Jin, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, holds his single "The Astronaut," his first first official single that has landed at No. 61 on the British Official Singles Chart Top 100. According to the latest chart updated Friday, the song entered the chart together with Rihanna's "Lift Me Up" and SZA's "Shirt.” "The Astronaut" is a pop-rock genre song co-written by British band Coldplay, which also pla...

Enhypen reached first place on Oricon’s weekly album ranking with its first studio album in the country. According to the latest tally released on Friday, LP “Sadame” was No. 1 on the chart, its fifth consecutive album to have done so. The boy band is the third international artist to top the weekly chart with five albums in a row, after BTS and Tomorrow X Together. The LP was the chart-topper ...

The drama series debuted on Sept. 23 and currently airs every Friday and Saturday. Born Jeon Chang-ha, he is a social media sensation with some 22 million followers, offering a variety of content, mainly dancing and short videos, geared towards the younger generation. In February 2021, the TikTok celebrity was included in a TikTok billboard advertisement placed in central Tokyo. Apart from his...

Eric Nam finalized a date for his concert in Seoul as part of his international tour. It will be held on Nov. 20, more than 3 1/2 years since his previous gig “I Color U.” He has been touring the world since the release of second studio album “There And Back Again.” He went live about 50 times in North America and Europe so far and this month, will hit Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, ...

Highlight released another batch of teaser photographs for its fourth EP “After Sunset” on Wednesday. The four members posed in a room with a bed all sporting denim-on-denim looks. A ray of light indicated the coming of dawn, continuing the timeline from the previous teasers themed “night” and “midnight.” The promotional content was originally to be released on Monday, but agency Around Us told...

BTS continued its US success in 2021, with three more chart-toppers. Smooth like butter, the septet’s “Butter” landed at No. 1 on June 5. The addictive summer song later became the 40th in the chart’s history to spend 10 weeks or more atop the Hot 100. The track also made the biggest YouTube debut of all time. BTS’ “Permission To Dance” hit the top spot in July. The single, co-written by Englis...

(G)I-dle also recorded its first Billboard 200 entry with its fifth EP, “I Love,” released last month. The group debuted in 2017. Cube Entertainment announced that the quintet’s album has landed at No. 71. The main track on the album, “Nxde” also peaked at No. 13 on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart, which shows the week’s most popular downloads. It also peaked at No. 198 on the Global...

Apart from the new album, RM will also co-host tvN’s upcoming television program “The Dictionary of Useless Human Knowledge,” set to premiere sometime this winter. Meanwhile, BTS announced in June that it would go on a temporary hiatus from full group activities while the members pursue solo endeavors. Last month, the band rolled out its military enlistment plans. The group’s agency announced t...

Jin of BTS sold more than 731,000 sales of his first solo single in five days, according to a local tally on Tuesday. It sold 700,000 copies on the first day, the third-highest for a K-pop solo male musician. His single “The Astronaut” is his first solo work officially released on its own since he debuted as a member of BTS in 2013. He has released a series of solo songs including “Awake,” “Epi...

RM put out his first-ever self-titled solo mixtape, “RM,” in 2015, which had a total of 11 tracks, including the title track “Do You.” In 2018, he dropped another mixtape titled “mono.” with seven songs, including “seoul,” a track produced by English electronic music duo Honne. The wunderkind also has a long list of collaborations under his belt. He featured in Gaeko of Dynamic Duo’s solo song “...

K-pop artists and labels called off album releases and promotional activities planned for Monday, joining South Korea in mourning the deaths in Itaewon, Seoul. Twice canceled its fan meet event slated for Nov. 5. The group’s event was to celebrate the seventh anniversary with a Halloween theme, a signature for the nonet. Label JYP Entertainment told fans that it considered changing the concept o...

Jin of K-pop sensation BTS is hitting the ground running as a soloist. Since the release of his first solo EP “The Astronaut” on Friday, the boy band member has proven his global popularity by setting numerous records on the music scene. “The Astronaut” sold a total of 700,754 copies on the first day of its release according to his agency Big Hit Music, quoting data from local market tracker Han...

Treasure will unveil the music video for a unit song from its second EP on Nov. 4, according to label YG Entertainment. Choi Hyunsuk, Yoshi and Haruto, rappers from the boy band, sang “VolKno,” a hard rock hip-hop tune from EP “The Second Step: Chapter Two” that was released earlier this month and landed atop iTunes top albums chart in 17 regions. The trio posed in the teaser poster for the vid...

Le Sserafim sold combined 1 million copies of two EPs, achieving the feat in only six months, according to a local tally Thursday. Debut EP “Fearless” from May recorded sales of over 435,000 copies and second EP from Oct. 17, more than 630,000. The former sold more than 307,000 copies in the first week of sales, a record for a K-pop girl group’s debut album at the time. The second EP’s first-wee...

Jeff said it was challenging to convey the album’s core idea, but he tried his best by investing more time in making facial expressions depicting a boy in love. At the end of the event, A-Min said he hopes to see EPEX as a band with which the younger generation can resonate, adding that they are a group that speaks for the youth. EPEX’s fourth EP, “Prelude of Love Chapter 1. ‘Puppy Love’,” hit ...