K-pop artists dominate TikTok’s Global Top 10

Girl group Blackpink [YG ENTERTAINMENT]
Girl group Blackpink [YG ENTERTAINMENT]

K-pop artists are this year’s hitmakers, according to TikTok. Five K-pop artists have appeared on the platform’s The Hitmakers’ global top 10 list, which ranks the artists who received the most views on the platform this year.

TikTok released โ€œYear on TikTokโ€ on Wednesday, an annual year-end report that looks back on the songs, moments and creators that trended the most.

Blackpink sat at No. 3 on this year’s The Hitmaker’s global top 10 list, the highest-ranked K-pop act.

The other four K-pop artists to make the list are from HYBE:ย BTSย took No. 4, followed byย Enhypenย at No. 6,ย Le Sserafimย at No. 8 andย NewJeansย at No. 9.

Girl groupย Fifty Fifty‘s sped-up version of its song โ€œCupid โ€” Twin versionโ€ ranked No. 2 on The Playlist U.S. chart,ย which compiles the most popular songs in the United States.

The song also sat at No. 1 on The Playlist worldwide chart, with more than 20 million creations.

To find out more about K-pop Artists, visitย Celeb Confirmed!ย 

BY KIM JI-YE [kim.jiye@joongang.co.kr]