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  Aespa's 'My World' becomes most-sold album from K-pop girl group on 1st day

  SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group aespa has set a new record by selling about 1.37 million copies of its third EP, "My World," on the first day of its release, the group's agency said Tuesday.SM Entertainment cited data from H
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  LE SSERAFIM sells 1.25 mln copies in first week

  SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- Girl group LE SSERAFIM’s first full-length album "UNFORGIVEN" sold 1,258,011 copies in the first week of release based on the Hanteo Chart, according to its agen
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  aespa sets new record by selling 1.37 mln copies of ‘MY WORLD’

  SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- Girl group aespa’s 3rd mini-album "MY WORLD" sold 1,372,929 copies on the first day of release based on Hanteo Chart, setting a new K-pop girl group record, acco
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  YG rookie Baby Monster hits 400 million views on YouTube

  SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) – The cumulative number of views on YouTube channels of the new group Baby Monster, which YG is preparing, has exceeded 400 million, said YG Entertainment on Tuesday.
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  Yang Yoseop to hold solo concert in June

  SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- Yang Yoseop of the group Highlight will hold a solo concert "Bitter Sweet" at Olympic Hall in Olympic Park, Songpa-gu, Seoul, from the 10th to the 11th of next
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  INFINITE establishes new agency to resume group activity

  SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy band INFINITE is gearing up to resume its group activity by establishing a new agency, the six-piece group announced Tuesday. In celebration of the group’s 13
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  NewJeans sets Guinness World Record for fastest K-pop act to hit 1 bln Spotify streams

  SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- NewJeans has broken a Guinness World Record as a K-pop act by securing 1 billion streams the fastest with its songs on Spotify, the group's agency said Tuesday.The quartet hit the milestone Monday, only 219 days after it
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  ‘Bastions’ OST participated by all members of BTS to be released

  SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- The actual album of the OST of the animation “Bastions,” in which the group BTS has participated as a full group will be released on the 25th, according to Thymos Media, a
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  Boy group Seventeen's 'FML' debuts at No. 2 on Billboard 200

  SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Seventeen has ranked No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with its 10th EP, "FML," its highest ranking ever on the chart.Billboard said Monday (U.S. time) in a preview of this week's chart t
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  Aespa back to 'real world' after metaverse-set albums

  SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group aespa has expanded its fictional universe from the cyberpunk metaverse to the "real world" for the band's third EP "My World."The
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  NCT’s Johnny makes appearance at 2023 Gold Gala

  SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- Johnny Suh of the South Korean boy band NCT attended the 2023 Gold Gala as an award presenter, the artist's agency SM Entertainment confirmed Sunday.The second Gold Gala,
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  BTS' Junkook becomes fastest K-pop artist to have exceed 1 billion streams on Spotify

  SEOUL May 8 (Yonhap) -- Jungkook of K-pop supergroup BTS has been included within“World Guinness Record” with the title of first K-pop solo artist to have reached 1 billion streams the fastest, addres
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  HYBE to roll out MIDNATT's multilingual track 'Masquerade'

  SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- HYBE, the agency behind K-pop sensation BTS, will unveil the very first multilingual track of its new artist MIDNATT on May 15, the K-pop powerhouse announced Monday.Titled “M
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  Girl group aespa breaks its preorder record with 3rd EP

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- K-pop girl group aespa has sold over a record 1.8 million preorders for its upcoming third EP, "My World," its agency said Monday.With the new EP, the band broke its previous record for preorder sale
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  BTS' 10-yr journey captured in commemorative stamps

  SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's state postal service on Sunday said it will roll out over 1.5 million commemorative stamps showcasing the 10-year journey of K-pop sensation BTS in June. In
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  Fifty Fifty becomes 1st K-pop girl group to enter British Official Singles Chart Top 10

  SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- Fifty Fifty has made it into the top 10 of the British Official Singles Chart for the first time as a K-pop girl group with its new viral hit song "Cupid."According to the latest chart released Friday (British tim
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  The Boyz to roll out new track for children on Children's Day

  SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy band The Boyz will release a new track titled "Banana ChaCha" Friday to celebrate Children's Day, the group's agency IST Entertainment sai
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  Taeyeon to hold solo concert in June

  SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- Taeyeon of K-pop girl group SNSD will be holding a solo concert in June, her agency SM Entertainment said on Friday. The concert, titled "The Odd of Love," is set
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  #EXO, #Kai

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  EXO's Kai to hold fan meeting prior to military service

  SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- Kai of South Korean boy band EXO will hold a fan meeting prior to his mandatory military service, his agency said Friday.The 29-year-old will hold his fan meeting at Seoul’s Y
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  K-pop faces 'uphill chart battle' among girl groups this month

  SEOUL, May 5 (Yonhap) -- An unprecedentedly uphill competition to rise to the top of domestic music charts is expected to take place this month with the return of big girl groups, such as Le Sserafim, aespa and (G)I-dle, with new albums.The first of