K-pop superstars BTS will be holding their first in-person concert in Seoul starting today, March 10, after more than two years. BTS will hold their “BTS Permission to Dance on Stage-Seoul” from March 10, 12 and 13 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium, the main venue used for the 1988 Summer Olympics....
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 superstars BTS have added three more world records to their list of achievements. Guinness World Records announced on March 4 that BTS broke three new records in the number of followers on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok, which they set in February. These bring their total Guinness World...
K-pop superstars BTS’ four concert dates in Las Vegas are all sold out, according to online ticket seller Ticketmaster. “Due to overwhelming demand during today’s @BTS_BigHit BTS GLOBAL OFFICIAL FANCLUB ARMY MEMBERSHIP Presale, all tickets for the @AllegiantStadm shows have been purchased....
Jungkook, 24, the youngest member of K-pop superstars BTS, is now a university graduate. South Korea’s Global Cyber University uploaded on March 3 a video showing Jungkook announcing that he is now a graduate. BTS' Jungkook in his graduation video (Screenshot from Global Cyber University video)...
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) honored boy band Seventeen as the highest-charting K-pop artist in its annual album sales chart. IFPI released the top 10 artists on its 2021 Global Album Sales Chart, which “combines global sales of physical albums and digital...
"If you can't respect, don't even open your mouth..." This is what singer Jed Madela posted on Instagram, recently. It is a quote from South Korean rapper, songwriter, and record producer Kim Nam-joon, a member of the popular boy band BTS, better known by his stage name RM. Jed then added: "...or...
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)...
The tickets to the live viewing of K-pop superstars BTS’ “Permission to Dance on Stage-Seoul” concert on March 12 in the Philippines were sold out. SM Cinema made the announcement on Feb. 26, saying the tickets to the first show or the live viewing were all sold out. “Thank you for your...
As Russia continued its invasion of Ukraine that has been denounced by world leaders, one fan of K-pop superstars BTS revealed what she has experienced amid the chaos. “We are crying here all the time. We are scared and some of us can’t leave our cities or Ukraine. Enemies bombarding a lot...
SM Cinema has announced the list of theaters in the Philippines that will show the live viewing of K-pop superstars BTS’ “Permission to Dance on Stage-Seoul." The “BTS Permission to Dance on Stage-Seoul” will be held on March 10, 12 and 13 at the Seoul Olympic Stadium. The “BTS Permission...
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has chosen K-pop superstars BTS as the 2021 Global Recording Artist of the Year, becoming the first Korean act to bag the award for two straight years. According to IFPI, the award is based on “an artist’s or group’s worldwide...
