K-pop boy group NCT WISH's fourth EP "I SPY" topped South Korea's weekly album charts after selling more than 1.2 million copies on its first day, SM Entertainment said Thursday. The six-track album, released Oct. 12, ranked No. 1 on Circle Chart's weekly album and retail album charts. It also topped Hanteo Chart's weekly album ranking. The first-day sales made "I SPY" the group's fourth consecutive million-sel

Lee Soo-man, the septuagenarian pioneer of K-pop, did not retire from the idol business when he sold his stake in SM Entertainment in 2023. Three years after leaving the company he founded, he is back with two new groups, a familiar production formula and a fresh pitch for taking it global. The market has given him an early hearing. A2O LITE, a nine-member girl group introduced alongside the 15-member boy group A2O SOUL, topped Melon’s Top 100

Korean-American singer-songwriter Ejae, who earned global spotlight for her songs in Netflix's hit animated film "K-Pop Demon Hunters," tied the knot with music producer and composer Sam Kim in Seoul over the weekend. According to U.S. fashion magazine Vogue on Monday, the couple held a private outdoor wedding in northern Seoul last Saturday. They had originally planned to marry in California in November but later changed their plans. The w

K-pop acts swept the top four spots in Asia's concert revenue rankings, led by boy band SEVENTEEN, which raked in US$97.4 million in ticket sales, according to U.S. concert industry publication Pollstar. SEVENTEEN sold 661,088 tickets during the 12-month period from August 2025 through July 2026, topping Pollstar's Asia Focus Top Touring Artists chart. Girl group TWICE ranked second with $76.2 million, followed by TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) with $

K-pop boy band TVXQ's member Max Changmin will release his first solo album in nearly five years Monday, returning with a six-track EP that he helped produce, SM Entertainment said. His third mini-album, "All Of My Life," will be released at 6 p.m., four years and nine months after his previous solo album. The title track of the same name is a pop-rock song built around Changmin's vocals, with lyrics about continuing forward through dif

K-pop juggernaut BTS became the first group in the world to surpass 10 billion Spotify streams in a single year, their agency BigHit Music said on Friday. The septet's combined streams for their songs and other music videos this year have more than doubled from 4.5 billion in 2025. Their fifth studio album "ARIRANG," released in March, has generated more than 5 billion streams alone, making it Spotify's most-streamed album of the year.

K-pop boy group RIIZE's member Anton will launch a six episode podcast exclusively on Spotify next week, SM Entertainment said Thursday. The podcast, titled "TON-AIR," will debut at noon of Oct. 20, with new episodes to be released every other Tuesday. Anton will use music as the central theme of the program, responding to listeners' stories and recommending songs based on each episode's topic. He also created the podcast's

Rosé of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will perform at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)'s annual gala early next month, the museum said on Tuesday. She was invited to the museum's Art+Film Gala, co-chaired by LACMA trustee Eva Chow and Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio in sponsorship with luxury fashion house Gucci and automaker Audi. Now in its 15th year, this year's event will take place on Nov. 7 and honor American visual ar

The Melon Music Awards has finalized a 26-act lineup featuring aespa, IVE and a reunited I.O.I for its first two-day event in November, Kakao Entertainment said Wednesday. The annual K-pop awards ceremony will take place at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul on Nov. 14 and 15, with 14 acts performing on the first day and 12 on the second. The 11 newly announced performers include I.O.I, aespa, IVE, CORTIS, KiiiKiii, Dragon Pony, HANA, IDID, AEN, TUIDE an