Roblox has signed up its most high-profile global artist yet: K-Pop stars Blackpink. Their ‘The Palace’ experience launches this week.
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Hybe chairman warns of challenges facing the K-Pop industry
Hybe and its fellow K-Pop companies combined still only account for “less than 2% of the revenue shares of the worldwide music industry”
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Stationhead wants to help artists sell music downloads
Startup Stationhead was one of the pioneers of user-generated radio merged with music streaming. Now it’s selling music downloads too.
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After Blackpink concert, PUBG Mobile is now launching a label
Mobile game PUBG Mobile has been exploring music for some time: working with Blackpink in 2020, Anghami in 2021
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9 notable moments for K-Pop music in 2022
Today our focus is on K-Pop: the music and artists of South Korea whose horizons were truly global in the music industry of 2022.
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Spotify caught in the middle of BTS and Blackpink fandom-feud
Last week’s release of Spotify Wrapped 2022 generated the usual mountain of social-media buzz – but also some controversy.
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K-pop’s global rise: a series of well-planned explosions rather than a single big bang
This article from Last.fm is Partner Content. Most eruptions in pop music happen over a long period of time rather than immediately. ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was Elvis’s first US number 1, […]
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Blackpink’s ‘Pink Venom’ soars on YouTube and Spotify
We wrote last week about the YouTube-fuelled launch campaign for K-Pop stars Blackpink’s new single ‘Pink Venom’.
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YouTube Shorts gets a Blackpink challenge… and watermarks
YouTube’s mission to deploy the biggest music stars in support of its short-video format continues.
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MTV’s 2022 VMAs to include ‘Metaverse Performance’ award
Ever alive to pop culture trends, MTV has added a new category to its Video Music Awards (VMAs) this year: ‘Best Metaverse Performance’.
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K-Pop stars Blackpink to play a virtual concert in PUBG Mobile
Korean group Blackpink are returning soon with new music, and they’ll be building anticipation for it with a concert in the PUBG Mobile game.
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Blackpink are first music artist with 75m YouTube subscribers
K-Pop group Blackpink have set their latest milestone on YouTube: 75 million subscribers to their official channel.