K-pop girl group ITZY’s Lia and Yeji, and boy band CNBLUE’s Yonghwa tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), increasing the number of Korean stars who got the virus to 98 since Jan. 19. Lia was the first member of ITZY to test positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 13 followed by Yeji on Feb....
BLACKPINK’s Lisa, Aespa’s Winter, BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Aespa’s Karina and Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon grabbed the first five places in the brand reputation index for individual K-pop girl group members for January 2022. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 97.73 million pieces...
Gaon Music Chart has revealed the best-selling albums in Korea in 2021 based on sales In the 2021 Album Chart (based on total shipments minus returns), BTS’ “Butter” topped the tally with 2.99 million copies. NCT 127’s “Sticker” placed second with 2.42 million copies followed by NCT...
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...
South Korea’s Gaon Music Chart has released the rankings for the top albums and songs for the month of October 2021. K-pop boy band Seventeen topped the month album chart (based on sales volume by shipment less returns) with their new album “Attacca” garnering 1,968,829 copies in sales...
K-pop boy band NCT 127, BLACKPINK’s Lisa, ATEEZ, ITZY and STAYC topped the monthly album sales for September. South Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the monthly physical album chart rankings for September 2021. (Clockwise from top left) NCT 127, BLACKPINK’s Lisa, ATEEZ, ITZY and STAYC (Twitter,...
MRC Data and Billboard issued the “Global Music & Chart Report: A Year in Review” covering top songs and artists in the past year on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US charts. The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US were launched last year with the first...
Seventeen (Twitter) K-pop boy band Seventeen’s new album “Your Choice” sold more than one million copies in just four days of release. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Your Choice” accumulated sales of 1,145,444 copies as of June 21 after the albums’ release on June 18. The...
(Clockwise from top left) NCT Dream, ITZY, SHINee’s Taemin, Super Junior’s Yesung, Highlight and TXT (Twitter / Big Hit Music) South Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the rankings of the 30 best-selling physical albums for the month of May. K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s “Hot Sauce,” released...
(Clockwise from top left) Brave Girls’ Yujeong, Brave Girls’ Yuna, BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Oh My Girl’s Arin, ITZY’s Yuna and Brave Girls’ Minyoung (Instagram) Viral group Brave Girls’ members Yujeong and Yuna, BLACKPINK’s Jennie, Oh My Girl’s Arin and ITZY’s Yuna ranked in the...
(Clockwise from top left) Brave Girls, BLACKPINK, Oh My Girl, TWICE, STAYC and Red Velvet (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) Brave Girls, BLACKPINK, Oh My Girl, TWICE and STAYC grabbed the first five spots in the latest K-pop girl group brand reputation rankings for May. The Korea Corporate...
ITZY (The Chart Show with Brooke Reese) K-pop girl group ITZY has sold more than 200,000 copies of their fourth mini-album “Guess Who.” According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Guess Who” garnered sales of 200,130 copies in the first week of release from April 30 to May 6. The total is 55,775...
