With all seven BTS members discharged by June 2025, the group is deep in studio preparation for a March 2026 comeback — K-pop's most anticipated return since the group's 2022 hiatus.
GOT7's Jinyoung releases 'Christmas Fever' on Dec 10, 2025 — a first special single under H1GHR MUSIC that suggests a creative repositioning beyond the idol framework.
Daesung releases 'HANDO-CHOGUA' on Dec 10, 2025 — a G-Dragon co-written trot single featuring TWICE's Sana, 17 years after his genre-defining 'Look at Me, Gwisoon.'
Billboard confirmed on December 9, 2025, that ROSÉ and Bruno Mars' "APT." had ranked ninth on the 2025 Billboard Year-End Hot 100. The placement made ROSÉ the f...
NCT's Doyoung released 'Promise' the day after enlisting — and the ballad went on to win Music Core without a single promotional appearance.
KBS Gayo Daechukje (Dec 19), MBC Gayo Daejejeon, and SBS Gayo Daejeon (Dec 25) — lineups, dates, venues, and streaming guide for all three year-end festivals.
WayV's first winter special album tops both Hanteo and QQ Music charts simultaneously, demonstrating the group's unique dual-market strength.
TWICE announced three nights at Tokyo's Japan National Stadium for April 2026, becoming the first non-Japanese artist to headline the iconic Olympic venue.
Spotify released its 2025 Wrapped data on December 3. The K-pop numbers confirmed what the year's chart performance had already been suggesting: the genre's glo...
Stray Kids claim their eighth No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with DO IT, the chart dated December 6, 2025 confirming a record that rewrites 70 years of chart histor...
Im Siwan releases his first solo mini-album 'The Reason' after 15 years, bringing the same artistic intentionality from Misaeng and Squid Game to his music debut.
Stray Kids' "KARMA" sold 3.49 million copies worldwide in 2025. That number placed it first among all K-pop releases on the IFPI Global Album Sales Chart — and...