Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
BTS plays its only German tour dates, July 11 and 12 at Munich's Allianz Arena, as part of the "Arirang" World Tour — the group's first time headlining the venue.
Jul 11, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
South Korea's Culture Ministry is doubling support for small K-pop agencies to roughly $12 million next year, but the funding remains a fraction of the 29-to-1 production-spending gap between the Big Four labels and everyone else.
Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 09, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 08, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 07, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 07, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 07, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 07, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 06, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Jul 06, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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.
Aug 04, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah
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Aug 03, 2026 PM EDT - Hannah
CONCERTS - Dec 31, 1969 PM EST - Hannah
K-WAVE - Dec 31, 1969 PM EST - Hannah
K-WAVE - Dec 31, 1969 PM EST - Hannah
K-WAVE - Dec 31, 1969 PM EST - Hannah
