Two rookie female groups in the top two. Female artists only in the top nine. How often does that happen? (The answer: Not often.) YG Entertainment’s new female quartet BLACKPINK scored their first No. 1 song with their debut hit “Whistle.” Just like their labelmate and sunbae 2NE1, BLACKPINK has been in training for years. With lots of… Continue reading BLACKPINK Scores Their First Win: Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart, August Week 4
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Top K-Pop Singer Brand Power Rankings For August Revealed
The Korean Business Research Insititute analyzed data from July 25 to August 26 and revealed the top singers according to their brand power. In first place comes EXO who received a total score of 7,670,825 for their brand power. Second place goes to new group BLACKPINK who got 6,922,698. Group I.O.I came in third with… Continue reading Top K-Pop Singer Brand Power Rankings For August Revealed
Wonder Girls’ Sunmi Finds It Strange To Be Competing With GFRIEND
Sunmi of Wonder Girls, who has been in the K-pop industry now nine years, shares how she feels competing with rookie groups in an interview with @Star 1 magazine. Wonder Girls’ latest release, “Why So Lonely,” was a hit, winning numerous times on music shows and topping charts. Sunmi comments, “Music chart rankings change so… Continue reading Wonder Girls’ Sunmi Finds It Strange To Be Competing With GFRIEND
TWICE Ties Wonder Girls’ All-Time Record For Longest Run In Melon’s Top 10
TWICE, just 10 months after debut, has matched Wonder Girls’ all-time girl group record for longest run of a song in Melon’s weekly top 10 — 17 weeks. TWICE hit week 17 with “Cheer Up” in the third week of August, surpassing EXID’s “Up & Down” (with a 13-week run in the top 10), Girls’… Continue reading TWICE Ties Wonder Girls’ All-Time Record For Longest Run In Melon’s Top 10
Another Win For The Wonder Girls: Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart, August Week 3
This past week was anyone’s game! With all top three songs scoring in the low 800s, the third week of August was wide open for anyone to take the top spot. In the end, the honors went to the Wonder Girls. After three weeks being second best behind GFRIEND, “Why So Lonely” recaptured the top spot on… Continue reading Another Win For The Wonder Girls: Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart, August Week 3
Wonder Girls’ Sunmi Cleverly Shows Love To GFRIEND’s Umji And Yerin On Their Birthday
Wonder Girls member Sunmi showed some love to her idol juniors Umji and Yerin of GFRIEND. On August 19, Umji and Yerin’s shared birthday, Sunmi uploaded a photo of herself making a thumbs up and wrote, “Thumb up ??????❤️.” Although at first glance a rather mysterious post, GFRIEND fans were quick to realize that Sunmi… Continue reading Wonder Girls’ Sunmi Cleverly Shows Love To GFRIEND’s Umji And Yerin On Their Birthday
GFRIEND Reigns And f(x) Breaks Into Top 10: Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart, August Week 2
It’s a quiet week for our chart! Due to the Summer Olympics, there was very little movement in chart rankings, particularly in the Top 10 where there was only one new song. Can you guess what it was? That’s right, moving up three spots to the tenth spot is f(x)’s “All Mine,” which landed a coveted Top 10 spot… Continue reading GFRIEND Reigns And f(x) Breaks Into Top 10: Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart, August Week 2
GFRIEND Tops Girl Group Brand Power Rankings For August
The Korean Business Research Institute revealed their data and ranking for girl group brand power for August (from July 12 to August 13). The research institute gathered 45,077,765 pieces of data, from participation, communication, community, and reputation indexes. GFRIEND came in first place with 1,150,500 for participation, 2,982,966 for communication, and 1,851,053 for community, resulting… Continue reading GFRIEND Tops Girl Group Brand Power Rankings For August
Wonder Girls’ Sunmi Takes Dreamy Shots Of Ahn Sohee
Wonder Girls member Sunmi reveals some artistic shots she took on Instagram. On August 13, the singer wrote, “Newly bought rainbow lighting,” and shared three photos. A photo posted by 이선미 SUNMI LEE (@miyayeah) on Aug 13, 2016 at 4:01am PDT The creative images she took show actress and former Wonder Girls member Ahn Sohee… Continue reading Wonder Girls’ Sunmi Takes Dreamy Shots Of Ahn Sohee
QUIZ: Can You Match The Concept To The K-Pop Group?
Over the years, we K-pop fans have seen our fair share of wild, creative, and innovative concepts! From seaweed hair to track suits and helmets to vampires and zombies, you name it, K-pop has done it. Take this quiz to see if you can match the concept to the K-pop group! We acknowledge that many concepts may… Continue reading QUIZ: Can You Match The Concept To The K-Pop Group?