Here Are All 26 K-Pop Songs That Have Made It Onto Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart
BTS may have been the first K-Pop act to reach #1, but they’re not the first to chart on the list!
The Billboard Hot 100 chart is the music industry standard record chart in the United States. The songs on the list, which is posted weekly, are determined by both physical and digital sales, online streaming, and radio play (which has long been K-Pop’s weakest point in the U.S.). Of course, most fans know by now that BTS just made history as the first K-Pop act to reach #1 on the chart, which is a huge deal! However, K-Pop does have a history of making the list all the way back to 2009. These are the 26 songs that have ranked on the Hot 100, listed in chronological order.
26. “Nobody” (English ver.) by Wonder Girls
Peak position on chart: #76
Week at peak position: October 31, 2009
Weeks on chart: 1
25. “Gangnam Style” by PSY
Peak position on chart: #2
Week at peak position: September 22, 2012
Weeks on chart: 31
24. “Gentleman” by PSY
Peak position on chart: #5
Week at peak position: April 27, 2013
Weeks on chart: 15
23. “Hangover” by PSY ft. Snoop Dogg
Peak position on chart: #26
Week at peak position: June 28, 2014
Weeks on chart: 1
22. “Daddy” by PSY ft. CL
Peak position on chart: #97
Week at peak position: December 19, 2015
Weeks on chart: 1
21. “Lifted” by CL
Peak position on chart: #94
Week at peak position: October 22, 2016
Weeks on chart: 1
20. “DNA” by BTS
Peak position on chart: #67
Week at peak position: October 7, 2017
Weeks on chart: 4
19. “Mic Drop” by BTS ft. Steve Aoki
Peak position on chart: #28
Week at peak position: December 16, 2017
Weeks on chart: 10
18. “Fake Love” by BTS
Peak position on chart: #10
Week at peak position: June 2, 2018
Weeks on chart: 6
17. “DDU-DU DDU-DU” by BLACKPINK
Peak position on chart: #55
Week at peak position: June 30, 2018
Weeks on chart: 1
16. “Idol” by BTS ft. Nicki Minaj
Peak position on chart: #11
Week at peak position: September 8, 2018
Weeks on chart: 3
15. “Kiss and Make Up” by BLACKPINK & Dua Lipa
Peak position on chart: #93
Week at peak position: November 3, 2018
Weeks on chart: 1
14. “Waste It On Me” by Steve Aoki ft. BTS
Peak position on chart: #89
Week at peak position: November 10, 2018
Weeks on chart: 1
13. “Baby Shark” by Pinkfong
Peak position on chart: #32
Week at peak position: January 12, 2019
Weeks on chart: 20
12. “Kill This Love” by BLACKPINK
Peak position on chart: #41
Week at peak position: April 20, 2019
Weeks on chart: 4
11. “Boy With Luv” by BTS ft. Halsey
Peak position on chart: #8
Week at peak position: April 27, 2019
Weeks on chart: 8
10. “Make It Right” by BTS ft. Lauv
Peak position on chart: #76
Week at peak position: April 27, 2019
Weeks on chart: 2
9. “Chicken Noodle Soup” by J-Hope ft. Becky G
Peak position on chart: #81
Week at peak position: October 12, 2019
Weeks on chart: 1
8. “Black Swan” by BTS
Peak position on chart: #57
Week at peak position: February 1, 2020
Weeks on chart: 1
7. “ON” by BTS
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