Luminate's midyear report reveals South Korea as the world's third largest music exporter and that music sung in English is ...

Luminate’s latest midyear report shows that compact discs (CDs) are experiencing a resurgence in the United States, with ...

K-pop boy bands BTS, ENHYPEN, ATEEZ and Cortis dominated US CD sales in the first half of 2026, outperforming their Western ...

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AI-Generated songs have been becoming popularized by viral dance challenges done by global and K-pop artists like Jung Kook, ...

BTS' massive ARIRANG album helped drive the CD boom, but the format's resurgence isn't solely tied to K-pop. After removing ...

Streaming has become the standard in the music industry. Yet physical albums keep selling — and sales are actually growing.

In the first half of the year, global on-demand audio streams grew by 9.8% and U.S. on-demand audio streams grew by 4.4%.

The repeated performances quickly became a major topic of discussion across social media and Korean online communities.

Physical releases are taking on a different role in a market dominated by instant access. For many buyers, the product now ...

For the better part of the last decade, vinyl has been the face of music’s physical revival. But according to Luminate’s 2026 ...