The Luminate Midyear 2025 Music Report delivers a split verdict on K-pop. Physical album sales are stronger than ever in the US market, while streaming growth h...
BTS's Jungkook reached 18 million Spotify followers on July 26, 2025 — the fastest any Asian solo artist has hit that mark. The milestone arrived alongside conf...
STAYC released their summer special single album "I WANT IT" on July 23, 2025 — and the release confirms what four years of identity-driven work has been buildi...
ATEEZ made K-pop history on July 26, 2025. Their single "In Your Fantasy" debuted at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 — their highest chart position to date — ma...
Stray Kids launched their "KARMA" comeback at midnight on July 25, 2025. Their fourth full-length album trailer became the No. 1 trending YouTube video globally...
Super Junior's 12th studio album "Super Junior25" sold 309,959 copies in its first week on the Hanteo Chart — the highest first-week sales figure in the group's...
MONSTA X completed their 3-day 10th anniversary concert 'CONNECT X' at the KSPO Dome, Seoul (July 18-20, 2025), marking the first full-member reunion performance in approximately four years.
BLACKPINK made history twice in one week. Their comeback single "JUMP," released July 4, 2025, debuted at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart dated Jul...
TOMORROW X TOGETHER set a new career commercial record on July 21, 2025. Their fourth Korean studio album "The Star Chapter: TOGETHER" sold approximately 1.43 m...
The animated Netflix film 'KPop Demon Hunters' generated fictional acts Saja Boys and Huntrix that topped the US Spotify chart in July 2025, surpassing BTS and BLACKPINK with over 500 million views.
SEVENTEEN's fifth studio album 'HAPPY BURSTDAY' sold 2.52 million copies in its first week on the Hanteo Chart, becoming the best-selling K-pop studio album released in 2025.
Jackson Wang's third studio album 'MAGICMAN 2' debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200 — the highest chart position ever achieved by a Chinese recording artist, extending his own record set in 2022.