Billboards, an American music magazine launched in November 1894, has established a licensed music chart called Billboards with the revival of music business since the 1930s. This chart was precisely the first 'Billboards Chart' set out in July 1940 with the official first record chart. The Billboards Hot 100 chart, which is classified as the main chart, started ranking on August 4, 1958, and the Billboards 200 chart was ranked on August 17, 1963.
In the long-established Billboards chart, K-Pop's history of breaking down this entry barrier is less than ten years old. Since Seo Taiji and the children completely changed the paradigm of the Korean music industry and since the debut of HOT, the barrier of K-Pop's Billboards has collapsed in about 10 years since the late 1990's when a new music market called "K pop idol" I think this is also an amazing growth.
Billboards Hot 100 charts and Billboards 200 charts are Billboards' main charts, which compile and rank weekly sales of one song and album, respectively. The Billboards Hot 100 chart reflects the number of radio stations in the US, the number of on-demand recordings downloaded, and the number of YouTube views, and the Billboards 200 chart is based on the album sales volume, We compute number of streaming 1,500 times and downloading 10 times by one piece of record each for sale according to the number.
The first Korean singer to enter the Billboards Hot 100 chart was the girl group Wonder Girls. (Strictly speaking, the former Kim Sisters or Far East Movement was also a Korean singer who entered the Billboards main chart, but it was hardly considered official activity or a foreign member was included in the team.) Wonder Girls' On the Billboards Hot 100 chart on the 31st of March, it ranked 76th. Nobody, the English version of the Wonder Girls, who has grown into a top-selling girl group in Korea at that time, has gone out of the charts in a week. Unfortunately, More precisely, it was significant in that it was K-pop's first Billboards hot 100 chart entry.
The song 'Gangnam Style', released in 2012, was one of the most entertaining Billboards charts in K-pop history, which has become a 'Syndrome' at home and abroad. 'Gangnam Style' will be on the Billboards Hot 100 chart on September 22, 2012, and then on the Billboards Hot 100 chart on September 29, 2012, He said. The Gangnam style was down for the seventh consecutive week on the Billboards Hot 100 chart, and the Korean fans dropped in on the Korean version of the song, The first Billboards was disappointed in failing to win the Hot 100 first place.
Since then, he has appeared on MBC 'Infinite Challenge' members 'gentlemen', 'hip-hop Shin Legend Snoop Dogg', 'Hangover' and 'Daddy' As a result, it continued to be a global topic.
The Billboards Hot 100 chart's K-pop entry history goes through Cy and after 2016, Wild and Black Pink. Dark & amp; Wild was ranked # 28 on the Billboards Hot 100 chart in September 2017 with # DNA, # 28 in the remix version of MIC Drop, collaborating with Steve Aoki on the first entry, # 10 in Fake Love, 'Idol' Nicky Minaj featuring version 11. Black Pink entered the 55th week of its first week of release with the announcement of "Tootsu Tootsu" in September, changed the top ranking of the Billboards Hot 100 charts of the K Pop Girls group, and as "kiss and makeup" It was the 93rd place in the first week of release.
The first Korean singer to enter the Billboards 200 chart was Boa. BoA was named "BoA" in 2009, and it was named 127 on the Billboards 200 chart on April 4, 2009. This album was also an album in which BoA's US debut album, Britney Spears, Sean Garrett, and other international musicians participated in the work and became meaningful in many aspects including topic and perfection. Unfortunately, BoA failed on the Billboards 200 chart for two consecutive weeks.
BoA's big bang in 2012 was ranked 150th in the EP album 'Alive' and in the 126th place in 'Girls' Generation - Taitishi 'Twinkle'. Big Bang member dragon also ranked # 161 in 'One of a Kind' K pop artist.
Since 2013, K-Pop singers have entered the Billboards 200 chart every year. G-Dragon 'coup in 2013 Pt. 1 '182, 2014' Mr Mr. '110th, 2NE1' Crush '61st, EXO' Overdose '129th, Solar' Rise '112st, 2015 EXO' EXO Dus' 95th, Dark & amp; ; Wild '. 2 '171st, Dark & amp; Wild 'Hwangyanghae - Young Forever' 107th, 2016 Dark & amp; Wild 'Wings' 26th, Dark & amp; Wild '61' for 'Never Walk Alone', Big Bang 'Maid' 172, 2017 Gideon 'Gwon Ji Yong' 192, EXO 'The War' 87, Dark & amp; Wild LOVE YOURSELF 'Her' 7th place. Of these, LOVE YOURSELF 'Her' has a total of 44 week charts, and has the longest period chart record of the last K pop album Billboards.
In 2018, K-pop music is entering more Billboards main charts and staying longer. Especially Dark & amp; Wild has been a tremendous success for each of the albums she has recently released, and is now the forerunner to breaking the K-pop Billboards entry barriers.
On November 3, 2018, the Billboards main chart completed the performance of a total of four clubs (singers) K pop singers at the same time. Dark & amp; The Wild Repackage Album LOVE YOURSELF Tsing 'Answer' has been on the Billboards 200 chart for the 50th (chart for nine consecutive weeks), including Dark & amp; Wild leader RM's mix tape album 'Mono' ranks 25th and EXO Chinese member Ray's US debut album 'Nama Nana' is ranked 21st. Also, Kiss & Makeup, which was performed with Black Pink's Duarepa, ranks 93 on the Billboards Hot 100 chart. Apart from the rankings, the fact that several albums and songs from K-pop artists are side by side on the Billboards main chart is a new milestone in history as a Billboards K pop chart.