BTS’ new album ARIRANG has put K-pop back in a familiar spot — No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. ARIRANG, which holds at No. 1 on the chart dated April 11, is the 23rd album or EP by a K-pop act to reach No. 1 on Billboard‘s flagship albums chart in less than eight years. The first was BTS’ Love Yourself: Tear in June 2018.
ARIRANG is the first K-pop album or EP to spend two consecutive weeks at No. 1. The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack also had two weeks on top, but those weeks weren’t consecutive.
Stray Kids has amassed eight No. 1 titles on the Billboard 200, which puts them out front among K-pop acts. BTS is a close second, with seven No. 1 titles. ATEEZ is next in line with two No. 1s on the Billboard 200. SuperM, BLACKPINK, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, NewJeans and TWICE have all notched one No. 1 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.
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. Here’s a list of all K-pop albums to top the Billboard 200. They are listed in chronological order.
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BTS, Love Yourself: Tear
Image Credit: JTBC PLUS/Imazins via Getty Images Date Hit No. 1: June 2, 2018
Single: “Fake Love”
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BTS, Love Yourself: Answer
Date Hit No. 1: September 8, 2018
Single: “Idol”
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BTS, Map of the Soul: PERSONA
Date Hit No. 1: April 27, 2019
Singles: “Boy with Luv,” “Make It Right”
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SuperM, SuperM: The First Mini Album EP
Date Hit No. 1: October 19, 2019
Single: “Jopping”
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BTS, MAP OF THE SOUL: 7
Date Hit No. 1: March 7, 2020
Singles: “Black Swan,” “On”
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BTS, BE
Date Hit No. 1: Dec. 5, 2020
Single: “Life Goes On”
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Stray Kids, Stray Kids Mini Album: Oddinary (EP)
Image Credit: The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images Date Hit No. 1: April 2, 2022
Single: “Maniac”
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BTS, Proof
Date Hit No. 1: June 25, 2022
Single: “Yet to Come (The Most Beautiful Moment)”
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BLACKPINK, Born Pink
Image Credit: Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images for MTV/Paramount Global Date Hit No. 1: Oct. 1, 2022
Singles: “Pink Venom,” “Shut Down”
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Stray Kids, Maxident
Date Hit No. 1: Oct. 22, 2022
Single: “Case 143”
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TOMORROW X TOGETHER, The Name Chapter: Temptation (EP)
Date Hit No. 1: Feb. 11, 2023
Single: “Sugar Rush Ride”
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Stray Kids, 5-Star
Date Hit No. 1: June 17, 2023
Single: “S-Class”
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NewJeans, 2nd EP ‘Get Up’
Image Credit: The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images Date Hit No. 1: Aug. 5, 2023
Singles: “Super Shy,” “Cool With You,” “ETA”
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Stray Kids, ROCK-STAR
Date Hit No. 1: Nov. 25, 2023
Single: “Lalalala”
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ATEEZ, THE WORLD EP. FIN:WILL
Image Credit: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images Date Hit No. 1: Dec. 16, 2023
Single: “Crazy Form”
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TWICE, With YOU-th (EP)
Date Hit No. 1: March 9, 2024
Singles: “I Got You,” “One Spark”
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Stray Kids, ATE (EP)
Date Hit No. 1: Aug. 3, 2024
Single: “Chk Chk Boom”
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ATEEZ, Golden Hour: Part.2 (EP)
Date Hit No. 1: Nov. 30, 2024
Single: “Ice on My Teeth”
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Stray Kids, Hop
Date Hit No. 1: Dec. 28, 2024
Single: “Walkin on Water”
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Stray Kids, KARMA
Date Hit No. 1: Sept. 6, 2025
Single: “Ceremony”
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Various Artists, KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack
Date Hit No. 1: Sept. 20, 2025
Singles: “Takedown” (Twice version), “Golden” and “How It’s Done” (HUNTR/X: EJAE, Audrey Nuna & REI AMI)
Notes: The album returned to No. 1 in the issue dated Oct. 11.
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Stray Kids, DO IT
Date Hit No. 1: Dec. 6, 2025
Singles: “Do It,” “Divine”
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BTS, ARIRANG
Date Hit No. 1: April 4, 2026
Single: “Swim”
Notes: The album held at No. 1 on the chart dated April 11, becoming the first K-pop album to spend two consecutive weeks on top.
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