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...
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...
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,...
(Clockwise from top left) Stray Kids, The Boyz, TXT, ASTRO and Red Velvet (Twitter) K-pop boy bands Stray Kids, The Boyz, TXT and ASTRO, and girl group Red Velvet led the monthly physical album sales in South Korea in August. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, which announced the best-selling...
The first-ever Globe Kmmunity PH’s K’tizens’ Choice Awards ceremony was held online on Aug. 7 and announced the fan-voted winners in different Hallyu categories including favorite Korean album and drama. "Kmmunity PH has since evolved to more than just a community and it is clearly seen...
(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...
Stray Kids’ Hyunjin (Twitter) K-pop boy band Stray Kids’ member Hyunjin has resumed after apologizing and taking a break for four months over accusations of bullying that happened while he was in middle school (equivalent to junior high school in the Philippines). Stray Kids released the single...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO, NCT, Highlight and Seventeen (Twitter / Big Hit Music / SM Entertainment) K-pop superstars BTS maintained their top ranking while EXO surged to second place followed by NCT, Highlight and Seventeen in the latest brand reputation rankings for K-pop boy bands for...
The K-pop boy band competition TV show “Kingdom: Legendary War” premiered on April 1 on Mnet after facing controversies including dispute over stage design budget and one of its hosts stepping down pending investigation for violating social distancing rules. “Kingdom” features K-pop boy...
Kim Woojin (10x Entertainment) Singer Kim Woojin, former member of K-pop boy band Stray Kids, shared his feelings regarding the sexual harassment accusation. Woojin debuted in Stray Kids in 2018 and left the group in October 2019. In September last year, he was accused of sexual harassment. On a...
Stray Kids including Hyunjin (3rd from right) as model of Clio (Photo courtesy of Clio) Korean cosmetics company Clio has deleted photos and other promotional materials related to its new brand model, K-pop boy band Stray Kids, following accusations of school violence against member Hyunjin....
Stray Kids’ Hyunjin (Twitter) Hyunjin, one of the most popular members of K-pop boy band Stray Kids, will stop his activities, go on hiatus and do self-reflection after he apologized over allegations he committed school violence while he was in middle school (equivalent to junior high school in...
