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Drive To The Starry Road
''Drive to the Starry Road'' is the third Korean-language studio album by South Korean boy band Astro, released on May 16, 2022, through Fantagio Music. It was released alongside the music video for the lead single "Candy Sugar Pop". The album debuted at number one on the Gaon Album Chart and number 10 on the Oricon Albums Chart The Oricon Albums Chart is the Japanese music industry standard albums popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Oricon originally published LP, CT, Cartridge and CD charts prior to the establishment of the Oricon Albu .... Commercial performance ''Drive to the Starry Road'' topped the Gaon Retail Album Chart in its first week of release, selling 142,379 copies in retail stores across South Korea. Track listing Charts Weekly charts Monthly charts Year-end charts References {{Astro (South Korean band) 2022 albums Astro (South Korean band) albums Korean-language albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astro (South Korean Band)
Astro () is a South Korean boy band formed by Fantagio that debuted in 2016. The group is composed of six members: MJ (South Korean singer), MJ, Jinjin, Cha Eun-woo, Moon Bin, Rocky (singer), Rocky and Yoon San-ha. They debuted with the single "Hide & Seek" from their debut EP ''Spring Up'', and were subsequently named by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' as one of the best new K-pop groups of 2016. Career Pre-debut The members of Astro were known as iTeen Boys while training as part of Fantagio iTeen, a rookie talent development program under the management agency Fantagio. The group's name and members were announced in August 2015. That month, they starred in a web drama series titled ''To Be Continued''. The web drama featured the members as themselves, as well as Kim Sae-ron, Seo Kang-joon, and Hello Venus. In January 2016, Astro starred in their own reality show, ''Astro OK! Ready'', which was aired on MBC Every1 at 7PM KST. 2016: Debut, finding success and rising popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moonbin
Moon Bin (; born January 26, 1998), known professionally as Moonbin, is a South Korean singer, actor, dancer and model under the label of Fantagio. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Astro and its sub-unit Moonbin & Sanha. Early life Moon Bin was born on January 26, 1998, in Cheongju, Chungbuk Province. He attended and graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School, with focus in Practical Music. He has a younger sister, Moon Sua, who was a former YG Trainee and finalist of the second season of rap competition ''Unpretty Rapstar''. On November 10, 2021, she debuted in the girl group Billlie under Mystic Story, a subsidiary of SM Entertainment. Career 2006–2015: Pre-debut Under the influence of his mother, Moon Bin debuted as a child model and ulzzang in 2004. His first known appearance was in 2006, where he appeared in TVXQ's music video for their song "Balloons" portraying a mini U-Know Yunho. In 2009, he had his first acting role in the Korean drama ''Boys over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Albums
For lists of 2022 albums, see: * List of 2022 albums (January–June) * List of 2022 albums (July–December) {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Chart
The Circle Chart (), previously known as the Gaon Music Chart or the Gaon Chart (), tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in South Korea. It is produced by the Korea Music Content Association and sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Founded in 2010. History Gaon Chart was launched in February 2010 by the Korea Music Content Association, under the sponsorship of the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with the aim to create a domestic national chart similar to the ''Billboard'' charts of the United States and the Oricon charts of Japan. The word ''gaon'', which means "middle" or "center" in Korean, was chosen to represent fairness and reliability. The chart started tracking sales from the beginning of that year. A small awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the launch ceremony on February 23, at the Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. Girl group Girls' Generation was awarded the Top Artist of January, boy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle Album Chart
The Circle Album Chart, previously known as the Gaon Album Chart, is a record chart ranking the 100 most popular albums, extended plays and single albums in South Korea based on their pure sales. It is a part of the Circle Chart, previously known as the Gaon Chart. It compiles shipments in weekly, monthly and year-end format with detailed album sales. History The Gaon Album Chart was launched as a part of the Gaon Chart in February 2010 by Korea Music Content Association and South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) is a central government agency responsible for the areas of tourism, culture, art, religion, and sports. It has two vice ministers, three assistant ministers, one commission, and .... In February 2011, Gaon Chart published information on both online and offline albums sales of 2010, including a detailed breakdown of online chart data and was the first time that offline album sales was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan and Western music. It started as, which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter's Oricon record charts in April 2002. The charts are compiled from data drawn from some 39,700 retail outlets (as of April 2011) and provide sales rankings of music CDs, DVDs, electronic games, and other entertainment products based on weekly tabulations. Results are announced every Tuesday and published in ''Oricon Style'' by subsidiary Oricon Entertainment Inc. The group also lists panel survey-based popularity ratings for television commercials on its official website. Oricon started publishing Combined Chart, which includes CD sales, digital sales, and streaming together, on December 19, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Japan
''Billboard Japan'' is a sister organization of the U.S.-based music magazine ''Billboard''. It is operated by the Japanese Osaka-based company Hanshin Contents Link (a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway), holding an exclusive licence from ''Billboard''s parent company to the Billboard brand name in Japan,"Hanshin Contents Link, the operator of Billboard Japan": and manages, among others, the website www.billboard-japan.com and several "Billboard Live"-branded music clubs located in the country. In February 2008, Hanshin Contents Link, under licence from ''Billboard'', launched the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 music chart. As of 2016, the list of charts compiled by ''Billboard Japan'' also includes an albums chart named ''Billboard Japan'' Hot Albums, sales-only-based charts Top Singles Sales, Top Albums Sales, Top Jazz Albums Sales, and Top Classical Albums Sales, a radio-airplay chart named Radio Songs, an animation music Animation music is original music written specifically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoon San-ha
Yoon San-ha (Korean: 윤산하; Hanja: 尹產賀; born March 21, 2000), known mononymously as Sanha, is a South Korean singer, actor, and model under the label of Fantagio. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Astro and its sub-unit Moonbin & Sanha. Early life Yoon San-ha was born on March 21, 2000. He graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School in 2019. He is the youngest in his family. Sanha has 2 older brothers. Career 2013–15: Career beginnings Yoon was accepted as a Fantagio trainee on December 16, 2012. He was the third trainee to be officially introduced with the Fantagio Photo Test Cut. In August 2015, Yoon along with the other members of his group participated in the web-drama ''To Be Continued''. 2016–present: Debut with Astro, Solo activities Yoon debuted as part of the six-member group Astro on February 23, 2016, with the mini album ''Spring Up''. In July 2018, Yoon was chosen as a host for the teenager focused talk show — Yogobara. He hoste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky (singer)
Park Min-hyuk (; born February 25, 1999), better known by his stage name Rocky (), is a South Korean dancer, rapper, singer, actor, and composer under the label of Fantagio. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Astro, being the main dancer and lead rapper. He is also a member of the Astro sub-unit Jinjin & Rocky. Early life Rocky was born on February 25, 1999, in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. He attended and graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School with a focus on Practical Music. He has a younger brother, Park Jeong-geun, who is a member of an upcoming boy group Haww under Biscuit Entertainment. Career 2010–2015: Pre debut In 2010 in the fifth grade of elementary school, Rocky participated in the audition for the musical ''Billy Elliot''. In the same year, he became trainee under Fantagio Music. Rocky had been a contestant of ''Korea's Got Talent'' in 2011. Rocky was the first trainee who has been introduced into i-Teen project, ''Lotte Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cha Eun-woo
Lee Dong-min (; born March 30, 1997), known professionally as Cha Eun-woo (), is a South Korean singer, actor, and model under the label Fantagio. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Astro. Early life Cha Eun-woo was born on March 30, 1997, in the city of Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province. He attended Suri Middle School and Suri High School before graduating from Hanlim Multi Art School in 2016. He is currently attending Sungkyunkwan University, majoring in performing arts. Career 2013–2015: Career beginnings Cha debuted as an actor with a minor role in the film ''My Brilliant Life''. He was the fourth trainee to be officially introduced with the Fantagio iTeen Photo Test Cut. In August 2015, Cha, along with the other members of Astro, participated in the web-drama ''To Be Continued''. 2016–present: Debut with Astro, solo activities and rising popularity Astro debuted on February 23, 2016, with the EP ''Spring Up''. In August, Cha participated in the Chuseok spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-pop
K-pop (), short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture. It includes styles and genres from around the world, such as pop, hip hop, R&B, experimental, rock, jazz, gospel, reggae, electronic dance, folk, country, disco, and classical on top of its traditional Korean music roots. The term "K-pop" became popular in the 2000s, especially in the international context. The Korean term for domestic pop music is ''gayo'' (), which is still widely used within South Korea. While "K-pop" can refer to all popular music or pop music from South Korea, it is colloquially often used in a ''narrower'' sense for any Korean music and artists associated with the entertainment and idol industry in the country, regardless of the genre. The more modern form of the genre, originally termed "rap dance", emerged with the formation of the hip hop boy band Seo Taiji and Boys, in 1992. Their experimentation with different sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinjin
__FORCETOC__ Park Jin-woo (; born March 15, 1996), better known by his stage name Jinjin (Hangul: 진진) is a South Korean rapper, singer, composer, dancer, and model. He debuted as the leader of the South Korean boy group Astro on February 23, 2016, under the label Fantagio. He is also a member of the duo Jinjin & Rocky. Early life Jinjin was born on March 15, 1996, in Seoul, South Korea. He attended and graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School with a focus on Practical Dance. He attended NY Dance Academy in Ilsan and participated in various dance competitions. Career 2015: Pre-debut Jinjin was a trainee for 2 years in Fantagio before debuting with Astro. He was the 5th trainee to be officially introduced with thFantagio iTeen Photo Test Cut Before their debut, Jinjin along with the other 5 members of Astro had starred in a web-drama To Be Continued. 2016-2021: Debut with Astro and solo activities Jinjin debuted as part of the 6-member boy group Astro on February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
