From a pop-up store which opened last quarter of 2021 to an actual Clé de peau Beauté store in the middle of this year! If you frequent Japan or are fond of Japanese style magazines, then you are sure to be familiar with Clé de peau Beauté. Established in 1982, it's mission is to be...
There are now at least 26 K-pop idols who have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last nine days as South Korea grapples to stem the surge in daily cases due to the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. On Jan. 27, Korean health authorities recorded 14,158 new...
K-pop boy band The Boyz’s Younghoon, former Sistar member Hyolyn and WEi’s Kim Dong-han, Yoo Yong-ha and Kang Seok-hwa tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as South Korea tallied 13,102 new cases on Jan. 26, the highest daily total since the pandemic started in 2020. (Clockwise...
K-pop, Korean dramas and Korean food are the first things that come to mind among youths in countries under the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including the Philippines. This is the result of a survey conducted by the Seoul-based ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC) “aimed to identify the...
K-pop boy band Treasure set a personal best for their upcoming new album “The Second Step: Chapter One.” According to YG Entertainment, the group’s agency, on Jan. 20, “The Second Step: Chapter One” exceeded 600,000 copies in pre-orders in eight days since the reservation started on Jan....
Apparel, stationery, and even household items that will make any army member giddy The Filipino army fans have proven that they can't get enough of BTS, and with the success of its first BTS pop-up store last year, SM Megamall is offering another wave of cute merchandise at the BTS Pop-up: Space of...
A total of 57.09 million physical copies of K-pop albums were sold in 2021, according to Korea’s Gaon Music Chart. The total is an increase of 15.38 million albums, or 37 percent, compared to 41.7 million copies of K-pop albums sold in 2020. The total physical album sales in 2021 were based on...
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,...
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...
Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the list of the best-selling physical albums in 2021 based on the period Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2021. According to Hanteo Chart, BTS’ “Butter” is the No. 1 best-selling album in 2021 with sales of 2.25 million copies. Seventeen’s “Attacca” placed second with...
Who are the best rookie K-pop groups of 2021? Korean media outlet News1 held a survey among representatives of 31 entertainment agencies to choose the best rookie K-pop groups of 2021. (Clockwise from top left) Aespa, Ive, STAYC, ENHYPEN, Billlie, Mirae, Lightsum and Epex (Twitter) Aespa, composed...
After BLACKPINK’s Lisa , a member of K-pop boy band Pentagon has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid a surge in new cases in South Korea. “Kino of Pentagon tested positive for COVID-19 today (the 25th),” announced Cube Entertainment, the idol group’s agency. Kino of...
