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  TWICE ranks 28 on U.S. ‘Billboard 200’…TXT to enter chart for 9 consecutive weeks

  SEOUL, April. 5 (Yonhap) -- The group TWICE's 12th mini-album "READY TO BE" has entered the Billboard main album chart "Billboard 200" for three consecutive weeks. Accord
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  Foreign media report BTS Jimin topping Billboard… “Jimin made history”

  SEOUL, April. 5 (Yonhap) -- Foreign media reported the news heavily when BTS Jimin's solo album title track "Like Crazy" topped the U.S. Billboard main single chart "Hot 100.&
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  NewJeans tops music charts with Coca-Cola CM song ‘Zero’

  SEOUL, April. 5 (Yonhap) -- Coca-Cola CM song "Zero," released by girl group NewJeans on Monday, has ranked fourth on the Melon's "Top 100" chart, the largest music plat
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  Global K-pop Cover Song Event..."Giving opportunities to participate in the remake album"

  SEOUL, April. 5 (Yonhap) -- Pine Muse, a K-pop remake audition platform, has announced on Tuesday that it will hold a "Global K-pop Cover Song Event." Pine Muse will recruit part
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  WJSN’s Seol-A to host KBS’ radio show ‘Station Z’ every Tuesday

  SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean girl group WJSN’s Seol-A has been named the new DJ of KBS Cool FM’s radio show “Station Z.”She will be in charge of leading the show on Tuesdays, as “Station Z”
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  BTOB’s Seo Eun-kwang and Lee Mi-joo to host MBC Everyone’s ‘Weekly Idol’

  SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korean boy band BTOB’s Seo Eun-kwang and television personality Lee Mi-joo have been named the new hosts for MBC Everyone’s variety show “Weekly Idol.”The show, which h
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  BLACKPINK's Jisoo becomes 1st K-pop female soloist to sell over 1 mln copies in 1st week

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- Jisoo, a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, became the first K-pop female solo artist with an album that was sold more than 1 million copies in its first week of sales, her agency said Tuesday.YG Entertainm
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  (LEAD) '60s Korean pop diva Hyun Mee dies at age 85

  (ATTN: ADDS more details in paras 6, 8; CORRECTS spelling of singer's name throughout)SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- Hyun Mee, who was one of the most popular Korean pop singers in the 1960s, died Tuesday, police said. She was 85.According to the pol
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  Seventeen's 'FML' surpasses record 2.18 mln copies in preorders

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- "FML," the 10th EP from K-pop boy group Seventeen, has surpassed 2.18 million copies in preorders, the album's agency said Tuesday, making it the band's most-preordered album to date.Preord
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  '60s Korean pop diva Hyun Mee dies at age 85

  SEOUL, April 4 (Yonhap) -- Hyun Mee, who was one of the most popular Korean pop singers in the 1960s, died Tuesday, police said. She was 85.According to the police and music industry sources, the singer whose original Korean name is Kim Myeong-seon,
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  Legendary singer Hyun-mi passes away at age of 85

  SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean-based iconic singer Kim Myung Seon, who is better known by her stage name Hyun-mi or Hyun-mee, passed away on Tuesday morning at the age of 85. The chairman of H
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  TXT to be named U.S. MTV PUSH Artist Of April

  SEOUL, April. 4 (Yonhap) -- The group TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) has been selected as the artist of April for U.S. music broadcaster MTV's "MTV PUSH.” According to the agency Bighi
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  YG Entertainment to unveil ‘BLACKPINK: THE GAME’ this year

  SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Yonhap) -- K-pop powerhouse YG Entertainment will drop the K-pop supergroup BLACKPINK-themed mobile game in the second quarter of this year, the agency confirmed Tuesday. The leading K-
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  KOZ Ent. to debut new boy group on May 30

  SEOUL, April. 4 (Yonhap) -- KOZ Entertainment, a label under HYBE, is to introduce its first boy group on May 30. The specific debut schedule will be disclosed later. KOZ Entertainm
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  NMIXX ‘Expergo’ ranks 122nd the U.S. ‘Billboard 200’

  SEOUL, April. 4 (Yonhap) -- Girl group NMIXX has entered the U.S. Billboard main album chart "Billboard 200" with its first mini-album "Expergo." Billboard has announ
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  S.Korean vocal group Forestella's Bae Doo-hoon and actress Kang Yun-jung to marry in May

  ​ SEOUL April 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean crossover male vocal quartet Forestella’s member Bae Doo-hoon will be getting married to actress Kang Yun-jung, addressed entertainment agency Beatinteractive
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  'Like Crazy' by BTS member Jimin tops Billboard Hot 100

  BTS member-Billboard chart'Like Crazy' by BTS member Jimin tops Billboard Hot 100WASHINGTON, April 3 (Yonhap) -- BTS member Jimin made history with his single "Like Crazy" reaching
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  Lovelyz's Mijoo to release solo album first time in 9 years after her debut

  SEOUL, April. 3 (Yonhap) -- Mijoo is to release a solo album first time in nine years after her debut, her agency Antenna said on Monday. Mijoo, who debuted as a girl group LOVELYZ in 2014,
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  Pentagon’s Wooseok to host EBS’ radio show ‘Pentagon’s Night Radio’

  SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korean multi-national boy band Pentagon’s Wooseok will be hosting Educational Broadcasting System’s ongoing radio show “Pentagon’s Night Radio.”The show was hosted by S
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  K-pop boy group Highlight's Lee Gi-Kwang to release first solo album 'Predator' on April 17

  SEOUL April 3 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Highlight’s member Lee Gi-kwang will be making a comeback with his first full length solo album “Predator” on April 17, addressed group’s agency, Around US En