Spotify unveils the most-streamed K-pop songs of 2023, featuring NewJeans, Jungkook and more

Oppenheimer”).During the simultaneous Screen Actors Guild and Writers Guild of America strikes, the sagging box office was boosted, like NFL ratings and the economy of East Rutherford, New Jersey, by Taylor Swift.Marvel Studios, which used to be the surest thing in Hollywood, began to underperform (“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”) and then downright flop (“The Marvels”).And DC was revealed to actually stand for Dud Central, with all of the studio’s comic-book films of 2023 (“Shazam! Fury of the Gods,” “The Flash” and “Blue Beetle”) turning out to be financial failures.In a win for Gen Z, studio execs determined Zendaya’s star wattage is so huge now that two of her movies — “Dune: Part 2” and “Challengers” — were delayed a year due to the strikes, so she can promote them to her hoards of fans. And baby boomers were dinged by the big-time tanking of the nostalgic “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” starring a now 81-year-old Harrison Ford who schlepped around New York and Europe.Despite all the madness — and a sea of schlock — some excellent films hit theaters this year.

BLACKPINK have released a brand-new trailer for their upcoming virtual concert, ‘BLACKPINK: A VR Encore’.Released today (December 20), the trailer for ‘BLACKPINK: A VR Encore’ is set to the girl group’s hit 2018 song ‘Ddu-Du Ddu-Du’ and features footage from the special finale show of their ‘Born Pink’ world tour at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome.“Filming our upcoming VR concert in the heart of Seoul has added an extra layer of magic to this project,” BLACKPINK said in a press release, per Billboard. “It’s where it all began for us, and being able to share this unique experience with our fans around the world feels incredibly special.”“It’s great to break down geographical barriers with The Diamond Bros and Meta, bringing back the memory of ‘BLACKPINK World Tour [Born Pink]’ finale straight into your home,” the quartet added.The 70-minute ‘BLACKPINK: A VR Encore’ concert special premieres in VR on December 26 at 5pm PT in Meta Horizon Worlds.

ITZY member and leader Yeji has released a music video for her new solo song, ‘Crown On My Head’.Today (December 20), ITZY’s Yeji released a music video for her solo track, titled ‘Crown On My Head’. The song will officially be released on January 8, alongside the girl group’s upcoming second studio album ‘Born to Be’.The visual for the powerful track opens with Yeji strutting and posing confidently into a room.

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K-pop girl group ITZY have released a music video for their new song, ‘Born to Be’.‘Born to Be’ is a pre-release single for their second studio album of the same name, due out on January 8 alongside its lead single ‘Untouchable’. The new dance-focused music video for ‘Born to Be’ features Yeji, Ryujin, Chaeryeong and Yuna as they perform intense choreography on fiery set with eye-popping 3D animation.“Born to be, born to be, wild and free oh, oh / No matter what they say, Imma say it louder / I do it my way, always hit it harder / Born to be, born to be, wild and free oh, oh,” the quartet sing on the chorus.In the lead-up to their ‘Born to Be’ album, the four ITZY members will be releasing music videos for their solo songs over the upcoming weeks along with another pre-release song, ‘Mr.

TikTok’s ‘Add To Music App’ is set to roll out to users in 19 more countries worldwide following its launch last month.Last month, TikTok announced a new feature that allows users to directly save sounds from the app to their streaming platform of choice.Users in the US and UK can already utilise the feature now, which allows fans to save music they’ve discovered to Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.The social media platform has now announced plans for it to be available in the following countries: Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Sweden, Thailand, Malaysia, UAE, Argentina, Colombia, The Netherlands, Turkey, South Africa, Vietnam and the Philippines.“Add To Music App has been designed to help music fans capture songs that they love on TikTok in the moment of discovery, and to easily save the song to their preferred music streaming service to enjoy whenever they like,” read a statement from the video sharing platform.The feature can be used by tapping on a sound which is listed below a user’s name, then hitting ‘Add to music app’, where you can choose your preferred streaming platform.

NewJeans and Lim Young-woong taking home the most awards – view the full list of winners below.On December 14, the Asia Artist Awards held its 2023 awards ceremony at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan, the Philippines. It selects winners in several categories that cover music, television and film based on data gathered from several East and Southeast Asian countries, Argentina, Mexico and Europe.The show was hosted by Kang Daniel, IVE’s Jang Won-young and ZEROBASEONE’s Sung Han-bin, and featured performances from several K-pop artists throughout the night.

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Giant toymaker Hasbro is laying off 1,100 employees, following 800 staff cuts announced earlier this year, as CEO Chris Cocks cited a tough business climate that’s been slow to recover. That’s about 20% of the company’s global workforce.

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official website.The ceremony also normally gives out honours for several special awards – including genre categories, best group, solo and performance awards and more – though Golden Disc has not revealed these categories nor their nominees.The 38th Golden Disc Awards will take place on Saturday, January 6 at the Jakarta International Stadium in Jakarta at 9pm KST, and will be aired on JTBC in South Korean.

House of the Dragon” is heating back up, as HBO has released a trailer for the second season of the “Game of Thrones” prequel series. Season 2 promises even more dragon warfare, as Rhaenyra Targaryen and Alicent Hightower’s forces go head to head — well, dragon to dragon. The trailer shows Daemon Targaryen suiting up in his impressive armor, knights on horseback, soldiers burning alive and several of the main cast riding their dragons into battle.

Kep1er, BTS, RIIZE and more.More awards such as Best Female/Male Groups, Best New Male/Female Artists, Best Dance Performance and more will be given out during tonight’s ceremony.Samsung Galaxy Worldwide Icon of the Year BTSFavourite New ArtistRIIZEZEROBASEONEInspiring Achievement TVXQ!Galaxy Neo Flip ArtistTREASUREFavourite Asian Girl GroupKep1erFavourite Asian Boy GroupINIFavourite International ArtistYoshikiWorldwide Fans’ Choice aespa AKMUATEEZ BOYNEXTDOOR BTOBBTS CIX CRAVITYENHYPEN EVNNE EXO fromis_9 (G)I-DLE H1-KEY Highlight ITZY IVE Jisoo Jeon Somi Kep1er LE SSERAFIM Lee Chae-yeon Lee MujinLim Youngwoong MONSTA X n.SSign NCT 127NCT DREAM NewJeans NMIXX ONEUS P1Harmony Parc Jae-jung Red Velvet RIIZESEVENTEEN SHINee STAYCStray Kids Super Junior Taeyang TEMPEST THE BOYZTXT TREASURETWICE Xdinary Heroes xikersZEROBASEONE Zior ParkBest New Male Artist BOYNEXTDOOR EVNNE RIIZE xikers ZEROBASEONEBest New Female Artist ADYA EL7Z UP KISS OF LIFE LIMELIGHT tripleSBest Male Group EXO NCT Dream SEVENTEEN Stray Kids TREASURE TXTBest Female Group aespa (G)I-DLE IVE LE SSERAFIM NewJeans TWICEBest Male Artist Jimin Jungkook Lim Young-woong Parc Jae-jung Taeyang VBest Female Artist Choi Ye-na Hwasa Jeon Somi Jihyo Jisoo Lee Chae-yeonBest Dance Performance Male Solo Jimin – ‘Like Crazy’ Jungkook – ‘Seven (Feat. Latto)’ Kai – ‘Rover’ Taeyang – ‘VIBE (Feat.

NewJeans, BTS‘ Jungkook and more.Apple Music unveiled the 2023 edition of its annual ranking of the most streamed songs on the serviceyesterday (November 28), per Variety, with several K-pop tracks making it into the Top 100. The most streamed K-pop song in 2023 was ‘Ditto’ by NewJeans, which came in at Number 19 on the overall list.Two other NewJeans songs also made it to Apple Music’s ranking: with their January single ‘OMG’ at Number 37, and 2022’s ‘Hype Boy’ at Number 64.

After a decade away, last week, Girls Aloud finally announced their reunion. The tour, known as the Girls Aloud Show will see the biggest-selling girl group of the 21st century play 15 dates across the UK and Ireland next May and June 2024.

NMIXX have teased a new single titled ‘Soñar (Breaker)’, from their upcoming second EP ‘Fe3O4: BREAK’.Today (November 28) at midnight KST, NMIXX dropped a “motion poster” for their upcoming second EP ‘Fe3O4: BREAK’. The clip features a magnetic box that explodes into the logo for the upcoming project, which comes out on January 15, 2024 at 6pm KST.At the same time, the girl group announced the upcoming release of a pre-release digital single called ‘Soñar (Breaker)’.

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