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  MONSTA X ranks No.111 on Billboard main album chart for two consecutive weeks

  SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- Monsta X’s second English album “The Dreaming” entered the Billboard main album chart for the second consecutive week. The album ranked No. 111 on the latest BIllbaord 200,
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  HYBE·SM each holds concert for year-end and New Year's Day

  SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) – HYBE and SM Entertainment, the two major K-pop agencies, will each hold a concert with their singers for the year-end and New Year’s Day.HYBE opens “2022 Weverse Con [New Era
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  BTOB opens fan meeting in 4 years…including members discharged from military

  SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) – K-pop boy group BTOB will open the fan meeting at SK Olympic Handball Stadium in Seoul Olympic Park on Dec. 31 at 6:30 p.m. (KST) and Jan. 1 at 6 p.m. (KST), according to Cub
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  BTS wins special award at Japan Record Awards for two consecutive years

  SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- BTS has become the winner of a special category at the Japan Record Awards hosted by Japanese broadcaster TBS, for the second consecutive year, the band's agency said Th
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  Moonbyul drops her second pre-single 'Shutdown' featuring Seori

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Mamamoo's Moonbyul, who is scheduled to make a comeback with her third EP "6equence" in January 2022, drops a second pre-release single "Shutdown"
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  S.Korean singer MC Mong drops new album 'Dark Hole' to celebrate 20th debut anniversary

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean singer MC Mong drops a new album, "Dark Hole," to commemorate his 20th debut anniversary.The 42-year-old singer's new album comes after nine mon
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  THE BOYZ participates in soundtrack for webtoon ‘Solo Leveling’… to release in February, 2022

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) – K-pop boy group THE BOYZ participates in the soundtrack for the webtoon “Solo Leveling,” according to the agency IST Entertainment and D&C WEBTOON BIZ on Dec. 30. “Solo L
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  ATEEZ participates in ‘It’s Live Original with TikTok’ on Dec. 30

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- MBC and TikTok, the mobile platform of short-form videos, introduce the K-pop live project “It’s Live Original with TikTok.” The first guest is the k-pop boy group ATEEZ and
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  IU "Pieces" tops charts... "Winter Sleep" about cycle of life and death

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Singer IU tops the charts with her mini-album “Pieces,” released on Wednesday.The title song of the album “Winter Sleep,” ranked No. 1 on the music charts. “Drama” ranked 6t
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  BLACKPINK’s Lisa ‘MONEY’ surpasses 300 million streams on Spotify

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) – YG entertainment has said on Dec. 30 that “MONEY,” the solo album that K-pop girl group BLACKPINK’s Lisa had released, surpassed 300 million streams on Spotify, the biggest a
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  TWICE ranks No.36·NCT ranks No.20 on Billboard 200

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) – K-pop girl group TWICE and the boy group NCT127 succeeded in ranking on “Billboard 200” and showed the power of K-pop. According to the recent chart announced on Dec. 29(the
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  Coldplay - BTS ‘My Universe’ ranks No. 84 on Billboard… remains for 13th consecutive week

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Boy group BTS and the band Coldplay’s joint song “My Universe,” succeeded in staying on the Billboard Main Single charts, Hot 100, for 13 weeks in a row. “My Universe,” ran
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  Seventeen’s reality show surpasses 260 million accumulated views

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- K-pop group Seventeen’s reality show “GOING SEVENTEEN,” has surpassed 260 million accumulated views, according to the agency Pledis Entertainment, on Thursday.The web entert
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  NBA player Damian Lillard sends message to BTS Suga “look forward to meeting you”

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- Damian Lillard, a basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), sent a message to BTS’s Suga after the K-pop supergroup’s me
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  Fromis 9 to make comeback with 4th mini album in January

  SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) – K-pop girl group Fromis 9 will make a comeback with the 4th mini album “Midnight Guest” on Jan. 17, according to their agency Pledis Entertainment on Dec. 30. Fromis 9 has re
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  K-pop songstress IU drops new album ‘Pieces’

  SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- K-pop singer IU dropped a new album “Pieces,” on Dec. 29 at 6 p.m. (KST). The new album "Pieces" consists of five songs including "Drama" and "
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  BTS’s V sends hearts to ‘Dynamite’ performance in ‘Emily in Paris’

  by Ra Hwak Jin / An Hayeon SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- In Netflix’s latest popular series “Emily in Paris,” a performance scene of BTS’s smash-hit, “Dynamite,” is going viral. BTS’s member V excited
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  B.I. will be first Asian artist to appear in GRAMMYs Global Spin

  SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- Singer B.I. will appear in the GRAMMYs Global Spin, airing on Jan. 4 (U.S. Time), according to his agency IOK Wednesday.GRAMMYs Global Spin is a performance series produced
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  VICTON to make comeback with new single album ‘Chronograph’ on Jan. 18

  SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) – K-pop boy group VICTON will drop the new single album “Chronograph” on Jan. 18, according to IST Entertainment on Dec. 29. “Chronograph” is the third single album of the grou
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  BTS ‘Dynamite’ surpasses 500 mln cumulative plays in Japan... first male artist

  SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- K-pop juggernauts BTS’s hit song “Dynamite” achieved an accumulation of 500 million plays on Japanese streaming site, according to Big Hit, that quoted Oricon, on Dec. 29.