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군백기 없다..방탄소년단 ‘봄날’ 6년 만 역주행, 83개 지역 깜짝 1위

군백기 없다..방탄소년단 ‘봄날’ 6년 만 역주행, 83개 지역 깜짝 1위 그룹 방탄소년단(BTS, RM 진 슈가 제이홉 지민 뷔 정국)의 ‘봄날’이 6년 만에 또 한번 글로벌 차트를 강타했다. 지난 13일 일본 오리콘 차트가 발표한 ‘데일리 디지털 싱글 랭킹'(12월 12일 자)에서 방탄소년단이 2017년 발매한 ‘WINGS 외전: YOU NEVER WALK ALONE’의 타이틀곡 ‘봄날’이 깜짝 1위에 올랐다. 이 차트의 순위권 밖에 자리했던 ‘봄날’이 순위가 급상승하며 1위로 직행한 것이다. 또한 ‘봄날’은 12일부터 14일 오전 8시까지 기준으로 미국, 일본, 독일, 영국, 프랑스 등을 비롯해 총 83개 국가/지역의 아이튠즈 ‘톱 송’ 차트 1위를 찍었다. 다수의 국가/지역 ‘톱 송’ 차트에서 연말을 맞아 캐럴(Carol) 장르가 강세를 보이는 가운데, 머라이어 캐리(Mariah Carey)의 메가 히트곡 ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’를 제치고 ‘봄날’이 차트 정상에 올라 눈길을 끈다. 이 같은 ‘봄날’의 역주행에는 아미(ARMY. 팬덤명)의 저력이 있었다. 지난 12일부로 전원 군 복무에 돌입한 방탄소년단의 오는 2025년 완전체 활동을 기다리는 팬들의 따뜻한 마음이 차트에 반영된 것으로 예상된다. 한편, ‘봄날’은 브릿 록(Brit-rock)적인 감성과 일렉트로닉 사운드가 결합된 얼터너티브 힙합(Alternative hip-hop) 장르의 곡으로, RM과 슈가가 작곡에 참여해 멀어진 친구와의 만남을 기다리며 희망을 잃지 않겠다는 메시지를 곡에 담았다. Edit

Blackpink nominated for 4 awards at ‘MTV VMAs’… Will they win for the second year in a row?

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Blackpink nominated for 4 awards at ‘MTV VMAs’… Will they win for the second year in a row? Girl group BLACKPINK has been nominated for four categories at the ‘2023 MTV Video Music Awards’ (‘MTV VMAs’). On August 8th (local time), ‘MTV VMAs’ announced this year’s award categories and nominees through its official website and social media. According to this, BLACKPINK has been nominated for Best K-Pop, Best Choreography, Best Art Direction, and Best Editing with their pre-release single “Pink Venom” from their second full-length album. ‘MTV VMAs’ is considered one of the four major American music awards, along with the Grammy Awards, Billboard Music Awards, and American Music Awards. It has a history of over 40 years since its inception in 1984 and awards in approximately 24 categories. It will be held on September 12th (local time) at the Prudential Center in New Jersey, USA. As the world’s top girl group, BLACKPINK is expected to win a trophy for two consecutive years at this year’s ‘

LE SSERAFIM's 'Unforgiven' surpasses 100 million cumulative streams on Spotify

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LE SSERAFIM's 'Unforgiven' surpasses 100 million cumulative streams on Spotify The South Korean music group LE SSERAFIM's song 'Unforgiven' has surpassed 100 million cumulative streams on the world's largest music streaming platform, Spotify, as announced by their agency, Sos Music, on the 5th of the month. This marks Leseraphim's fourth streaming song to reach 100 million streams, following 'Peerless', 'Sour Grapes', and 'Antifragile'. Fans can look forward to Leseraphim's upcoming release of their second Japanese single, which includes the Japanese version of 'Unforgiven', set to be released on the 23rd of this month.

'SM Rookie' RISE, shining visuals in teaser..youthful freshness in itself

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'SM Rookie' RISE, shining visuals in teaser..youthful freshness in itself SM's new boy group Rise (Shotaro, Eunseok, Sungchan, Wonbin, Seunghwan, Sohee, Anton) exuded a hip charm. On the 8th, Rise's official SNS account released the group's teaser image. The teaser image was shot in Los Angeles, USA. The members are posing against various street spots and a night sea as the background. In addition, as the album 'Get A Guitar' was produced based on the time the members spent preparing for their debut, a group teaser image that incorporates Rise's fresh and free-spirited atmosphere was also revealed. The exciting emotions of the members debuting as one team are captured in the image. Prior to their debut, on the 7th of the month, RAISE surprised fans by releasing a performance video for "Siren" on the SMTOWN YouTube channel. Meanwhile, RAISE is a team that combines the English words "Rise" and "Realize," meaning "a team t

Card, World Tour sails → 'CAKE' surprises music chart with 1st place.. "There's no limit”

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Card, World Tour sails → 'CAKE' surprises music chart with 1st place.. "There's no limit” K-pop co-ed group KARD has thrilled 11 cities around the world. On the 4th of this month, BM, J.Seph, Jeon So-min, and Jeon Ji-woo (KARD) successfully held their "2023 KARD WORLD TOUR 'PLAYGROUND'" concert in San Francisco, California, USA. The KARD World Tour took place about a year after their last tour, starting in Mexico on the 8th, passing through Costa Rica, and performing in 11 cities around the world, including New York, Washington, Atlanta, Chicago, Louisville, Dallas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Despite this being KARD's first solo performance in Costa Rica, many local media outlets attended the press conference before the concert. Furthermore, during the tour, their mini-album's track "CAKE" unexpectedly topped the local iTunes chart. This tour showcased Cardi B's unique energy-filled music and performances, featuring

JUNNY, chosen by the top 3 hip-hop magazines in the US as a "hot trend artist”

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JUNNY, chosen by the top 3 hip-hop magazines in the US as a "hot trend artist” Singer JUNNY has been recognized for his genius. JUNNY's new song 'INVITATION (Feat. Gaeko)' has been selected as the 3rd place in '2023 K-POP Albums Highlighting Creative Genius' (UNVEILING HYPE K-POP CREATIVE GENIUS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2023) recently published on the official website of the leading American hip-hop magazine, The Source. Regarding this, The Source stated that "JUNNY is currently a hot trend artist in K-POP" and "talented young artist JUNNY, who showed enough artistic aspects in 'INVITATION', has just begun to show himself." The Source is one of the top 3 hip-hop magazines in the US and the most popular hip-hop music magazine locally. In 1998, for the first time since its founding, it covered an analysis article on K-POP and praised it for "captivating music fans around the world with genius creativity." Junny's name caught atte

Aespa, the shortest period for a foreign singer to enter the Tokyo Dome... 94,000 fans go wild

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"Aespa, the shortest period for a foreign singer to enter the Tokyo Dome... 94,000 fans go wild.” Aespa, a girl group, made their debut in Japan's Tokyo Dome, the shortest time (2 years and 9 months) for a foreign artist in history, and put on a fantastic performance. On the 5th and 6th of this month, Aespa held the 'aespa LIVE TOUR 2023 'SYNK: HYPER LINE' in JAPAN -Special Edition-' at the Tokyo Dome. Not only did this performance sell out all the seats, but due to explosive requests from local fans, obstructed view seats were also added, attracting a total of 94,000 spectators over two days. In addition to selling out all 10 performances in four Japanese regions, including Osaka, Tokyo, Saitama, and Nagoya, from March to May, Aespa proved their strong ticket power with this Tokyo Dome performance. This achievement is particularly significant because it was accomplished before their official debut in Japan, demonstrating Aespa's passionate local popularity

New Jeans's 'Super Shy' ranked 61st on the UK Official Singles Chart

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New Jeans's 'Super Shy' ranked 61st on the UK Official Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks. NewJeans, a girl group consisting of Minji, Hani, Daniel, Haerin, and Hyein, has shown its influence on the UK Official Chart following the Billboard chart in the US. According to the latest UK Official Chart (as of August 4), released on the 4th (local time), NewJeans' new song 'Super Shy' rose to 61st place on the single chart top 100 and remained on the chart for four consecutive weeks. This song had previously hit its own personal best ranking of 52nd on this chart the week before. 'Super Shy' is one of the triple title tracks on the mini-album 'Get Up', which was released on the 7th of last month. 'Get Up' ranked 38th on the album chart. 'Get Up' debuted last week on this chart at 15th place. NewJeans set a record of being the second K-pop girl group to enter the UK Official Album Chart. NewJeans is also steadily gaining popularit

BTS Jungkook’s ‘Seven’

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BTS Jungkook’s ‘Seven’ Encore Fancam Surpasses 5 Million Views in 3 Days… #1 Popular Video for 2 Consecutive Days BTS’ Jungkook’s encore stage performance of his solo song “Seven” on SBS’s “Inkigayo” has gained immense popularity with over 5 million views on YouTube. On July 30th, the SBS K-Pop YouTube channel uploaded a video titled “[Encore Cam 4K] Jungkook ‘Seven (feat. Latto)’ Inkigayo 1st place encore cam,” which featured Jungkook’s encore performance of “Seven” after winning first place on the show. The video shows Jungkook delivering a fantastic live performance, despite having only an MR as accompaniment. He captivated the audience with his flawless vocal ability and unique rap parts. ! The video boasted a strong popularity, surpassing 5 million views in just 3 days after its release. It also proved its hot popularity and topic by ranking first in the popular rising video for two consecutive days from July 31 to August 1. The video showed a rapid increase in views, reaching 1 m

Kiss of Life enters Spotify's 'Viral 50' global top 10

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Kiss of Life enters Spotify's 'Viral 50' global top 10 Girl group KISS OF LIFE has demonstrated their global influence. According to their agency S2 Entertainment on the 5th, KISS OF LIFE's first mini-album title track "Shhh," released last month, ranked 7th on Spotify's global "Viral 50" chart, the world's largest music platform. The song has also made it to the top rankings in about 10 countries, including 2nd place in Taiwan, 3rd place in South Korea and Hong Kong, 5th place in Japan, 6th place in Singapore and Malaysia, 8th place in Australia, 13th place in the United States, and 14th place in Thailand and 15th place in Brazil. The "Viral 50" chart is a chart that records the most viral and streamed songs in each country and region, and it is called an indicator of listeners' preferences. KISS OF LIFE's global popularity is attributed to their outstanding live skills and performance on broadcast stages, as well as divers

TAN, 'HEARTBEAT' stage preview.. He's becoming the representative beast idol of the 4th generation!

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TAN, 'HEARTBEAT' stage preview.. He's becoming the representative beast idol of the 4th generation! As the group TAN prepares for their comeback, they have released a new song that captures the heart. TAN (Changsun, Juan, Jaejun, Sunghyuk, Hyeonyeop, Taehoon, and Jisung) made an appearance on MBC's music program "Show! Music Core" on the 5th of the month, where they gave a sneak peek of the title track "HEARTBEAT" from their upcoming third mini-album. On this day, TAN members caught the audience's attention with their choreography, which featured them lying on the floor to depict a heartbeat, and their colorful styling that lived up to their nickname "representative 4th generation beast idols" was equally captivating. TAN is set to perform on music shows before their album release on the 11th with the unusual move of revealing their stage beforehand. The title track "HEARTBEAT" is an electronic dance song with a captivating sy

LE SSERAFIM, who is about to embark on his first solo tour, has been charting on the US Billboard charts for 13 consecutive weeks.

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LE SSERAFIM, who is about to embark on his first solo tour, has been charting on the US Billboard charts for 13 consecutive weeks. ! LE SSERAFIM has accomplished an impressive feat by maintaining its position on the US Billboard chart for 13 consecutive weeks. The latest chart, dated August 5th, was released by Billboard, a US music specialist media. According to the chart, LE SSERAFIM's (Kim Chaewon, Sakura, Heo Yunjin, Kazuha, Hong Eunchae) first album 'UNFORGIVEN' has ranked high in three categories, including 6th in 'World Album,' 23rd in 'Top Current Album Sales,' and 30th in 'Top Album Sales.' This achievement is a testament to the group's talent and hard work. The title track 'UNFORGIVEN (feat. Nile Rodgers)' has also gained popularity, ranking 91st on 'Billboard Global (excluding the US)' and 167th on 'Billboard Global 200.' Additionally, the track 'Eve, Psyche and Bluebeard's Wife' has recorded 48th an

BTS's Jungkook, who surpassed Dua Lipa, has maintained the top spot on the worldwide iTunes chart with "Seven" for 13 consecutive days...the first and longest 'new record' for a solo artist in Asia.

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BTS's Jungkook, who surpassed Dua Lipa, has maintained the top spot on the worldwide iTunes chart with "Seven" for 13 consecutive days...the first and longest 'new record' for a solo artist in Asia. BTS's Jungkook demonstrated his global solo power by establishing the longest and first-ever Asian solo artist record on iTunes. Jungkook's solo single "Seven," released on the 14th (Korean time), showed its strong global music popularity and influence by maintaining the top spot on the worldwide iTunes top songs chart for 13 consecutive days. As of July 26th, "Seven" topped the worldwide iTunes top songs chart, and has shown its formidable power by holding the top spot for 13 days since its release. In particular, Jungkook made history as the first and longest reigning Asian solo artist to top the chart for 13 consecutive days with "Seven." In addition, 'Seven' has proven its 'Seven Syndrome' by surpassing the worl