NewJeans: Photos From the Billboard Women In Music Cover Shoot

Because the 5 members of NewJeans file gracefully down the steps at their Billboard picture shoot in Seoul, they greet me with vivid smiles and real greetings of “Good to satisfy you.” Just some days prior, the exploding Okay-pop lady group gained artist of the yr and music of the yr at each the Melon Music Awards and MAMA Awards, two of South Korea’s most prestigious music prizes — and simply two of the roughly 10 awards reveals they attended and carried out at within the nation this previous December and early January. But regardless of the hectic schedule of winter awards season there, they exude heat and enthusiasm.

That infectious vitality has endeared the ladies of NewJeans — Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and Hyein, who vary in age from 16 to 19 — to followers each in South Korea and worldwide. Since debuting in July 2022, NewJeans has swiftly ascended to the highest of the Okay-pop pantheon. Six of its eight launched singles have reached No. 1 or No. 2 on South Korea’s dominant streaming measure, the Circle Digital Chart. The act has made inroads on a number of Billboard charts as properly, together with three prime 10 hits on the World 200 and 4 on the World Excl. U.S. chart, 5 entries on the Billboard Scorching 100 and 6 prime 10s on World Digital Tune Gross sales (the highest-reaching was “Tremendous Shy,” peaking at No. 2 final July). The group’s songs have gained 931.6 million official U.S. on-demand streams, based on Luminate.

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