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Is the K-pop bubble bursting? The industry's rapid growth streak encountered a setback in 2024, with sales and exports of physical albums showing signs of stagnation, data showed Thursday.
Physical sales of K-pop albums slid 19 percent from last year to fall below 100 million units from January to November this year.
GS25 and other convenience store chains have found a new revenue stream in foreign K-pop fans who buy CDs in bulk to amass the randomized accompanying merchandise.
The export volume for K-pop CDs has declined in the first half of this year, marking the first downturn in nine years.
Jazz pianist and vocalist Maria Kim is set to release her seventh full-length album “Misty Blue” on Friday, her agency PlusHitch said Thursday.
BTS leader RM discussed his album 'Right Place, Wrong Person' in a YouTube video, expressing the pressure he felt during the band's 10-year run.
HYBE's public feud with subsidiary label ADOR has highlighted the industry's problematic obsession with numerical success and entanglement of management with content production.
Seventeen’s “17 is Right Here” sold over 2.2 million copies on the first day of its release, making it the best-selling K-pop compilation album on the day of its release.
Seventeen celebrates 10 years by dropping its compilation album '17 is Right Here.' The group is planning a tour in the United States.
Doyoung of boy band NCT will hold his first solo concert, "Dear Youth," on May 25 and 26, a month after releasing his first solo album, "Youth," this month.
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