Luminate, the company that provides music data to Billboard for its charts, has released its “Luminate Year-End Music Report” for the US in 2023. The report include year-end charts, showing the top artists in album sales, CD album sales, digital sales, on-demand streaming and radio songs....
Hanteo Chart has released the ranking of the best-selling physical albums in South Korea in 2023. The albums are ranked based on Hanteo’s proprietary physical record index (PRI) score, which combines album sales and album price. Seventeen (X) Stray Kids (X) NCT Dream (X) BTS' Jungkook...
K-pop artists BTS’ Jungkook, Stray Kids, BLACKPINK and NewJeans bagged awards at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) held on Nov. 19 (Nov. 20 in the Philippines). Jungkook won Top Global K-Pop Song for “Seven (feat. Latto), edging out Fifty Fifty’s “Cupid,” Jimin’s...
TIME has released its new 2023 list of Next Generation Leaders for fall and it includes a politician, K-pop group and a drag queen. The new list features a cover profile of First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf, the first non-white and youngest First Minister, as well as the first Muslim...
Three members of K-pop boy band Stray Kids were injured in a car accident on Sept. 20, their agency announced. “While returning to their dorms after a schedule on September 20th (Wed), the vehicle carrying Stray Kids members Lee Know, Hyunjin, and Seungmin was involved in a minor...
Taylor Swift emerged as the biggest winner while K-pop acts triumphed at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held on Sept. 12 at Prudential Center in New Jersey. Swift won awards including Video of the Year, Song of the Year, Artist of the Year and Album of the Year. BTS’ Jungkook won...
BTS’ Jungkook surpassed Miley Cyrus’ records on two Billboard Global charts and has been announced to perform at the Global Citizen Festival in New York City’s Central Park. Jungkook’s “Seven (feat. Latto)” topped the Sept. 9-dated Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl....
K-pop group Stray Kids, Demi Lovato, Karol G and Måneskin have been announced as the first round of performers for the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), which will be held on Sept. 12 at Prudential Center in New Jersey in the US. Stray Kids will mark their first-ever VMAs performance with...
Luminate, “the preeminent entertainment data and insights company,” that supplies music data to Billboard charts, has released its midyear music report. The Luminate Midyear Music Report details trends and sales in the US covering the period from Dec. 30, 2022 to June 29, 2023. (Clockwise...
K-pop groups Stray Kids, ATEEZ and Seventeen, NCT’s Taeyong and P1Harmony grabbed the first five places on the monthly album chart for June. South Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the ranking for K-pop album sales in June based on data “from 1,100 stores worldwide.” (Clockwise from top left)...
K-pop idol group Stray Kids’ new record-setting album “5-STAR” debuted on top of the Billboard 200 chart. According to Billboard, “5-STAR,” which was released on June 2, took the No. 1 spot on the June 17-dated Billboard 200 chart. Stray Kids (Inkigayo, Twitter) This is Stray Kids’...
K-pop boy band Stray Kids set a new record for the highest first-week album sales in K-pop history. They achieved the feat through their third studio album “5-STAR,” which was released on June 2. Stray Kids (Twitter) Based on Korea’s Hanteo Chart data, “5-STAR” sold a total of...
