The K-pop Hot 100 is a music singles chart launched in South Korea by Billboard in conjunction with Billboard Korea on August 25, 2011.
The chart was based on digital sales via leading websites, as well as downloads from mobile service sites using an industry-standard formula and the most credible music data sources within South Korea.
[1] The chart was first discontinued in 2014, as of the July 16 issue, and reestablished three years later in December 2017—the first new issue published was for the period dated May 29–June 4, 2017.
[2][3] It was discontinued again in April 2022.
The final song to reach number-one on the K-pop Hot 100 was "Love Dive" by Ive, on the issue dated April 30.
Sistar
scored their first K-pop Hot 100 number-one in 2011 with "So Cool",
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and subsequently scored three further number ones with "Alone" and "Loving You" in 2012, and "Give It to Me" in 2013.
IU
has achieved 18 number-ones on the K-pop Hot 100, the most of any artist to enter the chart, and holds the record for most weeks at number one for a solo artist with a cumulative total of 53 weeks.
BTS
has achieved the most number-one songs among all male groups to enter the K-pop Hot 100 with eight, and holds the all-time record for most weeks at number one among all artists and groups with a cumulative total of 49 weeks. Their 2020 single "
Dynamite
" is the longest-running number-one in the chart's history—it spent 22 weeks atop the ranking.
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Twice
has the most number-one songs of any girl group to rank on the chart, with six.
