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Melon Music Awards 2023: NewJeans wins two of four top honors, while IVE, NCT Dream each take one

NewJeans took home five awards at the Melon Music Awards (MMA) 2023 on Saturday, including Song of the Year and Artist of the Year, just...

aespa makes Financial Times’s list of 25 most influential women of 2023

Girl group aespa has been named one of the Financial Times's 25 most influential women this year as the only K-pop artist to make the list. aespa...

U.S. agency aims to ‘disrupt’ K-pop with AI and the metaverse

A group of K-pop gurus has founded an agency in the United States called Titan Content with the aim of merging tech with K-pop. The...

MAMA Awards 2023 roundup: Seventeen wins Album of Year, NewJeans wins Arist of Year, Song of Year

Boy band Seventeen won Album of the Year with "FML," its 10th EP, at the 2023 MAMA Awards on Wednesday, wrapping up the two-day ceremony. The award...

BTS grabs its sixth MAMA Award for Worldwide Icon of the Year

BTS won its sixth Worldwide Icon of the Year award at the 2023 MAMA Awards on Tuesday, the first day of the two-day ceremony at...

NewJeans, IVE dominate Apple Music K-pop charts with hit songs

Girl groups NewJeans and IVE dominated the K-pop scene this year, a year-end report by Apple Music showed Wednesday. NewJeans charted six songs in the top 10 of Apple...

BabyMonster breaks record for most views on debut music video within 24 hours of release

YG Entertainment's new girl group BabyMonster gained the highest number of views on YouTube in 24 hours for a K-pop group's debut music video, according to...

BabyMonster debuts with ‘Batter Up,’ tops iTunes charts in 14 countries

It's a "dream come true" for members of BabyMonster, YG Entertainment's newest girl group that debuted on Monday with digital single "Batter Up." "We are so...

K-pop album exports reach record high

This year's K-pop album exports surpassed 300 billion won ($230 million) as of October. That's the highest that number has been in October of...

K-pop artists score high on Billboard’s year-end charts

K-pop artists took over Billboard's year-end charts and sported their global popularity this year, with artists such as Fifty Fifty, Jungkook, Stray Kids and NewJeans placing their names on Billboard's...