K-Pop Archives

Deezer relaunches its K-Pop channel

06/04/2023

Deezer relaunches its K-Pop channel adding new playlists and podcasts to make it the ultimate kpopper destination. K-Pop has become a global sensation, captivating millions of kpoppers (K-pop fans) through music and fashion, and where diversity and inclusion is a given part of the culture. Deezer’s K-pop channel, first started in 2019, is now getting a major upgrade, bringing fans the very best of Korea’s biggest musical export, including new subgenres and emerging artists. BTS, Stray […]

Spotify celebrates one year in South Korea

23/02/2022

Spotify celebrates one year in South Korea and now delivers an average of over 7.97 Bn K-Pop streams globally per month, a 27% increase compared to the year before. Across Spotify’s 184 markets, the top 10 countries whose listeners had discovered Korean artists during the last year were the US, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Germany, UK, Philippines, Japan, and France. Listeners from these countries also went to the K-Pop hub in droves to discover new […]

Spotify launches in South Korea

03/02/2021

Spotify launches in South Korea, the sixth largest music market in the world giving Koreans access to over 60 million tracks and over 4 Bn playlists from around the world. Music lovers in Korea can stream Spotify’s broad music catalogue, spanning everything from the country’s own K-Pop to Latin American reggaeton, European electronic, and more. Korea’s launch brings Spotify’s global footprint to 93 countries and since launching its first K-Pop playlist in 2014, the share […]

Spotify plans to launch in South Korea

22/12/2020

Spotify plans to launch in South Korea with a rollout expected in first half of 2021 according to a recent announcement by the streamer. Since Spotify debuted its first K-Pop playlist in 2014, listeners have streamed more than 180 Bn minutes of the genre and added K-Pop tracks to more than 120 million playlists. In the last six years, the share of K-Pop listening on Spotify has increased by more than 2,000%. Launching in South […]

Spotify delivers 41 Bn K-Pop streams

26/02/2020

Spotify delivers 41 Bn K-Pop streams since January 2014 increasing the genre’s share of listening by more than 1800% according to a recent blog post by the streamer. K-Pop, which originated in South Korea, has taken on a life of its own thanks to East-meets-West collaborations from BTS and US singer-songwriter Halsey, whose ‘Boy With Luv’ track has over 380 million streams. The popularity of the genre continues to grow as more and more fans […]

Deezer launches new ‘Asian Music’ channel

16/07/2019

Deezer launches new ‘Asian Music’ channel with playlists for Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Japan. Asian music is conquering the hearts of fans around the world with the help of bands like BTS and Perfume and the new channel builds on Deezer’s recently launched ‘K-Pop Channel’, which has driven a 157% boom in streams of the genre. The brand new Asian Music channel is now available worldwide and features exclusive and personal playlists from the […]

Deezer launches new K-Pop channel

08/04/2019

Deezer launches new K-Pop channel with exclusive playlists from artists like iKON, Stray Kids and Day6. South Korean boy band, iKON will provide fans with an exclusive Hip Hop playlist filled with their own personal inspirations. iKON commented, “Get ready? Showtime! Hello, Deezer K-Pop Channel fans! This is iKON, thank you for listening to our music in the K-Pop channel. We love iKONIC! Enjoy our music!” Deezer’s new channel will also feature editorial playlists focused on K-Pop and its subgenres. […]