K-pop girl group Red Velvet’s new album has topped the weekly album charts in Korea and shattered their own first-week sales record. Red Velvet released their seventh mini-album “The ReVe Festival 2022-Feel My Rhythm” on March 21. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “The ReVe Festival...
K-pop boy band EXO member Kai has tested positive for Covid-19, the latest Korean celebrity to get the contagious disease. “EXO's Kai was diagnosed with Covid-19 on the 14th ,” EXO’s agency, SM Entertainment, announced on March 15. (Clockwise from top left) EXO's Kai. NU'EST's Minhyun,...
New K-pop boy band Tempest’s debut album took first place on two music charts in South Korea. Tempest, composed of Lew, Hyungseop, Hanbin, Hyuk, Eunchan, Hwarang and Taerae, made their debut on March 2 with the album “It's Me, It's We” containing five songs including the carrier track “Bad...
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)...
K-pop boy band Treasure sold nearly 181,000 copies of their new album “The Second Step: Chapter One.” Treasure released the album on Feb. 15 and according to YG Entertainment, it topped the iTunes Top Albums chart in 30 countries and territories including Japan, Spain, Canada, Australia,...
K-pop boy band Treasure, composed of 12 members, made their comeback in a little over a year, releasing their new album “The Second Step: Chapter One” on Feb. 15. The album is fronted by the song “Jikjin” (a Korean word which means “go straight”), a hip-hop song described as a track...
More K-pop stars have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to the Omicron variant surge in South Korea. ON Feb. 14, Yuehua Entertainment announced that all seven members of upcoming K-pop boy band Tempest have been confirmed to have COVID-19. They are Hanbin, Hyungseop, Hyuk,...
A member of K-pop boy band Pentagon suffered an injury after his car was hit by a drunk driver in South Korea on Feb. 9. Yeo One, 25, has temporarily stopped his activities after he suffered a back injury when a drunk driver hit the car he was riding in. Cube Entertainment released a statement on...
Five members of K-pop boy band The Boyz have recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The group’s agency IST Entertainment announced on Feb. 6 that The Boyz’s Eric, Younghoon, Hyunjae, Ju Haknyeon and Sangyeon have been released from quarantine as ordered by health authorities. “We...
Actor Jung Il-woo, K-pop boy band P1Harmony's Intak and more Korean stars have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues to infect thousands of people in South Korea. Health authorities have declared that the Omicron variant is now the...
K-pop stars who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the last two weeks have recovered but new cases have been confirmed as the highly contagious Omicron variant continues to infect people in South Korea. YG Entertainment announced on Feb. 3 that the five members iKON, four members...
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...
