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Evan (GRAMMY Museum)

Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

Evan Is Bringing His Solo Debut to the Grammy Museum

Evan, formerly ENHYPEN's Heeseung, will perform and discuss his solo debut single "Ride or Die" at the Grammy Museum's "Spotlight" series on Aug. 14, Belift Lab confirmed.

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Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

K-Pop Just Sold 49.5 Million Physical Albums in Six Months

K-pop's global physical album sales reached a first-half record of 49.5 million copies in 2026, up 23.4% year over year, with Hanteo Chart crediting BTS's return and a wide spread of million-seller releases.

LE SSERAFIM's Pureflow Tour (Source Music)

Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

LE SSERAFIM's Pureflow Tour Opens in Two Days. It's a 32-Show, 23-City Run.

LE SSERAFIM opens its 32-show "PUREFLOW" World Tour July 11-12 in Incheon, with confirmed North American dates starting Sept. 16 and the group's first full European leg in October.

WINWIN (@wwiinn_7)

Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

Winwin Is Leaving NCT. He's the Third Member Out This Year.

Winwin's exclusive contract with SM Entertainment ends July 9, making him the third NCT member to leave the agency in 2026, following Mark Lee and Ten in April.

KATSEYE (Hybe, Geffen Records)

Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

KATSEYE Just Did Something No Girl Group Has Done in 21 Years

KATSEYE's "BEAUTIFUL CHAOS" has spent 53 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200, making it the first female group album to chart for a full year since the Pussycat Dolls' "PCD" in 2005.

BTS Arirang Tour in London (Bighit Music)

Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

BTS Arirang World Tour in London — Seven Years Late, Worth Every One of Them

A review of BTS's July 6 "Arirang" World Tour show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, their first London concerts in seven years, built on official documentation and firsthand press accounts of the sold-out night.

Kpop Demon hunters (from Netflix Official)

Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

A Cartoon Made More Money for K-Pop Than K-Pop Did

South Korea's 2025 Hallyu export report shows music exports grew 84% while games declined 8% — a shift the government's own data attributes largely to "KPop Demon Hunters," a Netflix film built outside the traditional K-pop industry.

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Jul 07, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

Danielle's Side Just Called ADOR's Court Claims a "Distortion"

Danielle's legal team issued a July 6 statement denying ADOR's court claim that she signed a dual contract tied to Chinese capital, calling it a distortion of an unrelated 2025 event.

SEVENTEEN's Jeonghan and Joshua (@hypejackmag)

Jul 07, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

SEVENTEEN's Jeonghan and Joshua Are Getting Their Own Unit. It's Been 10 Years Coming.

Pledis Entertainment confirmed SEVENTEEN's Jeonghan and Joshua will debut as a new sub-unit with an album targeted for October, following Jeonghan's June 25 military discharge.

IVE Concert (Starship Ent)

Jul 07, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

IVE North America Tour 2026: First-Ever Canada Show Begins in Toronto This Month

IVE's "SHOW WHAT I AM" World Tour opens its North American leg July 21 in Toronto — the group's first-ever Canadian show — running through eight cities before wrapping August 9 in Vancouver.

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Jul 07, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

K-Pop Taught Southeast Asia How to Build Pop Stars. Now the Region Doesn't Need It.

Local artists now dominate Spotify's weekly top 10 across Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, a shift data shows accelerating since 2021 — evidence that Southeast Asia has absorbed K-pop's production methods well enough to no longer need the genre itself.

BTS Arirang Tour in Madrid (@btsmadrid_fbase)

Jul 06, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

BTS Sold Out Three Chile Stadium Shows. The Government Never Approved the Venue.

Chile's National Sports Institute has declined to authorize BTS's October Santiago stadium shows over stage-related field damage concerns, sparking fan protests even though all three nights sold out months ago.

ATEEZ (from Official Insta)

Jul 06, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

ATEEZ Just Became the Most Top-10 Billboard 200 Group of the Decade

ATEEZ's "GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, giving the group nine top-10 albums this decade — the most of any group — and a career-high sales week.

Straykids (JYP Ent.)

Jul 06, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

Stray Kids Now Have Six Billion-Stream Albums. Only BTS Has More.

Stray Kids' "ODDINARY" and "ATE" have each surpassed 1 billion Spotify streams, giving the group six billion-stream albums — second only to BTS among K-pop acts — days before their "RUN IT" World Tour opens.

Kard (kard.kr)

Jul 06, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

KARD's Farewell Tour Just Got a Reason to Watch Every Date. Europe Tickets Are Already On Sale.

KARD's "DRIFT" World Tour is now a farewell run following the group's July 6 disbandment announcement, with September European tickets already on sale and a London date confirmed for Sept. 13.

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