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...
BLACKPINK (Instagram) A movie produced to commemorate K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s fifth debut anniversary will be released globally. YG Entertainment said “BLACKPINK The Movie” will be screened at CGV theaters in Korea and 100 countries around the world in August to coincide with...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa (left) and ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo (Penshoppe) Local fashion brand Penshoppe has released its first-ever limited edition Team Penshoppe Catalog featuring its global ambassadors of the year: BLACKPINK’s Lisa and ASTRO’s Cha Eun-woo. Team Penshoppe is the brand’s roster of...
Actress Han Ye-seul and BLACKPINK’s Jennie (Instagram) Korean actress Han Ye-seul, 39, of dramas such as “Spy Myung-wol,” “Tazza” and “Will It Snow for Christmas?,” is facing scrutiny from netizens since she revealed her 29-year-old boyfriend, Ryu Sung-jae, a former theater actor...
BTS and the four awards they at the BBMAs (NBC / dick clark productions / BBMAs) K-pop idol group and Grammy nominee BTS made a clean sweep at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs). BTS won in all the four categories that they were nominated in: Top Duo/Group, Top Song Sales Artist, Top Social...
