IU Surpass BTS In Korea While JYP’s TWICE, Stray Kids, And ITZY Dominate The United States As Most-Watched K-Pop Acts In February
In this article, we look into the most popular K-Pop acts in three key countries: South Korea, the United States, and Japan in February.
South Korea
Trot singer Lim Youngwoong is the most trending act in South Korea for the month of February surpassing K-Pop global stars BTS and even IU. Rising 4th-gen girl group aespa took the fourth spot while Girls' Generation's Taeyeon completes the top 5.
#5 Taeyeon with 18.9 million views
#4 aespa with 22.8 million views
#3 BTS with 36.7 million views
#2 IU with 44.4 million views
#1 Lim Youngwoong with 45.0 million views
United States
JYP Entertainment's strides in to the U.S. market continue are showing great results. For the month of February, three of the five most-viewed K-Pop acts on the United States are JYP Entertainment artists: TWICE, Stray Kids, and ITZY.
#5 ITZY with 6.23 million views
#4 Stray Kids with 9.59 million views
#3 TWICE with 16.6 million views
#2 BLACKPINK with 21.0 million views
#1 BTS with 53.6 million views
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Japan
BTS and TWICE remains to be the two biggest K-Pop acts in Japan, the second biggest music market next to the United Stated. Other K-Pop acts who also made it to the top 5 are SEVENTEEN, BLACKPINK, and aespa.
#5 aespa with 14.1 million views
#4 BLACKPINK with 16.7 million views
#3 SEVENTEEN with 18.0 million views
#2 TWICE with 61.1 million views
#1 BTS, who has had 109 million views
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Congratulations to everyone.
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