Kpop has been big since 06' tbh, a lot of these guys are trying to pass it off cause they got women on lock in their fanbase lol. If they're still big in another 5 years, we'll have almost 20 years of kpop popularity in the US that we kind of can't ignore lol.

Kpop was big in 2006-2008 when it popped off here. Big Bang was BTS in that era.

You should have used something else then because "Spotify monthly listeners" doesn't mean s***. It's not based on the actual streams artists are pulling daily/weekly or even monthly. Doja Cat can have 500 million more monthly listeners than Drake. He'll still outstream her on Spotify this year. That tells you all you need to know.

I wouldn't say K-pop is big in the US. The only K-pop act that's really broken through in the US is BTS. The rest can pull enough pure sales to have their album debut in the top 10 but that's it. They have no real hits in the US. Even BTS didn't start scoring "hits" in the US till they could manipulate the bundle rule and have fans buy their way into scoring #1 hits. Now that the rule has been scrapped, it'll be much harder for them to score hits on that level. But beyond that, they can sell out stadiums in the US and that's why I'll give them the nod of being the only K-pop acts to actually break into the US.

Charts I agree, but kpop groups other than BTS have had decent sized tours and have made big festival appearances since 2008.

Oh yeah, I get that. They've definitely done that. I just think it's a stretch to say K-pop has been huge in the US for almost 20 years. That simply isn't true. Most K-pop acts are megastars in other markets but are C-list acts in the US.

Agreed.

I refuse to believe people are willingly listening to First Class. The streaming machines have got to be overheating at this point.

Crazy that I'm seeing "I'm not racist, you are!" because people are arguing about the sales of two black artists

It'll likely fall off next week. It was the most pushed song off the album so not surprising it managed a top 10 debut. The lower half of the top 10 is mad weak right now.

Atlantic Record doesn’t even try to hide the payola.

Fergie needs 100% of all royalties to First Class. Only got damn reason it is up there lol

That was just good social media marketing.

But the song is so bad I’m surprised people are still listening to it tbh.