DJ Khaled, known for his “We the best!” verbal branding, will be featured on boy group SEVENTEEN's upcoming album 'Spill the Feels.'
New album, collab
The band's agency PLEDIS Entertainment teased the collaboration with the Grammyaward-winning, multi-platinum artist on the group’s social media on Tuesday. DJ Khaled was featured saying "Hey SEVENTEEN, I just added my…
SEVENTEEN made history at Glastonbury Festival as the first K-pop band to perform on the iconic Pyramid Stage.
Member WOOZI kicked off their hour-long set by playing a piano intro of their single “MAESTRO” before the rest of the members joined him on stage.
The 13-piece act performed 'Rock with you,' 'HOT' and 'SOS'…
SEVENTEEN's 10th mini-album 'FML' was the biggest-selling global album of 2023, according to the recorded music industry representative body International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
Album dominance
The winner of the IFPI Global Album Award for 2023 surpassed the likes of Morgan Wallen’s 'One Thing At A Time,' SZA's 'SOS,' and Travis Scott's 'UTOPIA.'
The…
This year saw numerous artists hit the road to bring their music to sold-out venues globally. Last week, Billboard unveiled its year-end Boxscore charts, which reviewed the top global tours, venues, and promoters of 2023.
K-pop was the youngest in terms of the global box office. "K-pop’s share of this year’s top 100 is…
SEVENTEEN's THE 8 has fractured his left collarbone, revealed the group's management agency Pledis Entertainment.
Health status
Doctors advised the K-pop artist to wear a fracture brace and refrain from excessive movements.
"The artist is highly determined to attend all of the group’s prearranged engagements; however, his participation will be adjusted depending on the circumstances,…
SEVENTEEN‘s subunit BSS — which consists of members Seungkwan, DK and Hoshi — returned to the music scene with single album 'Second Wind' fronted by lead track 'Fighting.'
SEVENTEEN BSS debut
Consisting of 13 multinational members signed under Pledis Entertainment, SEVENTEEN is divided into three sub-units that focus on hip hop (Mingyu, S.coups, Wonwoo,…
From concerts to SM Entertainment expanding its footprint in Saudi Arabia, there is no doubt that K-Pop had a great year in the Middle East.
Taking the top spot as the reigning K-Pop artist on Anghami, a music streaming platform and distribution company operating in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), in 2022…
Vernon showed his pop punk colors with his first solo mixtape 'Black Eye.'
Solo mixtape
iTunes performance
'Black Eye' charted on iTunes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It dominated the All-Genres, Pop and K-Pop iTunes charts in Egypt.
In the UAE, the track was 8th and 7th in All-Genres and…
K-Pop bands BTS and Stray Kids dominated 2022 with physical album sales.
BTS sells most copies
Here are the top artists with the most albums sold from weeks 1 to 50 in 2022:
BTS (6.07 million) Stray Kids (5.83 million) Seventeen (5.46 million) NCT Dream (4.11 million) BLACKPINK (2.82 million) TXT (2.78 million) ENHYPEN (2.69…