The Golden Disc Awards will mark its 40th anniversary in Taipei with performances by Jennie, Stray Kids and other top K-pop acts, celebrating one of Korea’s longest-running music award shows.
HYBE ranked fourth on Billboard’s Top Promoters list with $469.2 million in tour revenue, while Stray Kids, Seventeen, J-Hope and Enhypen placed on the Top Tours chart, highlighting K-pop’s growing global concert power.
JYP Entertainment has opened applications for its 20th annual audition, offering young performers a chance to become trainees before the company transitions to a new global audition system next year.
Stray Kids will headline the 2026 Rock in Rio festival, becoming the first K-pop group to lead one of the world’s largest and most influential music events.
Stray Kids’ new album “Do It” became an immediate million-seller and reached No. 11 on Spotify’s global chart, marking the group’s highest placement to date.
Twice, Blackpink’s Jisoo, Stray Kids, and other K-pop acts dominated the latest Billboard charts, with multiple entries on both the Hot 100 and Billboard 200.
Stray Kids received gold plaques from JYP founder Park Jin-young to celebrate their historic Billboard success as Karma continues to chart in the top 10.
Stray Kids ended their record-setting “dominATE” world tour with a historic performance in Rome and announced their new album “Karma,” set for release Aug. 22.
