YG Entertainment Maps Out 2026
YG Entertainment outlined major 2026 plans: BigBang world tour, Treasure hip-hop track in June, BabyMonster albums in May and October, Blackpink 10th anniversary celebration, and a new boy group debut in fall. This represents one of the label's most ambitious release schedules in years.
The upcoming BigBang tour will be their first global outing in a decade, following the record-breaking "Made World Tour" which concluded in 2016. That tour mobilized 1.5 million fans across 13 countries and was one of the most attended tours by a Korean artist in history. Rookie group BabyMonster's two planned albums for 2026 build on powerful momentum. Their 2024 debut mini-album, 'BABYMONS7ER', set a record for the highest first-week sales by a K-pop girl group, selling 401,287 copies. Their subsequent full-length album, 'Drip', later entered the Billboard 200 chart. The new boy group will be YG's first since Treasure debuted in 2020. To form the group, YG founder Yang Hyun-suk is personally overseeing the "2026 YG SPECIAL AUDITION," reviewing applications from the very first round to discover talent. Blackpink's 10th-anniversary celebration coincides with a critical business period. While the members renewed their group contract with YG Entertainment in December 2023, they did not renew their individual contracts, and a second group contract renewal is expected to be discussed in 2026. For Treasure, the planned hip-hop release follows previous forays into the genre. The group's discography already includes hip-hop influenced tracks like their debut song "BOY" and the darker-themed "MMM". This ambitious schedule is set against a backdrop of positive financial forecasts for the company. Analysts have projected revenue and earnings growth for YG Entertainment in 2026, with some stock price targets showing optimistic prospects.
