(Clockwise from top left) SuperM, Taeyeon, NCT 127, NCT Dream, Red Velvet, Taemin, Baekhyun, NCT U, Aespa, WayV, TVXQ and Super Junior (Twitter) The online concert of artists under SM Entertainment has set a new record by attracting more than 35 million viewers. Billed as “SMTOWN Live:...
( Clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO’s Baekhyun, Seventeen, BLACKPINK, NCT, NCT Dream (Twitter/Instagram) Hanteo Chart has revealed the top 30 best-selling albums in South Korea in 2020, covering the period Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020. K-pop idol group BTS topped the list and garnered the first two...
K-pop stars in Manila in 2020: (clockwise) Eric Nam, Kim Myung Soo, Tiffany Young, WINNER, Seventeen and NCT Dream (Photos: Jonathan Hicap, YG Entertainment) Before the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic spread in the Philippines, several K-pop stars were able to visit and perform in the...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS’ V, BTS’ Jungkook, EXO’s Lay, NCT’s Taeyong, BTS’ Jimin, ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo, ENHYPEN’s Ni-Ki, Seventeen’s Mingyu and Wonho. (Screenshots from TC Candler’s YouTube video) TC Candler’s The 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2020 includes 24 K-pop idols,...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, Seventeen, NCT, BLACKPINK, NCT 127, IZ*ONE, TWICE, EXO’s Baekhyun, Stray Kids and TXT (Twitter, Instagram) Gaon Music Chart has released the rankings for the best-selling artists in Korea in 2020 based on the total sales of physical albums. Despite the...
Twitter’s top 10 Most Tweeted K-pop accounts globally in 2020 (Twitter) Twitter has revealed the top 10 most tweeted K-pop accounts globally and most tweeted about people worldwide in 2020. According to Twitter, the top 10 Most Tweeted K-pop accounts globally in 2020 are: BTS (@bts_twt) EXO...
(Clockwise from top left) NCT, ENHYPEN, GOT7, EXO’s Kai and BTS (Twitter, Belift Lab) K-pop boy bands NCT, ENHYPEN and GOT7 garnered the first three places on the weekly music chart. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the weekly album chart for the period Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. NCT’s “NCT...
2020 MAMA Worldwide Fans’ Choice Top 10 winners (clockwise from top left) BTS, ATEEZ, Treasure, TXT, TWICE, Seventeen, Mamamoo, GOT7, NCT and BLACKPINK (Photos: Twitter, MAMA) The 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was held on Dec. 6 hosted by Korean actor and “Descendants of the Sun” star...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, Kim Soo-hyun, TWICE, GOT7, NCT and Monsta X (Twitter, Instagram) Singers TWICE, NCT, BTS, GOT7, Monsta X and Im Young-woong, and actors Kim Soo-hyun and Lee Jung-jae emerged as the grand prize winners at the 2020 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) held on Nov. 28 in South...
BTS including Suga at their AMAs performance (Twitter/AMAs) K-pop powerhouse BTS won two awards at the 2020 American Music Awards (AMAs) held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Nov. 22 (Nov. 23 in the Philippines). BTS bagged the Favorite Social Artist award, beating EXO, NCT 127, Billie...
(Clockwise from top) Residents on the roof of a submerged house in Cagayan before they were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard on Nov. 14, Eric Nam, BTS and NCT. (Photos: Philippine Coast Guard Public Affairs, Jonathan Hicap, Twitter) K-pop fans in the country and abroad have launched different...
K-pop idol group Super Junior marked their 15th year in the business with a concert and an exhibition that showed their history. Super Junior debuted on Nov. 6, 2005 with the song “Twins (Knock Out)” with 12 members. Kyuhyun was added in 2006. To celebrate the milestone, Super Junior held an...
