The Billboard Korea Hot 100 was a record chart in South Korea, published weekly by Billboard, in conjunction with Billboard Korea. The chart was launched on December 3, 2025, alongside the Billboard Korea Global K-Songs chart, and ranked the most popular songs, regardless of language, in the country.[1] It served as a replacement for the Billboard South Korea Songs chart that was discontinued in January 2025. The chart was updated every Tuesday on both the Billboard and Billboard Korea websites.
It was discontinued on the issue dated April 11, 2026 disappearing from the Billboard Korea website, but remaining on the US Billboard website with the historical archive.
The first number-one song on the chart was “Good Goodbye” by Hwasa on the issue dated December 6, 2025. The last number-one song was “Swim” by BTS on the issue dated April 11, 2026.
Methodology
The chart tracks songs’ performance from Friday to Thursday. Chart rankings are based on streaming activity and digital download sales from major global and domestic digital music platforms in South Korea with data provided by Luminate Data.[1]
List of number-one songs
| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Wks. | Ref. |
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| December 6, 2025 | “Good Goodbye” | Hwasa | 2 | [2] |
| December 20, 2025 | “Bbuu!” | Plave | 15 | [3] |
| April 4, 2026 | “Swim” | BTS | 2 | [4] |
References
- ^ a b “Billboard Korea Launches New Global K-Music & Domestic Charts Backed by Billboard”. Billboard. December 3, 2025. Archived from the original on December 3, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- ^ Chart references for “Good Goodbye”:
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of December 6, 2025”. Billboard. Archived from the original on December 26, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of December 13, 2025”. Billboard. Archived from the original on December 29, 2025. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- ^ Chart references for “Bbuu!”:
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of December 20, 2025”. Billboard. Archived from the original on March 4, 2026. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of December 27, 2025”. Billboard. Archived from the original on March 6, 2026. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of January 3, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on February 28, 2026. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of January 10, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on April 10, 2026. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of January 17, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on January 17, 2026. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of January 24, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on January 22, 2026. Retrieved January 31, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of January 31, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on March 9, 2026. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of February 7, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on February 8, 2026. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of February 14, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on April 10, 2026. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of February 21, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on April 10, 2026. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of February 28, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on April 10, 2026. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of March 7, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on April 10, 2026. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of March 14, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on March 11, 2026. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of March 21, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on March 31, 2026. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of March 28, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on March 31, 2026. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
- ^ Chart references for “Swim”:
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of April 4, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on April 1, 2026. Retrieved April 1, 2026.
- “Billboard Korea Hot 100: Week of April 11, 2026”. Billboard. Archived from the original on April 9, 2026. Retrieved April 9, 2026.
External links
- Korea Hot 100 on Billboard Korea
- Korea Hot 100 on Billboard.com
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