K-pop boy band The Boyz member Eric has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid a surge in daily cases in South Korea. Eric, 21, is the latest K-pop idol to catch COVID-19 as South Korea recorded 8,571 new cases on Jan. 25, the highest daily tally since January 2020 when the country...
2PM’s Junho, BTS’ Jimin, Kang Daniel, BTS’ Jin and ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo topped the brand reputation index for individual K-pop boy band members for the month of January. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 113.48 million pieces of brand big data covering 703 members of K-pop boy...
Gaon Music Chart has revealed the best-selling albums in Korea in 2021 based on sales In the 2021 Album Chart (based on total shipments minus returns), BTS’ “Butter” topped the tally with 2.99 million copies. NCT 127’s “Sticker” placed second with 2.42 million copies followed by NCT...
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...
(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 Boyz (Twitter) K-pop boy band The Boyz achieved a personal best when their new album sold more than 500,000 copies. The Boyz released “Thrill-ing” on Aug. 9 and according to Hanteo Chart, the album sold 523,630 copies in the first week of release, an increase of 146 percent from their...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, EXO, Seventeen, NCT, ASTRO and The Boyz (Twitter) BTS, EXO, Seventeen, NCT and ASTRO grabbed the first five places in the K-pop boy band brand reputation rankings for the month of August. According to the Korea Corporate Research Institute, 53.68 million...
(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...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, NCT, Seventeen, Highlight, SHINee and EXO (Twitter, Big Hit Music, SM Entertainment) BTS, NCT, Seventeen, Highlight, SHINee and EXO became the most talked about K-pop boy bands for the month of May. The Korea Corporate Research Institute released on May 8...
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...
The Boyz’s Sunwoo (Twitter) A Korean netizen and hater has apologized to K-pop boy band The Boyz member Sunwoo for spreading lies that he was a bully and he assaulted his girlfriend while he was in middle school. The lying netizen uploaded a handwritten apology online and said that he posted the...
