AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoGrammy Debate: BTS says it will skip Grammy submissions this year, objecting to a new Best Asian Pop Performance category that it says divides music by region and language. Stray Kids also plan not to submit. K-pop: Stray Kids announced a 2027 world tour with stadium dates, while RESCENE scored its second music-show win for “With” and LUCY released its new single, “AGAIN!” Classical Music: Twenty-year-old Korean composer Lee Hanurij won the Geneva Competition’s top prize and all six special awards; pianist Lim Yunchan was named Apple Music’s Album of the Year. K-culture: South Korea welcomed more than 20 million foreign visitors for the first time, as interest in Korean culture helped fuel the tourism boom. Arts Honors: CJ Group vice chair Miky Lee received the Asian Hall of Fame’s Centennial Medal of Lifetime Achievement for her influence on Korean film and K-pop.
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