The 15 K-Pop Albums That Have Made It Onto The Coveted “Billboard 200” Chart In 2023

The “Billboard 200” chart is a music chart that ranks the top 200 albums in the United States on a weekly basis. The criteria used to determine the albums that make it onto the chart is mostly based on physical and digital sales, as well as streaming numbers, all within the U.S. Because of this, it’s been notoriously difficult for K-Pop albums to make it onto the chart until more recent years as the music genre has become more popular internationally. It’s still not common, though, so any time a K-Pop artist makes it onto the chart, it’s a major accomplishment!

So far in 2023, 15 K-Pop albums have made it onto the “Billboard 200” chart for the first half of the year — which is far more than the first half of any year past, and only eight less than the total number of K-Pop albums that ranked on it for all of 2022. Here are all of those albums, including how many weeks they’ve spent on the chart and their peak position!

1. Spin Off: From the Witness by ATEEZ

First charted: January 14

Peak position: #7

Weeks spent on chart: 3

Units sold in the U.S.: 41.5k

2. The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION by TXT

First charted: February 11

Peak position: #1

Weeks spent on chart: 19

Units sold in the U.S.: 161.5k

3. Ay-Yo by NCT 127

First charted: March 18

Peak position: #13

Weeks spent on chart: 2

Units sold in the U.S.: 29.0k

4. Ready To Be by TWICE

First charted: March 25

Peak position: #2

Weeks spent on chart: 10 (and counting!)

Units sold in the U.S.: 153.5k

5. FACE by Jimin

First charted: April 8

Peak position: #2

Weeks spent on chart: 6

Units sold in the U.S.: 164.0k

6. expérgo by NMIXX

First charted: April 8

Peak position: #122

Weeks spent on chart: 1

Units sold in the U.S.: 10.0k

7. House Of Tricky : Doorbell Ringing by xikers

First charted: April 15

Peak position: #75

Weeks spent on chart: 1

Units sold in the U.S.: 12.5k

8. D-DAY by Agust D

First charted: May 6

Peak position: #2

Weeks spent on chart: 5

Units sold in the U.S.: 140.0k

9. FML by SEVENTEEN

First charted: May 13

Peak position: #2

Weeks spent on chart: 8 (and counting!)

Units sold in the U.S.: 135.0k

10. UNFORGIVEN by LE SSERAFIM

First charted: May 20

Peak position: #6

Weeks spent on chart: 7 (and counting!)

Units sold in the U.S.: 45.0k

11. I Feel by (G)I-DLE

First charted: June 3

Peak position: #41

Weeks spent on chart: 2

Units sold in the U.S.: 18.0k

12. ★★★★★ (5-STAR) by Stray Kids

First charted: June 17

Peak position: #1

Weeks spent on chart: 3 (and counting!)

Units sold in the U.S.: 249.5k

13. Dark Blood by ENHYPEN

First charted: June 17

Peak position: #4

Weeks spent on chart: 3 (and counting!)

Units sold in the U.S.: 88.0k

14. Harmony: All In by P1Harmony

First charted: June 24

Peak position: #51

Weeks spent on chart: 1

Units sold in the U.S.: 16.0k

15. The World EP.2: OUTLAW by ATEEZ

First charted: July 1

Peak position: #2

Weeks spent on chart: 1 (and counting!)

Units sold in the U.S.: 105.5k