[talk] BTS, Lim Young-woong, and New Jeans, heating up K-pop this year

The artists who decorated K-pop this year have been selected.

Spotify released the top list of its 'Wrapped Year-End' campaign, which wraps up the year 2024, on the 5th. It includes streaming figures including the most streamed artists and music in the world and in Korea.

Spotify provides diverse content based on music trends and data that have attracted worldwide attention with this top list. Wrapped focuses on providing a diverse listening experience with data stories that allow listeners to see at a glance the process of changing their music tastes, as well as global and regional popularity rankings.

Among K-pop artists, BTS took the top spot with 3.9 billion streams this year. Members Jungkook (2nd) and Jimin (4th) continued to be on the list of most-streamed artists, proving their popularity that overshadowed 'Gunbaekgi'. In addition, Stray Kids (3rd) and New Jeans (5th) also stood out.

The most streamed K-pop song is Jimin's "Who," which has been consistently loved since its release this year and joined Spotify's "Billion Club." BTS member Jungkook's "Seven" (feat. Latto) (2nd) and "Standing Next to You" (3rd) also ranked high, showing off their extraordinary music power. "Love Me Again" (4th) by fellow BTS member V also proved to be extremely popular.

Following this, 'Magnetinc' by Ailrit, who had a hot year despite being a rookie group, ranked 5th, and 'APT', a collaboration between Rosé and Bruno Mars that was released in October but received the most love in the global market, ranked 6th.

According to Spotify's Wrapped campaign data, Jimin ranked first for the second year in a row as the artist with the most streams among Korean listeners this year. He was followed by Lim Young-woong (2nd), Jungkook (3rd), Newjinx (4th), and V (5th).

Jimin also showed his top popularity in numbers by consecutively ranking his solo songs 'who' (1st), 'Like Crazy' (2nd), and 'Closer than This' (5th) on the most streamed music charts. Jungkook also ranked 'Standing Next You' (3rd) and 'Seven' (feat. Latto) (4th).