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...
K-pop Radar, a “fandom data service” by music startup Space Oddity, released the top 10 most viewed K-pop music videos on YouTube in 2021. It “highlighted the brilliant achievements of artists who heated up 2021 through year-end settlement data.” K-pop Radar's top 10 most viewed K-pop music...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa emerged on top of the list of “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2021” published by TC Candler and The Independent Critics. “Unlike most other annual beauty rankings, the 100 Most Beautiful Faces List is not a popularity contest and it is definitely not country specific. It...
Polling firm Gallup Korea has revealed the results of its year-end survey about Korean singers who shined in 2021 and the best songs of 2021. Gallup Korea has been releasing its Person of the Year in each field including entertainment and sports. For singers who shined in 2021 poll, Gallup Korea...
Spotify has released the lists of the most streamed K-pop artists, groups and songs in 2021. As part of its year-end #SpotifyWrapped, Spotify released the most streamed songs, artists and groups globally in 2021. The most streamed K-pop artists on Spotify in 2021 are (clockwise from top left) BTS,...
Music streaming platform Spotify released the lists of the most streamed artists, groups and songs in 2021. K-pop superstars BTS emerged as the No. 1 most streamed group globally and third most streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2021. In the top 50 most streamed groups in 2021 on Spotify,...
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...
