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Melon's first-half 2026 recap crowns IVE and AKMU as co-chart leaders, names LE SSERAFIM its standout artist, and flags house music as the defining genre trend.
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NouerA's fourth mini album '.exe' arrives July 27, four months after 'POP IT LIKE' hit 240K first-week copies and 10M MV views.
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BOYNEXTDOOR's debut full-length album hit 1.08M first-week copies on Hanteo and cracked the Billboard 200 at no. 16—their best chart position yet.
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Q (Ji Chang-min) dropped his debut solo single 'Anytime' on July 9, a track written by his character in the upcoming drama 'My Idol, My Debut.'
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LISENSE rode a 2026 chart-reversal wave into their comeback with a reinterpretation of KARA's 2008 classic.
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izna releases their Japanese mini album 'HANDLE WITH CARE' on September 2 via Sony Music, capping over a year of groundwork in Japan.
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Jung Sun-hee hesitated before hosting Hong Jin-kyung's divorce reveal on Radio Star—a video that crossed 1 million views.
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21 hearing-impaired fans streamed DAY6's Seoul concert directly to their hearing aids via Auracast. TWICE and Stray Kids shows are next.
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At Seoul's K Musical International Market, Horipro's Ikawa Gaoru laid out a vision for Japan-Korea joint production as the industry's next frontier.
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ENA's new Monday-Tuesday drama with Hyeri and Hwang In-yeop hits theaters July 13 at 10 PM, following a production showcase on July 7.
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Im Young-woong's variety show hit #1 in the 20-49 demo for three straight weeks and cracked Netflix's top 10. SBS is adding an episode.
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Yoon Yeo-jung earned a Supporting Actress nod at the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards for playing a billionaire chairman in Netflix's *Griselda* Season 2.
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Lee Jun-young sat down with Yoo Jae-suk and revealed how his villain roles in 'Weak Hero Class 2' and 'Completely Fooled' left his parents genuinely unsettled.
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Project duo Chungju Ji-ssi drops second digital single 'AQUA' on July 17, 2026 at 6 PM — roughly one year after debut single 'Milkshake'.
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LISENE's 2024 single *Love Attack* hit No. 1 on Melon's Top 10 on July 8, 2026—two years after a viral clip of Japanese member Minami shouting "Geoje~ Yaho~!" sparked the climb.
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&TEAM wrapped Incheon shows and locked in October Seoul dome dates, a September Japan dome run, plus Korean mini-album 'Mark on Me' on September 8.
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JENNIE's remix with Tame Impala hits No. 8 on the Hot 100—her highest chart position ever, solo or group.
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Hwang Chi-yeol, 43, held his solo concert on July 4 in Seoul, premiering tracks from his June summer album for the first time live.
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Before enlisting on the 21st, the actor revealed a 2021 incident on 'You Quiz on the Block'—and why he turned down a commendation.
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Hyebin debuted with Momoland in 2016. A music show win followed. The debt didn't.
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Park Young-gyu joins *The Taste of Prison* as a coffee master in cell no. 3, the latest casting for Kim Gu-jung's prison-kitchen comedy.
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Ji Yeon-su denied a portal encyclopedia entry claiming she remarried a dentist five years her junior, saying it's fake news she's never encountered in real life.
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Pre-sale tickets for the original two-night run sold out instantly, prompting a third show; the 5-track mini-album follows three days later.
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Two weeks into his solo debut, Evan (formerly ENHYPEN's Lee Hee-seung) explained his name change and recalled a Han River busking set that brought traffic to a standstill.
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ENHYPEN, aespa, NCT Dream, and Stray Kids are splitting fanclub presales by region as resale prices for major K-pop concerts hit 18–51 times face value.
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Jeon Yujin posted a behind-the-scenes video July 7 from '트롯챔피언' shoots in April and May, including a '가요 가요' challenge with five co-stars.
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'REDRED' has ruled Apple Music's Top 100 Today: South Korea since April 26—73 days and counting. The third-longest No. 1 run the chart has ever seen.
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Oh Yun-ah announced her remarriage on July 3 via YouTube. By July 7, she confirmed the marriage registration was already filed.
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Lee Jun-young sits down on Yu Quiz on the Block episode 350 just 13 days before enlisting, airing July 8 at 8:45 PM on tvN.
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So Ji-sub's *Kim Bujang* hit 20% domestic ratings in four episodes and topped Netflix's non-English shows for June 29–July 5.
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ATEEZ's Yunho and his longtime girlfriend, a school friend turned partner, ended their relationship roughly three months ago, the group's agency has confirmed.
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ATEEZ's *GOLDEN HOUR: Part.5* hits #1 on the Billboard 200 for their third time. Seonghwa shares original poems publicly for the first time via Dingo's *Before Sleep*.
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Jeong Eun-ji's voice lands on Lee Shin-hyuk's new track July 8. She'll perform at Kaohsiung Arena in Taiwan on September 5.
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AHOF's third mini album 'RUN TO YOU' arrived July 8, eight months after their last release. They marked it with a fan showcase the same night.
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Lee Hyun signed with Big Hit Music in 2007 as part of 8eight. Nineteen years later, he just renewed.
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LE SSERAFIM launch their second world tour in Incheon, then push through Japan, North America, and their first European solo shows.
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KATSEYE's second EP has spent 53 weeks on the Billboard 200—the longest-charting female group album since Pussycat Dolls' 'PCD' in 2005.
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Yeosang shared a dressing-room selfie on July 8 as ATEEZ pushes deeper into its Golden Hour era and IN YOUR FANTASY Asia-Australia tour.
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Seulgi shared photos from a Guangzhou fan meeting and told followers she's preparing new music and doing well.
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KBS2's 'Celebrity Soldier's Secret' episode 63 examines Albert Einstein's fractured marriage, his brain stolen after death, and the final wish nobody honored.
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Duri (봉두리), 34, scored 194 judge points on *Life Is an Audition* and is asking fans to vote via the Gorilla app before the 8th at 3 PM.
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ENA's Monday-Tuesday drama Doctor Somboy wrapped on July 7 at 10 PM, with the cast saying goodbye to viewers.
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Khalid returns to Seoul on December 5 for his first Korea show since 2018, performing at KINTEX Hall 10 as part of the *It's Always Summer Somewhere* world tour.
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Singer-songwriter Han Roro releases collaboration single '너와 나' with Sanrio character Pom Pom Purin on July 9, with themed merch hitting KREAM on July 13.
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V8 dropped the 'girlsnboys' visualizer on July 6, with Pharrell Williams and BUMZU producing. The Seventeen unit heads straight into back-to-back live dates.
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From Lee Jun's *Workman* challenge to RIIZE's 'Geoje Yaho' meme, K-pop labels are now engineering the viral moments they once left to chance.
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WONHO's second album 'CORE' drops July 21, nine months after his debut full-length 'SYNDROME.' The 'RAW' concept photo is already circulating.
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ZIN CHOI, 17, dropped double single 'TGIFS' on July 7, 2026—two tracks split between summer day and night.
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