(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...
(Clockwise from top left) BTS, BLACKPINK, Monsta X, TWICE, Seventeen and (G)I-DLE (Twitter / Facebook) Six K-pop acts have bagged nominations for the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be aired live on Sept. 12 from Barclays Center in Brooklyn. “This year’s awards, complete with a...
'Escape from Mogadishu' (top) and BLACKPINK (KOFIC / YG Entertainment) The Kim Yoon-seok-Jo In-sung film “Escape from Mogadishu” topped the weekend box office in South Korea and emerged as the No. 1 top-grossing Korean film this year to date. Based on the numbers from the Korean...
BLACKPINK (YG Entertainment) K-pop group BLACKPINK marked their fifth anniversary on Aug. 8 with an array of activities leading up to the milestone. It was on Aug. 8, 2016 when BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa released their debut single album “Square One,” featuring the...
The 'Baby Shark' themed YouTube Play Button Pinkfong Baby Shark has joined BLACKPINK and BTS to become one of the most beloved Korean icons on YouTube. Pinkfong said it received the YouTube Custom Creator Award for surpassing 50 million subscribers on its official English YouTube channel. As the...
(Top photo from left) BTS, BLACKPINK, Psy, TWICE and EXO, and (bottom photo from left) Lee Min Ho, Hyun Bin, Gong Yoo, Song Hye-kyo and Lee Jong-suk (Instagram, Facebook, tvN) K-pop superstars BTS, actor Lee Min Ho, “Crash Landing on You” and “Parasite” were voted as the top choices in a...
(Clockwise from top left) NCT Dream, Seventeen, IU, Brave Girls, BTS and BLACKPINK (Twitter, Instagram) Gaon Music Chart has issued the list of the top-selling songs and albums in Korea, and the most popular artists for the first half of 2021. Album Chart In the first half of 2021, the...
NCT Dream (Twitter) K-pop boy band NCT Dream’s first studio album “Hot Sauce” has been officially certified to have sold two million copies. On July 8, Korea’s Gaon Music Chart, which is under the supervision of the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA), issued certifications for...
Fans of South Korean girl group BLACKPINK and English singer-songwriter Dua Lipa are going gaga. They expressed excitement following Dua's recent post, which, according to her own caption, is a "peek" into her week. Among the eight photos is a snap of her with BLACKPINK's Jennie. View this post on...
BLACKPINK’s Rosé (left) and Jennie coming out of a children’s store in Los Angeles on June 25 (Screenshot from The Hollywood Fix video on YouTube) What are BLACKPINK’s Jennie and Rosé doing in Los Angeles? The two K-pop stars were spotted coming out of the Couture Kids On...
Seventeen (Twitter) K-pop boy band Seventeen’s new album “Your Choice” sold more than one million copies in just four days of release. According to Korea’s Hanteo Chart, “Your Choice” accumulated sales of 1,145,444 copies as of June 21 after the albums’ release on June 18. The...
BLACKPINK members with the 'banig' (Screenshot from Globe video) K-pop girl group BLACKPINK met Filipino fans online through the “Globe X BLACKPINK: Show You Like That” held on June 18 and streamed on the Kmmunity PH Facebook page. “One thing you should know about the Philippines and...
