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  ZEROBASEONE's 'Youth in the shade' sells 1.08 mln copies in preorders

  SEOUL July 5 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group ZEROBASEONE’s “Youth in the shade” expected to drop on July 10, has surpassed 1.08 million copies in preorders, distributor Genie Music said on Wednesday. It w
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  BTS' Jungkook tops iTunes charts of 83 countries with 'Still With You'

  SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS topped iTunes Top Song charts of 83 territories around the world with "Still With You," one of his recently released self-composed solo pieces, the band's agency said Tuesday.
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  BLACKPINK's 'Boombayah' video tops 1.6 bln YouTube views

  SEOUL, July 4 (Yonhap) -- The music video for K-pop girl group BLACKPINK's debut song "Boombayah" has surpassed 1.6 billion views on YouTube, the group's agency said Tuesday. YG Entertainment said the video passed the milestone at
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  Nmixx to roll out pre-release track 'Roller Coaster' on July 3

  SEOUL July 3 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group Nmixx will release its track "Roller Coaster" from its third single, "A Midsummer Nmixx's Dream," on July 3, along with its music
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  'OMG' by NewJeans hits over 400 mln Spotify streams

  NewJeans-Spotify 'OMG' by NewJeans hits over 400 mln Spotify streamsSEOUL, July 1 (Yonhap) -- "OMG," a hit song from rookie girl group NewJeans, has garnered over 400 million strea
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  (2nd LD) Three S. Koreans win Tchaikovsky Competition in violin, cello, voice

  (ATTN: UPDATES with winners' interviews, background in paras 4-12)SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Three South Koreans have won first prizes in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in the categories of violin, cello and voice, its website showed F
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  Stray Kids to hold fan meeting

  SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- K-pop group Stray Kids will hold its third fan meeting "PILOT: FOR ★★★★★" at the Olympic Park KSPO Dome in Songpa-gu, Seoul, from July 1 to 2. At the
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  Daesung to hold Japan tour in six years

  SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) – Singer Daesung will hold a live tour “Dな SHOW Vol.2” in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, starting in Fukuoka on August 16, according to his agency on Friday. Daesung’s solo
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  (LEAD) Three S. Koreans win Tchaikovsky Competition in violin, cello, voice

  (ATTN: UPDATES with more details, background in paras 3-5; ADDS photos)SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Three South Koreans have won first prizes in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in the categories of violin, cello and voice, its website showed
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  BTS' Jungkook to make official solo debut next month

  SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS announced Friday he will drop his first official solo song next month.The track, titled "Seven," will arrive on July 14 at 1 p.m., the vocalist said on Weverse, Hybe's K-pop
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  Three S. Koreans win Tchaikovsky Competition in violin, cello, voice

  SEOUL, June 30 (Yonhap) -- Three South Koreans have won first prizes in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in the categories of violin, cello and voice, its website showed Friday.Kim Gye-hee and Lee Young-eun clinched the gold medals in violin
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  Disney+ to release documentary featuring TXT's first world tour

  SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- Disney+ will release a documentary featuring K-pop boy band TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s very first world tour and its Lollapalooza stage, the streamer said Thursday.Titled “TOMORR
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  EXO to pre-release "Here Me Out" from seventh full-length album

  SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- K-pop group EXO will release its second pre-release song "Here Me Out" from its seventh full-length album at 6 p.m. on Friday. According to SM Entertai
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  Seventeen's Jun to drop Chinese digital single 'PSYCHO'

  SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- Jun of K-pop boy band Seventeen will drop a Chinese-language digital single on July 4, his agency said Thursday.Jun will return as a soloist in nine months after rolling out
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  Producer of Fifty Fifty's 'Cupid' refutes agency's claims over contract, copyright

  SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- The producer of K-pop girl group Fifty Fifty's hit song "Cupid" on Thursday refuted its agency's claims in connection with their exclusive contracts and the song's copyright in an intensifying legal
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  Ive's 'I AM' hits 100 mln Spotify streams

  SEOUL, June 29 (Yonhap) -- K-pop rookie girl group Ive’s “I AM” hit 100 million streams on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming site, on Tuesday, its agency said Wednesday.“I AM” became the se
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  Girl group Fifty Fifty in dispute with agency over exclusive contracts

  SEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group Fifty Fifty has become entangled in a legal dispute with its agency over the members' exclusive contracts just seven months after its debut.The four members of the quartet said through their lawyer Wedn
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  Genie Music unveils nation's 1st AI-based music arrangement service

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, June 28 (Yonhap) -- Genie Music, a leading Seoul-based music streaming service, unveiled the country's first artificial intelligence (AI)-based music arrangement service Wednesday along with a domestic tech startup.The subsid
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  Girl group Fifty Fifty's agency alleges Warner Music Korea attempted to poach members

  SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- Warner Music Korea has attempted to poach members of rising K-pop girl group Fifty Fifty through a third party, the group's agency alleged Monday."Both a subcontracted outsourcing company and Warner Music Korea ap
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  TWICE member Jihyo's debut solo album named 'Zone'

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- Jihyo of popular K-pop girl group TWICE will make a debut as a solo artist in August with her debut solo album, "Zone," her agency said Monday.The singer will drop the EP, led by the lead track &q