All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Members of Blackpink arrive at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., August 28, 2022.
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    BLACKPINK wins two prizes, BTS 4th consecutive group of year title at VMAs

    BLACKPINK has won in two categories at the MTV Video Music Awards, one of the biggest U.S. pop music awards, becoming the first K-pop girl group to accomplish the feat. The South Korean group lifted the trophies...

    • Posted August 29, 2022
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    Monthly K-pop album sales top 10 mln copies for first time

    Monthly sales of K-pop albums surpassed a combined 10 million copies for the first time last month thanks to the continued expansion of the global fandom of idol groups, a market tracker said Monday. According to Kim...

    • Posted August 29, 2022
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    TWICE to drop new EP ‘Between 1&2′

    Popular K-pop girl group TWICE will return Friday with its 11th EP, “Between 1&2,” the group’s management agency said. The album consists of seven tracks connected under the theme of the bond between ONCE, the group’s global...

    • Posted August 26, 2022
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    BTS’ ‘Butter’ music video tops 800 mln views

    The music video for BTS’ 2021 megahit single “Butter” has surpassed 800 million YouTube views, becoming the eighth video from the K-pop group to hit the milestone. The video passed the 800 million threshold at about 4...

    • Posted August 26, 2022
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    Preorders for BLACKPINK’s second LP surpass 2 mln copies

     Girl group BLACKPINK’s upcoming second full-length album “Born Pink” has sold over 2 million copies in preorders, its agency said Thursday. “This is a record for K-pop female acts of all time,” YG Entertainment said. “We can...

    • Posted August 26, 2022
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    BTS to hold concert in Busan on Oct. 15 to promote port city’s World Expo bid

    K-pop superstars BTS will hold a massive live concert in Busan on Oct. 15 to support the southern port city’s bid to host the World Expo in 2030, the group said Wednesday. The septet said on K-pop...

    • Posted August 24, 2022
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    RM teases second volume of BTS’ photo book series

    RM, leader of K-pop sensation BTS, teased his upcoming book of photography on social media Wednesday. He is the second runner of the septet’s “Special 8 Photo-Folio” project, in which eight 80-page photo books featuring the seven...

    • Posted August 24, 2022
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