Stray Kids ’ new album HOP puts K-pop back in a familiar spot – No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. HOP is the 19th No.
1 album or EP by a K-pop act on the Billboard 200. The first was BTS’ Love Yourself: Tear in June 2018. Stray Kids and BTS have each had six No.
1 titles on the Billboard 200, which puts them in a tie for the lead among K-pop acts. ATEEZ is runner-up with two No. 1s on that chart.
SuperM , BLACKPINK , TOMORROW X TOGETHER , NewJeans and TWICE have all have one No. 1 album to date. BLACKPINK was the first female K-pop act to land a No.
1 album on the Billboard 200. They scored with Born Pink in 2022. NewJeans and TWICE were the second and third.
K-pop groups tend to be large ensembles. TWICE has nine members, one more than Stray Kids and ATEEZ. BTS and SuperM each have seven members.
TOMORROW X TOGETHER and NewJeans each have five members. BLACKPINK has four members. To date, no K-pop solo artists, duos or trios have topped the Billboard 200.
There have been multiple No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 by K-pop acts in every year since 2018 except for 2021, when there were none. The peak year (to date) for most No.
1 K-pop albums on the Billboard 200 was 2023, when there were five. There were four in 2022 and four again in 2024. Here’s a list of all K-pop albums to top the Billboard 200.
They are listed in chronological order. Date Hit No. 1: June 2, 2018 Single: “Fake Love” Date Hit No.
1: September 8, 2018 Single: “Idol” Date Hit No. 1: April 27, 2019 Singles: “Boy with Luv,” “Make It Right” Date Hit No. 1: October 19, 2019 Single: “Jopping” Date Hit No.
1: March 7, 2020 Singles: “Black Swan,” “On” Date Hit No. 1: Dec. 5, 2020 Single: “Life Goes On” Date Hit No.
1: April 2, 2022 Single: “Maniac” Date Hit No. 1: June 25, 2022 Single: “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)” Date Hit No. 1: Oct.
1, 2022 Singles: “Pink Venom,” “Shut Down” Date Hit No. 1: Oct. 22, 2022 Single: “Case 143” Date Hit No.
1: Feb. 11, 2023 Single: “Sugar Rush Ride” Date Hit No. 1: June 17, 2023 Single: “S-Class” Date Hit No.
1: Aug. 5, 2023 Singles: “Super Shy,” “Cool With You , ” “ETA” Date Hit No. 1: Nov.
25, 2023 Single: “Lalalala” Date Hit No. 1: Dec. 16, 2023 Single: “Crazy Form” Date Hit No.
1: March 9, 2014 Singles: “I Got You,” “One Spark” Date Hit No. 1: Aug. 3, 2024 Single: “Chk Chk Boom” Date Hit No.
1: Nov. 30, 2024 Single: “Ice on My Teeth” Date Hit No. 1: Dec.
28, 2024 Single: “Walkin on Water”.
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Here Are All the K-Pop Albums That Have Topped the Billboard 200: Full List
BTS was the first K-pop act to top the all-genre chart; BLACKPINK was the first female K-pop act to do so.