MONSTA X 10th Anniversary Recap: ‘NOW PROJECT vol.1’ and ‘THE X’ Highlights, 2026 World Tour ‘THE X : NEXUS’ Confirmed
Marking their 10th anniversary, MONSTA X have stacked a year of trackable results and outlined a clear path into 2026—including the kickoff of their world tour ‘THE X : NEXUS’ at Seoul’s KSPO DOME in late January. This feature compiles confirmed 2025 releases and metrics, key stage milestones, and the timeline leading into early 2026.
In terms of release milestones, MONSTA X put out the digital album ‘NOW PROJECT vol.1’ and later the mini album ‘THE X’ in 2025. ‘NOW PROJECT vol.1’ was described as a full-group re-recording project, with specific iTunes metrics cited in the source materials: it reached No.1 on the “Top K-pop Music Album” chart in eight countries/regions including the U.S., France, and Germany, and entered the same chart’s TOP10 in 18 countries/regions at its peak. These figures do not represent an entire market on their own, but they do provide a verifiable cross-region visibility signal that helped sustain attention during their 10th anniversary year.
The September release ‘THE X’ was positioned as a project that concentrates the group’s musical direction. The source materials provide two verifiable sets of indicators: on the sales side, first-week sales exceeded 427,000 copies; on the charts side, the album appeared across multiple Billboard categories, including the Billboard 200, World Albums, Independent Albums, Top Album Sales, Top Current Album Sales, and the Billboard Artist 100. A related note ties directly to the music: ‘Do What I Want,’ described as a pre-release track for ‘THE X,’ was included in year-end “best K-pop songs/music videos” lists curated by the U.K.’s DAZED and the U.S.’s Teen Vogue—adding a clear, searchable phrase during the crowded year-end news cycle.
On the live-performance side, the July shows at Seoul’s KSPO DOME—branded as ‘2025 MONSTA X CONNECT X’—functioned as a central anniversary-stage milestone. Later in November, the group released the U.S. digital single ‘baby blue’ and joined the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, adding multiple U.S. city stages to their year-end schedule. In terms of recognition, the materials also note that MONSTA X took two trophies at the “10th Anniversary Asia Artist Awards 2025” held on December 6: AAA Best Artist and AAA History of K-POP. Together, these milestones form a continuous “release–stage–metrics” arc, enabling the 10th anniversary to be traced through concrete dates rather than only celebratory language.
Looking into early 2026, the source materials provide two confirmed anchors. First, member Joohoney is scheduled to release his solo mini album ‘INSANITY’ on January 5, 2026. Second, MONSTA X will open their 2026 world tour ‘THE X : NEXUS’ with three consecutive dates at Seoul’s KSPO DOME from January 30 to February 1. From a news-organization perspective, this adjacency—solo release followed by a tour launch—also gives readers a practical order to follow: the solo drop first, then subsequent tour details as they are officially released.