While BTS and BLACKPINK continue to reign in the charts, (G)I-DLE, T1419, and more incredible artists entered the rankings as well!
On Jan. 26, Monday, the music startup company Space Oddity released its K-pop Radar's "Weekly Top 10 Music Video," rankings of K-pop groups that accumulated the most views on the chart on the fourth week of 2021 (Jan. 17 to Jan. 23).
On the list, prominent stars Psy, BTS, BLACKPINK, (G)I-DLE, along with the rookie groups T1419 and ONEUS completed the top 10!
BTS and BLACKPINK Dominated K-Pop Radar's "Weekly Top 10" MV
"Dynamite" from the global superstar group BTS is still showing off its popularity five months after its release.
K-pop radar said, "Except for reverse driving cases, it is infinite to maintain the top spot at the time of more than five months of release. It is a possible milestone because of BTS."
According to BTS's YouTube data analyzed by K-pop radar, BTS has received about 300 million views in the past week. Among them, Japan accounted for the largest portion with 14.6% followed by Indonesia with 8%, India with 7.4%, the Philippines with 6.8%, and the United States with 6.5%. In particular, the number of views in Japan was larger than the sum of views in India and the Philippines.
In fact, "Dynamite" recently surpassed 800 million views, the shortest record among K-pop group music video to reach the record within 155 days.
Along BTS hit track, "Dynamite" which ranked No. 1, "Boy With Luv," and "Life Goes On" also entered the list at No. 7 and 8, respectively each.
Meanwhile, BLACKPINK's "How You Like That" continues to rise in views, ranking No. 5 with 8.6 million views for the week.
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Their "DDU-DU DDU-DU" (7.5 million views) and "KILL THIS LOVE" (7.3 million views) then ranked 9 and 10 consecutively, proving the group's stable popularity despite being released a few years ago.
K-pop Radar's "Weekly Top 10 MV": Who's on the list?
Among them, T1419's "ASURABALBATA" music video on the K-Pop Radar weekly chart has 9.86 million views, rising 14 steps and proudly ranking second behind BTS.
ONEUS' "No Diggity" reached fourth place with 8.95 million views, showing a surprising rise in the new boy group. It is an amazing record, given that the new song debuted on the top 10 in fourth place immediately.
As for (G)I-DLE, known for self-producing their songs, received a huge response for their newly released MV for "HWAA." After topping the chart last week, they maintained a rank on the top 10 as they claimed the fifth spot with 8.2 million views.
Lastly, Psy's "Gangnam Style" (9.19 million views) ranked third, evident of the track's unrelenting fame since 2012.
K-Pop Radar is a fandom data specialized service opened by music startup Space Oddity to grasp the data of fandom at a glance due to the rapid growth of K-pop. Currently, 592 Korean artists' music video views, YouTube subscribers, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook followers, and fan cafe membership are provided through web services in the form of graphs and charts.
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Written by Eunice Dawson
