Ateez will expand the European leg of its tour to 14 concerts, with two more performances in London and Berlin, according to agency KQ Entertainment Thursday. The band of eight originally planned to visit nine countries in the continent for 12 shows, for the Towards the Light: Will to Power tour. The tour took them to 10 cities in the US and Canada this summer and will resume January next year in France.
Ateez also dropped its fourth Japanese single album “Birthday” on Oct. 2, claiming the No. 2 and 3 spots on Oricon’s Daily and Weekly Single Rankings, respectively.
"Royal," a prerelease from the six-track album featuring Japanese boy band “Be:First,” had topped Weekly Digital Single Ranking. The group's 10th EP “Golden Hour: Part 1” released in May debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the chart for seven weeks in a row, the longest streak for the eight-member team.
BTS’ V goes platinum in Japan V of BTS clinched platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of Japan with his solo album “Layover,” according to the organization Thursday. It is his first solo album to log 250,000 shipments in the country. “Layover” was rolled out in September last year and hit Billboard 200 at No.
2, before spending seven consecutive weeks on the main albums chart, a record for a K-pop solo singer. Prerelease track “Love Me Again” ranked No. 96 on the Billboard Hot 100 while main track “Slow Dancing” claimed No.
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