Three members of K-pop boy band NCT 127 suffered injuries while filming a commercial in a studio and were taken to a hospital. SM Entertainment identified those who were injured as NCT 127 members Jaehyun, Johnny and Jungwoo. NCT 127 (Instagram) “Today , Johnny, Jaehyun, and Jungwoo were injured...
The 2022 Melon Music Awards (MMA) in South Korea proved to be another amazing and surprising ceremony. Held on Nov. 26 at the Gocheok Sky Dome, the MMA this year saw trot singer Lim Young-woong, rookie K-pop girl group IVE and Grammy nominee BTS winning the “daesang” or grand prizes, the...
Jin, a member of K-pop boy band BTS, took first place in the brand reputation rankings for individual members of K-pop boy bands for November. The Korea Corporate Research Institute released the brand reputation index based on the analysis of 108.23 million brand big data covering 703 members of...
People from the Korean entertainment industry voted to pick the singer of the year and song of the year for 2022. In celebration of its 18th anniversary, Korean media outlet Joy News 24 conducted a survey from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 among 200 entertainment industry workers including employees of...
The 2022 Genie Music Awards ceremony, hosted by Korea’s Genie Music, was held on Nov. 8 in Incheon. Eligible for this year’s awards were digital songs and albums released from Oct. 1, 2021 to Oct. 5, 2022. (Clockwise from top right) NCT Dream, (G)I-DLE and BTS (Twitter, Instagram) (Clockwise...
The concert of K-pop boy band NCT 127 was stopped midway in Jakarta, Indonesia on Nov. 4 after more than 30 fans reportedly fainted as they pushed their way to get near the stage. NCT 127 held the first day of their “Neo City-The Link” concert at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) on...
Five acts converged for a special night at the “I-Pop U 2022 Manila” show on Oct. 21 at the Araneta Coliseum. K-pop boy bands NCT Dream and Golden Child, Chinese idol group WayV, Korean rock band Xdinary Heroes and girl group Alice headlined the show that ran for three hours. The coliseum was...
In September, K-pop idol group NCT Dream launched their “The Dream Show 2: In A Dream” concert tour at the Seoul Olympic Stadium. The memorable moments in the concert have been captured into a film that is coming to theaters. NCT Dream (SM Entertainment) The “NCT Dream The Movie: In A...
K-pop boy band BTS took home seven prizes at The Fact Music Awards held on Oct. 8 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. BTS won the “daesang” or grand prize at the ceremony, their fifth straight year since 2018 to win the prestigious award. (From the top) BTS, NCT Dream and Stray Kids (Twitter) (From the...
K-pop groups BLACKPINK and NCT 127 grabbed the first two places on the monthly physical album chart in South Korea for the month of September. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the ranking of the best-selling physical albums for September. BLACKPINK’s “Born Pink” took first place with 1,606,398...
K-pop boy band NCT 127’s fourth studio album has topped the weekly album chart in South Korea and debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “2 Baddies,” released on Sept. 16, sold 1,038,304 copies from Sept. 19 to 25 (equivalent to a physical record...
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK topped Billboard’s latest Hot Trending Songs chart, which is powered by Twitter. According to Billboard, BLACKPINK’s “Shut Down,” included in the album “Born Pink” that was released on Sept. 16, grabbed the No. 1 spot on the Hot Trending Songs chart dated...
