Blackpink has grossed over $78.48 million with its ongoing tour, becoming the girl group with the highest tour earnings in the world, according to an American tour box office data collector. The quartet drew more than 366,000 audience members with 26 concerts, held from October to December last year, during the North American and European legs of its tour, "Born Pink." The revenue breaks the rec...

K-pop boy group Seventeen is ready to face the hardships of life as they returned full of energy with their 10th EP, “FML,” on Monday. The 13-member group dived deep into the difficulties the youth face in their life journey and decoded them into healthy and positive music that embraces a message of hope and encouragement. “F*ck My Life,” shouts the group through the first titular track of the ...

The BTS member to start his first global solo tour, make solo US TV show debut

Original Big Bang member returns Tuesday with new solo album featuring artists from Blackpink, BTS

SHINee will celebrate its 15th anniversary of debut with a fan meeting in Seoul on May 27, said label SM Entertainment on Monday. It will be over 4 1/2 years since the veteran idol band greets its fans in person. The band debuted in May 2008 with single “Replay” and its last full-group album “Atlantis,” a reissue of its seventh studio album “Don’t Call Me,” came out in April 2021. The LP landed...

Boy band's 10th EP "FML" racks up record-breaking 4.64 million sales in preorders

Lil Moshpit and Fleeky Bang challenge themselves to different music styles

BTS' Suga has taken over the Japanese music charts with his latest solo album "D-Day." Dropped under his alias Agust D, "D-Day" and its tracks landed in the top tiers of Japan's Oricon charts. The album soared to No. 1 of Oricon's daily album ranking after its release on Friday, with over 110,000 copies sold inside Japan on its first day. The album's title track, "Haegeum," landed at No. 3 on ...

Superstar Suga of boy group BTS has recorded the biggest first-day sales as a K-pop soloist with his official debut solo album, "D-Day," according to sources in the music industry Saturday. The sources said the album sold over 1,070,000 copies in the first day following its release under Suga's other stage name, Agust D, on Friday, citing data from Hanteo Chart, a local album sales tracker. The...

A boy band named ZERObaseONE will debut this year with nine members who were chosen through the reality audition program “Boys Planet.” The final episode of the Mnet show aired on Thursday. Confirmation of the finalists and a video clip to announce the band’s name was uploaded on Friday. The rookie band will perform at KCON Japan 2023 on May 13-14. Zhang Hao, from China, was the final winner of...

BTS’ Suga finally dropped his first official solo album, “D-Day,” on Friday under his soloist name, Agust D. The full-length album comes seven years after Suga began his solo career with his first self-titled mixtape, “Agust D,” in August 2016. His second mixtape, “D-2” was unveiled in 2020, led by chart-topping single “Daechwita.” “D-Day” comprises 10 tracks, including lead track “Haegeum” al...

Eight of the top 10 bestselling albums worldwide last year were K-pop albums, a global album sales chart showed. According to the Global Album Sales Chart 2022 released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide, albums by K-pop acts swept eight of the top 10 positions on the chart. The IFPI Glo...

Wooseok of Pentagon will team up with Maymay Entrata, a Filipino actress and singer, said agency Cube Entertainment on Thursday. Entrata told fans on Monday that her upcoming single, “Autodeadma,” will feature a K-pop artist but kept his identity a secret, only showing him say hello with his face covered. The Pentagon rapper will do his part in Korean for the single, which calls out those who m...

Their recent concert was in Bangkok on April 8, for which Moonbin was supposed to leave on April 7, but his departure was delayed due to a health condition. He reportedly suffered from nausea after he arrived at Incheon Airport to take his flight to Bangkok. After resting for a while, Moonbin managed to get on his flight and carry out the concert as scheduled. According to local reports, Moonb...

The singer was found dead in his home Wednesday night