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K-pop acts, including Stray Kids and Seventeen, dominated global album sales last year, taking seven of the top 10 spots on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's (IFPI) Global Album Sales Chart, data showed Friday (U.S. time). Stray Kids' "Karma" came in second on the 2025 ranking, followed by Seventeen's "Happy Burstday" in third place and Enhypen's "Desire: Unleash" in fourth. Global pop star Taylor Swift topped the list with "The Life of a Showgirl." Other K-pop albums in the top 10 included Tomorrow X Together's "The Name Chapter: Together" at No. 6, Zerobaseone's "Never Say Never" at No. 7, Ive's "Ive Empathy" at No. 9, and G-Dragon's "Ubermensch" at No. 10. The IFPI chart, which reflects combined physical album and paid digital download sales, also featured several other Korean releases within the top 20, such as NCT Wish's "Color" (11th), &Team's "Back to Life" (13th), Riize's "Odyssey" (15th), aespa's "Rich Man" (16th), and Boynextdoor's "No Genre" (18th). In IFPI's separate Global Album Chart, which includes streaming data, the original soundtrack of Netfli

CJ ENM’s long-running K-pop festival KCON has introduced a global ambassador role for the first time, appointing Zerobaseone (ZB1) member Sung Han-bin as its inaugural representative. The company announced Friday that Sung will serve as the first “KCON Global Ambassador,” a position designed to promote the identity and core values of the festival as a worldwide platform encompassing not only K-pop but also K-beauty, K-food and broader K-content and lifestyle trends. As ambassador, Sung will act

K-pop project boy group Zerobaseone will continue its activities as a five-member group, its management agency WakeOne announced Thursday. "Sung Han-bin, Kim Ji-woong, Seok Matthew, Kim Tae-rae and Park Gun-wook have decided to continue working together for a new season as Zerobaseone based on deep trust," the agency said in a statement. Four other members — Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyu-vin and Han Yu-jin — have terminated their project contracts and will prepare for new individual activities, the agency said. "The company will support their future paths and ask fans to keep showing encouragement," it added. Formed through local music cable channel Mnet's audition show "Boys Planet," Zerobaseone debuted in July 2023 as a project group. The nine-member act quickly rose to fame, scoring six consecutive million-selling albums. Initially launched as a 2 1/2-year project, the group was expected to wind down activities in January 2026. However, all nine members agreed last December to extend activities by two months for a February album release and an encore concert in Seoul in March. WakeOne s

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- K-pop project boy group Zerobaseone will continue its...

Zerobaseone will begin a new chapter as a five-member act, agency WakeOne Entertainment announced Thursday. Sung Hanbin, Kim Jiwoong, Seok Matthew, Kim Taerae and Park Gunwook have decided to continue as a team while Zhang Hao, Ricky, Kim Gyuvin and Han Yujin chose to leave after the project band disbands as expected. Seok and Park signed with WakeOne on Monday, joining Kim Taerae, raising hopes among fans for the group to continue its career. The nonet formed through audition show “Boys Planet”