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...
K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Jisoo paid tribute to the late Korean actress Kim Mi-soo, who died on Jan. 5 at age 29. Jisoo and Kim Mi-soo worked together in the Korean drama “Snowdrop,” which is currently airing on JTBC and Disney Plus. BLACKPINK's Jisoo with Kim Mi-soo during the filming of...
K-pop superstars BTS’ hit song “Butter” is the No. 1 in digital song sales in the US in 2021. MRC Data, which supplies data to Billboard for its music charts, released its “Year-end Report: US 2021,” which details the best-selling albums and songs in the US last year. BTS (Big Hit Music)...
“Snowdrop,” the JTBC Korean drama starring Jung Hae-in and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, bounced back in the ratings. Episode 7 of “Snowdrop” aired on Jan. 2 and according to Nielsen Korea, it garnered a nationwide rating of 3.252 percent and placed eighth in the top 10 general programming cable TV...
K-pop Radar, a “fandom data service” by music startup Space Oddity, released the lists of K-pop artists who posted the highest increases in the number of followers on Instagram and Twitter in 2021. The Instagram and Twitter rankings are based on the period Jan. 1 to Dec. 15, 2021. K-pop...
K-pop Radar, a “fandom data service” by music startup Space Oddity, released the top 10 most viewed K-pop music videos on YouTube in 2021. It “highlighted the brilliant achievements of artists who heated up 2021 through year-end settlement data.” K-pop Radar's top 10 most viewed K-pop music...
The JTBC Korean drama “Snowdrop” starring Jung Hae-in and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo aired its episode 6 on Jan. 1. According to Nielsen Korea, “Snowdrop” episode 6 got a nationwide rating of 1.912 percent, Korean media reported. This is lower by 0.839 percentage point, or a drop of 30.5 percent,...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa emerged on top of the list of “The 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2021” published by TC Candler and The Independent Critics. “Unlike most other annual beauty rankings, the 100 Most Beautiful Faces List is not a popularity contest and it is definitely not country specific. It...
The Seoul Western District Court dismissed on Dec. 29 the application for an injunction filed by a youth group against Korean TV channel JTBC to stop the airing of the drama ‘Snowdrop” starring Jung Hae-in and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo. Last Dec. 22, the group called The Declaration of Global Citizen...
The rating for Korean drama “Snowdrop,” starring actor Jung Hae-in and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, increased after recording its lowest rating to date. According to Nielsen Korea, episode 5 of “Snowdrop” on Dec. 26 got a nationwide rating of 2.751 percent based on pay TV households in South...
Korean drama “Snowdrop,” starring actor Jung Hae-in and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, received its lowest rating to date. Episode 4 of “Snowdrop” aired on Dec. 25 as part of the three-day special airing of the drama by JTBC to temper the criticisms and opposition by the Korean public. Jung...
Controversial Korean drama “Snowdrop,” starring actor Jung Hae-in and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, will air three episodes this week to clear up opposition from the Korean public. In South Korea, “Snowdrop” has been the subject of a national petition (342,000 people have signed to stop its airing...
