These Are The 37 K-Pop Artists Who Have Had The Most Number-One Hits On The K-Pop Hot 100 Chart
The K-Pop Hot 100 chart is a music singles chart based in South Korea that ranks the popularity of songs in the K-pop industry based on digital sales and downloads. It launched in August of 2011 in conjunction with Billboard and Billboard Korea, to serve a similar sort of role as the U.S.-based music company in South Korea. SISTAR‘s “So Cool” was the very first song to reach number one on the list!
These are the K-Pop artists who have had the most songs reach the #1 spot on the K-Pop Hot 100 chart over the years, all of which have at least 2 or more songs with this title. And the artist with the most (spoilers, 12 songs) might not be who you expect! Check them out below.
Tied for 6th with 2 songs each:
Girls’ Generation
Songs charted:
“The Boys”
“I Got a Boy”
Lee Seunggi
Songs charted:
“Time for Love”
“Return”
T-ara
Songs charted:
“Cry Cry”
“Lovey-Dovey”
Wonder Girls
Songs charted:
“Be My Baby”
“Like This”
PSY
Songs charted:
“Gangnam Style”
“Gentleman”
BIGBANG
Songs charted:
“Blue”
“Monster”
Ailee
Songs charted:
“Shower of Tears” (ft. Bae Chigi)
“U & I”
Roy Kim
Songs charted:
“After Turning into Dust” (ft. Jung Joon-Young)
“Bom Bom Bom”
Huh Gak
Songs charted:
“Hello”
“I Need You”
MAMAMOO
Songs charted:
“Yes I Am”
“Starry Night”
Naul
Songs charted:
“Memory of the Wind”
“Emptiness in Memory”
Bolbbalgan4
Songs charted:
“Some”
“Travel”
Hwasa
Songs charted:
“Don’t Give It to Me” (with Loco)
“Twit”
SEVENTEEN
Songs charted:
“Don’t Wanna Cry”
“Home”
MC the Max
Songs charted:
“Wind That Blows”
“After You’ve Gone”
Loco
Songs charted:
“We Are”
“Don’t Give It to Me” (with Hwasa)
Taeyeon
Songs charted:
“And One”
“Four Seasons”
Crush
Songs charted:
“Some Occasional Showers” (ft. Gary)
“Lovedrunk” (with Epik High)
Red Velvet
Songs charted:
“Power Up”
“Umpah Umpah”
Gummy
Songs charted:
“Snow Flower”
“Remember Me”
Ben
Songs charted:
“180 Degree”
“Thank You for Goodbye”
Akdong Musician
Songs charted:
“200%”
“How Can I Love the Heartbreak, You’re the One I Love”
Zico
Songs charted:
“SoulMate” (with IU)
“Any Song”
Sunmi
Songs charted:
“Siren”
“Lalalay”
Tied for 5th with 3 songs each:
Lee Hi
Songs charted:
“It’s Cold” (with Epik High)
“1, 2, 3, 4”
“Rose”
Hyolyn
Songs charted:
“Crazy For You”
“One Way Love”
“Goodbye”
Wanna One
Songs charted:
“Beautiful”
“Boomerang”
“Spring Breeze”
Davichi
Songs charted:
“Don’t Say Goodbye”
“Missing You Today”
“The Letter”
Epik High
Songs charted:
“It’s Cold” (ft. Lee Hi)
“Love Story” (ft. IU)
“Lovedrunk” (ft. Crush)
Yoon Jongshin
Songs charted:
“You, Clouds, Rain” (ft. Heize)
“Like It”
“Yes” (ft. Minseo)
Tied for 4th with 4 songs each:
SISTAR
Songs charted:
“So Cool”
“Alone”
“Loving U”
“Give It to Me”
Busker Busker
Songs charted:
“Tokyo Girl”
“Cherry Blossom Ending”
“If You Really Love Me”
“Love, At First”
K.Will
Songs charted:
“Please Don’t”
“Love Blossom”
“You Don’t Know Love”
“Like a Star”
Tied for 3rd with 5 songs each:
EXO
Songs charted:
“Ko Ko Bop”
“Power”
“Universe”
“Tempo”
“Love Shot”
BTS
Songs charted:
“DNA”
“Fake Love”
“Idol”
“Boy with Luv” (ft. Halsey)
“ON”
2nd with 6 songs:
TWICE
Songs charted:
“Signal”
“Likey”
“Heart Shaker”
“What Is Love?”
“Dance the Night Away”
“Feel Special”
1st with 12 songs:
IU
Songs charted:
“You and I”
“Every End of the Day”
“The Red Shoes”
“Friday”
“Not Spring, Love or Cherry Blossoms” (ft. High4)
“My Old Story”
“Love Story” (ft. Epik High)
“SoulMate” (ft. Zico)
“Bbibbi”
“Love Poem”
“Blueming”
“eight” (ft. Suga)