Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Four of the biggest songs on YouTube among American viewers in 2025 ...

To say that KPop Demon Hunters “is popular” remains the understatement of the year. Since June 20, the animated film from Sony Animation and Netflix has overtaken every type of top-10 chart from ...

Netflix’s animated film KPop Demon Hunters has set a new record with its original soundtrack (OST) “Golden,” becoming the first K-pop track to top the world’s two major charts at the same time. On the ...

The genre peaked in terms of global awareness with “KPop Demon Hunters,” while the industry’s most promising new act was mired in a legal morass. By Jon Caramanica This year, from a distance, the ...

K-pop is having a golden moment. The signs have been there since the start of the summer, with groups such as Stray Kids, Itzy, Enhypen and Ateez driving sweaty swarms of American K-pop fans to ...

Music group BTS accepts the Top Social Artist award onstage during the 2017 Billboard Music Awards (Photo by Kevin Mazur/BBMA2017/Getty Images for dcp) South Korean pop music, also known as K-pop, has ...