Three members of K-pop girl group TWICE have tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving in South Korea from their concert tour in the US. TWICE held their TWICE 4th World Tour III in Los Angeles on May 14 and 15 at the Banc of California Stadium. (From left) TWICE's Nayeon, Momo and Tzuyu tested...
Members of K-pop girl group TWICE have opened their own Instagram accounts. TWICE at their concert in the US (Instagram) Here are the Instagram accounts of TWICE members: Jihyo - https://www.instagram.com/_zyozyo/ Nayeon - https://www.instagram.com/nayeonyny/ Tzuyu -...
The albums of K-pop groups NCT Dream, Stray Kids, TWICE and Red Velvet have been certified platinum to double million based on sales. The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) issued the new certifications on May 12 through the Gaon Music Chart for album sales in Korea and streaming. (Clockwise...
K-pop girl group TWICE member Sana has tested positive for Covid-19 in Japan, her agency announced. “We are sorry to inform you that TWICE member SANA has tested positive for COVID-19 today (April 26th) after PCR testing for departure,” said JYP Entertainment. TWICE's Sana (Instagram) Sana was...
Music streaming platform Spotify has relaunched its popular K-pop playlist. Its playlist K-pop Daebak is now known as K-Pop ON! (온) . According to Spotify, K-pop has experienced a 230 percent growth in listening and with nearly eight billion monthly streams globally. In the last 90 days, Spotify...
K-pop group TWICE are in the US for their 4th World Tour III but decided to cancel promotional activities and meet-and-greets due to the coronavirus disease (COVDI-19) situation. JYP Entertainment, the group’s agency, issued the announcement, saying the health of TWICE members is priority. TWICE...
The stars may be technically, scientifically dead, but they poetically and literally guide us through all this randomness. “What is love?” the nine members of Twice sing in their 2015, pre-twentysomething girlish charm. One chirps, “Is it like in the books?” Another wonders, timed with a...
A group of education workers urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to suspend the implementation of the twice a month salary scheme noting that it brings more harm than good. (Photo from DepEd) “To put it simply, the new salary scheme is more trouble than it’s worth,” said Alliance of...
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 superstars BTS’ hit song “Butter” is the No. 1 in digital song sales in the US in 2021. MRC Data, which supplies data to Billboard for its music charts, released its “Year-end Report: US 2021,” which details the best-selling albums and songs in the US last year. BTS (Big Hit Music)...
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...
