Rolling Stone India released its list of best K-pop songs of 2025. While Blackpink, BTS, aespa and Stray Kids ranked hig, ...

K-pop didn’t just dominate playlists in 2025 — it conquered the global stage. From record-breaking chart runs and sold-out ...

The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. Netflix’s animated smash film KPop Demon Hunters has taken ...

Ballads have returned. The slow, emotional sensibilities of ballads, which had been overshadowed by the dominance of K-pop ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff Benjamin is a New York-based writer covering global pop music. ROSÉ performs "APT." live with Bruno Mars at the 2024 MAMA ...

This past summer, the K-pop group Stray Kids debuted atop the Billboard 200 with a record called ATE. That feat tied an all-time record, as only one other artist's chart history — that of the late ...

K-pop, short for Korean pop, originated in South Korea in the 1990s and has become a global phenomenon. ATEEZ's sold-out Nashville concert exemplifies K-pop's growing popularity in Music City. The ...

Marcel is a writer who is passionate about most movies and series. He will watch anything that's good. He is a content manager by day and a videographer when needed. Marcel used to work at a major ...

Even many superfans will tell you that K-pop's pageantry has often masked a troubled business model, where impressionable young trainees commit to a life run entirely by their agencies. Signing on the ...

BLACKPINK’s Rosé is soaring to unprecedented heights on U.S. radio! For the week ending on February 22, Rosé and Bruno Mars’ smash hit “APT.” remained No. 1 for the fourth week in a row on Billboard’s ...

BLACKPINK’s Rosé set multiple records on the Billboard charts this week! Two weeks ago, Rosé became the first female K-pop soloist in history to enter the top three of the Billboard 200 when her solo ...