J-Hope, a member of Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS, will be releasing a single before his military enlistment. On Feb. 26, Big Hit Music, BTS’ agency, announced that “we would like to inform our fans that J-Hope has initiated the military enlistment process by applying for the termination...
K-pop boy band BTS member J-Hope will be enlisting in the military. Big Hit Music, BTS' agency, announced on Feb. 26 that J-Hope has started the process by applying to cancel his enlistment postponement, an option given to BTS that would allow them to postpone their military service until age 30....
The Korean show “Jinny’s Kitchen” (aka “Seojin’s”), starring Lee Seo-jin, Jung Yu-mi, Park Seo-jun, Choi Woo-shik and BTS’ V, premiered on Feb. 24 and garnered strong ratings in South Korea. According to Nielsen Korea, the first episode of “Jinny’s Kitchen” took the No. 1 spot...
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) revealed on Feb. 24 that Bad Bunny’s “Un Verano Sin Ti” is the winner of its Global Album Award for 2022. With this, Bad Bunny became the first Latin American artist to win an IFPI Global Chart Award. “Un Verano Sin Ti” was...
“Jinny’s Kitchen,” the Korean show starring Lee Seo-jin, Jung Yu-mi, Park Seo-jun, Choi Woo-shik, and BTS’ V, will premiere on Prime Video on Feb. 24. Filmed in Bacalar, Mexico, “Jinny’s Kitchen” shows the Korean stars opening and running a Korean street food restaurant. (From...
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), representing the recording industry worldwide, announced Taylor Swift as the winner of its 2022 Global Recording Artist of the Year Award. This is her third time to bag the award after achieving the feat in 2019 and 2014....
HYBE, the parent company of K-pop acts BTS, Seventeen, TXT, ENHYPEN and NewJeans, is now officially the single largest shareholder in SM Entertainment, the agency that manages artists like EXO, NCT, Aespa, Red Velvet, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior and TVXQ. (Clockwise from top) BTS, EXO,...
Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS member Jimin will be making his solo debut next month. Big Hit Music, BTS’ agency, announced on Feb. 21 that Jimin will have his first solo album. BTS' Jimin at the Busan concert on Oct. 15 last year (Big Hit Music) “BTS member Jimin will be releasing his...
HYBE, the agency of K-pop acts BTS, Seventeen, TXT and ENHYPEN, has denied SM Entertainment management’s accusations that its entry into the company was a “hostile takeover.” The company’s position was revealed during a conference call by HYBE’s CEO Park Jiwon and Chief Financial Officer...
The battle for who is going to take control of K-pop agency SM Entertainment, which manages acts like EXO, NCT, Aespa and Red Velvet, continued with a new salvo. On Feb. 20, SM Entertainment uploaded a video titled “The reason why SM is against HYBE's hostile takeover” with Chief Financial...
ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo grabbed first place in the brand reputation rankings for individual members of K-pop boy bands for February 2023. The Korea Corporate Research Institute released the brand reputation index based on the analysis of 117.19 million brand big data covering 703 members of K-pop...
The Circle Chart Music Awards 2022 ceremony was held on Feb. 18 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. BTS won five awards, the most by any K-pop artist. They won Artist of the Year (digital music) in June 2022 for "Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)"; Artist of the Year (physical album) in the third...
