List of K-pop on the Billboard year-end charts
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BTS at their press conference in Seoul, South Korea after winning Top Social Artist at the Billboard Music Awards on May 21, 2017.
List of K-pop on the Billboard year-end charts is a compilation of chart information for K-pop music published by the Billboard charts , and reported on by Billboard K-Town , an online Billboard column. 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 Year-End charts.[ 1] [ 2]
2009–present
This list depends on continual updates taken from *Billboard artist/title/chart search[ 3] and *Billboard charts .[ 4]
Charts with all updates 2009–present are marked (Complete).
Billboard artists comprehensive update incomplete.
Billboard charts comprehensive update incomplete.
The list is exclusive of Korea K-Pop Hot 100 data.
Figures in red highlight indicate the highest rating received by K-pop artists on that chart.
– Current year's charting
Chart started 2014-12-31 and discontinued after 2017-12-31.
Boxscore Charts – Top 40 Tours (Year end)
Year
Artist
Gross
Total Attendees
No. of Shows
Rank
2019[ 17]
BTS [ 18] [ 19]
$196,414,822
1,611,963
42
3
2022[ 20]
BTS
$75,489,240
458,144
11
27
2023[ 21]
Blackpink
$148,300,000
703,0000
29
10
2023
Suga
$57,100,000
318,000
26
37
Boxscore Charts – Top 25 Boxscores (Year end)
Year
Event Date
Artist
Venue
City
Gross
Total Attendees
Promoter
No. of Shows
Rank
2019[ 17]
May 4 & 5
BTS [ 19]
Rose Bowl
Pasadena
$16,695,461
113,040
Live Nation
2
6
2019[ 17]
April 6 & 7
BTS
Rajamangala Stadium
Bangkok
$15,070,360
68,900
Live Nation
2
10
2019[ 17]
May 18 & 19
BTS
MetLife Stadium
East Rutherford
$14,195,198
98,574
Live Nation
2
12
2019[ 17]
June 7 & 8
BTS
Stade de France
Paris
$13,928,011
107,328
Live Nation
2
13
2019[ 17]
June 1 & 2
BTS
Wembley Stadium
Wembley
$13,681,565
114,583
Live Nation
2
14
2019[ 17]
May 11 & 12
BTS
Soldier Field
Near South Side, Chicago
$13,483,307
88,156
Live Nation
2
16
2019[ 17]
Oct. 26–27, 29
BTS
Seoul Olympic Stadium
Seoul
$12,109,026
129,268
Big Hit Entertainment
3
25
2022[ 20]
Apr. 8-9, 15-16
BTS
Allegiant Stadium
Las Vegas
$35,944,850
199,697
Hybe Corporation
4
3
2022[ 20]
Nov. 27-28, Dec. 1-2
BTS
SoFi Stadium
Inglewood, California
$33,316,345
213,751
Hybe Corporation
4
5
Year
Promoter
Total Gross
Total Attendees
No. of Shows
Rank
2022[ 20]
Hybe Corporation
$124,470,539
855,625
60
8
2023[ 21]
Hybe Corporation
$188,100,000
1,600,000
93
5
Digital Song Sales (Year end) (Complete)
Digital Song Sales Artists (Year end) (Complete)
Year[ 25]
Artist
Rank
2020
BTS [ 7]
1
2021
BTS
1
2022
BTS
11
2023
Jimin
6
2023
Jungkook
10
2024
Jungkook
3
2024
Jimin
15
Digital Song Sales Imprints (Year end) (Complete)
Digital Song Sales Labels (Year end) (Complete)
Google 's Top Hummed Songs 2020 (presented by Google) (Year end) (Complete)
Chart only for the year 2020
Hot 100 Artists (Year end) (Complete)
Hot 100 Artists - Duo/Group (Year end) (Complete)
Hot 100 Songs (Year end) (Complete)
Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Year end) (Complete)
Hot Singles Sales (Year end) (Complete)
Chart started 2006-12-31 and discontinued.
Independent Artists (Year end) (Complete)
Year[ 36]
Artist
Rank
2018
BTS
1
2019
BTS
1
2020
BTS[ 7]
2
2021
BTS
3
Independent Imprints (Year end) (Complete)
Independent Labels (Year end) (Complete)
Internet Albums (Year end) (Complete)
On-Demand Songs (On-Demand Streaming Songs) (Year end) (Complete)
Chart not up yet or discontinued in 2021.
Chart halted from 2020-12-26 to present while under revisions.[ 56]
Chart started 2013-12-31.
Chart started 2013-12-31.
Tastemakers Albums (Year end) (Complete)
Top Album Sales (Year end) (Complete)
Top Album Sales Artists (Year end) (Complete)
Charts available 2002-2005 and 2015–present.
Year[ 65]
Artist
Rank
2018
BTS
4
2019
BTS
3
2020
BTS
2
2020
NCT 127
13
2020
SuperM
15
2021
BTS
2
2021
TXT
17
2022
BTS
5
2022
Twice
9
2022
Stray Kids
11
2022
TXT
16
2022
NCT 127
17
2022
Seventeen
18
2023
Stray Kids
2
2023
TXT
7
2023
Twice
10
2023
NewJeans
15
2023
Seventeen
16
2023
Enhypen
17
2023
Ateez
19
2023
Agust D
21
2023
Jimin
25
2024
Stray Kids
2
2024
Ateez
4
2024
Enhypen
5
2024
TXT
7
2024
Jungkook
9
2024
Seventeen
10
2024
Twice
20
Top Album Sales Labels (Year end) (Complete)
Top Artists (Year end) (Complete)
Top Artists - Duo/Group (Year end) (Complete)
Top Current Albums (Year end)
Top New Artists (Year end) (Complete)
World Albums (Year end) (Complete)
World Albums Artists (Year end) (Complete)
Year[ 76]
Artist
Rank
2013
G-Dragon
9
2013
SHINee
10
2014
Exo
7
2014
2NE1
9
2015
Exo
7
2016
BTS
5
2016
Got7
6
2017
BTS[ 58]
1
2017
G-Dragon
5
2017
Big Bang
6
2017
Exo
7
2018
BTS[ 6]
1
2018
Exo
5
2018
J-Hope
6
2018
RM
7
2018
Blackpink
9
2018
NCT 127
10
2019
BTS
1
2019
SuperM
2
2019
NCT 127
4
2019
Exo
7
2019
Blackpink
10
2020
BTS
1
2020
NCT 127
2
2020
SuperM
3
2020
Blackpink
4
2020
NCT
7
2020
Stray Kids
9
2020
Suga (Agust D)
10
2021
BTS
1
2021
Blackpink
2
2021
TXT
3
2021
NCT
5
2021
NCT 127
7
2021
Twice
8
2021
Enhypen
9
2021
Seventeen
10
2022
BTS
1
2022
Twice
2
2022
Stray Kids
3
2022
TXT
4
2022
Seventeen
5
2022
NCT 127
6
2022
Enhypen
8
2022
Itzy
10
2023
Stray Kids
1
2023
BTS
2
2023
NewJeans
3
2023
TXT
4
2023
Twice
6
2023
Jimin
7
2023
Enhypen
8
2023
Seventeen
9
2023
Ateez
10
2024
Stray Kids
1
2024
Enhypen
2
2024
TXT
3
2024
Ateez
4
2024
Seventeen
5
2024
Jimin
6
2024
NewJeans
7
2024
Le Sserafim
8
2024
BTS
10
World Albums Imprints (Year end) (Complete)
Year[ 77]
Label
Rank
2014
SM Entertainment
5
2015
SM Entertainment
2
2016
Big Hit Entertainment
4
2016
SM Entertainment
5
2017
Big Hit Entertainment
2
2017
YG Entertainment
3
2017
SM Entertainment
5
2018
Big Hit Entertainment[ 7]
1
2018
SM Entertainment
2
2019
Big Hit Entertainment
1
2019
SM Entertainment
2
2019
TakeOne Company
3
2020
Big Hit Entertainment
1
2020
SM Entertainment
2
2020
YG Entertainment
4
2021
Big Hit Entertainment
1
2021
SM Entertainment
2
2021
JYP Entertainment
4
2022
Big Hit Entertainment
1
2022
JYP Entertainment
3
2022
SM Entertainment
5
2023
Big Hit Entertainment
2
2023
JYP Entertainment
4
2024
JYP Entertainment
3
2024
Big Hit Entertainment
4
2024
KQ Entertainment
5
World Albums Labels (Year end) (Complete)
Year[ 78]
Label
Rank
2014
SM Entertainment
5
2015
SM Entertainment
2
2016
LOEN Entertainment
4
2017
Big Hit Entertainment
2
2017
LOEN Entertainment
3
2017
YG Entertainment
4
2018
Big Hit Entertainment
1
2018
LOEN Entertainment
2
2018
SM Entertainment
3
2019
Big Hit Entertainment
1
2019
SM Entertainment
3
2020
Big Hit Entertainment[ 7]
1
2020
SM Entertainment
2
2021
Big Hit Entertainment
1
2021
SM Entertainment
3
2022
SM Entertainment
3
2023
SM Entertainment
5
World Digital Song Sales (Year end) (Complete)
Chart started 2010-12-31 and discontinued 2020.
World Digital Songs Artists (Year end) (Complete)
Chart started 2010-12-31 and discontinued 2020.
Year[ 80]
Artist
Peak position
2012
Psy
1
2012
Big Bang
4
2012
2NE1
6
2013
Psy
1
2013
Exo
5
2013
2NE1
10
2014
Psy
2
2014
2NE1
3
2014
Exo
6
2015
BigBang
2
2015
Psy
3
2015
Exo
4
2015
2NE1
8
2015
BTS
9
2016
BTS
2
2016
Exo
3
2016
Psy
4
2016
Blackpink
5
2016
Got7
7
2016
BigBang
10
2017
BTS
1
2017
Blackpink
5
2017
Psy
6
2017
Exo
7
2017
Kard
8
2017
Twice
9
2017
BigBang
10
2018
BTS[ 6]
1
2018
Blackpink
4
2018
Twice
5
2018
Red Velvet
6
2018
Momoland
10
2019
BTS
1
2019
Blackpink
3
2019
Jennie
9
2019
Twice
10
See also
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