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A second time after that advertisement board In 2014, the Billboard Artist 100 chart was introduced, with the top two performing K-pop artists in the United States.
On the Artist 100 dated August 3, 2024, Stray Kids and Jimin both ranked at no. 1 and 2 are re-entered. In the same week that Korean pop songs took the top two spots on the chart dated October 17, 2020, BLACKPINK and BTS — of which Jimin is a member — are at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively. (That week, BLACKPINK also became the first girl group to top the chart.)
The Artist 100 measures artists’ performance across the key metrics of music consumption, album and track sales, radio airplay and streaming.
Stray Kids are America’s top music act for a fourth straight week thanks to their new release. Ate: The Mini Album. Released by JYP/Imperial/Republic Records, the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, earning 231,000 equivalent album units in the US from July 19-25, according to Luminate. This is Stray Kids’ fifth total and consecutive no. 1 – The group became the first group, and second act overall, to join DMX at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. 1 introduced five initial entries.
A total of four weeks at no. Deducting 1, Stray Kids are second only to BTS (21) on the Artist 100 K-Pop Acts.
Jimin re-enters the Artist 100 at No. 2, powered by his new album Muse, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 96,000 units. Opens at 2. Outside of BTS, Jimin spent a week at No. 1 on the Artist 100 in April 2023 as a solo act.
Rounding out the top five of the latest Artist 100, Taylor Swift takes No. 3 — following a record 117 weeks at No. 1 — while Morgan Wallen rises 5-4 and Zach Bryan slips 4-5.