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  Stray Kids to drop first Japanese studio album in Feb.

  SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy group Stray Kids will put out their first Japanese-language studio album on Feb. 22 to take a step further into the market, the band's agency said Friday.JYP Entertainment made the announcement in a pre
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  MV of BTS' leader RM's new song 'Wild Flower' shows Hwangmaesan mountain in Hapcheon

  SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) —The mountain in the music video for the title track "Wild Flower" from BTS's leader RM's solo album "Indigo" is confirmed to be the Hwangmaesan
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  NewJeans' 'Ditto' ranks 22nd on Spotify Global Chart

  SEOUL, December 23 (Yonhap) -- NewJeans' new song 'Ditto' ranked 22nd on the world's biggest music streaming platform Spotify's "Daily Top Song Global" chart, according
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  Seventeen's Vernon drops 1st solo mixtape 'Black Eye'

  Seventeen member-mixtapeSeventeen's Vernon drops 1st solo mixtape 'Black Eye'SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- Vernon of K-pop boy group Seventeen will release his first mixtape, titled "Bl
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  BLACKPINK's 'How You Like That' dance video tops 1.3 bln views

  BLACKPINK's 'How You Like That' dance video tops 1.3 bln views This image, provided by YG Entertainment on Dec. 23, 2022, shows a poster marking BLACKPINK's "How You Like That&q
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  BTS tops list of best-selling artists in Japan for 2nd year

  SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- K-pop superband BTS has become the first overseas act to top the Japanese music tracker Oricon's total annual sales ranking for the second consecutive year.The South Korean band ranked No. 1 both in the total rankings a
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  BLACKPINK's 'How You Like That' choreography video tops 1.3 bln views

  SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- The choreography video for "How You Like That," a 2020 hit single by K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, has surpassed 1.3 billion views on YouTube.The group's agency, YG Entertainment, said Friday the video hit the
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  Super Junior changes concert venue with request from fans

  SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- After the fans of Super Junior have requested "larger and safer place" for the concert venue ahead of the group's concert in Mexico in the beginning of next
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  Loona indefinitely postpone album release

  SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group Loona, after ex-member Chuu left last month, has indefinitely postponed the release of new album "The Original Album 0," which was scheduled to
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  Korean boy group NCT Dream's 'Candy' sells 1 million copies in three days

  SEOUL, December 21 (Yonnahp) -- H.O.T.'s "Candy" (1996), remade by group NCT Dream, has been gaining popularity, and it has sold 1 million copies of the album in three days, as of Wedn
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  S.Korean band Dickpunks and daybreak to host concert on Dec 31

  SEOUL December 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean band Dickpunks and Daybreak will be hosting “Dickpunks X daybreak in Winter Wonderland” at the Yonsei University Sinchon Cmpus Centennial Concert hall on Dec
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  Producer 250's "Ppong" places second on chart by Los Apso?

  SEOUL December 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean music producer 250’s album “Ppong,” was placed second on the list of “Best album of the year” published by “Los Apson?,” a record shop in Tokyo Japan, addres
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  Tomorrow X Together surpasses ten million YouTube subscribers

  SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- Boy group Tomorrow X Together (TXT) has surpassed ten million YouTube subscribers just four years after they opened YouTube channel on Dec of 2018, announced its agency Big
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  Japanese actress Yurina Hirate joins NAECO, subsidiary of HYBE Japan

  SEOUL December 21 (Yonhap) -- K-Pop boy group BTS’ entertainment agency HYBE create a subsidiary of HYBE Japan, NAECO and started working on expanding the label in Japan. For the first artist of NAECO
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  ITZY's 'CHESHIRE' spends second week on Billboard Album chart at 170th

  SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group ITZY has successfully guarded its place on Billboard 200 main album chart in its second consecutive weeks with 6th EP "CHESHIRE."According to th
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  BTS 'Proof' spends 27 week on Billboard Album chart

  SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- K-pop juggernaut BTS has ranked on the U.S. Billboard's main albums chart for the 27 consecutive weeks with its anthology album "Proof."The album came in 95t
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  TWICE to return with new English single next month

  SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group TWICE will release a new English-language single in January and its 12th EP two months later, the group's agency said Wednesday.The band also tweeted a teaser image showing the schedules for the upcomin
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  Negative sides of girl group sensation ... intense 'war of money' and disbandment of girl groups

  SEOUL, December 21 (Yonhap) -- Although K-pop girl groups enjoyed great popularity this year in 2022, it is pointed out that the phenomenon of "inequality" between girl groups of large age
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  Naul·Sung Si-kyung·Taeyon to collaborate

  SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- Music project starring K-pop leading vocalists such as Singers Naul, Sung Si-kyung, and Taeyeon is in the midst of working.Naul's agency Longplay music announced on Tues
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  Younha's 'Event Horizon' tops Melon Top 100 chart for 43 consecutive days

  SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Yonhap) -- Veteran singer Younha's "Event Horizon" has topped on the Top 100 chart of Korea's largest music streaming service, Melon, for 43 consecutive days, annou