EXO's eighth studio album REVERXE closed its first week with 907,976 Hanteo copies — just under a million, confirming the group's commercial position at six-mem...
EXO's eighth studio album REVERXE crossed one million copies without CBX — but first-day sales were down 75% from EXIST. A comprehensive review of the music, the lawsuit, and EXO's uncertain future.
i-dle released "Mono (Feat. skaiwater)" on January 27, 2026, and the single's immediate chart performance confirmed the group's post-rebrand commercial standing...
BLACKPINK closed their DEADLINE World Tour on January 26, ending a seven-month run with 1.6 million total attendees at a 100% sellout rate. The 33-show, 16-city...
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...
Netflix's 'Can This Love Be Translated?' topped the global Top 10 chart within two weeks of its January 16 premiere, powered by Hong Sisters writing and Kim Seon-ho's return to leading-man status.