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Tomorrow X Together will host concerts in Seoul from Feb. 27 to March 1 in celebration of its seventh debut anniversary, announced label Big Hit Music. The five-member group will also broadcast the performances online to mark the occasion with as many fans as possible. At the upcoming event, dubbed “TXT Moa Con,” fan-favorites will be "reimagined with the energy of a live band," according to Big Hit Music. Moa is the name of the group's official fandom. Meanwhile, TXT begins the Asian leg of Act

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After years of growth driven by physical album sales, the K-pop industry is now undergoing a major structural shift. While album sales have declined from their peak, overall revenue continues to expand as companies diversify into concerts, merch sales and paid fan services, reshaping the role of physical albums. Rather than signaling a downturn, industry officials describe the change as a move away from volume-based sales toward participation-driven consumption, where albums function less as music carriers and more as gateways to fan engagement. According to the Circle Chart, cumulative album sales for the top 400 releases in 2025 reached about 90.9 million units through November, down roughly 2.56 million from the same period a year earlier. The long-cited benchmark of 100 million albums sold annually, once treated as a symbolic marker of K-pop’s expansion, has now fallen short for a second consecutive year. Boy band Stray Kids led album sales with nearly 7 million units, followed by Seventeen, NCT Wish, ENHYPEN, BOYNEXTDOOR and ZeroBaseOne. While leading acts continue to post multim

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The legal dispute between Belift Lab and former Ador CEO Min Hee-jin over plagiarism allegations involving girl groups Illit and NewJeans escalated Friday, as both sides sharply disagreed over whether Min’s public remarks constituted defamation or protected opinion. During the fifth hearing of a damages lawsuit held at the Seoul Central District Court, Belift Lab argued that Min’s plagiarism claims amounted to a calculated attempt to damage the company and its artists through what it described a

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Hybe America announced Friday that it has appointed Ethiopia Habtemariam, former chair and CEO of Motown Records, as president of music. In the newly created role, Habtemariam will oversee artist and repertoire, or A&R and artist development across Hybe America’s labels, while leading the company’s mid- to long-term growth strategy. She will also focus on identifying new business opportunities at the intersection of music, culture and fandom, and on strengthening the profile and influence of QC

Enhypen has unveiled "Chapter 4" in its series of trailers teasing the group's seventh EP, according to agency Belift Lab. In the video titled “Knife,” after the lead track of the upcoming EP, “The Sin: Vanish,” the seven members dodge knives and run from their pursuers before turning, fangs and claws bared, to fight back. A snippet of the hip-hop tune featured in the clip adds to the tension. The trailer is the fourth and final installment of the group's teaser videos, which follows vampires on

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Taeyeon of Girls' Generation has decided to stay with label SM Entertainment, the company said Friday, confirming that the singer had renewed her contract. Taeyeon debuted in 2007 as the leader and main vocalist of the group and in 2015 forged a path as a solo singer, releasing numerous hits over the past decade. Her solo discography includes three albums, six EPs and a slew of singles. Tayeon's most popular songs have since been compiled into the 24-track set “Panorama: The Best of Taeyeon,” wh

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