Blackpink's new single Jump tops Spotify daily chart

Blackpink's new single Jump tops Spotify daily chart

Blackpink's new single Jump has rocketed to No. 1 on the Spotify Daily Top Songs Global chart, YG Entertainment Inc., the company behind the girl gr...

Fictional K-pop band Saja Boys beat BTS, Blackpink to top US Spotify charts

Fictional K-pop band Saja Boys beat BTS, Blackpink to top US Spotify charts

A fictional K-pop boy band from a Netflix animated feature has achieved what few real-world Korean acts have – to top the US Spotify chart.You...

NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams

NewJeans surpasses 5 billion cumulative Spotify streams

K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed five billion combined streams on Spotify, the world's largest music platform, its agency, Adore, announced o...

Korea tightens rules on Netflix, Spotify subscription billing

Korea tightens rules on Netflix, Spotify subscription billing

South Korea’s antitrust body is slated to tighten the leash on subscription businesses of streaming service providers such as Netflix Inc. and...

NewJeans' Ditto hits 600 mn streams on Spotify

NewJeans' Ditto hits 600 mn streams on Spotify

Ditto by K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed 600 million streams on Spotify.Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, announced on ...

Korean semiconductor startups shine in venture downturn

Korean semiconductor startups shine in venture downturn

South Korean startups in the semiconductor, eco-friendly and electric vehicle battery sectors succeeded in attracting investors in the second half o...

NewJeans’ Spotify streaming total exceeds 2 billion

NewJeans’ Spotify streaming total exceeds 2 billion

K-pop girl group NewJeans has surpassed 2 billion cumulative streams of their songs on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, their ...

Samsung Elec denies rumor of Galaxy ads with Fifty Fifty

Samsung Elec denies rumor of Galaxy ads with Fifty Fifty

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s second-largest smartphone maker, has denied market rumors that K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty will ap...

Fifty Fifty label seeks investment from Silicon Valley

Fifty Fifty label seeks investment from Silicon Valley

The South Korean label behind K-pop rookie sensation Fifty Fifty is looking to Silicon Valley for investment as the four-girl band, already with a l...

Fifty Fifty longest K-pop girl group to stay on Billboard Hot 100

Fifty Fifty longest K-pop girl group to stay on Billboard Hot 100

Fifty Fifty has stayed on the US Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks, setting a new record for the longest stay by a K-pop girl group.Accor...

Fifty Fifty sets new record for K-pop girl group with Spotify listeners

Fifty Fifty sets new record for K-pop girl group with Spotify listeners

K-pop rookie Fifty Fifty has surpassed 34.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, the world's largest music streaming site, its agency Attrakt said ...

Blackpink's 'Ddu-du Ddu-du' music video surpasses 2 billion views

Blackpink's 'Ddu-du Ddu-du' music video surpasses 2 billion views

K-pop girl group Blackpink's “Ddu-du Ddu-du” music video has surpassed 2 billion views on YouTube on Wednesday, its record label YG Ente...

Spotify, Kakao settle licensing dispute; K-pop returns to platform

Spotify, Kakao settle licensing dispute; K-pop returns to platform

Spotify Technology S.A., the world's largest music streaming service, has reached a licensing agreement with Kakao Entertainment Corp., to make musi...

BTS sweeps Spotify's most-streamed K-pop list in 2020

BTS sweeps Spotify's most-streamed K-pop list in 2020

South Korean artists were clearly on the rise last year, with the top 10 most-streamed Korean artists pulling in over a combined 10.6 billion stream...

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