The K-pop Hot 100 is a famous weekly music singles chart founded to work side-by-side with the American Billboard and Billboard Korea in 2011. The list of songs are ranked based on their digital sales and mobile downloads through leading and trusted music websites and sources in South Korea. In Asia, the K-pop Hot 100 is the second most popular and trusted music chart next to Japan's Hot 100.
That's why, for K-pop idols, landing a spot on the K-pop Hot 100 Chart can already be considered as an industry win. How much more for a group to fill all ten spots with different songs? Up to this day, there are only three idol groups that have made this record.
These 3 are the only idol groups in history to fill all top 10 slots in the K-pop Hot 100 Chart:
Wanna One
The eleven-member idol group composed of Kang Daniel, Lee Dae-hwi, Park Ji-hoon, Kim Jae-hwan, Park Woo-jin, Ong Seong-wu, Lai Kuan-lin, Hwang Min-hyun, Yoon Ji sung, Ha Sung-woon, and Bae Jin-young has made this record not just once, but twice. Up to this day, they're the only idol group that holds this record.
The first time they entered the K-pop Hot 100 Charts with ten songs was November 26, 2017. Here's the list of their songs with the corresponding placement in the top 10:
- Beautiful
- Wanna
- Twilight
- Nothing Without You
- Energetic (Prequel Mix)
- To Be One
- Burn It Up (Prequel Mix)
- Wanna Be (My Baby)
- Energetic
- Burn It Up
On December 1, 2018, the group made it to all ten spots of the K-pop Hot 100 Chart once again with the release of their "1¹¹=1 (Power of Destiny)" album with these songs:
- Spring Breeze
- One's Place
- Flowerbomb
- One Love
- Hide and Seek
- Deeper
- Beautiful
- Awake
- Pine Tree
- Destiny
EXO
Another Korean pop culture powerhouse, EXO, holds the record of landing all top ten spots in the K-pop Hot 100 Chart. This doesn't come as a surprise, though, since the group is one of the most well-loved idol groups in South Korea. On November 10, 2018, after EXO's "Don't Mess Up My Tempo" album release, the group
- Tempo
- Ooh La La La
- Gravity
- Sign
- 24/7
- With You
- Smile On My Face
- Bad Dream
- Oasis
- Damage
On July 30, 2017, EXO also filled all nine K-pop Hot 100 Chart spots after the group's "The War" album was released.
BTS
It would be a shocking list if BTS weren't a part of it. Aside from being South Korea's number one boy group, BTS is also internationally famous. On May 28, 2018, the group filled all ten spots of the K-pop Hot 100 Chart soon after releasing their "Love Yourself: Tear" album with these songs:
- Fake Love
- The Truth Untold
- Paradise
- 134340
- Love Maze
- Magic Shop
- Anpanman
- Airplane pt. 2
- So What
- Intro: Singularity
Like EXO, BTS also filled nine out of ten spots in the K-pop Hot 100 Chart on October 1, 2017, with songs from their "Love Yourself: Her" album.
Meanwhile, you can watch BTS's newly released song "Your Eyes Tell" here.
