The Billboard K-Pop Artist 100 is a ranking of 100 K-pop artists compiled by Billboard and Billboard Korea. Introduced in 2024, the inaugural edition ranked artists based on activity on the Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Boxscore for charts dated January 7 through December 30, 2023. The 2025 edition covered artists' achievements from October 2024 through September 2025 and expanded the methodology to include the Billboard Global 200, global touring data, and streaming and song-sales activity in South Korea, alongside the Billboard 200 and Hot 100.

History and methodology In January 2024, Billboard announced the establishment of Billboard Korea in partnership with Global Entertainment Media Group. 2024 The inaugural K-Pop Artist 100 was published on February 27, 2024, during the rollout of Billboard Korea. Billboard described it as its inaugural K-Pop Artist 100 list, while contemporary coverage reported that it was compiled by the chart teams of Billboard and Billboard Korea.

Rankings were based on activity on the Billboard 200 albums chart, Billboard Hot 100 songs chart and Billboard Boxscore touring data for charts dated January 7 through December 30, 2023. Group members were generally listed together, except where notable solo activity resulted in an artist being ranked separately. Billboard Korea officially launched on August 27, 2024, at the Billboard K Power 100 event in Seoul; Billboard later described the K-Pop Artist 100 as a ranking project based on Billboard 200, Hot 100 and Boxscore activity.

2025 The K-Pop Artist 100 returned on December 23, 2025. Billboard Korea compiled the second edition in partnership with Billboard, based on each artist's achievements from October 2024 through September 2025.

The methodology incorporated the U.S.-based Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, the internationally focused Billboard Global 200, global Billboard Boxscore touring data, and streaming and song-sales activity in South Korea. Luminate supplied the streaming and sales data used for the ranking, excluding Billboard Boxscore. Group members were sometimes listed together, except where notable solo or unit activity separated individual artists. Member order generally followed official agency listings, with members on hiatus for military service placed toward the bottom.

Rankings 2024 + 2024 Billboard K-Pop Artist 100 Rank Artist Associated group 1 Jungkook BTS 2 Bang Chan Stray Kids 3 Lee Know 4 Changbin 5 Hyunjin 6 Han 7 Felix 8 Seungmin 9 I.N 10 Fifty Fifty 11 Minji NewJeans 12 Hanni 13 Danielle 14 Haerin 15 Hyein 16 Yeonjun Tomorrow X Together 17 Soobin 18 Beomgyu 19 Taehyun 20 HueningKai 21 Jimin BTS 22 S.Coups Seventeen 23 Wonwoo 24 Mingyu 25 Vernon 26 Woozi 27 Jeonghan 28 Joshua 29 DK 30 Seungkwan 31 Hoshi 32 Jun 33 The8 34 Dino 35 Hongjoong Ateez 36 Seonghwa 37 Yunho 38 Yeosang 39 San 40 Mingi 41 Wooyoung 42 Jongho 43 Heeseung Enhypen 44 Jay 45 Jake 46 Sunghoon 47 Sunoo 48 Jungwon 49 Ni-ki 50 Jihyo Twice 51 Nayeon 52 Jeongyeon 53 Momo 54 Sana 55 Mina 56 Dahyun 57 Chaeyoung 58 Tzuyu 59 Agust D BTS 60 V 61 RM 62 J-Hope 63 Jin 64 Jennie Blackpink 65 Rosé 66 Lisa 67 Jisoo 68 Kim Chaewon Le Sserafim 69 Sakura 70 Huh Yunjin 71 Kazuha 72 Hong Eunchae 73 Karina Aespa 74 Giselle 75 Winter 76 Ningning 77 Taeil NCT 127 78 Johnny 79 Taeyong 80 Yuta 81 Doyoung 82 Jaehyun 83 Jungwoo 84 Mark NCT 127 / NCT Dream 85 Haechan 86 Renjun NCT Dream 87 Jeno 88 Chenle 89 Jaemin 90 Jisung 91 Miyeon I-dle 92 Minnie 93 Soyeon 94 Yuqi 95 Shuhua 96 Yeji Itzy 97 Lia 98 Ryujin 99 Chaeryeong 100 Yuna

2025 For the second edition, Billboard Korea stated that the "No. 1 spot" went to Seventeen and its thirteen members, citing their consistent performance in the U.S., global and South Korean markets.

+ 2025 Billboard K-Pop Artist 100 Rank Artist Associated group 1 S.Coups Seventeen 2 Joshua 3 Jun 4 Hoshi 5 Woozi 6 Mingyu 7 DK 8 The8 9 Seungkwan 10 Vernon 11 Dino 12 Jeonghan 13 Wonwoo 14 Rosé Blackpink 15 Yeonjun Tomorrow X Together 16 Soobin 17 Beomgyu 18 Taehyun 19 HueningKai 20 Jin BTS 21 Nayeon Twice 22 Chaeyoung 23 Jeongyeon 24 Jihyo 25 Tzuyu 26 Momo 27 Sana 28 Mina 29 Dahyun 30 Bang Chan Stray Kids 31 Lee Know 32 Changbin 33 Hyunjin 34 Han 35 Felix 36 Seungmin 37 I.N 38 Jennie Blackpink 39 Jungwon Enhypen 40 Heeseung 41 Jay 42 Jake 43 Sunghoon 44 Sunoo 45 Ni-ki 46 Jimin BTS 47 Hongjoong Ateez 48 Seonghwa 49 Yunho 50 Yeosang 51 San 52 Mingi 53 Jung Wooyoung 54 Jongho 55 HUNTR/X 56 Karina Aespa 57 Winter 58 Giselle 59 Ningning 60 Kim Chaewon Le Sserafim 61 Sakura 62 Huh Yunjin 63 Kazuha 64 Hong Eunchae 65 Jungkook BTS 66 An Yu-jin Ive 67 Gaeul 68 Rei 69 Wooyoung 70 Liz 71 Leeseo 72 IU 73 Saja Boys 74 Mark NCT 127 / NCT Dream 75 Haechan 76 Renjun NCT Dream 77 Jeno 78 Jaemin 79 Chenle 80 Jisung 81 NewJeans 82 J-Hope BTS 83 Yunah Illit 84 Minju 85 Moka 86 Wonhee 87 Iroha 88 Lisa Blackpink 89 V BTS 90 Miyeon I-dle 91 Minnie 92 Soyeon 93 Yuqi 94 Shuhua 95 BoyNextDoor 96 Katseye 97 P1Harmony 98 G-Dragon BigBang 99 RM BTS 100 Day6

See also Billboard charts List of K-pop on the Billboard charts List of K-pop on the Billboard year-end charts Timeline of K-pop at Billboard Billboard Korea Hot 100

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