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  Girl group aespa's 'Girls' becomes most-preordered album by K-pop girl group

  SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- Rising rookie band aespa's upcoming new album has received the most preorders of any album by a K-pop girl group, with more than 1.61 million copies, its agency said Friday."Girls," the band's second EP s
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  #j-hope, #BTS, #JackintheBox

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  BTS J-HOPE records 10 songs for solo album including double title songs ‘More’ and ‘Arson’

  SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- K-pop group BTS’s first solo J-HOPE recorded 10 songs for his album “Jack in the Box” including the double title songs.According to the track list released by the Big Hit Mus
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  BTS to hold concert in Busan in October to promote Busan's World Expo bid

  SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- K-pop sensation BTS will hold a concert in Busan in October to support the southern port city's bid to host the World Expo in 2030, its agency said Thursday. Big Hit Music said its parent company Hybe, Busan city and the
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  #ALEXA, #KPOP, #WONDERLAND

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  AleXa to drop Korean version of 'Wonderland'

  SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- K-pop singer AleXa is dropping a Korean version of her track “Wonderland”, which granted AleXa her first place in NBC’s song competition program “American Song Contest” on Fr
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  #Young-jae, #Got7

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  GOT7 Young-jae tests positive for COVID-19... Yerin filling vacancy for his radio program

  SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- K-pop group GOT7 Young-jae has tested positive for COVID-19, announced Sublime Entertainment on Thursday. The Entertainment said “Young-jae canceled all the schedules and is
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  #TWICE, #Nayeon, #TXT, #LeSserafim

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  Nayeon ranks No.7 on Billboard Main Album Chart...TXT on chart for 7 weeks

  SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) --Korean idols are making a series of achievements on the U.S, Billboard charts.The mini album of girl group TWICE member Nayeon, who started her first solo, ranked No.7 on the
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  #BillieEilish, #concert, #hyundaicardsuperconcert

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  Billie Eilish successfully sells out 'Hyundai Card Super Concert 26 Billie Eilish'

  SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- Global pop star Billie Eilish sold out her concert tickets happening in Gocheok sky dome on South Korean Independence Day,(July 15), announced the organizer Hyunadi Card on T
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  #mcnd, #kpop, #comeback

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  K-pop boy group MCND to release 4th mini album "The Earth: Secret Mission Chapter 2"

  SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- “Our 4th mini album 'The Earth Secret Mission Chapter 2' encompasses our ambition to steal our fans heart from all over the world.”K-pop Boy group MCND showed their a
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  Gaon chart rebranded to become global K-pop chart

  By Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) said Thursday it has renamed its Gaon Chart, the country's official pop music chart, as Circle as part of efforts to develop it into a global K-pop chart.Founded i
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  BTS' 'Proof' stays high on Billboard albums' chart for 3rd consecutive week

  SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- K-pop supergroup BTS has ranked high on the U.S. Billboard's main albums chart for the third consecutive week with its anthology album "Proof." The album came in 13th, down nine notches from the previous week
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  #kpop, #Suho, #exo, #jannabi, #songolmae

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  S.Korean rock legend Songolmae to go on tour

  SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- “Since the beginning of my career as a radio DJ in 1990s I thought to myself that being a DJ who introduces music to its listeners might be a better fit for me than actually
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  VIVIZ joins K-pop idols' summer chart race

  VIVIZ-new album VIVIZ joins K-pop idols' summer chart raceBy Shim Sun-ahSEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Rookie girl group VIVIZ threw its hat in the ring for this summer's heated competition to top
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  #h1key, #kpop

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  H1-KEY says "wish we could rank 1st on 'Idols one would want to work out with"

  SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) --"As much as our concept is 'exercise idol' and have come out with a sporty concept, I wish we could rank 1st on 'Idols one would want to work out with.'
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  #IRIS, #JUSTICERECORDS, #TAEWON

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  Film company Taewon Entertainment to debut first girl group ‘IRRIS’

  SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Famous Korean film company Taewon Entertainment established a music label “JUSTICE RECORDS” and entered K-pop market.Quartet girl group IRRIS will be releasing its debut mini
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  Enhypen's new album sells 1.13 mln copies in two days

  SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group Enhypen's new EP titled "Manifesto: Day 1" has sold over 1 million copies in just two days of its release, its agency said Wednesday.The band's third EP had sold 1,130,638 copies as of Tue
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  #winner, #kpop

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  WINNER's 'Holiday' tops iTunes chart in 18 countries

  SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group WINNER's 4th mini album "Holiday" topped the iTunes chart in 18 countries.According to the agency YG Entertainment on Wednesday, "Holida
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  #BlackPink, #Comeback, #YGEntertainment, #YG

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  YG Entertainment stocks jump 10% with Blackpink's Comeback

  SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- YG Entertainment stock jumped in early trading on Wednesday after the news of its K-pop girl group Blackpink’s comeback.YG jumped 9.45% to trade at 50,400 won as of 10:15 a.m
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  aespa calls for action on sustainable development goals

  SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- Rising South Korean girl group aespa has called for future generations to pay attention to and take action for the sustainable development goals during a speech in a U.N. forum. The band addressed the 2022 High-level Politic
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  #WJSN, #KPOP, #LASTSEQUENCE, #SEQUENCE

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  Last Sequence represents the starting point of WJSN’s second chapter : WJSN

  SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- “Because we won the competition, ‘Queendom 2’, the pressure was real. But because of the pressure we were able to work hard for our upcoming album.” announced WJSN during th
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  BLACKPINK to drop new album in August

  SEOUL, July 6 (Yonhap) -- BLACKPINK, a top K-pop girl group, will make a long-awaited comeback in August, its management agency said Wednesday."BLACKPINK is now at the final stage of recording its new album. They will embark on the filming of a