IU Announces Change In Album And Concert Plans Due To Health
IU has updated fans on changes in her upcoming plans due to her current health.
On July 20, IU took to Berriz to share a heartfelt letter with fans about her situation. She had originally scheduled a concert in September at Goyang Stadium, along with a domestic tour. However, the concert has inevitably been canceled due to worsening symptoms of her chronic Patulous Eustachian tube dysfunction. She explained, “My ear symptoms have always been erratic, fluctuating between good and bad, but recently, they have persisted day and night for days at a time, and I have repeatedly found it difficult to regain my form while singing.”
Although IU has already completed her upcoming sixth studio album, the album release will also be postponed for a few months as the main promotion for the album was planned around the concert and tour.
IU sincerely wrote, “I’m truly sorry, and I love you so much,” promising a diverse new album and expressing determination to start 2027 together with fans.
Circle Chart Reveals Midyear Album And Digital Charts For 1st Half Of 2026
Circle Chart (formerly known as Gaon Chart) has published its midyear charts for the first half of 2026!
As the midyear chart results are based on accumulated weekly data since the beginning of January 2026, albums and songs released earlier in the year have more weekly points included in their scores.
Album Chart
BTS topped the midyear physical album chart with their latest album “ARIRANG,” followed by ENHYPEN’s “THE SIN : VANISH” at No. 2, CORTIS’s “GREENGREEN” at No. 3, BLACKPINK’s “DEADLINE” at No. 4, and TXT’s “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” at No. 5.
The top 50 albums on the midyear chart (listed with the number of copies recorded) are as follows:
BTS – “ARIRANG” [4,224,016]
ENHYPEN – “THE SIN : VANISH” [2,144,075]
CORTIS – “GREENGREEN” [2,031,256]
BLACKPINK – “DEADLINE” [1,988,245]
TXT – “7TH YEAR: A Moment of Stillness in the Thorns” [1,700,411]
MODYSSEY – “1.Got Hooked: An Addictive Symphony” [302,599]
CRAVITY – “ReDeFINE” [285,727]
NMIXX – “Heavy Serenade” [284,134]
BABYMONSTER – “CHOOM” (Nemo version) [282,589]
ENHYPEN – “THE SIN : VANISH” [278,648]
XLOV – “I,God” [256,874]
Park Ji Hyeon – “MASTER VOICE” (MINIRECORD version) [253,873]
ITZY – “Motto” [251,538]
SEVENTEEN’s V8 – “V8” [250,000]
BTS – “ARIRANG” (LP version) [247,334]
Digital Chart
HANRORO swept the top two spots on the midyear digital chart for 2026, where her hits “Landing in Love” and “0+0” took No. 1 and No. 2 respectively.
MAMAMOO’s Hwasa’s “Good Goodbye” ranked No. 3 for the first half of the year, followed by KiiiKiii’s “404 (New Era)” at No. 4 and WOODZ (Cho Seung Youn)’s 2023 song “Drowning” at No. 5.
The top 50 songs on the overall digital chart (listed with their total scores) are as follows:
HANRORO – “Landing in Love” [315,527,555]
HANRORO – “0+0” [280,626,654]
MAMAMOO’s Hwasa – “Good Goodbye” [266,726,968]
KiiiKiii – “404 (New Era)” [266,466,211]
WOODZ – “Drowning” [262,572,567]
Hearts2Hearts – “RUDE!” [237,340,633]
IVE – “BANG BANG” [226,708,529]
Car, the garden – “My whole world” [218,379,938]
Davichi – “Time Capsule” [200,968,462]
AKMU’s Lee Chanhyuk – “Endangered Love” [196,640,116]
AKMU – “Paradise of Rumors” [191,725,991]
NMIXX – “Blue Valentine” [189,486,310]
HUNTR/X – “Golden” [181,988,639]
AKMU – “How can I love the heartbreak, it’s you I love” [169,826,509]
BLACKPINK – “JUMP” [168,061,124]
AKMU – “Joy, Sorrow, A Beautiful Heart” [168,061,124]
Epik High – “Love Love Love” [162,108,727]
CORTIS – “REDRED” [160,220,757]
Woody – “Sadder Than Yesterday” [159,119,810]
BLACKPINK’s Rosé – “toxic till the end” [158,143,249]
10CM – “To Reach You” [154,457,982]
Hearts2Hearts – “FOCUS” [151,497,045]
aespa – “Whiplash” [151,393,281]
Sung Si Kyung – “Every Moment of You” [148,692,665]
ZO ZAZZ – “Don’t you know” [146,999,775]
LE SSERAFIM – “SPAGHETTI” (featuring BTS’s j-hope) [144,059,056]
ILLIT – “NOT CUTE ANYMORE” [143,810,462]
Yena – “Catch Catch” [140,662,225]
Hearts2Hearts – “STYLE” [139,994,082]
ALLDAY PROJECT – “ONE MORE TIME” [138,231,334]
Nerd Connection – “If I have you only” [135,314,020]
Roy Kim – “If You Ask Me What Love Is” [135,003,659]
ALLDAY PROJECT – “FAMOUS” [133,286,028]
BLACKPINK’s Jennie – “like JENNIE” [132,466,185]
BTS – “SWIM” [129,980,067]
ILLIT – “It’s Me” [129,129,884]
BTOB’s Changsub – “Heavenly Fate” [128,862,874]
DAY6 – “Time of Our Life” [127,340,973]
Lee Mujin – “Coming Of Age Story” [123,773,645]
HAON – “TICK TOCK” (featuring Zico) [123,247,465]
HANRORO – “Let Me Love My Youth” [123,229,620]
DAY6 – “HAPPY” [122,433,936]
ILLIT – “Magnetic” [120,071,760]
EXO’s Doh Kyung Soo (D.O.) – “Popcorn” [119,862,314]
SUPER JUNIOR-83z Tops iTunes Charts Around The World With Unit Debut Album “Promise”
The debut of Super Junior’s newest unit is off to a promising start!
On July 13 at 6 p.m. KST, Leeteuk and Kim Heechul’s new unit SUPER JUNIOR-83z made their debut with their first mini album “Promise” and its title track of the same name.
Immediately upon its release, the mini album soared to the top of iTunes charts in various countries across the globe. According to SM Entertainment, by July 14, “Promise” had already hit No. 1 on iTunes Top Albums charts in at least 10 different regions, including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, Paraguay, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Meanwhile, SUPER JUNIOR-83z will be performing their new song “Promise” live on the July 18 episode of MBC’s “Music Core.”
Congratulations to SUPER JUNIOR-83z!
Watch Kim Heechul in the “Heart Signal” spin-off “Friends” on Viki below:
ATEEZ’s “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” Becomes Their 6th Album To Sell 1 Million Copies In 1st Week
ATEEZ has notched another “million-seller” album!
Last week, ATEEZ made their return with the new mini album “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” and its addictive title track “BAD” on June 26.
On June 29, less than four days later, Hanteo Chart announced that “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.5” had already sold over 1.1 million copies, making it ATEEZ’s sixth album to hit the 1 million mark within the first week of its release.
ATEEZ previously surpassed 1 million first-week sales with their albums “THE WORLD EP.2 : OUTLAW,” “THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL,” “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.1,” “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.2,” and “GOLDEN HOUR : Part.4.”
BTS’s “ARIRANG” Becomes 1st Album By Korean Artist To Spend 12 Weeks In Top 10 Of Billboard 200
BTS’s “ARIRANG” continues to make K-pop history on the Billboard 200!
On June 28 local time, Billboard announced that BTS’s latest studio album “ARIRANG” had remained No. 10 on its Top 200 Albums chart, which ranks the most popular albums in the United States.
“ARIRANG” has now spent 12 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard 200, making it the first album by a Korean artist ever to achieve the feat. It has also spent 14 consecutive weeks on the chart overall.
According to Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), “ARIRANG” earned a total of 33,000 equivalent album units during the week ending on June 25.
Congratulations to BTS!
Watch BTS’s docu-series “BREAK THE SILENCE” with subtitles on Viki below:
CORTIS’s “GREENGREEN” Becomes Their Longest-Charting Album On Billboard 200
CORTIS has set a personal record on the Billboard 200 with their latest EP!
This week, CORTIS’s second EP “GREENGREEN” spent its sixth week in a row on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, which ranks the most popular albums in the United States. After five consecutive weeks in the top 50, “GREENGREEN” held relatively steady at No. 61.
“GREENGREEN,” which first debuted at No. 3 back in May, has now become CORTIS’s longest-charting album to date on the Billboard 200. The group’s debut EP, “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES,” previously spent a total of five non-consecutive weeks on the chart.
Outside of the Billboard 200, “GREENGREEN” stayed strong at No. 2 on Billboard’s World Albums chart and No. 9 on the Top Album Sales chart, meaning it was the ninth best-selling album of the week in the United States.
Meanwhile, CORTIS’s title track “REDRED” ranked No. 39 on Billboard’s Global Excl. U.S. chart and No. 62 on the Global 200 in its eighth week on both charts.
Finally, CORTIS remained on Billboard’s Artist 100 at No. 46, marking their 10th overall week on the chart.
CORTIS’s “GREENGREEN” Becomes Their 1st Album To Chart For 5 Weeks In Top 50 Of Billboard 200
All lights are “GREENGREEN” for CORTIS as their latest EP continues its impressive run on the Billboard charts!
This week, CORTIS’s second EP “GREENGREEN” successfully remained in the top 50 of Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart, which ranks the most popular albums in the United States, for its fifth week in a row. For the week ending on June 20, “GREENGREEN” fell four spots to No. 50.
“GREENGREEN,” which first debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, has now become CORTIS’s first album to spend five weeks in the top 100.
Outside of the Billboard 200, “GREENGREEN” returned to No. 1 on Billboard’s World Albums chart this week. The EP also climbed back up to No. 4 on the Top Album Sales chart, meaning it was the fourth best-selling album of the week in the United States.
Meanwhile, CORTIS’s title track “REDRED” held relatively steady at No. 29 in its seventh week on Billboard’s Global Excl. U.S. chart, in addition to rising to No. 52 on the Global 200.
Finally, CORTIS made Billboard’s Artist 100 at No. 32, marking their ninth overall week on the chart.
8TURN’s Kyungmin To Sit Out Upcoming Album Promotions To Focus On Recovery
8TURN’s Kyungmin will not be participating in the group’s upcoming album promotions as he continues to focus on his recovery.
In April, Kyungmin temporarily halted activities after experiencing stomach-related symptoms and was later diagnosed with complex health issues resulting from a gastric ulcer.
On June 19, MNH Entertainment shared an update on Kyungmin’s condition, revealing that he has not yet recovered sufficiently to return to activities and requires additional treatment and rest.
As a result, 8TURN’s promotions for their upcoming third single album “8.X” will proceed with seven members.
Read MNH Entertainment’s full statement below:
Hello. This is MNH Entertainment.
First, we sincerely thank all the TURNINGs for your unwavering love and support for 8TURN.
We would like to provide an update regarding 8TURN member Kyungmin’s health status and activities for the 3rd single album.
Since the latter half of the BRUISE promotions, Kyungmin has been experiencing stomach-related symptoms and has been receiving treatment while continuing his activities. He is also currently taking a temporary hiatus to undergo medical examinations and focus on his recovery. However, he has not yet recovered enough to resume activities, and medical professionals have advised that additional treatment and care are necessary.
After thorough discussion with Kyungmin and the other members, and with the artist’s health as our top priority, we have determined that Kyungmin should focus on his recovery. Therefore, we have decided that the 3rd single album promotions will proceed with seven members, excluding Kyungmin.
We sincerely apologize for delivering this sudden news to the fans who have been waiting for 8TURN’s new album and have been looking forward to seeing all eight members promote together.
We will do our best to ensure Kyungmin receives sufficient rest and fully recovers so that he can return to us in good health.
As this decision was made to prioritize the artist’s health, we kindly ask for your understanding and warm support for Kyungmin during his recovery.
