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KATSEYE’s third EP Wild debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 with 170,000 equivalent album units, including 145,000 traditional album sales. The HYBE/Geffen-formed group scored its first U.S. chart-topper since debuting in 2024, outpacing Phoebe Bridgers’ Lost Weekend and Stray Kids’ This & That; Yonhap reported the EP includes contributions from Hybe chairman Bang Si‑hyuk, Ed Sheeran and producers Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin. Soompi noted Wild delivered the largest week by units for an all-female group since Billboard began ranking by units and the biggest pure-sales week for an all-female group since TWICE’s READY TO BE

Gunil has left Xdinary Heroes after JYP Entertainment terminated his exclusive contract amid an online controversy over alleged remarks about fans, a move that forced the cancellation of major schedules including Summer Sonic 2026

OURBIRTHDAY debuted Wednesday in Seoul as JYP Entertainment’s first girl group in four years and the first launched under its INNIT subsidiary, issuing a four-track project that includes the namesake single “Our Birthday” and lead track “Squeezy.” The seven-member multinational lineup — three Koreans, two Japanese, one Thai and one Taiwanese — introduced a self-described “whip-hop” sound at a Blue Square showcase, performing “Squeezy” and a version of predebut track “HUNGRY.”

HYBE is debuting multinational teen girl group Tuide next week through a new girl-group label, ABD, led by veteran producer Han Sung-soo; Tuide has already hit 1 million TikTok followers and over 5 million YouTube views. ABD says the independent structure aims to build a distinct identity and experimental production system separate from HYBE’s existing label

BTS's U.S. favorability reached a record 46% in Q2, BigHit Music said — up 12 points from the initial 34% — while awareness of the group was 42%. The agency said the data show BTS has built broad public support in the United States beyond its fandom