highest increases in the number of followers on Instagram and Twitter in 2021. The Instagram and Twitter rankings are based on the period Jan. 1 to Dec. 15, 2021. K-pop...
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...
Twitter unveiled its year-ender, showing the most tweeted about K-pop groups, hashtags, people, entertainers and TV shows in the Philippines. “It's been a rollercoaster year, but we've all made it to (almost) the end. And what better time than now to look back at all the 2021 moments that kept us...
Filipino idol group SB19 grabbed the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart dated Dec. 11. “Billboard Hot Trending Songs Powered by Twitter is a weekly recap of the most discussed songs on Twitter globally,” according to Billboard. The Billboard Hot Trending Songs chart dated Dec....
