On Tuesday, May 4, K-Pop Radar released their "Weekly Top 10 Music Video" chart for the 18th week of 2021. Want to know which music videos were the most viewed from Apr. 25 to May 1? Then keep on reading!
ITZY's "Mafia in the Morning" is the Most Viewed K-Pop Music Video for the 18th Week of 2021
Ranking at number one is ITZY's "Mafia in the Morning," which was released on Apr. 30, 2021. With only one day for tracking, "Mafia in the Morning" took the top spot with 22,005,048 views on YouTube. According to K-Pop Radar, "Mafia in the Morning" amassed 13.4 million views in just 24 hours. The music video hit the 10 million views mark in just 17 hours.
This means that ITZY broke their previous record with "Not Shy," which garnered 12.2 million views during the first 24 hours of its release. K-Pop Radar notes that ITZY has been breaking their own personal records with every release since their debut. They applaud the girl group for being a fourth-generation representative girl group that steadily continues to grow.
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This is not the only personal record ITZY has beaten. On Apr. 28, it was announced that "Guess Who," their latest mini-album. surpassed 260,000 pre-orders. This makes it their best-selling release, surpassing their record with "Not Shy," which sold 200,000 copies.
BTS's "Dynamite" is the Second Most Viewed Music Video for the 18th Week of 2021
Coming in at second place is BTS's Aug. 2020 release, "Dynamite." Since its release, "Dynamite" has not left the "Weekly Top 10 Music Videos" chart. From Apr. 25 to May 1, "Dynamite" gained 13,318,530 new views on YouTube. Previously, on Apr. 12, it was announced that "Dynamite" surpassed one billion views, making it BTS's third music video to surpass this mark. "Dynamite" broke the record for the fastest music video by a Korean artist to surpass one billion views.
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Previously, BTS broke the record for the fastest YouTube video to surpass 10 million views, doing so in just 20 minutes. They also broke the record for the most-viewed YouTube video in the first 24 hours, amassing 101.1 million views in this time. "Dynamite" broke the record for the fastest music video to hit the 200 million mark and the fastest video by a musical group to cross the 400 million views mark.
"Dynamite" is the fastest music video by an Asian act to achieve 500 million views and is the fastest music video by a Korean artist to hit 600, 800, and 900 million views.
These are the TOP 10 Most Viewed K-Pop MVs for the 18th Week of 2021
*Number of views from Apr. 25 to May 1 in parenthesis*
1. ITZY - "Mafia in the Morning" (22,005,048)
2. BTS - "Dynamite" (13,318,530)
3. ENHYPEN - "Drunk-Dazed" (13,140,745)
4. AB6IX - "CLOSE" (11,945,784)
5. ONF - "Ugly Dance" (7,531,778)
6. BTS - "Boy With Luv (feat. Halsey)" (7,270,454)
7. BLACKPINK - "How You Like That" (7,029,386)
8. BLACKPINK - "DDU-DU DDU-DU" (7,013,706)
9. Rosé - "Gone" (6,977,446)
10. BLACKPINK - "Kill This Love" (6,772,598)
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Written by Alexa Lewis
