Clips of “Who” live moments keep flying across feeds. The headline is huge: Jimin is the only K‑pop soloist on Billboard’s 2025 Year‑End Hot 100, and “Who” sits at No. 57. The phrase “Jimin Who Billboard Hot 100” is everywhere on the internet.
How the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Works
Billboard’s 2025 Year‑End Hot 100 includes “Who” at No. 57, and Jimin is the only K‑pop soloist on that list this year. It also highlights K‑pop’s wider 2025 wins across Global charts and albums.
Understanding how a song makes the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 comes down to consistency. Unlike the weekly charts that favor “flashy” debut weeks, the year-end rankings aggregate total streams, digital sales, and radio airplay across the entire eligibility window.
How “Who” Took Over The World
“Who” hit 20+ weeks on the Hot 100 and tied a PSY milestone. The Allkpop piece confirms the year‑end ranking and Jimin’s soloist status on that list. It does not list the weekly run length. Weekly archives are being checked to verify the exact week count before it is stamped as fact.
The core is streaming but other factors like streaming parties across time zones, playlist strategy, YouTube, and audio balance, sales boosts and radio nudges all played a role in pushing songs to the top of the charts.
Comparison With PSY
PSY’s “Gangnam Style” changed the game. It peaked at No. 2 for seven weeks. It pulled Korean pop into the center of U.S. music talk through YouTube.
“Who” is a milestone from a later K‑pop era.That’s why a year‑end No. 57 hits so hard. It shows a K‑pop soloist can hold U.S. metrics long enough to make the year‑end cut. That is a different kind of mainstream integration from 2012.
Jimin In The 2025 K‑pop Picture
The year‑end recap also points to other big K‑pop wins in 2025. Rosé runs on the Global charts. Group albums are making achievements across formats. Again, Allkpop frames “Who” as one of the U.S. market’s standout K‑pop moments: their recap has the overview.
For a soloist to be the only one on the Hot 100 year‑end list is a flex. It reflects fan intensity and broader listener stickiness.That’s how Who hit No. 57 over a full year.
