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K-pop bands play at Saudi Arabia’s KCON Music Festival

KCON Music Festival
  • The KCON Music Festival was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Korean musicians performed in a variety of lineups.
  • The first day featured performances by THE BOYZ, Sunmi, Rain, PENTAGON, P1Harmony, and SECRET NUMBER.

The KCON Music Festival’s star-studded gala night was held in Saudi Arabia for the first time ever.

This past weekend, the KCON Music Festival 2022 was hosted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

On September 30 and October 1, the well-known South Korean band played at KCON.

At KCON 2022 Saudi Arabia, Korean musicians performed in a variety of lineups.

The first day featured performances by THE BOYZ, Sunmi, Rain, PENTAGON, P1Harmony, and SECRET NUMBER, while the second day featured ATEEZ, NewJeans, Hyolyn, STAYC, ONEUS, and TO1.

For those who are unaware, CJ E&M organises the KCON festival every year. It was first held in Los Angeles, California, and has since spread to eleven other nations.

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BLACKPINK has surpassed BTS in the best K-pop singer rankings for 2022

BLACKPINK
  • Blackpink surpassed BTS to take the top spot for August, raising her score by 213.47 points from July.
  • BTS, on the other hand, came in second position and boosted their score by only 38.84% since last month.
  • the result was calculated after collecting huge data from July 27 to August 27 based on media coverage, public contact, communication, and community awareness indices.

The Korean Business Research Institute presented a list of the finest K-pop singers this month, as reported on August 27.

According to Soompi’s statistics, Blackpink surpassed BTS to take the top spot for August, raising her score by 213.47 points from July.

BTS, on the other hand, came in second position and boosted their score by only 38.84% since last month.

Singer Lim Young Woong, on the other side, came in third place.

With an improving mark of 81.64%, IVE remained in fourth place for August, and IU remained in the top five of the list.

According to the institution, the result was calculated after collecting huge data from July 27 to August 27 based on media coverage, public contact, communication, and community awareness indices.

Check out the top 10 band list:

  1. BLACKPINK
  2. BTS
  3. Lim Young Woong
  4. IVE
  5. IU
  6. SEVENTEEN
  7. Lee Chan Won
  8. NewJeans
  9. Young Tak
  10. PSY

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BTS will “continue to be active in numerous formats”: HYBE explains

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