Country chart report
South Korea music chart report
This country report reads the latest South Korea chart snapshot from Chart Atlas and compares the current Top 10 with the previous stored week. It is useful for spotting local breakouts, returning hits, and songs that are stronger in this market than globally.
Quick answers — South Korea chart, week of 2026-08-29
What is the #1 song in South Korea this week?
As of 2026-08-29, the #1 song on the South Korea chart is REDRED by CORTIS, with 79,074 streams in that week's snapshot. Source: Kworb Spotify Daily.
Which songs are rising in South Korea right now?
As of 2026-08-29, 3 of the South Korea Top 10 songs gained position versus the previous weekly snapshot. The biggest gain is REDRED by CORTIS, up 1 places to #1 with 79,074 streams. Source: Kworb Spotify Daily.
Which songs chart only in South Korea?
As of 2026-08-29, 39 of the 50 songs on the South Korea chart appear on no other tracked country chart, including LOVE ATTACK by RESCENE at #2. Chart Atlas tracks 35 countries. Source: Kworb Spotify Daily.
How many streams does the South Korea Top 10 have?
As of 2026-08-29, the South Korea Top 10 accounts for 597,867 combined streams in the weekly snapshot, led by REDRED. Source: Kworb Spotify Daily.
South Korea Top 10
| Rank | Song | Artist | Movement | Streams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | REDRED | CORTIS | up 1 | 79,074 streams |
| #2 | LOVE ATTACK | RESCENE | up 1 | 72,317 streams |
| #3 | BiiiG | BIGBANG | down 2 | 62,462 streams |
| #4 | Sunflower - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Post Malone | unchanged | 62,254 streams |
| #5 | Pop Off Pop Off | KiiiKiii | unchanged | 57,950 streams |
| #6 | Pretty Girl | RESCENE | unchanged | 56,693 streams |
| #7 | Who | Jimin | up 1 | 54,656 streams |
| #8 | LEMONADE | aespa | down 1 | 52,653 streams |
| #9 | BAD | ATEEZ | unchanged | 52,015 streams |
| #10 | It's Me | ILLIT | unchanged | 47,793 streams |
Local signal versus the global table
The clearest local signals this week: REDRED by CORTIS (local #1, on 3 of 35 tracked charts); LOVE ATTACK by RESCENE (local #2, on 1 of 35 tracked charts); BiiiG by BIGBANG (local #3, on 1 of 35 tracked charts). Songs like these hold Top 10 positions in South Korea while staying nearly invisible in the cross-country aggregate — usually a sign of language-market momentum or a domestic release cycle rather than a global push.
Working in the other direction, 15 of the current global aggregate Top 15 songs do not chart in South Korea at all this week, including Self Aware by Temper City, Beauty And A Beat by Justin Bieber, Dai Dai by Shakira. When a cross-market hit skips a market entirely, the gap usually maps to language, genre preference, or a local release calendar.
39 of the 50 songs on the full South Korea chart appear nowhere else in the tracked set this week. The highest-ranked market exclusives: LOVE ATTACK by RESCENE at local #2; BiiiG by BIGBANG at local #3; Pop Off Pop Off by KiiiKiii at local #5.
Stability and turnover
REDRED by CORTIS is a new local #1, replacing BiiiG by BIGBANG from the previous stored week. The longest-running current Top 10 song is REDRED by CORTIS, present in the local Top 10 for 11 of the last 11 stored weeks.
8% of the full local chart is new versus the previous stored week, in line with the 15% average across the tracked set — typical turnover for this comparison window.
How to read this market
South Korea belongs to the Asia region in Chart Atlas. A song that rises here but remains flat globally can indicate a local event, language-market momentum, or a regional genre signal. A song that is simultaneously strong here and in several other countries is more likely to be part of a cross-market trend.
The movement labels compare stored weekly snapshots. They are not a claim about every daily chart change between the two capture dates.