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Jungkook‘s I Am Still documentary, which chronicles the solo career of the BTS member, has surpassed $18.5million (£14.6million) at the global box office.The film, which was released in September, follows the star over an eight-month period following the beginning of his solo career, “offering an intimate look at Jung Kook’s creative process, unwavering work ethic, and the unique challenges faced by a global popstar”.Jungkook kicked off his solo career in July 2023 with his single ‘Seven’ featuring Latto. This was followed two months later by ‘3D’ featuring Jack Harlow.

HYBE shares were stolen from BTS‘ Jungkook by an unidentified hacker.Yonhap News Agency reported on March 22 that the hacker had opened an unauthorised account under Jungkook’s name in January 2024, which was notably just a month after the K-pop idol had enlisted for mandatory military service.They then transferred 33,000 HYBE shares from the K-pop star’s account to the newly opened account, before selling 500 more shares to a third-party investor. At the time, the shares stolen held a total value of about ₩8.4billion (US$5.7million).Jungkook’s label and HYBE subsidiary, Big Hit Music, told press that immediate action was taken following the hack: “As soon as the company and the artist became aware of the criminal activity, we took measures such as suspending payments to the account and restoring the original value to prevent substantial damage.”On top of this, Jungkook also filed a lawsuit for the return of the 500 shares sold.

BTS, Jimin, Stray Kids, BLACKPINK and more.Today (December 4), Spotify dropped the 2024 edition of its annual Wrapped event, where it shared data on the year’s most-streamed songs, artists, podcast shows and more. As part of the event Spotify Korea has also shared the Top 10 most-streamed K-pop songs and artists of the year.The K-pop songs list this year is dominated by solo songs by BTS members.

aespa emerging as the night’s biggest winners – view the full list of winners below.The 2024 Melon Music Awards (MMA) was held on November 30 at the Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea. The winners for most major categories were decided through a mix of digital sales, online voting and panelist evaluations.The MMAs’ four most prestigous awards are considered “Grand Prizes”, and include Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

aespa and SEVENTEEN emerging as the biggest winners – view the full list of winners below.This year, the MAMA Awards held two separate ceremonies in the US and Japan, with the first day’s festivities held at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on November 21. It then picked up with a two-night ceremony at Osaka’s Kyocera Dome on November 22 and 23.

aespa, Day6, (G)I-DLE, IU and TWS, who were all nominated for all three grand prize categories: Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. These are on top of their nominations for other streaming and artist categories.The winners for all awards except for the Millions Top 10 award will be determined by 60 per cent download and streaming counts, 20 per cent judge evaluations and 20 per cent fan votes.Meanwhile, the Millions Top 10 award will be determined by 80 per cent download and streaming numbers and 20 per cent fan votes.Artist of the Year aespa Day6 (G)I-DLE IU Jungkook NewJeans PLAVE RIIZE SEVENTEEN TWSAlbum of the Year aespa – ‘Armageddon’ Day6 – ‘Fourever’ (G)I-DLE – ‘[2]’ ILLIT – ‘Super Real Me’ IU – ‘The Winning’ Jungkook – ‘Golden’ LE SSERAFIM – ‘Easy’ PLAVE – ‘Asterum : 134-1’ Taeyeon – ‘To.

SEVENTEEN, LE SSERAFIM, Jennie, IU, NewJeans, (G)I-DLE, aespa and more.The winners of most categories will be decided through some combination of judge panel evaluations, song downloads and streams, and physical album sales. However, fans will be able to vote in the Worldwide Fans’ Choice category on the official Mnet App.

I Am Still chronicling the solo career of BTS member Jungkook is coming to cinemas next week.After the documentary received a limited theatrical release, a new edition is coming to the big screen thanks to overwhelming demand.The ‘Party Edition’ of the hit film, which arrives in select cinemas on October 11, includes the complete documentary with an additional 20 minutes of singalong videos, promising to make the cinema experience into “the ultimate fan celebration”, as per a press release.Per a synopsis, the documentary follows Jungkook over an eight month period following the beginning of his solo career, “offering an intimate look at Jung Kook’s creative process, unwavering work ethic, and the unique challenges faced by a global popstar.”“We’re delighted with the phenomenal response to the opening of Jung Kook: I Am Still,” said Trafalgar Releasing CEO Marc Allenby. This success is a testament to Jung Kook’s artistry and dedication, underscoring the power of shared cinema experiences for fans.

BTS member Jungkook has seemingly voiced his support for K-pop girl group NewJeans in new Instagram posts amid the ongoing HYBE–ADOR feud.BTS’ Jungkook uploaded two posts of his dog to his personal Instagram page on September 14, with captions that seem to reference K-pop quintet NewJeans. The first featured five different coloured hearts and the English sentence, “Artists are not guilty.”A post shared by Bam's dad (@bowwow_bam)Fans began speculating that the post was made in support of NewJeans, as the colours of the five hearts match the quintet’s individual official colours.

BTS members Jungkook and V – through their label Big Hit Music – have filed a ₩90million (almost £52,000) lawsuit against infamous Korean YouTube channel Sojang, for damages from alleged defamation and slander.According to Star News, who was among the first to break the news on August 16, the lawsuit was filed against the anonymised owner of Sojang in March, with its first hearing scheduled for August 23, months after it was first brought to the court’s attention. Big Hit Music has made its commitment to taking legal action against malicious commenters public for several years, however only first directly mentioned Sojang in a statement in June 2023.“In 2022, we sued Sojang for defamation and obstruction of business, however later received a decision from the court to suspend the investigation.

BTS singer Jungkook has dropped a teaser for an upcoming project titled I Am Still.Today (July 12), BTS’ Jungkook unveiled a cryptic teaser image that reads “I Am Still” on the boyband’s social media accounts, accompanied by the caption “coming soon to cinemas”.While Big Hit Music has yet to specify what format the project will take, it appears to be a documentary following the singer through his solo career.Back in November, Jungkook guested on an episode of Suchwita hosted by bandmate Suga, where he shared that he was in the midst of shooting a documentary film. Fans are now speculating that I Am Still is the film the singer was talking about to.<JUNG KOOK: I AM STILL>Coming Soon to Cinemas!#정국 #JungKook #JUNGKOOK_IAMSTILL pic.twitter.com/EXqP2m4s8h— BTS_official (@bts_bighit) July 11, 2024Jungkook kicked off his solo career last July with his single ‘Seven’ featuring American rapper Latto.

Are You Sure?!, starring BTS singers Jungkook and Jimin.Today (July 3), Disney+ released the first poster for Are You Sure?!, featuring BTS’ Jungkook and Jimin posing in canoes on a lake. The show will reportedly follow the duo in the US, South Korea’s Jeju Island and the Japanese city of Saporro, according to Yonhap News Agency.“The unplanned nature of their trip leads to various situations where they frequently ask each other, ‘Are you sure?’,” the streamer said in a press release.

BTS singer Jungkook has announced the upcoming release of a new single, called ‘Never Let Go’.On May 2, Big Hit Music announced that BTS’ Jungkook would be releasing a new song later this week. Titled ‘Never Let Go’, the label has described the track as a “heartfelt tribute” to the K-pop idol’s fans with the message to ” never let go of each other’s hands”.The label added that Jungkook’s ‘Never Let Go’ is also “a token of gratitude for the boundless love from ARMY all over the world”.

BTS rapper J-hope has released the tracklist for his upcoming ‘Hope on the Street Vol.1’ album, featuring collaborations with Jungkook, LE SSERAFIM‘s Huh Yunjin and more.Today (February 27), J-hope announced the tracklist for his upcoming ‘Hope on the Street Vol.1’ album. The record will feature six songs, four of which are brand-new and feature star-studded collaborators.Notably, the BTS member will team up with bandmate Jungkook on the song ‘i wonder…’, as well as fellow HYBE labelmate Huh Yunjin of K-pop girl group LE SSERAFIM on ‘i don’t know’.In addition, J-hope has also enlisted hitmaking producer Benny Blanco and Chic‘s Nile Rodgers for the song ‘lock / unlock’. Meanwhile, South Korean rappers Gaeko and Yoon Mirae will join the BTS star on closing track ‘NEURON’.Elsewhere on the tracklist on ‘Hope on the Street Vol.1’ are a solo version of ‘On the Street’, which the rapper first released in 2023 with J.

NCT Dream, SEVENTEEN and more taking home the biggest prizes – view the full list of winners below.The 2024 Hanteo Music Awards took place over the past weekend from February 17 to 18 at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul, South Korea. The two-day affair was hosted by TVXQ’s Changmin, and saw the presentation of the ceremony’s four Daesangs (grand prizes).The Hanteo Music Awards are presented primarily based on the global Hanteo Charts from January 1 to December 31, 2023, accounting for up to 50% of the criteria, while global voting scores and judging scores also contributed to the determination of winners.The four biggest trophies of the ceremony were presented on the ceremony’s second day, which saw NCT Dream take home the award for Best Artist, while the Best Album and Best Performance trophies were given to SEVENTEEN and Stray Kids respectively.The fourth grand prize for Best Song was awarded to IVE, for ‘I AM’.

NewJeans, BTS’ Jungkook, H1-KEY and more.Today (January 26), the annual Korean awards ceremony unveiled its full list of nominees on its official website. The ceremony honours mainstream and underground musicians across a variety of genres, and distributes awards based on the recommendations of its panel.The 21st Korean Music Awards ceremony will take place on February 29 at 8pm KST, and will be streamed live on the PRIZM app.K-pop girl group NewJeans, rapper Beenzino and indie rock band Silica Gel received five nominations each, including Musician of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year, as well as Best Song and Best Album nominations in their respective genre categories.NewJeans notably won both Best K-pop Song and Best K-pop Album at last year’s ceremony, as well as Rookie of the Year.

NewJeans taking home the most accolades during the ceremony – view the full list of winners below.On January 10, the 13th Circle Chart Music Awards was held at the at Busan Exhibition and Convention Center in Busan, South Korea. Hosted by SUPER JUNIOR‘s Leeteuk, STAYC‘s Sieun and ZEROBASEONE‘s Seok Matthew, the awards ceremony honoured the best South Korean music released from December 2022 to November 2023.NewJeans were the biggest winners of the night, bringing home four awards for Artist of the Year (Digital), Artist of the Year (Global Streaming), Artist of the Year (Unique Listeners) and Music Steady Seller of the Year.Other girl groups to take home multiple trophies include (G)I-DLE (three awards), IVE (three awards), NiziU (two awards) and LE SSERAFIM (two awards).NCT Dream, SEVENTEEN and BTS‘ Jungkook also took home three awards each.

SEVENTEEN and NewJeans taking home the grand prizes for the night – view the full list of winners below.On January 6, the 38th Golden Disc Awards was held at the Jakarta International Stadium in Indonesia. Hosted by Sung Si-kyung and Cha Eun-woo, the awards ceremony honoured the best South Korean music released from mid-November 2022 to early-November 2023.SEVENTEEN and NewJeans took home the grand prizes for album and song of the year respectively, making them the biggest winners of the night.

BTS‘ Jungkook has received a plaque from Spotify after achieving a billion streams of his solo track ‘Seven’, and used it to eat a Korean dish called Kimbap.Back in October 2023, BTS’ Jungkook broke the record for the fastest song to reach 1billion streams on Spotify with his debut solo single, ‘Seven (feat. Latto)’.

Jungkook and Usher have released a music video for their remix of the BTS singer’s hit single, ‘Standing Next to You’.The new music video for ‘Standing Next to You’, set in an abandoned warehouse, opens with Jungkook performing the song solo, backed up by a troupe of dancers.It then transitions to Usher, who showcases some fancy footwork by himself, before the ‘Burn’ singer and the BTS member team up for the dance break.Jungkook and Usher released their remix of ‘Standing Next to You’ on December 1. The original version of the song was first released in November, as the third single from Jungkook’s debut solo album, ‘Golden’.The duo had also previously released a TikTok of them dancing to Usher’s iconic 2004 single ‘Yeah! (feat.

BTS member Jungkook recently held his final livestream before his impending enlistment into the South Korean military.The singer, along with bandmate Jimin, will enlist today (December 12) for their mandatory military conscriptions, making them the final BTS members to enlist. His and Jimin’s enlistment comes a day after bandmates RM and V’s enlistments.Jungkook held his final livestream to bid fans goodbye last night (December 11), where he talked about his day and how he had spent it with some of his fellow bandmates to send RM and V off for enlistment.“This would be my last live[stream] before I enlist,” Jungkook told fans.