K-pop groups Seventeen, NCT, BLACKPINK, TXT and TWICE copped the first five places in album sales for the month of October. South Korea’s Hanteo Chart has released the list of best-selling albums for the month of October based on online and offline sales. Seventeen’s “Semicolon” album,...
K-pop boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER, or TXT, made their comeback on Oct. 26 with the release of their third mini-album “Minisode1: Blue Hour.” According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Blue Hour” sold 105,269 copies on the first day of release, compared to the first-day sales of 125,228 copies,...
BTS (Twitter) K-pop superstars BTS will hold concerts in October and release a new album in the fourth quarter of the year. This was revealed by Big Hit Entertainment led by chairman and CEO Bang Si-hyuk during its corporate briefing streamed on YouTube on Aug. 13. The concerts, titled...
Best K-pop nominees (clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO, Monsta X, Red Velvet, (G)I-DLE and TXT (Twitter) MTV has released the list of nominees for 2020 Video Music Awards (VMA) and several K-pop acts are in the running in three categories. The 2020 VMAs will air on Aug. 30 (Aug. 31 in the...
(Clockwise from top left) Monsta X, EXO’s Baekhyun, NCT 127, TXT and IZ*ONE (Twitter) South Korea’s Gaon Music Chart has issued new platinum certifications for album sales and streaming. Boy band EXO member Baekhyun led the album category as his second mini-album “Delight,” released...