K-Pop Dominates Billboard and Global Charts in 2025... Rosé, Stray Kids, and HUNTR/X Set New Records

K-Pop has proven its growing influence in the global music market by dominating Billboard’s year-end charts for 2025. Korean artists and K-Pop projects have repeatedly made appearances on Billboard’s year-end charts, which compile streaming data, radio airplay, and sales figures. “APT.” featuring Rosé from BLACKPINK and Bruno Mars reached ninth place on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 singles chart, marking the highest ranking ever achieved by a K-Pop song. The same track topped Billboard’s year-end Global 200 singles chart, underscoring its global impact. Six tracks from the soundtrack of “KPop Demon Hunters” entered the Hot 100 in succession: “Golden” at 25th, “Your Idol” at 54th, “Soda Pop” at 61st, “How It’s Done” at 68th, “What It Sounds Like” at 83rd, and “Take Down” at 93rd. The album itself reached 13th on Billboard’s 200 chart. Rosé’s first studio album, “Rosie,” landed at 112nd. Stray Kids had two albums feature on the year-end charts: their fourth studio album, “Karma,” reached 128th, while their 2024 mixtape, “Hop,” came in at 157th. HYBE’s U.S.-based girl group Katseye also entered the chart at 182nd with their second EP, “Beautiful Chaos.” On the year-end World Albums chart, Stray Kids took the top spot, with “Hop” in first place and “Karma” in second. BTS’s Jimin’s second solo album, “Muse” (2024), finished in third place. ENHYPEN, ATEEZ, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, SEVENTEEN, and BTS’s j-hope also performed strongly. K-Pop’s prominence was evident in the tour market as well. HYBE ranked as the fourth-largest global promoter in 2025, generating $469.2 million in tour revenue through 213 performances that attracted 3.3 million fans. Stray Kids ranked 10th globally in tour revenue at $185.7 million, SEVENTEEN came in at 17th with $142.4 million, BTS’s j-hope was 32nd with $79.9 million, and ENHYPEN was 37th with $76.1 million. Stray Kids drew 1.3 million fans across 31 performances, SEVENTEEN attracted 964,000 fans over 34 shows, j-hope brought in 504,000 fans at 33 performances, and ENHYPEN had 556,000 fans at 25 performances. The highest global tour revenue was generated by Coldplay at $464.9 million, followed by Beyoncé at $476 million. 2025 has become a year that will be etched into K-Pop history. Starting with “Oddinary” in 2022, Stray Kids set a record by having eight consecutive albums debut at number one on Billboard’s 200 chart, the first time this has happened in Billboard’s history, which dates back to 1956.