JOOHONEY's second solo mini album INSANITY landed January 5, 2026, and the promotional cycle confirmed what Forbes had noted: the post-military comeback was com...
CNBLUE's third studio album 3LOGY confirms a fact the idol-dominated market has tended to obscure: K-pop's band tradition is commercially viable at the highest...
SEVENTEEN's vocal unit DxS completed their debut promotional cycle on January 24. The cinematic epilogue version of lead single "Blue" released January 19 gener...
Apink took their first music show win for "Love Me More" on January 24's M Countdown. The victory completed a three-week promotional run for their eleventh mini...
ZEROBASEONE released "ROSES" on January 23 as the second pre-release from their farewell album RE-FLOW. The timing amplifies its emotional weight: with 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...
BTS's ARIRANG World Tour presale opened January 22 and crashed queues across 23 countries within hours. North American and European legs sold out entirely befor...
ALPHA DRIVE ONE secured their first music show victory on Show Champion on January 21. The achievement came less than two weeks after their January 12 debut — a...
ENHYPEN's seventh mini album THE SIN : VANISH has rewritten the group's commercial history just five days after its January 16 release. Released January 16, 202...
When BLACKPINK walked off the stage at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium on January 26, 2026, they did not simply conclude a concert tour. They closed the chapter on...
EXO releases their eighth studio album, REVERXE, on January 19, 2026 — debuting with 907,976 first-week copies on the Hanteo Chart and iTunes chart positions in...
BTS announced their ARIRANG comeback on January 4, 2026. Within 72 hours, Seoul flights surged 155%, 4 million pre-orders accumulated in a week, and 82 stadium shows sold out in 20 minutes. The complete analysis of BTS-nomics in 2026.