IU Remains No. 1 With “Blueming”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2020, January Week 2

IU’s “Blueming” is the No. 1 song on our chart for the fourth consecutive week!. This song remains strong on all chart sources, and in its fourth week as our champion, it has gained even more points than last week. Congratulations again to IU! Red Velvet’s “Psycho” rises one spot to No. 2. The song topped Gaon… Continue reading IU Remains No. 1 With “Blueming”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2020, January Week 2

IU’s “Blueming” Guards No. 1 Spot; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2020, January Week 1

Welcome to our first weekly music chart of 2020! The criteria for Soompi’s music chart has now changed to more accurately reflect the popularity of songs in Korea and around the world in a timely manner each week. These changes include: Addition of Hanteo’s weekly singles and albums charts: Hanteo Chart provides data in real-time on album… Continue reading IU’s “Blueming” Guards No. 1 Spot; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2020, January Week 1

Red Velvet, Changmo, And BTS Top Gaon Weekly Charts

On January 2, Gaon Chart revealed its weekly rankings for the week of December 22-28. On this week’s charts, Changmo took over the digital and streaming sectors, while Red Velvet dominated the download and album charts. BTS rose back to the top of the social chart. Check out the top five of each of the major charts… Continue reading Red Velvet, Changmo, And BTS Top Gaon Weekly Charts

Watch: Super Junior, Stray Kids, AB6IX, And More Perform On 1000th Episode Special Of “Music Bank”

The October 18 episode of “Music Bank,” which is a special show celebrating the 1000th episode, featured performances from Stray Kids, AB6IX, ATEEZ, Lovelyz’s Kei, TEEN TEEN, The Boyz, DreamCatcher, Ladies’ Code, Rocket Punch, Baek Ji Young, Super Junior, EVERGLOW, N.Flying, WJSN, ONEUS, Weki Meki, BTOB’s Hyunsik, Jeong Sewoon, fromis_9, and HoooW (Son Ho Young… Continue reading Watch: Super Junior, Stray Kids, AB6IX, And More Perform On 1000th Episode Special Of “Music Bank”

Watch: EXO’s Chen, TWICE, ATEEZ, Stray Kids, And More Perform On MBC’s “Music Core”

The October 12 episode of MBC’s “Music Core” was a broadcast of performances that were filmed on October 5. The previous week’s episode was canceled due to baseball coverage, and it was announced that the performances had been recorded and would air on October 12. As live voting, which is a component of how “Music… Continue reading Watch: EXO’s Chen, TWICE, ATEEZ, Stray Kids, And More Perform On MBC’s “Music Core”

Watch: TWICE Scores 5th Win For “Feel Special” On “Show Champion”; Performances By DreamCatcher, ONEUS, And More

TWICE has grabbed a fifth music show trophy for “Feel Special”! On October 9, the nominees for first place on “Show Champion” were AKMU’s “How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You’re the One I Love,” TWICE’s “Feel Special,” SEVENTEEN’s “Fear,” ONEUS’s “LIT,” and EXO member Chen’s “Shall we?” TWICE took the win! The group did… Continue reading Watch: TWICE Scores 5th Win For “Feel Special” On “Show Champion”; Performances By DreamCatcher, ONEUS, And More

Watch: Jeong Sewoon Takes 1st Ever Win On “The Show” With “When It Rains”; Performances By DreamCatcher, ONEUS, And More

Jeong Sewoon has won on a music show for the first time! On the October 8 episode of SBS MTV’s “The Show,” the nominees for first place were ONEUS’s “LIT,” Jang Woo Hyuk’s “WEEKAND,” and Jeong Sewoon’s “When It Rains.” Jeong Sewoon took first with a total score of 6,543 to ONEUS’s 6,388 and Jang Woo… Continue reading Watch: Jeong Sewoon Takes 1st Ever Win On “The Show” With “When It Rains”; Performances By DreamCatcher, ONEUS, And More

Baek Ji Young Talks About Her Close Relationship With Bang Shi Hyuk + A Conversation They Had About BTS

In a recent interview, Baek Ji Young talked about her bond with producer and Big Hit Entertainment founder Bang Shi Hyuk. Long before he created the group BTS, Bang Shi Hyuk was an accomplished music producer who composed several of Baek Ji Young’s greatest hits, including the smash successes “Like Being Hit by a Bullet”… Continue reading Baek Ji Young Talks About Her Close Relationship With Bang Shi Hyuk + A Conversation They Had About BTS

Watch: TWICE Takes 4th Win For “Feel Special” On “Inkigayo”; Performances By EXO’s Chen, ONEUS, AKMU, And More

Congratulations to TWICE for winning first place with “Feel Special” on SBS’s “Inkigayo”! Second place was AKMU’s “How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You’re the One I Love,” and third place went to BOL4’s “Workaholic.” This week’s performers include Baek Ji Young, SATURDAY, SEVENTEEN, AKMU, ONEUS, H.O.T’s Jang Woo Hyuk, Jeong Sewoon, EXO’s Chen, K-Tigers… Continue reading Watch: TWICE Takes 4th Win For “Feel Special” On “Inkigayo”; Performances By EXO’s Chen, ONEUS, AKMU, And More

Watch: TWICE Takes 3rd Win For “Feel Special” On “Music Bank”; Performances By SEVENTEEN, Red Velvet, And More

The October 4 broadcast of KBS2’s “Music Bank” was a special “Music Bank in Gangneung”” episode. Gangneung is a city in Gangwon Province which is located on the east coast on Korea. Instead of airing at its usual time at 5 p.m. KST, today’s episode aired at 6:20 p.m. KST. AKMU and TWICE were candidates… Continue reading Watch: TWICE Takes 3rd Win For “Feel Special” On “Music Bank”; Performances By SEVENTEEN, Red Velvet, And More

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