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BTS gains on Billboard chart, Jimin logs 500m streams with 'Filter'

BTS claimed the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart with its 2022 single “Run BTS,” according to the latest chart published Tuesday in the US. “Run BTS” is a B-side track from the group's anthology album “Proof” and has topped the iTunes Top Songs Chart in 61 regions as expectations rise ahead of BTS' pending return. Last month, “Anpanman” from the band’s third album rose to the top of the digital sales tally, and later that same month, RM’s solo song “Nuts” resurfaced on th

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ILLIT’s Minju In Talks To Step Down As “Music Bank” MC + Moon Sang Min Reported To Be Leaving

ILLIT’s Minju is currently in talks to leave KBS 2TV’s “Music Bank.” On January 7, both Minju and Moon Sang Min were reported to be stepping down from their MC positions on the weekly music show. Later that day, a representative of KBS officially clarified, “Minju is currently in discussions about the possibility of leaving… The post appeared first on .

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Stray Kids to headline Governors Ball

Stray Kids are invited to headline The Governors Ball Music Festival in the US, alongside Lorde and A$AP Rocky, said label JYP Entertainment Wednesday. The group will open day two of the three-day annual music festival slated to be held in New York. Stray Kids has headlined a series of music festivals around the world, including Lollapalooza Paris, I-Days, BST Hyde Park and Lollapalooza Chicago. In September, it will be headlining Rock in Rio. The upcoming gig is part of a yearlong plan the grou

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G-Dragon to host 1st solo fan meetup next month: report

G-Dragon is planning to hold his first-ever solo fan meeting in February, according to a local media report Tuesday. His agency Galaxy Corporation only said that it is still in discussion. The meet and greet comes approximately two months after he wrapped up his record-setting solo tour, “Ubermensch.” The concert series began in Korea in March last year and concluded with an encore show in Seoul in mid-December. The tour stopped at 17 cities around the world for 39 shows, and the three-night enc

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Will YouTube-Billboard split hurt K-pop?

As YouTube prepares to stop providing streaming data to Billboard charts beginning Jan. 16, concerns are growing within the K-pop industry over how the change could affect the genre’s chart performance — particularly in the US. YouTube announced that it will no longer supply streaming data, including views from the YouTube Music app, to Billboard, a move that comes amid disagreements over Billboard’s growing emphasis on paid subscription streams. While Billboard charts factor in multiple metrics

'Gimbap and Onigiri' turns shared meal into cross-border romance

Food is the starting point for romance in "Gimbap and Onigiri," a new Japanese drama pairing Japanese actor Eiji Akaso and Korea's idol-turned-actor Kang Hye-won. Set to premiere Jan. 12 on TV TOKYO, the upcoming series follows two young adults as they navigate uncertainty in their lives and experience romance despite their different cultures. Rather than centering on cultural clashes, the story unfolds through quiet encounters, creating a story of intimacy that is gradual and relatable. Akaso stars as Hase Taiga, a former college track athlete who loses direction after a major setback. With his confidence shaken, Taiga drifts through daily life without a clear vision for the future, working part time at a small restaurant in Japan. "Taiga meets Park Rin through his part-time job and the show centers on how he grows after that," Akaso said at a press conference in Seoul, Wednesday afternoon. "When I first saw the title, I was curious about what kind of story it would be. The characters are as warm and approachable, as the title suggests. It is a story about people who live sincerely and

Why NewJeans fans flood MrBeast’s account with rescue pleas

U.S. YouTuber MrBeast, the world’s most-subscribed-to creator, has unexpectedly found himself drawn into a K-pop fan campaign after fans of NewJeans began flooding his social media posts with pleas to “save” member Danielle — even urging him to buy K-pop giant HYBE. The campaign comes from NewJeans’ fans, known as Bunnies, who claim that Danielle is being “attacked” by the group’s label, Ador. In recent days, fans have mass-posted hashtags and messages across MrBeast’s TikTok and Instagram accounts, asking him to intervene or draw attention to the dispute. The reason his account became the target, fans say, is not because he has any direct link to the situation — but because he is wealthy, globally visible and impossible to ignore online. Some comments went as far as asking him to acquire HYBE, NewJeans’ parent company, despite the obvious impossibility of such a move. One fan said the point was exposure rather than feasibility. “We know MrBeast cannot buy HYBE, but that is not the core idea,” the fan said. “What Bunnies want is attention and visibility. Even

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