Wins & Milestones

aespa's LEMONADE at No. 13

ATEEZ's GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5 at No. 3

BOYNEXTDOOR's HOME at No. 24

BTS' Love Yourself: Tear at No. 22

CORTIS' COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES returns to No. 6

LE SSERAFIM's PUREFLOW at No. 8

NewJeans' Get Up at No. 17

Stray Kids' KARMA at No. 25 on World Albums

Yeonjun (TXT) NO LABELS: PART 02 at No. 11

ALPHA DRIVE ONE's UNBREAKABLE : 少年BEAST sells 1,139,747 copies in first week

ENHYPEN wins 1st place on Inkigayo with "Bloody Paradise"

"APT." wins Song of the Year at the 2025 MTV VMAs

BIGBANG jumps to No. 7 on Soompi chart

KiiiKiii's "Pop Off Pop Off" retains No. 1 on Soompi chart

IVE's "I AM" music video surpasses 400 million YouTube views

"Hootie Frutti" debuts at No. 16 on the U.K. Official Singles Chart

RESCENE tops Korean Business Research Institute August 2026 Star Brand Reputation Rankings

ONEUS' Japanese single 'Under' reaches No. 3 on Oricon Daily Single Ranking

Red Velvet releases Velvet Summer — first seasonal release in eight years

EVAN wins Best All-Rounder Musician Award at 2026 K-World Dream Awards

Jay B wins Best All-Rounder Musician Award at 2026 K-World Dream Awards

Yena wins Best Digital Music Award at 2026 K-World Dream Awards

NCT WISH wins Best Album Award at 2026 K-World Dream Awards

NOWZ named Global Next Leadership at 2026 K-World Dream Awards

RIIZE awarded three trophies at 2026 K-World Dream Awards

SF9 10th anniversary

Zhoumi appointed CEO of SM Entertainment and Tencent Music joint venture (STE)

HUNTR/X's "Golden" holds No. 1 on global K-pop chart

"ZEROBASEONE's Close Friend" radio show to premiere

PENTAGON 10th debut anniversary

Minzy's single 'Teamo' charted internationally

ABD presents its first girl group with Tuide's debut

“DRIP” surpasses 400 million YouTube views

Vernon becomes full member of Korea Music Copyright Association

Park Ji Hoon ranks fourth in August brand reputation rankings

EXO exceeds 10 million cumulative album sales (as of end of 2025)

NCT exceeds 10 million cumulative album sales (as of end of 2025)

fromis_9's "Vitamin ME" enters monthly digital download chart at No. 2 (July)

g-idle's We made debuts at No. 2 on monthly physical album chart (July)

KISS OF LIFE wins first music show trophy for "SWEAT" on The Show