BIGBANG joins the Coachella 2026 lineup for April 12 and 19 performances, fulfilling a long-delayed promise for K-pop's most influential second-generation group on their 20th anniversary.
BLACKPINK made chart history on the Billboard Hot 100 with "JUMP." Released on July 11, 2025, the lead single from their third Korean EP DEADLINE debuted at No....
ENHYPEN's seventh mini album THE SIN : VANISH debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 the week of January 27, 2026, with 122,000 equivalent album units — the grou...
XG released their first full-length album, THE CORE - 核, on January 23, marking the Japanese group's most ambitious statement since their 2022 debut. The releas...
Kim Seon Ho and Ko Yoon-jung's Netflix drama reached global #1 non-English within two weeks of its January 2026 premiere. "Can This Love Be Translated?" became...
CORTIS's 17-week Billboard run, 8.22M Spotify listeners, and first K-pop NBA headliner slot reveal a debut-year strategy built on consistency rather than viral peaks.
"APT." by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars earned three Grammy nominations in the 2026 general field, marking the first time a K-pop act had competed in the Recording Academ...
In 2025, four K-pop acts simultaneously ranked in the top 40 of Billboard's global concert tour chart. Stray Kids, SEVENTEEN, j-hope, and ENHYPEN collectively d...
ENHYPEN closed 2025 having performed at Coachella, released their third double-million seller, and ranked fourth on the IFPI Global Album Sales Chart. The group...
IVE's "EMPATHY" ranked ninth on the 2025 IFPI Global Album Sales Chart — the only girl group in the top ten. The album sold 1.49 million units worldwide, comple...
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...
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...