The top 10 most-streamed K-pop songs released in 2022 have been revealed, and among them, Stray Kids' "MANIAC" garnered more attention. Read on to learn why.
Most Streamed K-pop Group Songs 2022 Revealed- Stray Kids' "MANIAC" Gains More Attention
In the first nine months of 2022, a lot of K-pop groups released new songs to mark their debut or comeback. These new tunes were made available on different music platforms, such as YouTube Music, Spotify, MelOn, and Genie, among others, and have since been garnering streams.
On Sept. 26, a Twitter user by the handle @kchartsgraphs revealed the top 10 2022 most-streamed K-pop group songs globally (to date). The list consists of tracks by male and female groups from the third and fourth generations. Out of the 10 songs, Stray Kids' "MANIAC" drew more attention.
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On Sept. 26, a post titled "Stray Kids are Daebak (Awesome) Among the 4th Gen Male Idols" was made on the online forum Nate Pann. The netizen who made the post wrote, "Bangtan is in the celestial world so if you remove them, Stray Kids are the only other male idols. Seems like Stray Kids really blew up overseas. Freaking awesome."
According to the rankings, Stray Kids' "MANIAC" took No. 9 with 354,640,448 streams across four major music platforms (YouTube Music, Spotify, MelOn, and Genie). A total of 226 million streams came from YouTube Music, 110,707,985 streams from Spotify, 11,800,000 streams from MelOn, and 6,132,463 streams from Genie.
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Although the other artists have bigger figures, it is worth noting that Stray Kids is the only fourth-generation K-pop boy group and only the second K-pop male group overall on the list (along with BTS). This is why they stood out to the Nate Pann poster, who also said that they didn't expect Kep1er and NMIXX to be included on the list as well.
Other netizens who saw the post acknowledged Stray Kids' immense popularity abroad. Here are a few of the comments:
"'MANIAC' is doing really well overseas."
"They ranked #1 on Billboard 200 and have over 10M subscribers on YT so it's true that their popularity blew up.. Of course, they blew up overseas."
"I'm a fan of TXT but I acknowledge this. I was shocked when I saw their YG views without promotional ads this time."
"But to be honest, when it comes to male idols, aside from Bangtan, who else has over 10M subscribers? Korean popularity aside, it's true that Stray Kids is popular."
"It's important to do well overseas too. The rookie girl groups are really starting a new generation. They are so cool."
What can you say about the top 10 most-streamed K-pop groups songs globally in 2022 (so far)? Is your favorite artist on the list?
Stray Kids' Upcoming Activity
In other news, Stray Kids is set to make a comeback wth a new mini-album titled "MAXIDENT." The EP consists the title tarck "CASE 143" (written, composed, and arranged by members Bang Chan, Changbin, and Han) and seven B-side tracks.
"MAXIDENT" is due out on Oct. 7 at 1 p.m. KST. It comes after the release of their mini-album "ODDINARY" in March.
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Written by Maria Scott
