BTS, BLACKPINK, TWICE & More: These are the Most Followed K-pop Artists on Spotify as of February 2021

K-pop music has been making waves in various streaming platforms and music charts as its popularity continues to soar recently. On Saturday, the names of the K-pop artists that garnered the most followers on Spotify between January 2021 to February 2021 have been disclosed.

Keep on reading to know if your favorite stars made it to the list!

BTS, BLACKPINK & TWICE Gain the Most Followers This Year So Far

As expected, BTS dominated the list after it was able to get more than 2.8 million followers on Spotify as of this writing. While Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, J-Hope, V, RM, and Suga continue to break records on Billboard and other music tallies worldwide, they have also made a huge feat on the said audio streaming platform.

BTS owes its continuous popularity to their chart-topping songs such as "Dynamite," "Life Goes On," "Telepathy," "Black Swan," "ON," "Stay Gold" and "Friends" among others. Add to that the growing anticipation on the upcoming appearances of Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, J-Hope, V, RM, and Suga on tvN's "You Quiz on the Block" on March 24, 2021, and "Let's BTS" on March 29 on KBS.

Coming close in the second spot in BLACKPINK. Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé have, so far, amassed 1,650,599 followers on Spotify since the start of 2021. Aside from BTS, BLACKPINK has also been getting a lot of attention lately due to their chart-topping songs such as "How You Like That," "Ice Cream" and "Lovesick Girls."

TWICE secured the third spot with a total of 647,962 followers as of this writing. Sana, Momo, Tzuyu, Nayeon, Mina, Jihyo, Dahyun, Jeongyeon, and Chaeyoung have been making headlines as they are among the most sought-after K-pop groups right now. The South Korean girl group released the "More & More" and "Eyes Wide Open" albums in 2020.

South Korean pop star royalty IU nabbed the No. 4 spot with 549,126 followers. The "celebrity" hitmaker is followed by BTS members J-Hope and RM at the No. 5 and No. 6 spots with 523,391 followers and 505,206 followers, respectively.

Other K-pop artists with the most followers on Spotify from January 2021 to February 2021 include Stray Kids with 477,201 followers, August D with 471,179 followers, MAMAMOO with 467,197 followers, BTS member V with 427,795 followers, TXT with 419,998 followers, and EXO with 399,151 followers.

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BTS, BLACKPINK & TWICE Got Most Views on YouTube in February 2021

Meanwhile, BTS, BLACKPINK, and TWICE were also the frontrunners of KGraph's list of the most-viewed K-pop artists on YouTube last month. Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, J-Hope, V, RM, and Suga garnered a total of 962,489,591 views, which landed them in the No. 1 spot.

Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé, on the other hand, generated more than 679 million views, which made them the second K-pop act with the most view on the video streaming site in February 2021. TWICE, on the other hand, ranked third with a total of 260,682,883 views. IU, Stray Kids, PSY, ITZY, MAMAMOO, SEVENTEEN, RED VENVET, EXO and BIGBANG also made it to the list.

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Written by Nica Vaughn

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