BTS, Stray Kids & More:โข Every โขK-Pop Album to Top โthe Billboard 200
New York, August 31, โข2025 โ-โ K-Popโ continues itsโ historic run on the Billboard 200 chart, withโ a growing number of groups achievingโ the coveted No.โข 1 spot. From BTS’s groundbreaking โขsuccess to the recent triumphs of Stray Kids and others, โขKorean acts are consistently demonstrating their global appeal and chart โdominance. As of today, August โฃ31, 2025, a selectโฃ group of K-Pop albums haveโฃ reached the pinnacle of the Billboard 200, signifying aโค major shift in the landscape of popular musicโ and solidifying K-Pop’s position as a global force.
Thisโค surge inโ K-Pop’s Billboard success reflects the genre’s dedicated fanbase,โ strategic marketing, and increasingly refined production values. The albums topping the chart represent not just musical achievements, butโข also culturalโฃ milestones, demonstrating the power of socialโค media and globalized music consumption. For fans, industry professionals, โand chartโฃ observers alike,โ tracking theseโ achievements provides insightโฃ into the evolving dynamics of โthe music industry and the expanding reach of โKorean โฃpop culture.
Here’s a complete listโค of K-Pop albums that have reached โขNo. 1 on the Billboard 200, asโ of August 31, 2025:
BTS – Love Yourself: Tear (June 2,โ 2018): BTS becameโข the first Korean act to top โฃthe Billboard 200 with their third studio album, Love Yourself: tear, earning 135,000 equivalent albumโข units.
BTS – Love yourself: Answer (Septemberโ 1,โข 2018): The โขgroup followed up their successโ with Love Yourself: Answer, achieving 88,000 equivalent album units.
BTS – Map โคof โฃthe Soul: Persona โ(April 13, 2019): Map of the Soul: Persona earned 197,000 equivalent album units, marking BTS’s third No. โข1 album.
BTSโข – Map of the Soul: 7 (February 29, 2020): This album debuted with 422,000 equivalent album units, setting a newโ record for the largest debut ofโฃ 2020 at the time.
BTS – BE (December 5, 2020): BE secured theโ topโค spot with 229,000 equivalent album โunits.
BTS -โข Proof (June 10, 2022): The anthology album Proof โขdebuted at No. 1 with 132,000โ equivalentโ album units.
Stray Kids – 5-STAR (June 9, 2023): Stray โฃKids achieved theirโค first billboard 200 No. 1 with 5-STAR, โฃearning 153,000 equivalent album units.
TXT – The Name Chapter: FREEFALL (April 15, 2024):โ TXT (tomorrow โฃX Together) reached the top of the chart with The Name Chapter: FREEFALL, earning 156,500 equivalent album units.
ATEEZ – The World EP.FIN:โ will (December 9, 2023): ATEEZ โsecured their first No. 1 on โthe Billboard 200 with The World EP.FIN: Will*, achievingโข 166,000 equivalent album units.This listโ demonstratesโฃ the growing influenceโ ofโข K-Pop on the global music scene and the ability of these groups to connect โwith audiences worldwide. As K-Pop continues