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THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR LATIN POP ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE.

Our staff's favorite songs from a year that confirmed that hip-hop and R&B were now at top 40's center, but also had plenty ...

K-pop girl group UNIS recently made their comeback with the release of the second mini-album “Swicy.” UNIS (유니스) made their debut in the Korean music industry in March last year under F&F ...

“We wanted to create an album that would have broad appeal and not sound immediately dated… songs that sounded current to today, but would also still sound great five or ten years down the road.

Like Weekend 1, the set included a gospel choir for a few songs, and featured Coachella 2025 artists CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso — ...

The five-track EP was written, recorded, and released in nine months.

GS Retail is a prominent South Korean convenience store chain, and it facilitates K-pop album pre-orders via its 'Our Neighborhood GS' app. The head executive of GS Retail’s O4O division ...