Longest charting K-pop albums on Billboard 200: Powerhouse BTS lead the way, Jungkook, BLACKPINK and more follow
This ranking takes into account album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums.
Updated : October 07, 2024 08:43 PM ISTThis ranking takes into account album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums.
Longest charting K-pop albums on Billboard 200
Since the rise of K-pop in the West and around the globe, fans have been actively supporting their favourite artists by streaming their songs across various platforms to secure awards. However, for the Billboard 200 list, this chart rates the most popular albums in the United States each week based on Luminate's multi-metric consumption, according to Billboard.
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This ranking takes into account album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA), and streaming equivalent albums. Each unit represents one album sale, the equivalent of 10 individual track sales from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from that album. Let's take a peek at the Billboard 200's longest-charting K-pop albums.
BTS - Love Yourself: Answer
The third compilation album was released on August 24, 2018. The album includes twenty-five tracks (twenty-six in the digital version), seven of which were new songs. It was on the Billboard 200 chart for 100 weeks.
BTS - Map of the Soul: 7
This seventh studio album was released on February 21, 2020, serving as the follow-up to their 2019 extended play, "Map of the Soul: Persona", which featured five tracks that also appear on the album. It achieved an impressive 95-week run on the Billboard 200 chart.
BTS - Love Yourself: Her
BTS' fifth extended play was released on September 18, 2017. The album came in four versions and featured nine tracks, including the lead single "DNA." It spent 45 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
BTS - Proof
BTS' first anthology album, released on June 10, 2022, is a 3-disc collection that featured many of the band's singles from over the years. In addition, it included five new songs and spent 41 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
BTS - BE
BTS' fifth Korean-language and ninth overall studio album was released on November 20, 2020. Crafted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it reflects the band's perspective on life during that challenging time. The album spent 37 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
BTS - Map of the Soul: Persona
BTS' sixth extended play was released on April 12, 2019, featuring "Boy with Luv" as its lead single. The album enjoyed a notable 35-week run on the Billboard 200 chart.
BLACKPINK - The Album
BLACKPINK's debut studio album, "The Album", was released on October 2, 2020, and enjoyed a 26-week run on the Billboard 200 chart.
NewJeans - Get Up
NewJeans, the rookie group, released their second EP, "Get Up", on July 21, 2023. The album enjoyed a 26-week run on the Billboard 200 chart.
Jungkook - GOLDEN
Jungkook, the youngest member of BTS, released his debut studio album on November 3, 2023. Primarily a pop record and entirely in English, the album received generally favourable reviews from critics and spent 24 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
TXT - The Name Chapter: Temptation
This was Tomorrow X Together's (TXT) fifth extended play (EP), released on January 27, 2023. The EP featured five tracks, including the lead single "Sugar Rush Ride," and spent 19 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.
NCT 127 - Sticker
NCT 127's third Korean-language and fourth overall studio album was released on September 17, 2021. They also released a repackaged version of Sticker, titled "Favorite" on October 25. The album spent 17 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.