First K-pop Group To Reach The Top 10 On The US Singles Chart (Record By BTS)

The Official Award Of A Certificate

BTS made history when they became the first K-pop group to crack the Top 10 on the US Singles Chart, a groundbreaking feat certified by the K-Pop Records Library on March 27, 2025. Their song “Fake Love,” released on May 18, 2018, as the lead single from Love Yourself: Tear, peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 2, 2018, with 29,000 digital sales and 15.6 million streams in its debut week, per Billboard. This milestone marked a turning point for K-pop’s global ascent, driven by BTS’s artistry and ARMY’s dedication.

Feat:

The septet Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook unleashed “Fake Love” under Big Hit Entertainment (now HYBE), blending Korean lyrics with emo hip-hop vibes. Before this, no K-pop group had breached the Hot 100’s Top 10; Wonder Girls’ “Nobody” peaked at No. 76 in 2009, and PSY’s “Gangnam Style” hit No. 2 in 2012 as a soloist. “Fake Love”’s climb, fueled by a viral MV (100 million views in 8 days, per YouTube), outshone peers, with posts on X in 2018 buzzing about BTS’s US breakthrough. By 2025, they’d notched 10 Top 10s, but this was the first.
The K-Pop Records Library awarded BTS a certificate, honoring their June 2, 2018, achievement as a pioneering step that propelled K-pop onto America’s premier singles chart.