[K-enter] BLACKPINK's Rosé nominated for 2 American Music Awards

As it is time for some K-entertainment action.

Bella, yesterday we talked about BLACKPINK member Rosé doing so well on the Billboard charts. Today we have some more impressive news on Rosé?

Rosé has been nominated for two American Music Awards.

On Wednesday local time, the AMA, one of the main music awards in the U.S., officially announced this year’s nominations.

Rosé secured two nominations this year-‘Collaboration of the Year’ with Bruno Mars with their hit song “APT.” and ‘Favorite K-Pop Artist.’

She made history as she became the first K-pop artist to receive a nomination for ‘Collaboration of the Year’ at the AMA.

Rosé has continued her long run on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with “APT.” as it remains on the chart for the 26th consecutive week.

Alongside with Rosé, ATEEZ, BTS Jimin and RM, and Stray Kids were nominated for ‘Favorite K-Pop Artist.’

It’s actually ATEEZ’s first time to be nominated for the AMA since their debut.

The 2025 AMA will air live from Las Vegas on May 26th local time.

All awards will be determined by fan voting that will be open until May 15th local time.

I’ll make sure to vote.

Let’s continue with more impressive milestones made by K-pop artists.

This time it’s a group-which group are we talking about?

We are going to talk about NCT WISH.

They have managed to create their first million-seller with their second mini-album “poppop.”

According to the Hanteo Chart, the album, released on April 14th, sold about 1-million 87-thousand copies in the first week, breaking the group's own highest records for both first-week sales and pre-orders.

The album “poppop”'s title track of the same title is a dance-pop song that combines bouncy melodies and the group’s refreshing sensibility.

NCT WISH have shown phenomenal growth from the start, and they have risen to the ranks of million-sellers for the first time in just about a year since their debut.

Very impressive to become a million-seller in less than a year since debut.

For our last story we turn to an upcoming Korean OTT series.

Disney+’s original series, “Nine Puzzles,” just dropped its teaser trailer.

The new series is a mystery thriller that delves into the secrets of a serial murder case that restarted with mysterious puzzle pieces, starring Ina, a profiler and the sole witness of an unsolved case from 10 years ago, and Han-sam, a detective who continues to suspect Ina as a suspect.

“Nine Puzzles” is a collaboration between director Yoon Jong-bin, known for his works “Narco-Saints,” and “The Spy Gone North,” and actors Kim Da-mi and Kim Suk-ku.

The series will be exclusively released on Disney+ in 3 blocks-six episodes on May 21st, three episodes on May 28th, and two episodes on June 4th.

Will look forward to that next month.

Thank you Bella for today’s stories.