4th Generation Girl Group Hit Song Rankings: Melon Cumulative Streamings of 100 Million or More (As of August 7, 2024)

The 4th generation girl groups have been showing off their powerful music power since their debut. Let's take a look at the graph to see which songs have achieved 100 million cumulative Melon streaming so far.

1st place New Jeans' Hype Boy

Cumulative streaming: 252 million
Release date: 2022.08.01
New Jeans' Hype Boy, which has been consistently at the top of the charts since its release, has taken first place in cumulative streaming. It ranked 15th in 2022, 2nd in 2023, and is still in the top 20 daily, two years after its release.

2nd place: Ive's LOVE DIVE

Cumulative streaming: 248 million
Release date: 2022.04.05
LOVE DIVE, which ranked first in 2022, is in second place. It set a record for being the first girl group to be on the daily chart for 800 consecutive days and is still in the top 50.

3rd place: Espa's Next Level

Cumulative streaming: 222 million
Release date: 2021.05.17
Espa's third digital single, Next Level, ranked third. They were the first 4th generation idol group to receive 100,000 likes on Melon, a record they achieved in just 3 weeks after their release. They also set a record at the time by staying in the weekly TOP 10 for 27 consecutive weeks.

4th Place: Ive's After LIKE

Cumulative streaming: 196 million
Release date: 2022.08.22
After LIKE, the title song of their third single released five months after LOVE DIVE, ranked 4th with approximately 200 million streams. This song set a record for the highest number of users for a 4th generation girl group, reaching 96,000 in one hour and 630,000 in 24 hours.

5th place: New Jeans' Attention

Cumulative streaming: 192 million
Release date: 2022.08.01
This is one of the title tracks from New Jeans' debut album, their first EP. It is the first debut song to reach #1 on the TOP 100, and they share the title of having reached #1 on the monthly charts with debut songs like 2NE1 and Blackpink.

Ditto from New Jeans in 6th place

Cumulative streaming: 188 million
Release date: 2022.12.19
It ranked 6th with 188 million streams as a pre-released single. Ditto topped the TOP 100 within 2 hours of its release and achieved daily No. 1 from the first day. It is a song that has set an incredible record by being No. 1 for an year, 3 consecutive months, 14 consecutive weeks, and 99 consecutive days.

7th Place: I AM by Ive

Cumulative streaming: 175 million
Release date: 2022.04.10
The title song of Ive's first full-length album, I AM, ranked 7th with 175 million streams. Among the songs released in 2023, it ranked 1st in Melon's 2023 annual streaming count, daily users, 24-hour users, and 1-hour users, establishing it as the representative song of 2023.

8th place: Ive's ELEVEN

Cumulative streaming: 165 million
Release date: 2021.12.01
Ive's debut song reached 8th place with 165 million streams. Its highest daily ranking was 3rd place, but it stayed in the TOP 10 for 100 consecutive days and set a record of 600 consecutive days on the chart for the first time for a girl group at the time, staying on the chart for a long time. Although it did not reach the daily top spot, it ranked 6th for the year, making it a huge success as a debut song.

9th place New Jeans' OMG

Cumulative streaming: 140 million
Release Date: 2023.01.02
Although it was pushed out by the pre-released Ditto and did not take the top spot, it showed an incredible record by taking the monthly 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for 3 consecutive months along with Ditto and Hype Boy. It also ranked 4th in the year 2023, following I AM.

10th Place: Ive's Kitsch

Cumulative streaming: 128 million
Release date: 2023.03.27
Kitsch, the title track of Ive's first full-length album and a pre-released song, ranked 10th with 128 million streams. It is a song that achieved the 6th place in the year along with the daily, weekly, and monthly No. 1.

11th place: Seraphim's ANTIFRAGILE

Cumulative streaming: 127 million
Release date: 2022.10.17
This is the title song of Seraphim's 2nd mini album, and is ranked 11th. This song won the Singer of the Year award in the music category at the Circle Chart Music Awards in October 2022.

12th place: Savage of Espa

Cumulative streaming: 111 million
Release date: 2021.10.05
The title song of Espa's first mini album surpassed 110 million and ranked 12th.

13th place: FEARLESS by Espa

Cumulative streaming: 110 million
Release date: 2022.05.02
This is the title song of Seraphim's debut mini-album. It won the Singer of the Year award in the music category at the Circle Chart Music Awards in May 2022.

14th place: New Jeans' Super Shy

Cumulative streaming: 110 million
Release Date: 2023.07.07
New Jeans' second EP's title track and pre-released song, Super Shy, ranked 14th. Although it was released at 1 p.m. on a Friday, which is unfavorable for domestic music charts, it took first place not only for the daily and weekly charts, but also for the monthly charts for two consecutive months, becoming the first girl group song released at 1 p.m. on a Friday to take first place.

15th place: Spicy from Espa

Cumulative Streaming: 109 million
Release date: 2023.05.08
The title song Spicy from Espa's third mini album is one of the songs that has achieved 100 million cumulative streams. At the time of its release, there were many popular girl groups competing against each other, but it showed its popularity by taking the weekly #1 spot. It is still in the daily top 40.

16th place STAYC's ASAP

Cumulative streaming: 107 million
Release date: 2021.04.08
This is the title song of STAYC's second single album, and it is the song that introduced STAYC to the public. It started out at a low ranking, but steadily rose in the rankings, reaching the daily TOP 10 in just 63 days after its release, and reaching 8th place.

Out of the total 16 songs, Nu'est and Ive each had 5 songs, Espa had 3 songs, Seraphim had 2 songs, and STAYC had 1 song. I wish more girl groups had titles with over 100 million streams.