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BoA performing at San Francisco Pride, June 28, 2009, was the first K-pop artist to chart on the Billboard 200 with her album BoA, chart dated April 4, 2009.
The charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of the artists, songs and albums in the United States and globally. This is a list of K-pop musicians and bands and their placement, along with their musical releases , singles , EPs and albums on the Billboard charts.
Wonder Girls was the first K-pop act to enter the Billboard Hot 100, doing so with " Nobody " in 2009. List of K-pop songs on the Billboard charts is a compilation of weekly chart information for K-pop music published by the Billboard charts, and reported on by Billboard K-Town, an online Billboard column.
- 2006-2009: Boa, Rain, and Se7en
- 2009-2011: Girls’ Generation Attempt to Crossover
- 2009-2012: Wonder Girls Grab Traction in The Us
- Psy’S “Gangnam Style” Razes Through The West
- 2012-2019: KCON, K-Pop Tours, and Fashion, Darling
- 2010-Present: The Rise of Stan Twitter and YouTube
- 2016-Present: The BTS Effect
- 2016-2021: Blackpink and The Art of Less Is More
- Hybe, NCT Hollywood, and The Future
In the mid-00s, it wasn’t groups but soloists venturing west: Se7en, Rain, and BoA were three of K-pop’s biggest stars, though their international fortunes differed wildly. Se7en retreated after one English-language single, 2009’s “Girls (feat. Lil Kim).” But BoA, who’d debuted at 13 and risen to A-list status in South Korea and Japan, took an orga...
In 2009, “Gee” put Girls’ Generation on the map at home, and their agency, SM Entertainment, hadn’t been put off U.S. advancement after BoA. SM founder Lee Soo-man has a long-held vision of globalizing idol music, but the label’s acts, uniquely K-pop with large group numbers, appeared to be a tough sell for U.S. audiences. Girls’ Generation’s third...
As Girls’ Generation were blowing up in South Korea, the five members of Wonder Girls released an English version of their retro-style hit “Nobody” in the U.S. in 2009, making them the first South Korean group to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 79. That summer, they gained important grassroots exposure by opening for the Jonas Brothers on tou...
Some may see it as a mere novelty song, but “Gangnam Style” is a significant paving stone in Korean pop’s path. Prior to PSY, Westerners were mostly unfamiliar with the term “K-pop.” By 2013, it had entered the West’s cultural lexicon. “Gangnam Style” opened up South Korean music (as well as food, style, and K-drama) to people who hadn’t even known...
KCON — now a three-day, global K-pop conference with multi-group concerts — hosted its first event in L.A. in 2012, drawing 20,000 people. By 2014, it had grown to 42,000 attendees, less than 10%of whom were Korean. YG Entertainment’s 2NE1 became the first K-pop girl group to stage solo U.S. shows, while its now-huge boy group Big Bang (the first i...
In 2010, idols like 2PM’s Nichkhun began opening personal Twitter accounts, and K-pop agencies began uploading all their content, including older releases, to YouTube, making these K-pop’s most public stomping grounds. Only in recent years have companies begun subtitling all their content; thus fan translators were the unsung heroes of K-pop’s West...
BTS refined and redefined K-pop’s playbook from the way they communicated with fans online to their in-depth visual storylines and thought-provoking lyrics, sending them stratospheric and breaking records along the way. In early 2017, they won Top Social Artist at the Billboard Music Awards, a moment frequently seen as the turning point for the gro...
Debuting in August 2016, Blackpink pulled off one of K-pop’s canniest feats: becoming the biggest girl group in the world with just a handful of songs. Yet the longer the wait for new material, the more engaged the fandom became, venerating the group to new heights. In 2019, they became the first ever idol group to play Coachella, and the first ido...
As K-pop has grown, so have the ambitions of the industry’s main players: YG, JYP, SM, and outlier turned industry-leading giant Big Hit (renamed HYBE). In February, HYBE announced a partnership with Universal Music Group’s Geffen Records to create a new K-pop label and boy group in America in 2022. In May, SM Entertainment announced it’d be partne...
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- Kyu Sakamoto. Japanese crooner Kyu Sakamoto made history as the first Asian artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 with his Japanese single, ‘Ue o Muite Arukō'.
- Wonder Girls. Wonder Girls broke into the K-pop scene in 2007 and made their way to America in 2009 with the US release of their single, 'Nobody'. The catchy retro-pop track charted at number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100, making the JYP Entertainment act the first-ever Korean group to enter the chart.
- PSY. "Oppa, Gangnam Style!" Everyone knows this song and its signature dance moves. Written and performed by South Korean rapper PSY, 'Gangnam Style' and its now-iconic music video went viral in 2012, with the single debuting at number 64 and eventually peaking at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- CL. While South Korean rapper CL's first Hot 100 appearance was with PSY for their 2015 collaboration 'Daddy,' the former 2NE1 member would return on her own with her first American single, 'Lifted'.
Jun 22, 2021 · Psy's 2012 sensation "Gangnam Style" was one of the most famous songs that peaked at number 2, the highest record on the music chart until BTS broke that record with their track "Dynamite."
May 29, 2018 · Music. How BTS became the first K-pop act to top the Billboard 200. By Tamar Herman. Published on May 29, 2018 12:05PM EDT. Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images. Jeon Jungkook was 11 years old...
