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BTS Island: In the SEOM Puzzle Earned $30M

HYBE’s mobile game centered on BTS has made more than $30 million from eight million downloads since its release in 2022.

source

https://www.layerlicensing.com/post/celebrity-mobile-games-and-mattels-barbie-strategy 

"Who" First To 1 Billion Filtered Streams

Dec 20. 2024

“Who” has earned 1 BILLION filtered streams on Spotify Global Chart!

It is the first and only solo song by a Korean acy to achieve this milestone.

PTD Certified Silver in the UK

'Permission to Dance', is now certified silver by the BRIT Awards.

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has officially announced that BTS’s 2021 single, “Permission to Dance,” has achieved a prestigious Silver BRIT certification. This milestone marks the group’s 11th song to receive this honor.

Under the BPI’s certification criteria, singles qualify for Silver certification upon reaching 200,000 units sold, while albums achieve the same distinction at 60,000 units so...

LE SSERAFIM talks about a turbulent year and experiences what it takes to be a global artist

- Member HUH YUNJIN also participated in the production of "Crazier", but what kind of song did you want to make it?

HUH YUNJIN: Before writing the song, the producer gave me the theme, "I want you to express the CRAZY that YUNJIN thinks," and I was worried about how to convey it specifically. Everyone is born with the ability to be CRAZY, but I think it takes courage to use that power. So I wanted to express the feelings of people who are hesitant to become CRAZY, ...

RPWP - The Most Critically Acclaimed Album By A Korean Act

RM's 'Right Place, Wrong Person' is the most critically acclaimed album by any K-pop artist:

• 12 'Album of The Year' lists

• 4 'Song of The Year' lists

• 9 Renowned Jury Awards for it's Music Video

• A 90+ critic score on Album of the Year

• Perfect 5-star reviews from NME

• 4.5-star reviews from AllMusic and IZM.

2024-12-19 20:35:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Billboard Hot 100 Midweek Prediction Dec 28

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WHO FOCUS PLAYLISTS:

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/focus-who-by-jimin/pl.u-76oNN7yt9G1bbG

2024-12-19 09:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post

New Jeans IG Account: Advertisers Are Complaining

As the group New Jeans, which is in a dispute with its agency Ador over its exclusive contract, has opened a new account and begun communicating, Ador has made its first statement.

On the 18th, Ador released an official statement, stating, "New Jeans has a dedicated platform and official SNS accounts such as Instagram and X (Twitter) to communicate with fans, and we hope that New Jeans members will continue to communicate with fans through these official channels as before."

He co...

V's Record Breaking 2024

The eagle has landed. V x Bing Crosby White Christmas enters the Billboard Hot 100 chart at #93

This V's 3rd entry to the chart this year, the most for a Korean act in 2024:

• FRI(END)S

• Winter Ahead

• White Christmas

This is V's 6th entry on Billboard HOT 100 overall:

#51 — Slow Dancing

#65 — FRI(END)S

#79 — Christmas Tree

#93 — White Christmas 2024-12-17 22:48:47 +0000 UTC View Post

How A Song Gets Chosen For...

I will regularly update this post as questions come in about how songs get chosen to be used for big events or gets played on certain shows, etc..

HOW DOES A SONG GETS CHOSEN TO BE PLAYED ON THE NFL

In relation to Jin's Running Wild song getting played at today's NFL game, here is how a song gets chosen and yes, Jin, Big Hit and songwriters get royalty.

Music has always been an integral part of NFL broadcasts and a huge source of enjoyment for the people who work in...

JIN TO SING AN OST FOR THE DRAMA ASK THE STARS

BTS' Jin is continuing his hot streak.

According to multiple insiders, Jin recently sang the main theme song for the new tvN drama 'Ask the Stars'.

This is Jin's second time singing a drama OST. As he previously swept the iTunes Top Song charts in 90 countries, including the US, with the main theme song 'Yours' from the OST for the drama 'Jirisan', the response to the new OST is also expected to be hot.

2024-12-16 04:17:14 +0000 UTC View Post

V's Love Me Again Crosses 1 Billion Streams

V is officially a member of Spotify's Billions club. He clocked his 1 billion streams for Love Me Again, making it the 4th fastest song by a Korean native solo act to reach the milestone.

 Now, we need to decide which V solo song do we push next.

JUNGKOOK - BILLBOARD 2024 TOP ARTIST

Jungkook is the highest ranking & only solo Asian native act inside Billboard’s

2024 top artists year-end charts. Stray Kids is at #73. Billboard has "called" Bruno Mars Asian before. He is #58.

Top 10 are"

Taylor Swift

Morgan Wallen

Zach Bryan

Drake

Sabrina Carpenter

Billie Eillish

Sza

Luke Combs

Post Malone

...

New Jeans Denied A Family Member Is Poaching Them

Rumors are circulating that a family member of the group NewJeans (Minji, Hani, Danielle, Haerin, Hyein) is helping them move to another agency.

On December 13, Money Today reported ongoing discussions within the industry about NewJeans potentially creating a separate company managed by their families.

The outlet also highlighted the legal community's stance that, if these rumors are true, such actions would constitute a breach o...