TikTok Korea released its year-ender for 2022, naming the most viewed artists, top songs and artists with the most new followers on the platform for the year. "We’re honored to celebrate our global community who shaped this year's trends, shared new ideas, learned from one another, and turned...
The race for the last twice-to-beat advantage heats up as Magnolia and Barangay Ginebra figure in a pair of crucial encounters against separate foes in the 2022 PBA Commissioner’s Cup at the PhilSports Arena on Sunday, Nov. 27. Magnolia's Chito Victolero and Ginebra's Tim Cone (PBA Images) The...
K-pop powerhouse BTS made history at the 2022 American Music Awards (AMAs), held on Nov. 20 at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. BTS won the AMAs’ Favorite Pop Duo or Group, the fourth straight year that they bagged the award. They first won the award in 2019. BTS...
K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) will be attending the 2022 American Music Awards (AMAs), which will be held on Nov. 20 (Nov. 21 in the Philippines) at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. The AMAs announced on Nov. 17 about Tomorrow X Together’s appearance at the music...
K-pop girl group TWICE canceled their Halloween fan meeting in the aftermath of the Itaewon tragedy on Oct. 29, which killed 154 people. JYP Entertainment, the group’s agency, made the announcement on Oct. 31. TWICE (Twitter) Here is the statement: “This is JYP Entertainment. We inform you that...
Five K-pop groups bagged nominations at the 2022 American Music Awards (AMAs), which will be held on Nov. 20 at the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live in Los Angeles. (From top) BLACKPINK, TXT, Seventeen, TWICE and BTS (Twitter, Pledis) The winners of the AMAs are all voted by fans. Nominees in 37...
MTV announced the nominees for the MTV EMAs that will be held at PSD Bank Dome in Düsseldorf, Germany. For Best Asia Act, the nominees are TXT (Korea), Maymay Entrata (Philippines), Niki (Indonesia), Silvy (Thailand) and The Rampage from EXILE TRIBE (Japan). The nominees for Best K-pop are...
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 groups IVE, ATEEZ, TWICE, The Boyz and NewJeans topped the monthly album chart in South Korea for the month of August. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the list of the best-selling albums for the month of August. (Clockwise from top left) IVE, ATEEZ, TWICE, The Boyz, NewJeans and Girls'...
BLACKPINK continued to dominate Billboard’s Hot Trending Songs chart, powered by Twitter, for the second straight week. According to Billboard, BLACKPINK’s “Pink Venom,” released on Aug. 19, grabbed first place on the Sept. 3-dated Hot Trending Songs chart. The Billboard Hot Trending Songs...
K-pop girl group IVE sold more than 924,000 copies of their new album to grab the No. 1 spot on the weekly album chart in Korea. According to Hanteo Chart, IVE’s “After Like” tallied 924,363 copies in sales in one week and topped the weekly physical album chart for the period Aug. 22 to 28....
A member of K-pop girl group TWICE has tested positive for Covid-19 as South Korea continues to experience a surge in cases due to the Omicron subvariant BA.5. “We are sad to inform you that TWICE member Jihyo has tested positive for COVID-19 antigen testing on August 24th,” JYP Entertainment,...
