Current Billboard logo 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.
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^"Chart – Top Billboard 200 Artists - Duo/Group (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Billboard Global 200 (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
^"Chart – Billboard Global 200 Artists (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
^"Chart – Billboard Global Excl. U.S. (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
^"Chart – Billboard Global Excl. U.S. Artists (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
^"Chart – Billboard Twitter Top Tracks (Year End) 2014". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 19, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
^"Chart – Billboard Twitter Top Tracks (Year End) 2016". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 16, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
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^"Chart – Dance/Electronic Songs Digital Song Sales (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Digital Song Sales (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^Trust, Gary (December 3, 2020). "The Year in Charts 2020: The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' Is the No. 1 Hot 100 Song of the Year". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^"Chart – Digital Song Sales Artists (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^"Chart – Digital Song Sales Imprints (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^"Chart – Digital Song Sales Labels (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Google's Top Hummed Songs 2020". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^"Chart – Hot 100 Artists (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Top Hot 100 Artists - Duo/Group (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 22, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Hot 100 Songs (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 29, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Hot Singles Sales (Year End - 2009)". Billboardbiz.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
^"Chart – Hot Singles Sales (Year End - 2010)". Billboardbiz.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
^"Chart – Independent Albums (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Independent Artists (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 19, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^"Chart – Independent Imprints (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Independent Labels (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^"Chart – Internet Albums (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2010". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2011". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2012". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2014". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2015". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2016". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on November 20, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2017". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on May 11, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2017.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2018". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2019". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Japan Hot 100 (Year-end) 2020". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
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^"Billboard Japan Hot 100 Year-End 2022". Billboard Japan. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
^"Billboard Japan Hot 100 – 2023 Year-End". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
^"Chart – On-Demand Streaming Songs (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
^"Chart – Radio Songs (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
^"Billboard to Temporarily Pause Social 50 Chart". Billboard. December 26, 2020. Archived from the original on December 26, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
^"Chart – Social 50 Artists (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
^ abcdefBenjamin, Jeff (December 21, 2017). "BTS, EXO, Bigbang and Seventeen Increase K-Pop's Visibility on Year-End Charts". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
^Rutherford, Kevin (December 5, 2019). "The Year in Social Charts 2019: BTS Utterly Dominates as Top Artist". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^ abcdefgRutherford, Kevin (December 3, 2020). "The Year in Social Charts: BTS Leads Again as K-Pop Takes Top Three for the First Time". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^"Chart – Streaming Songs (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – Streaming Songs Artists (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^"Chart – Tastemakers Albums (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
^"Top Album Sales (Year end)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^"Top Album Sales Artists (Year end)". Billboard. December 5, 2018. Archived from the original on June 19, 2024. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^"Chart – Top Album Sales Labels (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
^"Chart – Billboard Top 100 Artists (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
^ abCaulfield, Keith (December 3, 2020). "The Year in Charts 2020: Post Malone Is the Top Artist for the Second Year in a Row". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
^"Chart – Top Artists - Duo/Group (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Top Current Albums (Year end)". Billboard. December 6, 2019. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^ ab"(LEAD) Stray Kids scores third No. 1 on Billboard 200". Yonhap News Agency. June 12, 2023. Archived from the original on June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
^"Chart – Top New Artists (Year End) 2012". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
^"Chart - World Albums (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^Benjamin, Jeff (December 22, 2014). "2NE1's 'Crush' Is First K-Pop Entry on Year-End World Albums Chart". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
^"Ateez hits No. 3 on Billboard 200, Enhypen sixth". Yonhap News Agency. August 8, 2022. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
^"Chart - World Albums Artists (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 24, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – World Albums Imprints (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^"Chart - World Albums Labels (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^"Chart – World Digital Songs (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^"Chart – World Digital Songs Artists (Year End)". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.