Music Business News: Asia
Analysis News Michael Jackson's Thriller album was Sony's biggest-selling artist project around the world in calendar Q2 2026, boosted by the Michael biopic movie
News Sir Lucian Grainge, Chairman and CEO of UMG, announced the move on the company's earnings call on Thursday (July 30).
News IFPI has applied the framework to the charts it directly manages
News Mason said the Asian Pop category was created "to celebrate the depth, diversity and extraordinary growth of pop artistry coming out of Asia."
News "We hope music can be heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region or language," they said, in a statement translated from Korean.
News The inaugural edition will run for 11 days across Seoul Arena in the city's Chang-dong district and the KINTEX exhibition center in nearby Goyang.
News She will report to HYBE CEO Jason Jaesang Lee and remain based in Los Angeles.
News HYBE is reportedly in talks to transfer Supertone's voice-conversion and noise-removal tools, Shift, Clear and Air, to an outside buyer.