Twice entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2 with their 12th EP, “Ready To Be,” Billboard announced in advance of the chart's full release on Monday. It is the highest spot on the main albums chart for the nine-member act, whose previous EP, “Between 1＆2” and third studio album, “Formula of Love: O+T=〈3” each ranked No. 3. The group is the second K-pop girl group to notch the No. 2 spot, after Blackpink. The EP sold over 1.7 million copies in pre-orders and is li

Blackpink's Jisoo is set to launch her solo career with her new song "Flower." YG Entertainment on Monday unveiled the title of Jisoo's first solo song and released the track's title poster. The poster shows Jisoo lying over what appear to be red flower petals as they wrap around the singer. Dressed in jet-black, Jisoo gazes flirtatiously into the camera. "Flower" is the main track of Jisoo's upcoming debut solo album "Me." The song is set to be

For the first time since their debut, Le Sserafim hosted a fan meet during the weekend at the Olympic Hall in Seoul. The fan meet, called “Fearnada 2023 S/S,” featured special performances by the five-member K-pop girl group for their fandom Fearnot. Le Sserafim kicked off the event with a performance of “No Celestial,” a side track of their second mini album, and “Antifragile,” the titular track of the same album. “Through this moment, Fearnot and we wi

Unlike other entertainment agencies with separate training and development teams for each label, Hybe has only one T&D department in charge of educating and nurturing the trainees of all its labels. That’s the key to Hybe’s differentiated competitiveness in the K-pop scene, according to the leader of the T&D department at Hybe, Shin Seon-jeong. “We are in charge of educating and nurturing trainees in a way that fits the color of each different label to create the best s

BTS member Jimin's single "Set Me Free Pt. 2" topped iTunes charts in 110 countries Saturday, the group's agency BigHit Music said. The hip-hop track, released at 1 p.m. Friday, is part of his debut solo album, "Face," which will roll out next Friday. The song had claimed the No. 1 spot on the iTunes Top Songs charts in 110 countries, including Britain, Canada, Italy and Finland, as of 9 a.m., BigHit Music said. The music video for "Set Me Free Pt. 2" ha

Ive will make a comeback on April 10 with its first full album, announced agency Starship Entertainment on Friday. According to a local media report, the album will consist of 12 tracks and star lyricist Kim Eana will write words for the lead track. It has been about seven months since its third single, “After Like,” which sold over 1 million copies in the first week of sales and topped all major charts at home. The group picked up 14 trophies in total last year with the titular tra

Jimin unveils song ahead of his solo debut on March 24 with his album "Face"

    Aespa will drop a new album early next month, reported a local media report on Thursday. Label SM Entertainment confirmed the news following the report. The group was set to do so in February, but the dates were postponed due to a conflict over the company’s management. It, however, held its first standalone concert in Seoul on Feb. 25-26. Its last album was second EP “Girls,” which sold more than 1.42 million copies in the first week and became the first alb

BTS' Jimin, Blackpink's Jisoo, iKon's Bobby on the list

It’s been 10 months since BTS began its hiatus from group activities as the members needed to take some time off to fulfill their mandatory military service. Jin, the oldest in the group, was the first member to enlist in the Army in December last year. Since then, Jin has been sharing his moments in the Army with fans by posting pictures on social media. Last week, Jin posted a picture of himself in his military uniform with other BTS members J-Hope and Jimin, who had come to pay him a vi

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NewJeans amassed 200 million streams on Spotify with “OMG,” according to the music platform on Wednesday. It is the main track from the single album of the same title and became the group’s third song to achieve the feat, after “Hype Boy” and “Ditto.” The rookie girl group generated 1 billion streams combined on Spotify as of last week. Both “OMG” and “Ditto” have stayed strong on Spotify charts as well, ranking No. 21 and No. 43

A “stepping stone” is what K-pop boy band Trendz hopes for with their second single album, “Blue Set Chapter: New Dayz.” “We are now in the second year of our career as Trendz. Last year was a blessing for us because we could do a lot of performances and appearances. But we have this mindset that, just like the title track of this album ,'New Dayz,' we will start anew," said Havit of Trendz during the group’s interview with The Korea Herald on T

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J-Hope of BTS got on Billboard’s Hot 100 with his solo digital single “On The Street with J. Cole” at No. 60. The single also was No. 2 on its top selling songs chart. This is the fourth time the artist made the main songs chart, following “Chicken Noodle Soup,” a Becky G collaboration from 2019, as well as “More” and “Arson,” double title tracks from his first solo album “Jack In The Box” from last year. “On The Street&rdq