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🧵 @kconusa just announced some amazing special stages! From the press release:
Kep1er & LOONA - "Dream Stage"
"'Dream Stage' is a once in a lifetime opportunity where winners of @kconusa's dance competition will be able to perform on the same stage with their favorite artist."
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Finally! A new song from @HOLLAND_vvv❣️
Holland is featured on jazz/R&B singer-songwriter DAVII (@davii_official)'s new mini album '?=3 GENEZIS3' on a track titled "I"
BIG Naughty, Owen, Q the Trumpet and QDR also feature on the impressive album
Listen: tidal.com/browse/album/2…
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📈 Early industry predictions have ENHYPEN's '#MANIFESTO_DAY1' moving 32,500 album units this week (with 31.5k from sales, 1k from streaming + digital)
This will set ENHYPEN for a Top 15 debut on the Billboard 200 this week, likely higher! Streaming and digital WILL help rise!
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📈 Early industry predictions have ATEEZ's 'The World EP.1: #MOVEMENT' moving 37,000 album units this week (with 35k from sales, 2k from streaming and digital)
This should set ATEEZ up for a Top 10 debut on the Billboard 200 this week! Streaming and digital are key now!
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ITZY annocouned as global brand ambassador for Singaporean luxury fashion house @Charles_Keith!
"We're so excited for this new relationship as we'll be able to show our unique chemistry and the many new sides of ITZY with the brand," @ITZYofficial says in a statement twitter.com/Charles_Keith/…
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📈 Early industry chatter has ATEEZ's THE WORLD EP.1 #MOVEMENT on track to be the group's best debut week in America and on the Billboard charts to date
I'll update when I have solid numbers
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RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT!!!
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J-Hope an actual star on stage at @lollapalooza, truly owning the stage on his own with a band, #ARMY filling the audience and showing off a new side of himself. Amazing to watch #HOBIPALOOZA
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They did it!! @pledis_17 earns its highest-charting album to date and first Top 5 entry on the @billboard 200 as #SECTOR17 debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 with 34,000 equivalent album units earned! Well done, #Carats!
Full story here: billboard.com/music/chart-be…
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‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ twitter.com/SB19Official/s…
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🥳🥳🥳🥳 hope to have good news to share with #BLINKs soon! twitter.com/BBU_BLACKPINK/…
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Surprise! #STAYweeK2022 ends with a new mixtape track from @Stray_Kids!
Check out "Mixtape : Time Out" here: billboard.com/music/pop/stra…
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IT'S TIME: @BLACKPINK's comeback is officially underway with...
-August single
-September album
-October tour kickoff
READY? twitter.com/ygent_official…
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Sounds like a surefire radio hit
Jungkook's "Left and Right" with Charlie Puth is already in the Top 25 on the Pop Songs airplay chart, is he about to have a second track rising over U.S. radio?! twitter.com/ItsBennyBlanco…
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In a very close race, updated industry predictions have Seventeen rising into the Top 5 of the Billboard 200 with 34,000+ albums earned (31,500+ albums sold) with the release of #SECTOR17
The final numbers should be out Sunday! Fingers crossed for a big chart moment!
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NYC: Where you going to get your physical @ATEEZofficial albums? So many options now I gotta know what's the best stop and where people will be!
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A musical moment to show the power of artistic admiration and a K-pop co-signs: @BebeRexha's remix of "Break My Heart Myself" with @ITZYofficial's Yeji and Ryujin is one of my favorite stories of the year and I love this new friendship!
More thoughts:
billboard.com/music/pop/itzy…
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More than any @ATEEZofficial album, #MOVEMENT has the most songs that could be title tracks I would say, that's what stands out the most. Sector 1, Cyberpunk, New World all sound like singles. So much clear effort!
But #Guerrilla is a beastly title track, another side of ATEEZ! twitter.com/yunhojagiya/st…
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24 hours til the next @ATEEZofficial era starts!!! This one's going to be BIG 💥 twitter.com/ATEEZofficial/…
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Another crossover moment for @OfficialMonstaX: The guys with @SamFeldtMusic for "Late Night Feels" is the fun pop track for summer
Check out Sam, I.M, Minhyuk, Joohoney, Kihyun and Hyungwon on the cover of @TIDAL's New Arrivals: Global Pop: tidal.com/playlist/defac…
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That being said, the world NEEDS an @NCTsmtown_DREAM world tour one day
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So glad @XH_official is back with a mini album, can't wait to see their career develop with #HelloWorld is a great start to dive into their world that's clearly going to experiment with lots of different rock styles
Xdinary Heroes on the cover of @TIDAL's Rock x K-Pop playlist:
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Thanks for sharing your @TIDAL cover, ASTRO! If you haven't heard their new @into__universe single in Master Quality Audio @MQAMusic, you're missing out!!
🎧:tidal.com/playlist/58b26… twitter.com/ASTRO_Staff/st…
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📈 Early industry predictions have 'Sector 17' earning about 26,500 units this week (25,000 from sales) which should be enough to send Seventeen back into the Top 20 of the Billboard 200, very possibly the Top 10. Streaming is a key factor to earn more to secure it!
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