Ever since its debut with “District 9,” the band has been particularly popular among overseas fans, making their stardom in Korea seem minuscule in comparison. So much so, that Korean STAYs call themselves Hantay to differentiate themselves from the other STAYs, and overseas STAYs express joy when they see someone comment in Korean. So do the Hantays really only take up 1.7 percent of all the STAYs out there? No, but it may ...

Is Stray Kids' music only popular overseas?

K-pop powerhouse HYBE grossed $469.2 million from its artists' world tours this year, ranking fourth in global tour revenue — five spots higher than last year — according to Billboard's “Top Promoters” list.

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HYBE and K-pop artists named on Billboard's top promoters and tour revenue lists

A wide array of K-pop songs and albums appeared on Billboard’s year-end charts, including Stray Kids, Blackpink’s Rosé and the soundtrack for Netflix's “KPop Demon Hunters.”

Stray Kids, Rosé and 'KPop Demon Hunters' nab spots on Billboard year-end charts

Stray Kids will headline the Rock in Rio, one of the world’s largest and most influential music festivals, next year, becoming the first K-pop group to do so.

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Stray Kids to headline 2026 Rock in Rio festival

Boy band Stray Kids is the first K-pop act to earn 1 million presaves on Spotify with its upcoming mixtape “Do It,” agency JYP Entertainment said on Thursday.

Boy band Stray Kids becomes first K-pop act with 1M presaves on Spotify 

A slew of K-pop acts has secured spots on the Billboard charts — notably Twice, Blackpink’s Jisoo, Stray Kids and Cortis — as of Tuesday.

Twice, Blackpink's Jisoo, Stray Kids and more place on Billboard charts 

Boy band Stray Kids will put out a new album just three months after its previous album "Karma" was released, its agency JYP Entertainment said Tuesday. The new album, titled "SKZ IT TAPE 'Do It,'" will carry two lead tracks, "Do It" and "Divine."

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Stray Kids to release new album next month

It's finally a wrap. After an 11-month, record-setting “dominATE” tour spanning 34 stops, Stray Kids returned home for a well-deserved celebration, proving that yes, it indeed “ate” and left no crumbs.

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Stray Kids 'dominATE' and left no crumbs at its world tour finale

What began as a high-profile charity gala meant to “raise awareness about breast cancer” has quickly spiraled into one of the most talked about controversies online.

Celebrities slammed online for 'tone-deaf, gaudy' charity gala

Will "APT." (2024), the dance track by Rosé of girl group Blackpink, or the sweeping anthem "Golden" from the hit Netflix animated film "KPop Demon Hunters" be the song that finally nets K-pop its first Grammy Award?

Anthem 'Golden,' earworm 'APT.' vie for K-pop's first Grammy Award

The nomination of JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young to co-chair a new presidential pop culture exchange committee has left much of the K-pop industry doing a double-take: Is this a boon, or might it backfire?

JYP's new government gig: Good or bad news for K-pop?

Boy band Stray Kids’ fourth full-length album “Karma” is now the best-selling album in the United States this year.

Stray Kids' 'Karma' album becomes best-selling in the U.S.

Park Jin-young, founder and chief producer of JYP Entertainment, presented Stray Kids with gold plaques valued at more than 100 million won ($72,400) to celebrate the boy band’s historic Billboard success. 

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