The 2021 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) ceremony was held on Nov. 2 at KBS Arena in Seoul to honor outstanding performances in music and acting. Nine “daesang,” or grand prizes, were awarded at the ceremony hosted by Super Junior’s Leeteuk and Jang Won-young. (Clockwise from top left) "Squid Game"...
Spotify has released the lists of the most streamed K-pop artists, groups and songs in 2021. As part of its year-end #SpotifyWrapped, Spotify released the most streamed songs, artists and groups globally in 2021. The most streamed K-pop artists on Spotify in 2021 are (clockwise from top left) BTS,...
Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the best-selling physical albums for the month of November 2021. K-pop boy band The Boyz topped the monthly album chart followed by TWICE, Monsta X, Stray Kids and SF9. Placing sixth to 10th are Seventeen, NCT 127, ONEUS, Jeong Dong-won and EXO’s Kai. (Clockwise...
POPTV LOGO POPTV Philippines, the first all-Pinoy streaming app in the country, further expands its services to cater to the streaming needs of more Filipinos nationwide with the upcoming launch of POPTV Kids and POPTV Trip. POPTV Kids, which will be available starting Sunday (Nov. 21), is the...
EDITORS DESK Our six-year-old daughter asked us recently, “Mom, can I go outside already?” Over family dinner, one of the conversations my husband and I had was about the news that children are allowed to go outside already. The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of...
Granting COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for children aged 12 to 17 was not yet discussed, the Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Nov. 18. (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) VEP head Dr. Nina Gloriani said while they have yet to discuss the booster...
K-pop girl group Aespa took first place as best rookie singer of 2021, most anticipated singer in 2022 and freshest song of the year in a survey. To celebrate its 17th anniversary, Korean entertainment media outlet Joy News 24 conducted a survey from Oct. 12 to 19 among 200 entertainment industry...
Filipinos were reminded that the reason behind allowing kids to go outside amid the deescalation of community restrictions is to give them an opportunity to exercise and interact with other kids, not to be brought to crowded places. People stroll near a mall in Pasay City on Nov. 7, 2021. (Photo by...
Metro Manila mayors will discuss if unvaccinated younger children against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) will be subjected to travel restrictions, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday, Nov. 14. This came after Año’s confirmation...
People stroll near a mall in Pasay City on Nov. 7, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to be a threat despite the easing of restrictions and the downward trend of cases in the country. “We would like to...
The number of K-pop videos uploaded on short-form mobile video platform TikTok has reached 98 million in three years. TikTok and Space Oddity, a music start-up, revealed the “2021 K-pop TikTok Infographic,” which analyzed K-pop video data on TikTok for the first time including K-pop artists...
Dear leader, As I write to you, leaders of all kinds are at Glasgow, oceans away in the United Kingdom for the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. It’s dubbed as “the most important climate event of the century.” COP, for the readers, stands for the “Conference of the Parties.”...
