K-Pop on Top: ATEEZ Hits No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart, JIN Re-Enters at No. 2

ATEEZ re-enters the latest Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Nov. 30) at No. 1, becoming the top musical act in the United States for the first time in the chart’s 10-year history, thanks to the group’s new EP, Golden Hour : Part.2.

The Artist 100 measures artists’ activity across key metrics of music consumption: album sales, track sales, radio airplay and streaming. Using a methodology comprising those metrics, the chart provides a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.

Released Nov. 15 on KQ/RCA/hello82, the set debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 184,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week, according to Luminate. It becomes the group’s second leader, following The World EP.Fin: Will in December 2023.

ATEEZ is the ninth K-pop act to hit No. 1 on the Artist 100 chart, dating to its start in 2014. Here’s a chronological recap of every K-pop act that has led the list:

Artist, Date First Reached No. 1 (Total Weeks Spent at No. 1):

JIN re-enters the Artist 100 at No. 2, a new high, thanks to his new EP, Happy. The project debuts at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 (77,000 units); he becomes the seventh and final member of BTS to score a solo top 10 on the chart.

Notably, this is just the third time in Artist 100 history that the top two are K-pop acts. The first instance was on Oct. 17, 2020, when BLACKPINK and BTS ranked at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively. On the Aug. 3 survey this year, the top two were Stray Kids and BTS’ Jimin.

Rounding out the top five of this week’s Artist 100 chart, Linkin Park leaps 29-3, as the group’s new album, From Zero, launches at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, followed by Sabrina Carpenter (3-4) and Morgan Wallen (4-5).