Music streaming platform Spotify released the lists of the most streamed artists, groups and songs in 2021. K-pop superstars BTS emerged as the No. 1 most streamed group globally and third most streamed artist globally on Spotify in 2021. In the top 50 most streamed groups in 2021 on Spotify,...
Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the best-selling physical albums for the month of November 2021. K-pop boy band The Boyz topped the monthly album chart followed by TWICE, Monsta X, Stray Kids and SF9. Placing sixth to 10th are Seventeen, NCT 127, ONEUS, Jeong Dong-won and EXO’s Kai. (Clockwise...
K-pop boy band Monsta X, young trot singer Jeong Dong-won, TWICE, T-ara and trot singer Lee Chan-won topped the weekly album chart in South Korea. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, Monsta X’s latest album “No Limit, released on Nov. 19” grabbed first place on the weekly album chart for the...
K-pop groups will embark on tours and concerts, and overseas performances as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions have been eased owing to decreasing number of cases and vaccination rollouts in many countries including the US. These include BTS, NCT 127, TWICE, ATEEZ, Monsta X and Verivery,...
Voting for the 2021 Asia Artist Awards (AAA) popularity awards ended on Nov. 15 with netizens voting to select the winners for male group, female group, female solo, male solo, actor and actress. AAA “is the first-ever award which selects artists from both K-Pop and K-Drama and K-Movie for the...
MTV announced the nominees for the 2021 MTV EMAs, which will be held on Nov. 14 (Nov. 15 in the Philippines) at Papp László Budapest Sportaréna in Hungary and will be broadcast in 180 countries. “The MTV EMAs are our biggest night in global music, uniting fans from every corner of the...
K-pop girl group TWICE made their first-ever appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart since debuting in 2015. Billboard announced that TWICE’s first English single “The Feels” debuted at No. 83 on Hot 100 on the Oct. 16-dated chart. TWICE (Twitter) “It earns the group its first career...
MRC Data and Billboard issued the “Global Music & Chart Report: A Year in Review” covering top songs and artists in the past year on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US charts. The Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. US were launched last year with the first...
BTS won Group of the Year at 2021 VMAs (Screenshot from VMA video) K-pop superstars and Grammy nominees BTS won three awards at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) held on Sept. 12 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. BTS bagged Group of the Year, Best K-pop and Song of Summer for “Butter.”...
President Duterte has come up with a counter of sorts to the Senate’s continued investigation of government agencies for allegations of corruption--holding his "Talk to the People" public briefings twice a week. President Duterte speaks during the pre-recorded “Talk to the People” press...
TWICE’s Jeongyeon (Instagram) K-pop girl group TWICE member Jeongyeon, 24, is suspending her activities again due to health reasons. In a statement, JYP Entertainment said, “We would like to inform you about TWICE member Jeongyeon's current health situation.” “Jeongyeon is currently...
(Clockwise from top left) BLACKPINK, aespa, Red Velvet, Brave Girls and TWICE (Twitter)Â BLACKPINK, aespa, Red Velvet, Brave Girls and TWICE topped the K-pop girl group brand reputation rankings for the month of August. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 35.59 million pieces...
