Chungha will return with fifth EP “Alivio” on Feb. 12, announced agency More Vision Thursday. As the album title -- meaning comfort and relief in Spanish – suggests, she will sing of the complexity of emotions from stress to release we feel in our everyday lives, offering encouragement to listeners to find one’s true self without overwhelmed by feelings. The mini album will be the musician’s first in about 2 1/2 years, since second studio album “Bare & Rare Pt. 1,” which was followed by a yearlo

Jimin of BTS broke a record on Billboard 200 as his second solo album extended its stay to the 26th week. “Muse” ranked No. 119 on the main albums chart, up 16 rungs from the previous week, becaming the longest-charting LP from a K-pop solo musician, dethroning bandmate Jungkook’s first solo set “Golden.” The album debuted on the chart at No. 2. Lead single “Who” secured No. 41 spot on its Hot 100 chart in the 25th week, the third-longest streak for a K-pop singer, only after BTS’ “Dynamite” and

G Dragon is poised to bring out a solo full album in mid-February and will begin touring the world from late March, according to a local media report Wednesday. He is set to appear in a variety show that will start airing on Feb. 16. This will coincide with the release of the album, his first solo LP in about 13 years and first solo album in over 7 1/2 years. The album will include singles he dropped in advance last year – “Power” and “Home Sweet Home.” He then will host a two-day concert in Kor

Rose of Blackpink is spending a third consecutive week on Billboard’s Hot 100 at No. 5, according to the chart preview uploaded Tuesday in the US. With her collaboration with Bruno Mars, “APT.,” she is sitting on the highest-ever rung reached by a female K-pop soloist. Her mega-hit has enjoyed 13 weeks on the main singles chart and reigned atop Billboard's Global excl. US chart for 12 weeks straight. It also ranked No. 2 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart Top 100 for the third time. Meanwhile, t

GOT7 claimed the top spot on the iTunes Top Albums Chart in 27 regions with its 13th EP, “Winter Heptagon.” The main track “Python” was No. 1 on its Top Songs Chart in 13 regions. The album is GOT7's first effort in almost three years to feature all members. It follows the band’s namesake EP which topped the iTunes Top Albums Chart in 95 regions. “Thank you for supporting us all along and waiting for us until now,” said Jay B on the band’s 11th debut anniversary last week, adding that everyone i

Mamamoo is celebrating its decadelong career with a two-part project album, agency RBW Entertainment said Tuesday. The group rolled out the first installment of “Coloring,” which is made up of retakes of four of its hit songs: “Hip,” “Um Oh Ah Yeh,” “Starry Night” and “Rainy Season.” The quartet collaborated with a number of musicians for each track. The group debuted in 2014 with the EP “Hello,” and has since released two studio albums and 12 mini albums as well as a best-of album. The group's

Stray Kids have accumulated 30 million album sales in Korea and Japan, according to label JYP Entertainment on Monday, citing a local tally. The eight-member act debuted in March 2018 and has released 25 albums in the two countries. In Korea, it has 17 albums under its belt, from the pre-debut album “Mixtape” to its most recent endeavor, “Hop” – which logged over 27.72 million shipments. In Japan, it released eight albums, including its second Japan studio album “Giant,” which sold more than 3.4

GOT7 is making a comeback with 13th EP “Winter Heptagon” Monday and shared their thoughts through a Q&A sheet released through agency Kakao Entertainment. The band of seven is rolling out an album almost three years since its previous EP. It took a while as it took time to sort things out, but everyone is so happy and excited to return as a full group, said Mark. The album title reflects how the seven members are even stronger when together, explained Jay B. It consists of nine tracks, all of wh

Jeonghan of Seventeen will release a solo single on Jan. 27, agency Pledis Entertainment announced Friday. He is to drop “Better Half (Feat. Omoinotake),” delivering his heartfelt appreciation to fans and thanking them for making him a better person. Jeonghan has been fulfilling his mandatory military duty through an alternative program as a social worker since September last year, as the first member of the 13-piece act to do so. Before enlisting, he put out “This Man” as part of a duo with Won

Jimin of BTS amassed over 1.34 billion streams on Spotify with solo song “Who,” which b ecame the most played song from a K-pop solo singer on the platform, according to its latest data. “Who” is the lead single from his second solo EP, “Muse” and surpassed the record he himself set with “Like Crazy,” which fronted his first solo mini album, “Face,” and has garnered 1.32 billion hits. He is the only K-pop solo act to have two songs with over 1.3 billion streams on Spotify and has more than 6 bil

The second physical single from Seventeen subunit BSS sold close to 530,000 copies in its first week, agency Pledis Entertainment said Wednesday citing a local tally. The single “Teleparty” sold over half a million copies as did the trio’s previous single “Second Wind,” which holds a first-week sales record for the K-pop subunit at 610,000. The focus track from the new single “CBZ” topped the iTunes Top Songs Chart in eight regions and the accompanying music video claimed the No. 1 spot on YouTu

BTS amassed 2 billion streams on Spotify with “Dynamite,” said label Big Hit Music Tuesday citing the platform’s data from Saturday. The 2020 mega hit is the first K-pop song to achieve the feat. The digital single has set a series of records on the platform as a K-pop tune: debuting atop its Daily Top Songs Global and reaching the one-billion-mark for the first time, as well as generating the most plays on its day of release. With “Dynamite,” the band claimed the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 1

Tomorrow X Together’s music video for “Back for More (with Anitta)” garnered 100 million views on YouTube Sunday, label Big Hit Music said Monday. It is the band’s eighth video to reach the milestone. The Latin pop-imbued song featuring Brazilian songstress is a prerelease from its third studio album “The Name Chapter: Freefall,” which came out in October 2023. The LP hit Billboard 200 at No. 3 and stayed on the main albums chart for five weeks in a row. It topped iTunes Top Albums Chart in 17 r

Jennie of Blackpink fronted the January issue of Billboard magazine on her own. The cover photo accompanies an in-depth interview with the artist, who is poised to release a new solo album. “It’s a fight between me, myself and I,” she admitted in the interview, adding that as a “self-described workaholic” and a “perfectionist,” she is “not easy to convince … It’s not easy working with me.” Jennie is preparing to release her first album in 11 months, as she said in a video posted last month. She

J-Hope of BTS will hold a concert on his own in Seoul on Feb. 28 and March 1-2, according to local media reports Thursday. The announcement for the solo show was uploaded on a Korean ticket seller on the day but was taken down soon after, likely for making corrections. It will be the first concert from a member of the septet which is expected to make a full-group return within this year after everyone completes serving their military duty. J-Hope was discharged in October last year and wrote on