South Korean boy band BIGBANG will be releasing a new album on the birthday of its youngest member, Seungri, next month, its agency said Tuesday.
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Long March, an album featuring some 150 military generals' portraits was released last week in Beijing.
Festival of Chinese opera features several works devoted to the Monkey King; Shaolin Fez are crowdfunding a charity album in aid of children in Syria; the Fiddlesticks will take kids on a musical journey
Rapper Kanye West made history on Sunday as the creator of the first album to reach number one in the United States mostly through streaming.
Singer and songwriter Leah Dou, daughter of Chinese musicians Faye Wong and Dou Wei, isgoing to release her first original English album "Stone Café" on April 22.
Rapper Kendrick Lamar lead the early winners at Monday's Grammy awards with fouraccolades including one shared with Taylor Swift, while Justin Bieber and Ed Sheerancelebrated their first Grammy wins.
Adele beat all comers on the United States Billboard 200 album charts on Monday with a record-breaking debut for 25, leaving other top acts such as Justin Bieber and British boyband One Direction looking like also-rans.
South Korean boy band Big Bang's best album topped Japan's weekly album chart, the band's management agency said Tuesday. "The Best of Big Bang 2006-2014,"a compilation album featuring the band's hit songs and music videos, ranked first in Japan's Oricon Weekly Album Chart in the first week of its release on Nov. 26, said the YG Entertainment, which manages a stable of popular acts such as"Gangnam Style"rapper Psy and girl group 2NE1.
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