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KATSEYE (@billboard_korea)

Aug 24, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

KATSEYE's 'WILD' Debuts at No. 1. It's the Biggest Girl Group Opening Since 2008.

KATSEYE's third EP, "WILD," debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 170,000 units, the biggest week for an all-woman group's album since 2008, as the HYBE-Geffen act's Wildworld Tour opens Sept. 1 in Dublin.

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Aug 24, 2026 AM EDT - Hannah

HYBE Bet It Could Export the K-Pop Factory, Not Just K-Pop. KATSEYE Just Cashed the Check.

KATSEYE's Billboard 200 No. 1 validates HYBE's "multi-home, multi-genre" strategy of exporting the K-pop production system abroad, even as the same promise of label autonomy is being tested in a Seoul courtroom over the NewJeans-ADOR dispute.

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