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In the past, many idols faced harsh criticisms for using ghostwriters, but there is an increasing number of singer-songwriting idols who are quickly p…

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On Saturday, Feb. 27, the Korean Brand Research Institute released their brand reputation rankings for South Korean singers in the month of February. Keep on reading to see who made the top ranks.
The Korean Brand Research Institute analyzed 123,421,789 pieces of big data concerning South Korean singers from Jan. 27 to Feb. 27, determining a singer's participation index, media index, communication index, and community index. Compared to the available 147,794,847 pieces of big data available for analysis in Jan., it decreased by 16.49%.
The brand reputation index determines consumer behavior. They analyze whether an artist has a positive or negative influence on consumer participation, a well as study their communication value, media volume, and community reception.

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There is no doubt that more and more K-Pop idols have gained attention these past few years. As a matter of fact, several South Korean stars have been dominating audio streaming platform and music tallies as of this writing.
On Wednesday, Feb. 24, a survey result revealed the top K-Pop acts who can produce compose and write lyrics for their own songs. In other words, these idols do not just have exemplary abilities and stunning visuals as they are also perceived as to have amazing talents behind the scenes.

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Feb 08, 2021
The voting period for Dabeme Music Awards has started and numerous K-pop acts got nominations in several categories, including some of the biggest groups like BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE, GOT7, and more!
What is Dabeme Music Awards?
Dabeme Music Awards is an award ceremony in Brazil hosted by Dabeme TV, which is one of the major television networks in the country. This ceremony will determine the best artists, music, and releases of the year in 11 categories. The works qualified in this year's voting are the ones launched last year, so this is fans' chance to support their favorite acts who despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic still presented us impressive works that helped us get through this difficult time.

"HWAA" by (G)I-DLE led the Top 25 Most Streamed 2021 Songs By Korean Artists On Spotify list.

The Instiz chart combines the overwhelming variety of charts that South Korea uses to rank music sales, and it's also what fans use to determine whet…

On January 26, the 'Korea Music Awards 2021' announced its full list of nominees, ahead of the official ceremony set to take place on January 28 at …

Speaking at Expo West in 2015 two years after selling his coconut water brand to Coca-Cola, ZICO founder Mark Rampolla observed that his nine years running the business had been “absolutely brutal.” Six years later, he’s back at the helm, after buying ZICO back from Coke via growth equity fund Powerplant Ventures.

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Jan 14, 2021
On Thursday, Jan. 14, the Idol Chart revealed their annual Ahcha Rankings for the year 2020. As we enter 2021, let us take a look back into last year's top artist with Ahcha Rankings. Keep on reading to see who made their rankings.
Idol Chart's Ahcha Rankings evaluates a singer's popularity and how often they are mentioned in the media and by the general public. With that, each artist are given points and ranked by how high (or how low) their scores are.
Unsurprisingly, BTS topped the overall annual ranking in the Ahcha Ranking. With a score of 401,009 points, BTS proved their world-class popularity by ranking high in all categories of evaluations, such as records sold, music charts, broadcasting charts, keyword search ranking, and social media. They ranked second in terms of professional score.

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Jan 13, 2021
Global Stars BTS, BLACKPINK, IU, NCT, and more swept multiple awards during the 2020 "GAON Chart Music Awards"!
On Jan. 13, Wednesday, the annual "GAON Chart Music Awards" gave various awards to numerous K-pop stars, artists, and groups in which songs and albums shone the most last 2020, based on Gaon Charts.
Among the music artists that released songs to comfort and give hope to their fans throughout the world amid the pandemic, top-notch artists including BTS, BLACKPINK, Red Velvet, IU, ZICO, NCT along with the rookie groups Stray Kids, ITZY, Aespa, ENHYPEN took home awards, acknowledging their great contributions in the promoting music, particularly K-pop.

Rising artist Sogumm wants to introduce her music to listeners as “alternative K-pop.”

Speaking at Expo West in 2015 two years after selling his coconut water brand to Coca-Cola, ZICO founder Mark Rampolla observed that his nine years running the business had been “absolutely brutal.” Six years later, he’s back at the helm, after buying ZICO back from Coke via growth equity fund Powerplant Ventures.

Epik High has some big news ahead of their latest album!On January 11 KST, Tablo took to his personal social media to share the official featured arti…

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Jan 08, 2021
The Gaon Chart recently issued its annual recap of best songs and albums released in 2020, and it includes works from Zico, IU, BTS, NCT, and more.
The Gaon Music Chart records and arranges the weekly and monthly popularity of songs or albums launched in South Korea each year. It provides results like the Billboard charts of the United States and the Oricon charts of Japan. There are two main charts: Gaon Digital Chart and Gaon Album chart, both of which rank the sales of domestic and international artists.
On Friday, Jan. 8, Gaon Chart and its primary association, the Korea Music Contents Association, published its official yearly chart summary for 2020.

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Big news for Epik High fans. The South Korean alt hip-hop group are back with a new single dropping this month. Titled 'Rosario', the upcoming song will see Epik High, rapper Zico (Block B frontman) and a mystery guest teaming up for the collaborative single. Here's all you need to know about 'Rosario'.
Release date
According to a new teaser video on Tik-Tok, the upcoming song is scheduled for a release on January 18 at 6 pm KST / 4 am EST.
Concept
If we're taking hints from the teaser, it looks like 'Rosario' will adopt cinematic themes from mystery thriller films or horror. To add to the cryptic nature of the promotional clip, Epik High members (Tablo, Mithra Jin, DJ Tukutz) and Zico appear one after the other, fading from darkness into a large frame that resembles portraits from a classical era.

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While 2020 was a difficult year due to the pandemic, it featured many great K-Pop releases. From rookie groups like TREASURE to globally-acclaimed groups like BTS, check out the top 25 most-watched K-pop music videos by male artists of 2020! 
25. ATEEZ's "Inception" - 50.6 million views
The fan-chosen title track for ATEEZ's fifth EP, 'Zero: Fever Part 1,' has already surpassed 50 million views!
24. BAEKHYUN's "Candy" - 50.7 million views 
BAEKHYUN's music video for his catchy solo release "Candy" has scored 50.7 million views on YouTube!  
23. BTS' V's "Sweet Night" - 51.1 million views 
It's no surprise BTS' V's "Sweet Night" is considered one of the best OSTs of 2020 — it has more than 51 million views! 

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On December 25,
In the SNS post, Zico wrote,
"Merry Christmas. #I'mAlive," and shared some sharp new selca from home, showing off his shortly-cropped cut just out of basic training. 
Meanwhile, Zico enlisted back in late July to begin his 4-week basic military training, before going on to complete the rest of his duties as a public service worker. 

The Coca-Cola Co. says it’s laying off 2,200 workers, or 17% of its global workforce, as part of a larger restructuring aimed at paring down its brands.

Two perky female boxers who represented Ghana at the Olympic Games Boxing qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal, in March, have expressed optimism about the future if accorded the requisite support by the nation’s sports authorities.
The duo – Dr Ornella Sathoud and Faruiza Osman stated on the International Women’s Day that if more females had been entered for the Olympic qualifier, they could have done better.
“If you look critically at the ratio, we had eight males and two females representing the nation and out of them, only one was female,” Sathoud lamented.
Sathoud came close to sealing qualification to the 2020 Tokoyo Olympics after beating her Ugandan opponent, Doreen Nassal in the quarter-finals of the qualifiers.

The Instiz chart combines the overwhelming variety of charts that South Korea uses to rank music sales, and it's also what fans use to determine whet…

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Zico, recently released his new track titled "Any Song" and even after several days, it has been dominating the worldwide charts. Aside from the fans who supported his comeback song. Several idols also showed their interest in the song and even did a cover of it. His song has been already recognized by the US Billboard and acknowledge it through the International News section.
According to the US Billboard, " 'Any Song' is a witty song that expresses the flow of consciousness in the head with rap and song. Famous celebrities such as lee Hyo-Ri and Chungha participated in the dance challenge and spurred the "Any Song' craze."