BTS extended its stay on the Billboard 200 for the 32nd consecutive weeks, with its anthology album “Proof” climbing to No. 114, up six rungs from last week. “Proof” was the band’s sixth album to make it on the chart. RM’s first solo album “Indigo” from December last year sat at No. 193. The album peaked at No. 3 on the chart and has stayed on it for six weeks, the longest period for a K-pop so...

South Korean hip-hop trio Epik High is making a return with its new album “Strawberry” on Feb. 1. "Strawberry" comes one year after the release of Epik High’s 10th full-length album “Epik High Is Here Part 2” last February. The album comprises five tracks including the titular track “Strawberry” and side tracks “On My Way,” “Catch,” “Down Bad Freestyle,” and “God’s Latte.” This is the trio's f...

Red Velvet’s EP “The ReVe Festival 2022: Birthday” recorded sales over 1 million copies as of Wednesday. It is the first million-selling album for the group, now in its 10th year together. The EP came out in November last year and sold over 710,000 units in preorders, another record for the group. It was No. 1 on iTunes top albums chart in 47 regions. Meanwhile, Wendy collaborated with indie du...

Key of SHINee is making a comeback with his second repackaged album “Killer” on Feb. 13, according to SM Entertainment. The comeback comes six months after the release of Key’s second solo studio album “Gasoline” last August. The album is comprised of three new tracks including the titular track “Killer” and side tracks “Heartless” and “Easy.” It also includes 11 tracks from Key’s second full-l...

For Once members in Brazil, it was the Brazilian music infused in one of Twice’s hits that garnered their interest. “Twice came under the spotlight with its album ‘Taste of Love.’ The song 'Alcohol-Free' having a bossa nova rhythm helped a lot. Many people started listening to Twice because of this song. They also gained visibility through Twitter, where a Brazilian fan posted a video of Dahyun ...

Hallyu words Some may criticize that the new trend among international K-pop and Hallyu fans are a deterioration of traditional Korean. However, Kiaer, who is researching the evolution of Korean language at its forefront, says this is not a timely perception. Kiaer defined these new words as neither Korean nor non-Korean, but a "diaspora word." For Korean language to develop and excel naturally...

Exo's Baekhyun, Shinee's Taemin, Monsta X's Shownu among many to complete duty

Around 80,000 fans flock to the two sold-out shows at Osaka's Kyocera Dome

The Boyz will come out with their eighth EP on Feb. 27, agency IST Entertainment announced Friday. The yet-to-be-titled EP comes about six months after previous EP “Be Aware.” The teaser image for the upcoming EP had “missing” posters to remind fans of the concept photographs for the last album. The boy band celebrated its fifth anniversary last week with original content uploaded to its YouTub...

A teaser trailer for the upcoming single of BSS, a trio unit from Seventeen, was uploaded on Thursday. BSS -- consisting of Seungkwan, Dogyeom and Hoshi -- is set to drop the first single “Second Wind” on Feb. 6. “Second Wind” is the trio's hope for its new music to be like a breath of fresh air for listeners. The energetic teaser video ends with the three members shouting out words of support. ...

Last December, Jin of BTS officially enlisted for duty, the first of the seven members. Jin has completed five weeks of training at a front-line infantry division boot camp in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, and has been assigned as an assistant drill instructor as his permanent military position. The assistant instructor's main responsibility is to discipline recruits and demonstrate training exe...

StayC will bring out a new album in February, according to agency High Up Entertainment on Wednesday. It comes about seven months since its third single “We Need Love.” The group debuted in November 2020 with “So Bad” and has amassed 400 million streams on Spotify so far, putting out EPs “Stereotype” and “Young-Luv.com.” Its second single “Staydom” alone generated 100 million streams on the pla...

NCT 127 is launching a virtual concert in collaboration with Roblox. SM Entertainment on Wednesday announced NCT 127 will hold a global virtual concert, "The NCT 127 Concert Experience," in the metaverse space of Roblox. Along with the platform's developer Roblox Corp., the nine-piece K-pop band will launch the first-ever K-pop concert inside the metaverse space. From Jan. 28-30, the concert wi...

NewJeans, the fresh K-pop sensation, has placed its track “Ditto” on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time among the fourth generation K-pop groups. “Ditto,” the side track from its latest single album “OMG,” hit the chart dated Jan. 21 at No. 96. Such an accomplishment comes only within a year since its debut on last August. The success of the track “Ditto” comes as its streaming gradually...

Aespa invited to the Governors Ball festival as the first K-pop girl group