Meet the K-pop artists dominating the global music scene!
Spotify’s ‘2024 K-Pop Global Impact List’ has arrived, and ILLIT, BTS’ V, LE SSERAFIM, and others have earned top spots as the most impactful K-pop artists worldwide in the first half of 2024.
Most artists under HYBE including ILLIT, BTS, LE SSERAFIM, Zico, and TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT) have topped Spotify’s ‘2024 Korean Music Global Impact List’ as the leading K-pop acts of the year so far.
Spotify’s ‘Music Global Impact List South Korea ranked the top 30 K-pop songs with the most streams globally, excluding Korea, from tracks released between January 1 and June 30 of this year.
Here are the 30 most streamed K-pop songs on the list in the first half of 2024
- Magnetic by ILLIT
- FRI(END)S by BTS V
- Smart by LE SSERAFIM
- EASY by LE SSERAFIM
- SHEESH by BABYMONSTER
- SPOT! by Zico (feat. Jennie)
- Supernova by aespa
- Deja Vu by TXT
- Never Let Go by BTS’ Jungkook
- Stupid In Love by MAX (LE SSERAFIM’s Huh Yunjin)
- NEURON by J-Hope (with Yoon Mirae and Gaekho)
- Nightwalker by WayV’s Ten
- Super Lady by (G)I-DLE
- Love Wins All by IU (starring BTS V)
- Wife by (G)I-DLE
- ONE SPARK by TWICE
- I GOT YOU by TWICE
- Armageddon by aespa
- Come back to me by BTS RM
- How Sweet by NewJeans
- Smoothie by NCT DREAM
- LOST! by RM of BTS
- Like That by BABYMONSTER
- DASH by NMIXX
- MAESTRO by SEVENTEEN
- i wonder by J-Hope (ft. Jungkook)
- Love 119 by RIIZE
- plot twist by TWS
- HEYA by IVE
ILLIT not only debuted on the list but also topped the list a few months after their debut. Their debut song Magnetic made history as the first K-pop group debut song to enter Billboard’s HOT 100 and the UK Official Chart’s Singles Top 100.
Four BTS members, V, J-Hope, RM, and Jungkook, who released music in the first half of 2024, also made the list. NewJeans secured 20th position with How Sweet released over a month ago, on May 24.
Lastly, HYBE Labels’ artists claimed half of the top 30 spots on Spotify’s Music Global Impact South Korea list.