BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, Red Velvet and Seventeen copped the first five places in the brand reputation ranking for K-pop idol groups for February this year. The Korea Corporate Research Institute analyzed 93 million pieces of big data of K-pop idol groups from Jan. 1 to Feb. 1, an increase by 20.34...
K-pop superstars BTS member Jimin has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), adding to the tally of Korean stars who have caught it in the last two weeks. Big Hit Music announced on Jan. 31 that Jimin also underwent surgery for acute appendicitis. BTS member Jimin (Big Hit Music)...
K-pop superstars BTS emerged as the biggest winner at the 11th Gaon Chart Music Awards ceremony held on Jan. 27. The music awards show recognized top albums, digital music and artists covering the period December 2020 to November 2021. BTS won eight awards. They bagged Artist of the Year (digital...
Coldplay and BTS’ music video “My Universe” and Netflix’s global hit Korean series “Squid Game” have been nominated at the 26th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards organized by the Art Directors Guild (ADG) in the US. The ADG “is a labor union representing...
There is no denying how great South Korean boy band BTS’ influence is. They were even tapped by the United Nations to spread good in the world. But their latest viral content on social media takes the cake for just being downright hilarious. A video uploaded on BangtanTV Youtube channel presents...
The 31st High1 Seoul Music Awards (SMA) ceremony was held on Jan. 23 at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul to honor outstanding artists who released music in 2021. K-pop boy band NCT 127 emerged as the biggest winner of the night, taking home the “daesang” or grand prize. (Clockwise from top left)...
Music research and analytics platform Viberate published its annual “State of Music” report, highlighting the artists that dominated social media and music apps in 2021 and the trends that will be hot in 2022. Viberate analyzed massive amounts of data (more than a trillion data points,...
The 64th Annual Grammy Awards show has been reset to April 3 after it was postponed due to the concerns about the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. The Recording Academy issued a statement on Jan. 18 to say that the music awards show, to be hosted by “The Daily Show”...
K-pop boy band ENHYPEN sold more than 500,000 copies of their new album “Dimension: Answer.” ENHYPEN released “Dimension: Answer” on Jan. 10, a repackaged version of their first studio album “Dimension: Dilemma,” which came out last Oct. 12. According to Hanteo Chart, “Dimension:...
Apparel, stationery, and even household items that will make any army member giddy The Filipino army fans have proven that they can't get enough of BTS, and with the success of its first BTS pop-up store last year, SM Megamall is offering another wave of cute merchandise at the BTS Pop-up: Space of...
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...
A total of 57.09 million physical copies of K-pop albums were sold in 2021, according to Korea’s Gaon Music Chart. The total is an increase of 15.38 million albums, or 37 percent, compared to 41.7 million copies of K-pop albums sold in 2020. The total physical album sales in 2021 were based on...
