K-POP Dominates 2025 Billboard Year-End Charts... Rosé’s “APT” Ranks 9th, Jimin Enters Hot 100

K-POP took center stage at the 2025 Billboard year-end charts. On December 10 (local time), Billboard released its 2025 year-end rankings, showing that Rosé and Bruno Mars’ collaboration song “APT” reached ninth place on the Hot 100 while topping both the Global 200 and Global (excluding the United States) charts. Based on worldwide streaming performance, “APT” was recognized as the strongest K-POP track of the year. K-POP-related soundtracks also achieved notable results. The soundtrack for Netflix’s animated series “King of Hill” received five Grammy nominations and entered multiple Billboard charts. Fiction Band HUNTR/X’s “Golden” ranked 25th on the Hot 100, Saja Boys’ “Your Idol” reached 54th, and “Soda Pop” landed at 61st. Additionally, six tracks in total appeared on the Hot 100, including “How It's Done” (68th), “What It Sounds Like” (83rd), and “Takedown” (93rd). Five K-POP albums also made it onto the Billboard 200 albums chart. The soundtrack for “King of Hill” reached 13th place, while Rosé’s first studio album “Rosie” appeared at 112nd. Stray Kids had two albums listed, namely their fourth studio album “KARMA” (128th) and “HOP” (157th). KATSEYE’s “BEAUTIFUL CHAOS” reached 182nd place. Among BTS members, Jimin was the only one to enter the year-end Hot 100. The title track “Who” from his second studio album “MUSE” ranked 57th, enhancing the status of K-POP solo artists. In terms of album sales, Stray Kids topped the rankings with “KARMA” (5th) and “HOP” (7th), while ATEEZ, ENHYPEN, TWICE, and TXT also made it into the top 32. Meanwhile, newcomer KickFlip achieved impressive results as well. On Billboard’s “2025 Best K-Pop 25: Staff Picks” list, the title track “First Song I Ever Sang” from KickFlip’s third mini-album “My First Flip” was selected at 21st place. Billboard described this song by stating that “KickFlip, a boy group under JYP Entertainment, combined bright energy with the speed characteristic of the rock genre to powerfully convey first love emotions.” The band format of KickFlip, which performed at Lollapalooza Chicago just six months after their Debut, has raised expectations for their future live performances.