Spotify Unveils Top K-Pop Artists and Tracks of 2020, BTS Dominates and Sets New Record

Spotify has released its list of top K-Pop artists, albums, and tracks that received the most streams on its platform, December 3.

Defining how millions of people around the world listened to K-Pop across 2020, the music streaming service unveiled that BTS is the "most-streamed group globally," as well as the "top K-Pop artist on Spotify" for the year. The group from Big Hit Entertainment has accumulated more than 5 billion streams, with their first all-English single, "Dynamite," being 2020's "most streamed K-Pop song." The BTS single has also set a new record on the streaming service: posting 12.6 million plays in the first 24 hours after it was released. Consequently, the "most streamed K-Pop album of the year goes to BTS' "MAP OF THE SOUL: 7," the group's fourth Korean-language album released February 21.

Following BTS as the second most-streamed K-Pop artist of the year is YG Entertainment's BLACKPINK, posting more than 300 million streams to date. The quartet's June track, "How You Like That," also emerges as the second most-streamed song of the year. Rounding the top five artists after BTS and BLACKPINK are TWICE, Stray Kids, and Red Velvet.

Breakout artists TREASURE, AleXa, and BIBI ranked among the hottest entries on the Spotify RADAR Korea playlists, which scans for the latest rising artists to look out for from all genres of Korean music. The Korean playlist is among RADAR's global playlists recommending the best up-and-coming music as a part of its emerging artist program.

Also included is the list for the most-streamed Korean Original Soundtrack (OST), with BTS member V's "Sweet Night" from "Itaewon Class" coming out on top. It was followed by "Stay With Me," the collab between EXO's Chanyeol and solo artist Punch, as heard on "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God." The top 3 OST on Spotify also includes the upbeat "시작 (Start Over)" by Gaho, also from "Itaewon Class."

A summary of Spotify Wrapped 2020 K-Pop Top Lists are listed below. Spotify subscribers can access their personalized Wrapped experience through the mobile app, both on Android and iOS. Aside from their most played music, Spotify has also introduced additional features - including in-app quizzes, personalized playlists, and recommendations. For everyone, including non-Spotify users, the entire Wrapped experience is available on its website (Spotify.com/Wrapped) designed to work with both web and mobile based browsers.

Most Streamed K-Pop Artists Globally

1. BTS

2. BLACKPINK

3. TWICE

4. Stray Kids

5. Red Velvet

6. EXO

7. SEVENTEEN

8. IU

9. NCT 127

10. (G)I-DLE

Most Streamed Female K-Pop Artists Globally

1. IU

2. TAEYEON

3. CHUNG HA

4. Hwa Sa

5. BOL4

6. SUNMI

7. Punch

8. HEIZE

9. LeeHi

10. SOMI

Most Streamed Male K-Pop Artists Globally

1. Agust D

2. ZICO

3. BAEKHYUN

4. RM

5. Jay Park

6. j-hope

7. Crush

8. Eric Nam

9. V

10. SHAUN

Most Streamed K-Pop Songs Globally

1. "Dynamite" by BTS

2. "How You Like That" by BLACKPINK

3. "Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey)" by BTS, Halsey

4. "Ice Cream (with Selena Gomez)" by BLACKPINK, Selena Gomez

5. "Black Swan" by BTS

6. "ON" by BTS

7. "Sour Candy (with BLACKPINK)" by Lady Gaga, BLACKPINK

8. "Kill This Love" by BLACKPINK

9. "Psycho" by Red Velvet

10. "WANNABE" by ITZY

Most Streamed K-Pop Collaborations Globally

1. "Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey)" by BTS, Halsey

2. "Ice Cream (with Selena Gomez)" by BLACKPINK, Selena Gomez

3. "Sour Candy (with BLACKPINK)" by Lady Gaga, BLACKPINK

4. "eight(Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS)" by IU, SUGA

5. "Who (feat. BTS)" by Lauv, BTS

6. "Kiss and Make Up" by Dua Lipa, BLACKPINK

7. "Make It Right (feat. Lauv)" by BTS, Lauv

8. "ON (Feat. Sia)" by BTS, Sia

9. "Bet You Wanna (feat. Cardi B)" by BLACKPINK, Cardi B

10. "Way Back Home (feat. Conor Maynard) - Sam Feldt Edit" by SHAUN, Sam Feldt, Conor Maynard

Most Streamed Korean OST Tracks Globally

1. "Sweet Night" by V (Itaewon Class)

2. "Stay With Me" by CHANYEOL, Punch (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)

3. "시작" by Gaho (Itaewon Class)

4. "Beautiful" by Crush (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God)

5. "It's Definitely You" by V, Jin (Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth)

6. "Here I Am Again" by Yerin Baek (Crash Landing on You)

7. "It's You" by Henry (While You Were Sleeping)

8. "Everytime" by CHEN (Descendants of The Sun)

9. "Give You My Heart" by IU (Crash Landing on You)

10. "But it's Destiny" by 10cm (Crash Landing on You)

Most Streamed Korean R&B Tracks Globally

1. "Candy" by BAEKHYUN

2. "instagram" by DEAN

3. "UN Village" by BAEKHYUN

4. "We don't talk together" by HEIZE, GIRIBOY

5. "HOLO" by LeeHi

6. "All I Wanna Do (feat. Hoody & 로꼬 Loco) [Korean Version]" by Jay Park, Hoody, Loco

7. "D (Half Moon)" by DEAN, Gaeko

8. "Yours" by Raiden, CHANYEOL, LeeHi, CHANGMO

9. "Make Up" by Sam Kim, Crush

10. "WINE (Feat. Changmo) (Prod. SUGA)" by SURAN

Most Streamed Korean Hip-Hop Tracks Globally

1. "Any song" by ZICO

2. "Daechwita" by Agust D

3. "seoul (prod. HONNE)" by RM

4. "NUNU NANA" by Jessi

5. "People" by Agust D

6. "Daydream (백일몽)" by j-hope

7. "Burn It" Agust D, MAX

8. "What do you think?" by Agust D

9. "moonchild" by RM

10. "Strange" by Agust D, RM

Most Streamed Artists on Spotify's RADAR Korea Playlist

1. TREASURE

2. AleXa

3. BIBI

4. SECRET NUMBER

5. A.C.E

6. THE BOYZ

7. ONEWE

8. ONEUS

9. Grizzly

10. ONF

Listen to the best tracks of 2020 on Spotify in the playlist below!