“It is literally just people who are in contact with people through social media,” Saeji says. “This is happening naturally.” In the US, K-pop fans tend to be outward-looking and progressive, and many are people of color or members of the LGBTQ community, Saeji said. Given that,...
such as purchasing many copies of an album to juice sales for a favorite act. K-pop acts are also highly popular in the small, but fast-growing, Southeast Asian market. Overall, Asian consumers — and
However, NewJeans stands out uniquely in the K-pop world, as each member garners love and admiration from fans globally. Interestingly, though, Korean netizens have observed that member Hanni holds a special place in the hearts of Japanese fans. The discussion sparked when a curious netizen ...
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the mainstream: WitnessBTS’ two Billboard 200 No. 1 albums in 2018, just one indicator of what proved to be a breakout year for K-pop in the United States (six other K-pop acts also landed on the chart that year). And even without much radio play here, K-pop’s influen...
Cancer is the enduringly popular therapeutic segment for the biotech market, so any developer with a promising oncology drug will attract notice and investment. That said, Summit's looks to be especially promising in light of that recent performance in the lab, and as such it feels like a wo...
To mark the release of the "Planet Zero" video, GRAMMY.com sat down with Smith and Bass to discuss their brotherhood in Shinedown, why nuance is imbued in all things, and why — with a world tour kicking off April 1 — it'll be a relief to rejoin ...