What are the most streamed K-pop songs on iTunes Peru today

2012 was an important year for us as pop music When rapper PSY released his catchy song Gangnam Style, which after its worldwide success South Korea on the Western Radar, paving the way for other artists of the same scene.

Although other groups like Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, Wonder Girls, TVXQ, and BIG BANG or soloists like BOA were already well-known among the Korean Wave (hallyu)-loving audience, the truth is that the achievements of a translator are also a gentleman. It showed the potential for one of the most prominent industries in Asia to break into the Western market.

after this catchment The word “K-pop” began to be heard more often: when opening social networks, when watching TV shows, when looking for something to listen to on streaming platforms, in big magazines, in advertisements of different brands and even in awards such as Billboard or the Grammys.

In this scenario, it is not surprising that different platforms choose to give spaces to the greatest exponents of South Korean music with ratings such as iTunes “Top K-pop Songs Charts”which is available for various countries, incl Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Argentina.

Here is a list Top 10 most popular songs today:

1. let me in
Artist: EXO

2. Take two
Artist: BTS

3. Being
Artist: Suzy

4. like mad
Artist: Jimin

5. Astronaut
Artist: JIN

6. Will come
Artist: BTS

7. like mad
Artist: Jimin

8. INFP
Artist: Crack Shot

9. S-Class
Artist: Stray Kids

10.Film directing

Artist: BTS

Modern K-pop (from the English “K-pop”) It originated in the 1990s with the debut of the popular group Seo Taiji and Boys In 1992, they are known for incorporating Western music genres such as rap, hip hop, rock, jazz, electronics and techno into their songs.

This trio, made up of Seo Taiji, Yang Hyun Suk, and Lee JunoShe debuted on MBC’s talent show with the song Nan Arayo, which shocked the jury. He gave them the lowest score. However, the success of this song on radio and television was resounding, making way for more songs to be released in this style and more artists to choose from.

It wasn’t until 1995 that producer Lee Soo Man founded one of the still “heavyweights” in the music industry, SM for entertainment; While former member of Seo Taiji & Boys, Yang Hyun Suk created YG Entertainment (ninety-nine, ninety-six); followed by JYP Entertainment (1997), founded by singer Park Jin Young.

These three companies have long been known as the “Big Three” even The success achieved by BTS at the hands of BigHit Entertainment (known today as Hybe Labels) – and was dedicated to educating the first generations of idols, in order to meet the Korean public’s demand for wanting to see young artists.

In this way, the HOT group was one of the first to debut in the industry, followed by another group that formed the well-known group “The first generation of K-pop” Such as Sechs Kies, SES, Fin.KL, NRG, Baby VOX, Diva, Shinhwa, god

At the beginning of the new millennium, some debut idol groups were inactive while others like Baby Vox were successful in different regions of Asia, an example is their song Coincidence, which was promoted at the 2003 FIFA World Cup and which was It placed it at number one on the Chinese music charts.

At the same time, other idols who went it alone also marked a milestone: snakethe first Korean singer to lead the Oricon chart in Japan, which is equivalent to the Billboard chart but Asian artists from other countries can rarely enter and rainan actor and singer, performed a concert for 40,000 people in Beijing.

I’ll start the call later “The second generation of K-pop”again by groups that were made up of young personalities such as TVXQ (debuted in 2003), SS501 (2005), Super Junior (2005), BIGBANG (2006), as well as girl groups such as Wonder Girls (2007), Girls’ Generation (2007) and KARA (2007).

By 2008, South Korea was already the entertainment market leader in Asia with an annual growth rate of more than 10% in exports From its music and TV productions with Korean dramas, it even accounts for 68% of the music market in Japan, ahead of China (11.2%) and the United States (2.1%).

Later, more groups such as SHINee or No finalthe latter who managed to secure an existence record first to top the Billboard Emerging Artists chart in 2014 with his song Last Romeo; 2PM, EXO, 2IN1, until you reach The third generation of K-pop Where new groups like BTS, Seventeen, GOT7, Twice, Red Velvet, BLACKPINK, MAMAMOO, and moreup to the present time The fourth generation And they are everyone who debuted between 2017 and 2018 like Stray Kids, ITZY, Ateez, Astro, and more.

It is worth noting that a boundary must be observed Rapper PSY’s Gangnam Stylea song that not only managed to break unimaginable records on music platforms such as Youtubebut it also spread around the world and showed that language was not a barrier to success in highly competitive countries such as the American industry.

To date, the baton as K-pop’s greatest exponent is held by the group bts ‒ Its integration Suga, RM, Jin, Jimin, J-Hope, V, and Jungkook– who, in addition to dominating South Korea’s music industry and solidifying their fame in the rest of the world, have been named “Asian Trend Leader” by The Economist magazine and “Artists of the Year” by TIME magazine, by featuring Grammy Award nominations and 10 Billboard Awards.

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