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K-pop boy groups NCT 127, Tomorrow X Together (TXT) and ZEROBASEONE will headline KCON LA 2026 this August, the event's organizer said Friday as it unveiled a star-studded lineup for the upcoming U.S. leg of the annual overseas Korean culture festival. Korean media and entertainment giant CJ ENM announced the artists for the "M Countdown" show, the festival's signature K-pop concert series. Each headliner will perform an expanded one-hour set, offering a concert-scale experience to global fans. The Los Angeles event is scheduled for Aug. 14-16 at Crypto.com Arena and the Los Angeles Convention Center. It follows the festival's 2026 kick-off in Japan, which will take place from May 8-10 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba. According to the organizer, NCT 127, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, will be joined by Zerobaseone, which recently recorded its sixth consecutive million-seller album, and TXT, which is currently preparing for a highly anticipated comeback. The U.S. lineup also features a diverse array of rising K-pop acts, including ILLIT, izna, Meovv, P1Harmony, TREASURE and &Team.

Netflix's animation sensation "KPop Demon Hunters" saw its original soundtrack climb again on both the main singles and albums charts of the U.S. Billboard after the film won two Oscars earlier this month, the latest charts showed Wednesday. "Golden" from the soundtrack rose two places to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, logging its 39th consecutive week on the chart. The film's soundtrack album climbed a spot to No. 10 on the Billboard 200, also extending its chart run to 39 weeks. On March 16, the U.S. animated film won Best Animated Feature, while its breakout track "Golden" was named Best Original Song during the 98th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Elsewhere on the chart, boy band P1Harmony landed at No. 4 with its ninth EP, "Unique," released March 12. It marked the group's second top 10 entry following last year's English-language album "X," which peaked at No. 9, and its highest position to date. Enhypen's "The Sin: Vanish" ranked No. 43, while girl group Katseye's "Beautiful Chaos" was No. 96. BLACKPINK's latest release, "Deadline," fell to No. 98 from last week's No. 41.

K-pop boy group P1Harmony has entered the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart at No. 4 with its latest release, achieving the group's highest position to date. Billboard said on Sunday (U.S. time) that P1Harmony's ninth EP "Unique," released on March 12, debuted at No. 4 on the main albums chart. The group previously reached No. 9 last September with its English-language album "X," its first top-10 appearance on the Billboard 200. "Unique" sold an estimated 58,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including about 56,000 physical copies, according to Billboard. The original soundtrack of the Netflix animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" climbed one spot to No. 10 this week after it won the K-pop genre's first Best Original Song at the Academy Awards.

SEOUL, March 23 (Yonhap) -- K-pop boy group P1Harmony has entered the U.S. Billb...

P1Harmony’s ninth EP “Unique” entered the Billboard 200 at No. 4, according to the chart preview published Sunday in the US. This is the first time the group has landed among the top five on the main albums chart. The new set is its sixth consecutive entry in the rankings, starting with sixth EP “Harmony: All In,” which debuted at No. 51 in 2023. The six-member act’s first English-language album, “Ex,” ranked No. 9 in 2025. The bandmates had their names credited across all six tracks and the tit