While K-Pop often dominates Billboard ‘s World Digital Song Sales chart — which ranks the best-selling international singles in the United States each week — it’s much harder for Korean artists to make it onto the Digital Song Sales Chart, where they compete against American artists as well.
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However, there are some K-Pop artists that did rank on this highly coveted chart last year, and a few that had several songs make it on the list with a couple even reaching the #1 position.
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Here are all 42 K-Pop songs that ranked somewhere on the Billboard Digital Song Sales chart last year!
42. “Winter Flower” by Younha ft. RM
First debuted: January 18 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #30 41. “Black Swan” by BTS
First debuted: February 1 Weeks spent on chart: 2 Peak position: #2 40. “Respect” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #26 39. “Outro: Ego” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #21 38. “Interlude: Shadow” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #19 37. “Moon” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #17 36. “00:00 (Zero O’Clock)” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #16 35. “UGH!” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #13 34. “We Are Bulletproof: The Eternal” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #10 33. “Inner Child” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #9 32. “Louder Than Bombs” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #8 31. “Friends” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #6 30. “Filter” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 4 Peak position: #4 29. “My Time” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 2 Peak position: #2 28. “ON” by BTS
First debuted: March 7 Weeks spent on chart: 3 Peak position: #1 27. “Sweet Night” by V
First debuted: March 28 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #2 26. “Eight” by IU ft. Suga
First debuted: May 16 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #13 25. “Sour Candy” by BLACKPINK and Lady Gaga
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 3 Peak position: #10 24. “Honsool” by Agust D
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #24 23. “Interlude: Set Me Free” by Agust D
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #22 22. “Dear My Friend” by Agust D ft. Kim Jongwan
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #20 21. “28” by Agust D ft. Niihwa
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #19 20. “People” by Agust D
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #16 19. “Moonlight” by Agust D
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #14 18. “What Do You Think?” by Agust D
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #13 17. “Burn It” by Agust D ft. Max Schneider
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #12 16. “Strange” by Agust D ft. RM
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #10 15. “Daechwita” by Agust D
First debuted: June 6 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #2 14. “Stay Gold” by BTS
First debuted: July 4 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #6 13. “How You Like That” by BLACKPINK
First debuted: July 11 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #2 12. “Your Eyes Tell” by BTS
First debuted: July 25 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #12 11. “Dynamite” by BTS
First debuted: September 5 Weeks spent on chart: 23 Peak position: #1 10. “The Baddest” by K/DA
First debuted: September 12 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #28 9. “Ice Cream” by BLACKPINK & Selena Gomez
First debuted: September 12 Weeks spent on chart: 4 Peak position: #2 8. “Lovesick Girls” by BLACKPINK
First debuted: October 17 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #9 7. “G.B.T.B.” by VERIVERY
First debuted: October 31 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #44 6. “Fly to My Room” by BTS
First debuted: December 5 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #6 5. “Dis-ease” by BTS
First debuted: December 5 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #5 4. “Telepathy” by BTS
First debuted: December 5 Weeks spent on chart: 1 Peak position: #4 3. “Stay” by BTS
First debuted: December 5 Weeks spent on chart: 2 Peak position: #3 2. “Blue & Grey” by BTS
First debuted: December 5 Weeks spent on chart: 2 Peak position: #2 1. “Life Goes On” by BTS
First debuted: December 5 Weeks spent on chart: 4 Peak position: #1