Three cover songs by K-pop artists have accumulated more than 35 million streams on the Spotify K-Pop ON! (온) Singles. The Spotify K-Pop ON! (온) Singles was launched this year with ENHYPEN, Shownu X Hyungwon of Monsta X, and girl group STAYC. The feature was centered around the...
Spotify announced the anniversary celebrations for K-Pop ON! (온), its global K-pop flagship playlist dedicated to giving listeners a platform to discover and tune in to the best from the genre. To mark the milestone, the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service...
BTS’ J-Hope, TWICE’s Jihyo, STAYC, Seventeen and N.Ssign topped the weekly physical album chart in South Korea. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the rankings of the best-selling albums for the weekly period Aug. 14 to 20. Hanteo Chart uses its proprietary physical record index (PRI)...
K-pop boy bands Seventeen’s BSS and NCT 127 grabbed the first two places on the album chart for February in South Korea. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the ranking for the physical album chart for the month of February. BSS, Seventeen’s subunit composed of Hoshi, DK and Seungkwan,...
More K-pop acts are coming to the Philippines to hold concerts and shows. Super Junior K-pop boy band Super Junior will be holding their “Super Show 9: Road in Manila” at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on Dec. 17 and 18, according to Pulp Live World. They were originally scheduled to hold it on Aug....
K-pop boy band Seventeen sold more than one million copies of their repackaged album in one week and grabbed first place on the weekly chart in South Korea. Seventeen released “Sector 17” on July 18, the repackaged version of their fourth studio album “Face the Sun,” which came out on May...
Three members of K-pop boy band BTOB and a member of girl group STAYC have tested positive for Covid-19 while members of Seventeen and Fromis 9 have recovered. Cube Entertainment announced that on March 10, “Lee Changsub, Peniel, and Yook Sungjae tested positive while Lee Minhyuk and Seo Eunkwang...
K-pop boy band Treasure, rookie group NMIXX, STAYC, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon and BTOB topped the monthly album chart in South Korea for the month of February 2022. Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the ranking of the best-selling physical albums from Feb. 1 to 28. (Clockwise from top left)...
Who are the best rookie K-pop groups of 2021? Korean media outlet News1 held a survey among representatives of 31 entertainment agencies to choose the best rookie K-pop groups of 2021. (Clockwise from top left) Aespa, Ive, STAYC, ENHYPEN, Billlie, Mirae, Lightsum and Epex (Twitter) Aespa, composed...
K-pop girl group Aespa took first place as best rookie singer of 2021, most anticipated singer in 2022 and freshest song of the year in a survey. To celebrate its 17th anniversary, Korean entertainment media outlet Joy News 24 conducted a survey from Oct. 12 to 19 among 200 entertainment industry...
The number of K-pop videos uploaded on short-form mobile video platform TikTok has reached 98 million in three years. TikTok and Space Oddity, a music start-up, revealed the “2021 K-pop TikTok Infographic,” which analyzed K-pop video data on TikTok for the first time including K-pop artists...
K-pop boy band NCT 127, BLACKPINK’s Lisa, ATEEZ, ITZY and STAYC topped the monthly album sales for September. South Korea’s Hanteo Chart released the monthly physical album chart rankings for September 2021. (Clockwise from top left) NCT 127, BLACKPINK’s Lisa, ATEEZ, ITZY and STAYC (Twitter,...
