IVE pre-releases "BANG BANG" on February 9, 2026, immediately sweeping all five major Korean streaming charts. The pre-release single from their upcoming second...
BTS announced the ARIRANG World Tour on January 13, 2026 — 79 shows in 34 regions, featuring a 360° stage and $1B+ revenue projections.
ZB1's RE-FLOW special limited album (Feb 2) marks the final nine-member release before four members depart in March 2026, as five members commit to continuing under the ZEROBASEONE name.
HUNTR/X's 'Golden' won Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 68th Grammys — K-pop's first Grammy win, backed by 20.5B Netflix viewing minutes from KPop Demon Hunters.
LATENCY debuted on January 8, 2026 with the single "It Was Love." The five-member girl band comprised alumni of dissolved or restructured groups. Its debut drew...
January 2026 closed as one of the most commercially consequential months in K-pop's recent history. The month delivered EXO's first full-group album in over two...
TWICE opened the North American leg of their "THIS IS FOR" World Tour on January 9, 2026 in Vancouver. Seventeen arena dates would follow through February, with...
SHINee's ONEW concluded the North American leg of his first solo world tour "ONEW THE LIVE: PERCENT (%)" on January 18, 2026 in Atlanta — five U.S. cities compl...
ONEWE's STUDIO WE: Recording #4, released January 30 with 'Ferris wheel,' extends a five-year demo album project that argues process transparency can be a K-band product.
WHIB's first mini-album ROCK THE NATION debuted at ~72K first-week Hanteo copies on Jan 29 — a 36% personal best, as the 7-member group opens their post-Inhong chapter.
Stray Kids led the 2025 Circle Chart annual album sales with 7.1 million+ copies — Korea's highest-ever figure for a single artist in one calendar year. Their a...
BTS's ARIRANG World Tour sold out all 41 North American and European shows on January 24, 2026 — the general sale day. General sale to complete sellout: 20 minu...