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In the 15 years since K-pop’s early international pioneers BoA and the Wonder Girls made their respective marks on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 charts back in 2009, the Korean pop industry has made significant strides on the Billboard charts — and never has its crossover success been more apparent than now.
In 2023 alone, 35 different K-pop albums entered the Billboard 200, and five took the No. 1 spot. TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION hit the top spot in February, Stray Kids’ 5-STAR reigned for a week in June, NewJeans’ Get Up took over in August, Stray Kids scored a second No. 1 this year with ROCK-STAR in November, before ATEEZ snagged their first chart-topper with The World EP.Fin: Will in December.
Over on the Hot 100, Jimin of BTS opened a new chapter of K-pop history when he became the first South Korean solo artist to hit No. 1 on the chart with his solo single “Like Crazy.” His bandmate Jung Kook followed soon after when “Seven” (featuring Latto) debuted atop the Hot 100 and set the stage for the star to set a new record with three top five solo hits so far. Elsewhere, artists like BIGBANG’s Taeyang, NewJeans, FIFTY FIFTY, Stray Kids and Jennie of BLACKPINK all earned their first Hot 100 entries, while TWICE and BTS members J-Hope, Agust D and V all added additional entries to their Hot 100 collections.
Of course, many artists also spent time connecting with their global fans, thanks to massive tours across the globe. Acts like SEVENTEEN, ENHYPEN, NCT, TWICE, aespa, LE SSERAFIM, (G)I-DLE, ITZY, Agust D and more played the largest venues of their career, further displaying K-pop’s impact on the live market.
Ahead of the launch of Billboard Korea — with a kick-off event in Seoul set for May, where the artists on this list will be invited as the guests of honor, and the first issue, Billboard K Vol.1, scheduled for release in June — we’ve compiled the inaugural Billboard K-Pop Artist 100 list, with rankings based on activity on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and Billboard Boxscore (touring) data for the charts dated Jan. 7, 2023, through Dec. 30, 2023. (In most cases, group members are listed together, except for where notable solo activity separates the artists.)
Find our full 2024 list below:
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Joe Keery has already solidified himself as a breakthrough actor during his run as heartthrob Steve Harrington in Netflix’s Stranger Things. Now, he’s officially a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist.
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Keery debuts on the March 2-dated chart under his musical pseudonym Djo, his synth-pop solo project, with his breakout viral hit “End of Beginning.” The song starts at No. 51 entirely from its official U.S. streaming sum: 8.4 million in the Feb. 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate. That’s a 194% increase from the week before.
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Keery initially released the song in 2022 on his sophomore solo album Decide, but it recently began surging on TikTok. Billboard reported that over Feb. 16-19, the track earned 5.3 million streams, up more than 200% from Feb. 9-12 (1.7 million). The uptick was sparked by a trend in which TikTok users have taken the chorus lyric, “And when I’m back in Chicago, I feel it / Another version of me, I was in it / I wave goodbye to the end of beginning,” to soundtrack clips of Chicago or their own hometown. “End of Beginning” has been used in over 18,000 TikToks to date.
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On Feb. 9, Keery uploaded a video on his TikTok page of him riding the subway, saying he’s been “tokked,” referencing the song’s sudden popularity.
Keery has been releasing music for nearly a decade. He was a member of the Chicago psych-rock band Post Animal from 2015-18 and launched his solo career as Djo in 2019. He has self-released two solo full-lengths under exclusive license to AWAL: Twenty Twenty (in 2019) and Decide (2022). He has also performed at festivals including Boston Calling, BottleRock, Lollapalooza and Shaky Knees.
In a 2022 Billboard feature, Keery explained his philosophy about making music. “I say that [music] is a hobby because it’s a freeing way to think about it,” he said. “The second I start to get too precious with something, I inhibit myself. If you’re less worried about making mistakes, you might make something crazy or exciting. That’s what I’m focused on doing.”
Along with Stranger Things, Keery has starred in the latest season of FX’s Fargo, as well as the films Free Guy and Spree. In December, he made headlines when he crossed paths with Taylor Swift at Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
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Jennifer Lopez achieves her third No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated March 2), as her new studio album This Is Me… Now opens atop the tally. Lopez was last at No. 1 more than 20 years ago, when J to Tha L-O! The Remixes spent two weeks atop the chart in February and March of 2002. She scored her first No. 1 on the list with J.Lo in 2001.
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In total, This Is Me… Now marks Lopez’s ninth top 10 on Top Album Sales and 13th chart entry overall. The new release is a sister project to Lopez’s third album, This Is Me… Then, which was released 2002 and peaked at No. 2 on the chart.
Also debuting in the top 10 of the new Top Album Sales chart, Yeat’s 2093, Blackberry Smoke’s Be Right Here and IDLES’ TANGK.
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Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart ranks the top-selling albums of the week based only on traditional album sales. The chart’s history dates back to May 25, 1991, the first week Billboard began tabulating charts with electronically monitored piece count information from SoundScan, now Luminate. Pure album sales were the sole measurement utilized by the Billboard 200 albums chart through the list dated Dec. 6, 2014, after which that chart switched to a methodology that blends album sales with track equivalent album units and streaming equivalent album units. The new March 2-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard‘s website on Feb. 27. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
In the tracking week ending Feb. 22, This Is Me… Now sold 14,000 copies in the U.S. Of that sum, physical sales comprise 11,000 (6,000 on CD and 5,000 on vinyl) and digital download sales comprise 3,000. The album was available in four CD variants (including one that had a signed insert), nine vinyl editions (all were color variants, including one with a signed insert) and three digital album variations (a standard version, a deluxe edition with two bonus tracks and a commentary edition sold via Lopez’s official webstore).
This Is Me… Now also debuts at No. 1 on Top Current Album Sales, No. 1 on Tastemaker Albums, No. 7 on Vinyl Albums, No. 7 on Independent Albums and No. 38 on the Billboard 200. Top Current Album Sales ranks the week’s top-selling new/current albums (non-catalog/older titles). Vinyl Album tallies the week’s top-selling vinyl releases. Tastemaker Albums measures the top-selling titles at independent and small chain record stores. Independent Albums ranks the most popular independently released albums of the week, by units.
On the Billboard 200, This Is Me… Now marks Lopez’s 13th total chart entry and 11th top 40-charting effort. It’s her first studio album in nearly a decade, and her first release outside the major label system, as the new set was issued via Nuyorican/BMG.
“This is the first step of an immediate strategy with a long-term goal as the incredible content to support the album continues to roll out,” says Cyndi Lynott, SVP marketing at BMG, “including the This Is Me…Now: A Love Story Amazon Original, a documentary entitled The Greatest Love Story Never Told, and of course her massive summer tour.”
Meanwhile, Yeat debuts at No. 2 with 2093 – his second entry on Top Album Sales and first to reach the top 40. The set sold 12,000 copies, all from digital downloads, as the album was not available to purchase in any physical configurations. The set’s digital sales were boosted by its availability across three variations. 2093 was released initially as a 22-song standard album on Feb. 16, boasting features from Future and Lil Wayne. A day later, the album was reissued in a deluxe edition, dubbed 2093 P2, with two bonus tracks, including one featuring Drake. Then, on Feb. 21, the album saw another reissue, termed 2093 P3, with four bonus tracks. This version of the album was only available as a digital download via the artist’s official webstore (and the four bonus tracks were only available as part of the full album purchase).
Taylor Swift’s chart-topping 1989 (Taylor’s Version) rises 4-3 with 11,000 sold (though down 25%) and Swift’s former leader Lover climbs 6-4 with 9,000 (down 24%). Toby Keith’s chart-topper 35 Biggest Hits rises 9-5 with nearly 9,000 sold (up 28%).
Blackberry Smoke clocks its fourth top 10-charting set on Top Album Sales as Be Right Here arrives at No. 6 with 8,500 sold.
Taylor Swift’s former No. 1s Midnights and Folklore are up next, non-movers at Nos. 7 and 8, with nearly 7,500 (down 32%) and 7,000 (down 17%), respectively.
P1Harmony’s Killin’ It falls 2-9 in its second week with 7,000 sold (down 60%).
IDLES’ TANGK starts at No. 10, marking the second top 10 for the act. The set starts with 7,000 sold.
In the week ending Feb. 22, there were 1.166 million albums sold in the U.S. (down 7.3% compared to the previous week). Of that sum, physical albums (CDs, vinyl LPs, cassettes, etc.) comprised 858,000 (down 5.3%) and digital albums comprised 308,000 (down 12.6%).
There were 408,000 CD albums sold in the week ending Feb. 22 (down 6.1% week-over-week) and 446,000 vinyl albums sold (down 4.6%). Year-to-date CD album sales stand at 3.342 million (down 32.1% compared to the same time frame a year ago) and year-to-date vinyl album sales total 3.759 million (down 47.1%).
Overall year-to-date album sales total 9.507 million (down 35.8% compared to the same year-to-date time frame a year ago). Year-to-date physical album sales stand at 7.137 million (down 41%) and digital album sales total 2.37 million (down 12.7%).
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Taylor Swift makes Billboard chart history by becoming the first artist to spend 100 total weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100.
The Artist 100 measures artists’ activity across key metrics of music consumption: album sales, track sales, radio airplay and streaming. Using a methodology comprising those metrics, the chart provides a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
Billboard launched the Artist 100 in July 2014. Since then, Swift’s No. 1 run is more than twice as long as any other act’s. Here’s an updated look at the artists with the most weeks spent at the top spot (through the latest, March 2, 2024-dated survey).
Most Weeks at No. 1 on Billboard Artist 100:100, Taylor Swift38, Drake28, The Weeknd21, BTS20, Adele15, Ariana Grande15, Ed Sheeran14, Justin Bieber14, Post Malone13, Morgan Wallen12, Billie Eilish
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Swift continues her tear atop the Artist 100 thanks to the continued success of her catalog. Her music generated the most streams among all artists in the Feb. 16-22 tracking week, according to Luminate, while she was also the most-heard artist on radio and the top-selling artist, in terms of both combined album and digital song sales.
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That chart domination results in two currently-charting songs on the Billboard Hot 100 – “Cruel Summer” at No. 7 and “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]” at No. 18 – and 10 albums on the Billboard 200: No. 6, 1989 (Taylor’s Version); No. 7, Lover; No. 9, Midnights; No. 15, Folklore; No. 21, reputation; No. 29, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version); No. 31, Red (Taylor’s Version); No. 34, Evermore; No. 58, Fearless (Taylor’s Version); and No. 65, 1989.
As Swift spends a milestone 100th week at No. 1 on the Artist 100, she also logs a landmark 500th total week on the chart. She’s the second-longest-charting act in the list’s history, after Drake, who reached the mark four weeks ago.
Here’s a breakdown of the metrics contributing to Swift’s historic week on the Artist 100.
Streaming
Swift continues her record run at No. 1 on the Artist 100 due, in large part, to her streaming consumption totals. Over Feb. 16-22, Swift’s catalog garnered a combined 319.4 million on-demand official U.S. streams, according to Luminate (encompassing songs on which she has lead artist billing). That makes her the most-streamed artist of the week.
Her songs that generated the most streams in that span: “Cruel Summer” (13.7 million), “Is It Over Now (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]” (7.6 million), “Anti-Hero” (7.5 million), “Lover” (6.7 million) and “Karma,” featuring Ice Spice (6 million).
Radio Airplay
Swift was also the most-heard artist on the radio Feb. 16-22. Songs by Swift earned a combined 177.3 million radio airplay audience impressions in that span.
The songs that earned the most impressions: “Is It Over Now” (49.8 million, making it the fifth most-heard song across all formats, as reflected on the Radio Songs chart), “Cruel Summer” (48.4 million; the sixth most-heard song overall), “Anti-Hero” (16.5 million), “Karma” (10.3 million) and “Blank Space” (28.3 million).
Swift is also currently charting on the following radio rankings:
Pop Airplay: “Is It Over Now?” (No. 4) and “Cruel Summer” (No. 12)Adult Pop Airplay: “Cruel Summer” (No. 3) and “Is It Over Now?” (No. 4)Adult Contemporary: “Cruel Summer” (No. 1 for a fifth week), “Anti-Hero” (No. 5), “Is It Over Now?” (No. 17) and “Bad Blood (Taylor’s Version)” (No. 29)Dance/Mix Show Airplay: “Is It Over Now?” (No. 22)
Album Consumption
Swift is additionally the top artist of the week in terms of album consumption. Her albums earned a combined 297,000 equivalent album units in the latest tracking week, the biggest total among all acts.
Here’s a breakdown of her album sales Feb. 16-22:
Overall album sales: 60,000, the most among all artistsVinyl sales: 33,000, the most among all artistsCD sales: 20,000, the most among all artists
Swift’s top-selling albums of the week: 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (11,000 copies sold; it’s No. 3 on the Top Album Sales chart), Lover (9,000; No. 4), Midnights (7,000; No. 7), Folklore (7,000; No. 8) and Evermore (5,000; No. 15).
As for her albums selling the most on vinyl: Folklore (6,000; No. 1 on the Vinyl Albums chart), 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (5,000; No. 2), Lover (5,000; No. 5), Midnights (4,000; No. 8) and Evermore (3,000; No. 11).
Digital Song Sales
Finally, Swift is also the top-selling artist of the week in terms of digital song sales. Swift’s songs sold a combined 36,000 downloads Feb. 16-22.
Her songs selling the most downloads in that tracking period: “Cruel Summer,” “Anti-Hero,” “You’re Losing Me (From the Vault)” (2,000 each), “Karma” (1,000), and “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” (1,000 each).
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