These Are The Only 21 K-Pop Albums To Make It Onto Billboard’s World Albums Chart In 2022

Several have been charting for multiple weeks and counting!

Billboard‘s World Albums chart is a weekly chart that ranks the 15 most popular international albums at the time of its weekly update. While it’s not at all unheard of for K-Pop albums to make it onto the chart, it’s also not an easy task, so it’s something worth celebrating whenever your favorite artist’s album ranks on it! Here are the only 21 K-Pop albums that have ranked on the World Albums chart in 2022.

1. Dimension: Answer by ENHYPEN

First charted: January 29

Peak position: #1 (for 3 weeks)

Total weeks on chart: 9

2. ODDINARY by Stray Kids

First charted: April 2

Peak position: #1 (for 6 weeks)

Total weeks on chart: 21 (and counting!)

3. Feel My Rhythm by Red Velvet

First charted: April 2

Peak position: #8

Total weeks on chart: 3

4. I Never Die by (G)I-DLE

First charted: April 2

Peak position: #13

Total weeks on chart: 1

5. Glitch Mode by NCT DREAM

First charted: April 9

Peak position: #2

Total weeks on chart: 4

6. PSY 9th by PSY

First charted: May 14

Peak position: #3

Total weeks on chart: 2

7. Minisode 2: Thursday’s Child by TXT

First charted: May 21

Peak position: #1 (for 3 weeks)

Total weeks on chart: 19

8. GOT7 by GOT7

First charted: June 4

Peak position: #8

Total weeks on chart: 1

9. Face the Sun by SEVENTEEN

First charted: June 11

Peak position: #1

Total weeks on chart: 18

10. Beatbox by NCT DREAM

First charted: June 18

Peak position: #8

Total weeks on chart: 5

11. PROOF by BTS

First charted: June 25

Peak position: #1 (for 5 weeks)

Total weeks on chart: 17 (and counting!)

12. Im Nayeon by Nayeon

First charted: July 9

Peak position: #1

Total weeks on chart: 11

13. Girls by aespa

First charted: July 23

Peak position: #1

Total weeks on chart: 8

14. Checkmate by ITZY

First charted: July 30

Peak position: #1

Total weeks on chart: 10

15. Jack in the Box by J-Hope

First charted: July 30

Peak position: #2

Total weeks on chart: 4

16. Sector 17 by SEVENTEEN

First charted: August 6

Peak position: #1

Total weeks on chart: 11 (and counting!)

17. The World EP.1: Movement by ATEEZ

First charted: August 13

Peak position: #1

Total weeks on chart: 3

18. Manifesto: Day 1 by ENHYPEN

First charted: August 13

Peak position: #1 (for 2 weeks)

Total weeks on chart: 10 (and counting!)

19. New Jeans by NewJeans

First charted: August 20

Peak position: #11

Total weeks on chart: 9 (and counting!)

20. Between 1&2 by TWICE

First charted: September 10

Peak position: #1 (for 3 weeks)

Total weeks on chart: 6 (and counting!)

21. 2 Baddies by NCT 127

First charted: October 1

Peak position: #1 (for 2 weeks)

Total weeks on chart: 3 (and counting!)

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