NCT 127, ATEEZ, BLACKPINK’s Lisa, Wonho and Mamamoo copped the first five places on the weekly album chart in South Korea. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the rankings for the weekly physical album chart covering the period Sept. 13 to 19. (Clockwise from top left) NCT 127, ATEEZ, BLACKPINK’s...
K-pop boy band NCT 127 made their comeback in one and a half years with the release of their studio album “Sticker” on Sept. 17. Before the release, “Stickers” garnered a whopping 2.12 million copies in pre-orders as of Sept. 15, heralding NCT 127 as a “double million seller” before...
(From left) NCT’s Taeyong, Kang Daniel and BoA of 'Street Woman Fighter' (Mnet) The dance competition TV show “Street Woman Fighter” has issued an apology after being called out by Muslims over the use of a call to prayer. On Twitter, Muslims used the hashtag #Mnetapologize to demand Mnet,...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, BLACKPINK, NCT Dream, Seventeen, GOT7’s BamBam and Mamamoo (Twitter) BTS, BLACKPINK, NCT Dream, Seventeen and GOT7’s BamBam topped the celebrity category of the 2021 Korea Power YouTuber 100 list. Forbes Korea revealed the list, stating that as media shifts from...
NCT, WayV and SuperM member Lucas (Instagram) K-pop boy band NCT member Lucas, 22, who is also part of the Chinese boy group WayV and supergroup SuperM, issued an apology after a woman who said she was a former girlfriend accused him of gaslighting and mooching off from her. The...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO, Seventeen, NCT, ASTRO and The Boyz (Twitter) BTS, EXO, Seventeen, NCT and ASTRO grabbed the first five places in the K-pop boy band brand reputation rankings for the month of August. According to the Korea Corporate Research Institute, 53.68 million...
ASTRO (Twitter) K-pop boy band ASTRO’s new release “Switch On” grabbed first place on the weekly physical album chart. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the rankings for the weekly album chart covering the period Aug. 2 to 8. ASTRO’s “Switch On” took first place, selling 275,145...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, NCT Dream EXO’s D.O., SF9 and Loona (Twitter) K-pop superstars BTS’ “Butter” CD emerged as the No. 1 best-selling album in Korea for the month of July. Hanteo Chart released the rankings for the monthly album chart covering the period July 1 to 31. The...
Taeil, member of K-pop boy band NCT, has set a new world record on Instagram. According to Guinness World Records, Taeil broke the record for the fastest time to reach one million followers on Instagram. Taeil launched his Instagram account, https://www.instagram.com/mo. on_air , on July 6, and it...
BTS (top) and NCT (Twitter) K-pop idol groups BTS and NCT have made it to the top album and digital song sales rankings in the US in the first half of 2021. MRC Data, which supplies music sales data to Billboard, released its 2021 Midyear Report for the US market covering the period Jan. 1 to July...
(Clockwise from top left) NCT Dream, Seventeen, IU, Brave Girls, BTS and BLACKPINK (Twitter, Instagram) Gaon Music Chart has issued the list of the top-selling songs and albums in Korea, and the most popular artists for the first half of 2021. Album Chart In the first half of 2021, the...
(Clockwise from top) BTS, ATEEZ and NCT Dream (Twitter) Hanteo Chart, which tracks album and song sales in Korea, released the “Hanteo Global K-pop Report: 2021 Semi-annual Summary” covering the first half of the year. In its Global Index of K-pop report, Hanteo Chart released the...
