10 years later 'Gangnam Style' and the first girl group joins.
Source: Attrakt
[The Fact | Reporter Jeong Byeong-geun] Girl group FIFTY FIFTY has become the first K-pop girl group to enter the year-end Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Billboard, an American music
media agency, announced the 2023 year-end rankings on its official website on
the 21st (KST). Fifty Fifty's song 'Cupid' released in February ranked number
44 on the Hot 100, a comprehensive singles chart. Fifty Fifty is the first
K-pop girl group to enter the year-end Hot 100 chart.
Billboard's year-end chart is a chart that selects the most
popular albums, songs and singers of the year. Counting period from November
19, 2022 to October 21, 2023.
PSY, who released "Gangnam Style" in 2012, is the first
Korean singer to enter the year-end Billboard Hot 100 chart. With this song, he
ranked 55th on the 2013 year-end Hot 100 chart. This year, 10 years later,
Fifty Fifty became the first K-girl group to set a record.
After 'Cupid' was released in February 2023, the accelerated
version began to gain popularity on TikTok in April, peaking at number 17 on
the Billboard Hot 100, while also setting a K girl group record -pop stayed the
longest, staying on the chart for 25 weeks.
Jeon Hong-jun, CEO of Attract, said: “Thank you for the love and
support you have given Fifty Fifty this year.” He added, “We intend to
challenge Billboard and the global music market again next year wisely. and
courage with Fifty Fifty's own musical color, so we hope to receive a lot of
interest." “Please support us,” he said.
Fifty Fifty was split when the members filed a lawsuit against
their management company to end their exclusive contract. Among the members,
only Kina returned to the company and returned to Korea on the 22nd after
attending the '2023 Billboard Music Awards' private party held recently in LA.