The 17 Most-Streamed K-Pop Albums For The First Half Of 2021

The top four all have over 100 million total streams!

2021 is just about half over, and in these last six months, many K-Pop artists have released incredible new albums, from single albums to EPs and full-length studio albums. Spotify, which is still one of the most-used music-streaming apps for fans to listen to their favorite artists, keeps track of how many streams that albums on the app earn over time, and many K-Pop albums released in 2021 have impressive numbers! Here are the 17 most-streamed K-Pop albums for the year so far.

17. Dystopia: Road To Utopia by Dreamcatcher

Total streams: 21.61 million

Number of songs: 7

Most streamed song: “Odd Eye” (12.30 million streams)

16. Epik High Is Here (Part 1) by Epik High

Total streams: 26.67 million

Number of songs: 10

Most streamed song: “Rosario” (10.50 million streams)

15. ZERO: FEVER Part.2 by ATEEZ

Total streams: 35.13 million

Number of songs: 7

Most streamed song: “Fireworks (I’m The One)” (18.29 million streams)

14. Bambi by Baekhyun

Total streams: 40.09 million

Number of songs: 6

Most streamed song: “Bambi” (15.24 million streams)

13. I Burn by (G)I-DLE

Total streams: 44.14 million

Number of songs: 6

Most streamed song: “HWAA” (26.28 million streams)

12. Don’t Call Me by SHINee

Total streams: 45.34 million

Number of songs: 9

Most streamed song: “Don’t Call Me” (19.97 million streams)

11. We Play by Weeekly

Total streams: 48.14 million

Number of songs: 5

Most streamed song: “After School” (45.80 million streams)

10. The Chaos Chapter: Freeze by TXT

Total streams: 51.85 million

Number of songs: 8

Most streamed song: “0x1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)” (17.99 million streams)

9. I’m Not Cool by HyunA

Total streams: 52.10 million

Number of songs: 5

Most streamed song: “I’m Not Cool” (28.08 million streams)

8. Atlantis by SHINee

Total streams: 52.62 million

Number of songs: 12

Most streamed song: “Don’t Call Me” (19.97 million streams)

7. Hot Sauce by NCT Dream

Total streams: 54.42 million

Number of songs: 10

Most streamed song: “Hot Sauce” (19.31 million streams)

6. Border: Carnival by ENHYPEN

Total streams: 60.56 million

Number of songs: 6

Most streamed song: “Drunk-Dazed” (27.68 million streams)

5. Guess Who by ITZY

Total streams: 62.97 million

Number of songs: 6

Most streamed song: “In The Morning” (42.81 million streams)

4. Lilac by IU

Total streams: 113.3 million

Number of songs: 10

Most streamed song: “Celebrity” (49.56 million streams)

3. Querencia by Chungha

Total streams: 113.8 million

Number of songs: 21

Most streamed song: “Stay Tonight” (29.80 million streams)

2. The First Step: Treasure Effect by TREASURE

Total streams: 133.8 million

Number of songs: 10

Most streamed song: “BOY” (32.47 million streams)

1. R by Rosé

Total streams: 180.3 million

Number of songs: 2

Most streamed song: “On The Ground” (111.7 million streams)

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