Korean artists made some of the most creative tracks this year. These are a few of our favorites. Skip navigation! Story from Music. Natalie Morin. It was also a year for major change in the Korean music industry. Even though K-pop prides itself on being a mix of genres and bending the rules , groups continue to further push past boundaries and experiment with innovative styles, concepts , and even languages. Beyond the sonic, however, the industry was faced with injuries, hiatuses, pain, and tragic loss , and forced to finally make steps to take better care of the health of its idols. Korea as a whole still has a ways to go in terms of battling the stigma of mental illness, online bullying, and misogyny. The events of recent years, and this year in particular, however, have the potential to lead to a turning point in promoting more transparency and care for its hard-working artists.

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The K-pop Hot is a music singles chart in South Korea. It was launched in conjunction with Billboard and Billboard Korea on August 25, , and is based on digital sales via leading websites as well as downloads from mobile service sites using an industry-standard formula and the most credible music data sources within South Korea. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved January 28, Billboard Korea. Archived from the original on August 15,
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Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. Every year, the South Korean music industry serves up a wide array of music that spreads its reach across the globe, experimenting with the limitations of popular music. The past 12 months, however, were transformative for reasons beyond the music: long-overdue conversations regarding the unjust structural and social issues became unavoidable. We went into the year disillusioned by idol culture and facing the grim realities of power dynamics in South Korea, and are coming out with increasingly loud cries to protect our idols , particularly women. With the world now truly entering what is largely being called the "Fourth Wave of K-pop", we are looking at an industry standing on the precipice of much-needed change: in terms of how it treats its stars, how they connect with fans, and how its existence is gradually becoming a normal part of global music culture.
List of K-pop songs on the Billboard charts is a compilation of weekly chart information for K-pop music published by the Billboard charts , and reported on by Billboard K-Town , an online Billboard column. This is a list of K-pop songs and singles on the Billboard charts. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia list article. Sean Garrett 19 10 BoA " Energetic " 17 M-Flo " Bump Bump! Island " So Today Taxi 1 Peaked 3rd week, for 2 weeks 19 F.