[K-POP Weekly HOT NEWS🔥] _ 3rd Week of January

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1. Golden Disc Awards – BTS Album 1st Prize, IU Digital Music 1st Prize

: BTS and IU were selected as the grand prize winners at the '36th Golden Disc Awards' held on the 8th.

: BTS' 'BE' album, released last year, sold 372,4898 copies, setting the record for the most sales as a single album. With that record, BTS once again won the grand prize in the album category, winning the grand prize for 5 consecutive years from the 32nd to the 36th.

: IU won the grand prize in the music category for the third time after the 32nd and 35th, and this year, she won the general award in the album category at the Golden Disc for the first time since her debut. With this, IU, who captured both the album and the music category, proved her power.

#BTS #IU #GoldenDiscAwards #1stPrize

2. ATEEZ – Successful end of offline concert after 2 years

: The Seoul performance to announce the start of the 2022 ATEEZ world tour ‘THE FELLOWSHIP: BEGINNING OF THE END’ was held at the Olympic Hall in Olympic Park, Seoul for three days from the 7th to the 9th. This is an offline concert held for the first time in two years since the world tour held in 2020, and over 6,000 people gathered for three days to realize the hot popularity of ATEEZ.

: In this performance, the shouting of the audience was prohibited due to the Covid-19 quarantine guidelines. In order to fill the empty space caused by this, ATEEZ prepared special castanets as a cheering tool that can be used instead of shouting, and gathered attention. ATEEZ's fan 'ATINY' actively used the sound of Castanets to express their cheers and feelings towards ATEEZ. In the interim section, the members were moved to tears by the fans' sound of castanets and the slogan event.

: This concert consisted of about 3 hours of colorful performances, featuring 'Take Me Home' and 'ROCKY', which were released for the first time. Starting with this Seoul concert, ATEEZ plans to continue their world tour concerts in five US states and six European countries.

#ATEEZ #WorldTourConcert #ATINY

3. 4 OMEGA X members confirmed Covid-19

: On the 9th, members of the boy group OMEGA X, JAE HAN, HAN GYEOM, JE HYUN, and JUNG HOON, were tested positive for Covid-19.

: It seems that the breakthrough infection occurred after all the members had completed up to the 3rd vaccine, and said that there were no abnormalities other than a mild headache. After the other members and staff tested negative, they are implementing self-quarantine according to quarantine guidelines.

: Due to this, Omega X plans to stop all activities for two weeks and focus on recovering health, four days after the release of the 2nd mini album on the 5th.

#OMEGAX #Covid19

4. Stray Kids – 2nd fan meeting scheduled for February

: Stray Kids will hold their second official fan meeting on February 12th and 13th.

: In Stray Kids “STEP OUT 2022” posted on the official SNS channel on January 1st, an offline fan meeting plan was announced, raising the expectations of fans around the world. In the fan meeting poster released on the 7th, unlike the appearance on the stage where the existing intense performance was shown, a soft image was produced with the concept of a chocolate factory, foretelling a sweet time to spend with fans.

: Stray Kids’ second fan meeting ‘SKZ’S CHOCOLATE FACTORY’ will be held at the Olympic Hall in Olympic Park, Seoul, and on the 13th, an offline fan meeting and an online paid live broadcast will be held.

#StrayKids #2ndFanMeeting #SKZ #CHOCOLATEFACTORY

5. TREASURE – Comeback teaser released on February 15th

: YG Entertainment's boy group 'TREASURE' has confirmed their comeback on February 15th with the mini album 'THE SECOND STEP: CHAPTER ONE'. This is their first comeback in about a year since their first full-length album ‘THE FIRST STEP: TREASRE EFFECT’, which was released in January 2021.

: In the motion teaser video posted through YG Entertainment's official SNS, the 12 dots symbolizing each member are connected into one and transform into mysterious shapes such as jewels and lights, raising the fans' expectations.

: TREASURE has established itself as a global rising star by recording sales of over 1 million copies with 4 albums released in about 5 months since their debut in 2020.

#TREASURE #boygroup #Comeback #YGEntertainment