Top 10 Songs on Korea’s YouTube Charts: Only 1 Male Artist, No NewJeans?

On July 4, a topic about the Top 10 songs on Korea’s YouTube Music Charts in the first half of 2024 was published on the Korean forum Pann Nate. 

According to this, the Top 10 songs on Korea’s YouTube Music Charts in the first half of 2024 are as below:

1. (G)I-DLE’s “Fate”
2. ILLIT’s “Magnetic”
3. TWS’s “plot twist”
4. QWER’s “T.B.H”
5. IU’s “Love Wins All”
6. aespa’s “Drama”
7. Taeyeon’s “To. X”
8. aespa’s “Supernova”
9. VIVIZ’s “Maniac”
10.  BIBI’s “Bam Yang Gang”

It can be seen that TWS is the only male artist to appear on the list, while the rest are either from girl groups or female soloists. Additionally, aespa is the only artist with more than 1 song included.

Seeing this list, many netizens are shocked that NewJeans was not included. Below are some comments from netizens: 

• Where’s New Jeans? It seems like New Jeans is really viral these days.
• Reality and marketing are really different
• Wow so TWS is the only male artist on the list. That’s shocking
• People need to stop accusing HYBE of buying streams now that HYBE artists like ILLIT and TWS are doing well on YouTube music too
• “Supernova” is relatively new and yet is doing really well, I think it can top the list eventually with its momentum
• It’s likely that ILLIT and TWS will swept Rookie Awards at the end of the year huh

Source: Pann Nate