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Sydney-based Korean alt-hip-hop group 1300 released their 13-track debut album under Universal Music Korea, featuring a Grammy-nominated producer and four guest artists.
7/16/2026
ASC2NT's second digital single arrived July 16, five months after their debut mini album. The release came with an animated MV featuring members as original characters.
7/16/2026
RESCENE scored their debut music-show win on July 14. The same week, their agency launched a fan-powered reporting site for malicious posts and copyright violations.
7/16/2026
V's 'Layover' hit iTunes #1 in 110 countries—more than any other Asian solo album this decade. The EP peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200, with every track surpassing 100M Spotify streams.
7/16/2026
Show Me The Money 12 champion Kim Ha-on returns with a 20-song millennium-themed project on July 20, 2026.
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Kim Hee-jae visited MBC FM4U's trot radio on July 16 to discuss his June 26 digital single, fully produced by Jang Yun-jeong.
7/16/2026
KiiiKiii's January release topped Billboard's staff-selected K-pop ranking, beating 24 other tracks. A mid-August comeback is already locked in.
7/16/2026
The group drops a two-track single 9 months after debut EP 'PAPARAZZI ARRIVE', pairing a New Jack Swing title track with a ballad B-side.
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Park Junil and Roik of pre-debut group AGD will perform together at Waterbomb Seoul 2026, with the seven-member MME trainee team drawing early buzz.
7/16/2026
J.Y. Park drops reggae single 'WET' on July 23 as the Waterbomb 2026 main theme — his first summer track since 'When We Disco' in 2020.
7/16/2026
Im Young-woong's three-night Goyang stadium concert opens ticket sales July 16 at 8 PM via NOL Ticket.
7/16/2026
'ARIRANG' held No. 1 for three weeks and now sits at No. 25 on the July 18 Billboard 200; 'NORMAL' MV and two new audio versions arrive July 17 on Spotify.
7/16/2026
M.I.B's Gangnam drops '치킨과 그녀' on July 16. The city pop track pairs his own production with lyrics from webtoon artist Gi An-84.
7/15/2026
Hyolyn dropped the step film for her fourth mini album 'OriginaLyn' on July 15. The full 7-track project arrives July 22 at 6 PM.
7/15/2026
Im Young-woong's *ULSSIGU* performance MV hit 10M views on July 15. His album *IM HERO 2* crossed 1.4B cumulative streams on Melon.
7/15/2026
ATEEZ's latest EP debuted at #1 on Billboard 200, Top Album Sales, and World Albums simultaneously, with 223K first-week US copies — outselling positions 2–31 combined.
7/15/2026
*첫 만남은 계획대로 되지 않아* hit 200 million YouTube Music streams in a year. TWS's debut single has owned Korea's daily charts since January 2024.
7/15/2026
KM차트 opened voting for its July monthly chart awards across 6 categories. Fans can vote on MyOnePick and IdolChamp through July 24.
7/15/2026
Lee So-ra broke six years of silence on tvN's Yu Quiz on the Block, revealing the severe health crisis that forced her away from music.
7/15/2026
TXT's Yeonjun performs at Z100 Summer Bash on Aug. 6 in New York—the first Korean act ever on the bill.
7/15/2026
Kwon Jin-ah dropped her third mini album 'SAVE ME' on July 15—a five-track all-rock project she wrote and composed entirely herself.
7/15/2026
RISENNÉ swept every scoring category to beat two male groups. Their 2024 debut track *Love Attack* hit No. 1 on Melon's Top 100.
7/15/2026
Lisene won their first music broadcast trophy on July 14, then landed the halftime slot for Man City vs Atlético Madrid on August 9.
7/15/2026
Ha Ji-won and Kim Min-gyu both turned down offers for the new drama 'Affair Hunter' after considering them earlier this year.
7/15/2026
Song Ga-in dropped dance trot track '꽃이 아니면 어떤가(질경이)' on July 2. Two weeks later, she showed up at her agency to perform it live for staff and hand out pocket money.
7/15/2026
LUN8 drops their fourth mini album July 22, then plays their first solo fan concert and heads to eight European cities.
7/15/2026
Kim Soo-hyun broke 17 months of silence on July 15 with a social media post. His agency confirmed his return, and roughly 40 film and drama offers are already waiting.
7/15/2026
Episode 6 of SBS's Kim Bu-jang hit 23.2% in Seoul and claimed Netflix's non-English TV chart for a second straight week across 72 countries.
7/15/2026
Melon's new Global-K Chart, a joint project with Tencent and Line Music, drew over a million overseas visitors in its first month. BTS dominated every ranking.
7/15/2026
USPEER closed out 'WICKED GAME' promotions on July 14 with a double-chart #1 and career-high first-week sales, then announced Japan and Taiwan dates starting August 7.
7/15/2026
TVXQ's Yunho performs his debut solo single live for the first time on MBC's Radio Star on July 15, five days before the track officially drops.
7/14/2026
Song Ha-ye releases two-track digital single '바다 가자 (2026) X 여름 에피소드' on July 15, then performs solo concert WHITE SONG 3 on July 19.
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ONE PACT drops 'TUNED IN' on July 23, five months after their February EP, with the promo blitz kicking off July 14.
7/14/2026
Comedian Kim Gyu-won makes his serious drama debut as Kkun-ddung-i, a gentle giant opposite Ji Sung, in JTBC's new Saturday-Sunday drama 'Apartment.'
7/14/2026
LE SSERAFIM launched their second world tour in Incheon on July 11–12. Five Japanese cities come next, followed by a September North America run.
7/14/2026
K-pop time-slip drama 'My Idol, My Debut' hits MBC드라마넷 and Japan's Lemino on July 16, blurring the line between fictional idol groups IRION and BOY TO THE MOON and real-world stages.
7/14/2026
Trot legend Hyun Chul (real name Kang Sang-su) debuted in 1969 and won back-to-back KBS Grand Prizes in 1989–90. He died July 16, 2024, at 82.
7/14/2026
Lee Seok-hoon performs October 9–11 at the 2026 GHOST Festival in Paju, kicking off a fall packed with a musical, two TV shows, and an 11-drama OST catalog.
7/14/2026
Episode 8 of tvN's 'Tomorrow, I'll Go to Work!' aired July 14. Kang Si-woo's past crashes into his present as Cha Ji-yoon reaches her limit.
7/14/2026
VIXX's Hyuk confirmed for horror film Pink Box, teased a summer concept with all-black styling photos posted July 14.
7/14/2026
The Pachinko actress talks about her upcoming films, losing 17 kg for a role, and pushing back against industry pressure over her looks.
7/14/2026
Seo In-young got her Waterbomb slot after months of public campaigning—the former Jewelry member's persistence paid off.
7/14/2026
Yang Se-jong, Park Eun-bin, and Ong Seong-wu lead tvN's occult romance comedy 'Chilling Romance,' premiering July 18 at 9:10 PM.
7/14/2026
Final voting opened July 14 at noon. One team wins the official OST vocalist slot for KBS 2TV weekend drama 'Love Comes.' Results due July 24.
7/14/2026
XLOV—Hyun, Rui, Umuti, and Haru—tapes KBS's *열린음악회* on July 14.
7/14/2026
Kihyun performed 'So Good' from his second mini-album 'BORDERLINE' on YouTube's It's Live on July 13, backed by a full band.
7/14/2026
Nyamnyam Entertainment confirms Hwang Young-woong's KBS2 drama OST drops July 14, with the full studio version arriving July 17.
7/14/2026
Actor Kim Soo-hyun returned to work on July 14 with an ad and photo shoot for Philippine brand BENCH, marking his first official schedule since March 2025.
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