Kakao Entertainment's music platform Melon(Melon) announced the '2025 domestic·overseas annual chart' TOP100, where you can see the songs that received the most love over the year at a glance, and also released a Melon magazine containing related content
The No. 1 on the domestic annual chart was WOODZ, who wrote a reverse-runner's legend. Released in 2023, 'Drowning' became a huge sensation after WOODZ's live video drew great attention, creating a fierce whirlwind on the chart about a year and a half later, and rose to No. 1 on the 2025 annual chart, recording it as his biggest hit
In 2025, male solo musicians, led by WOODZ, stood out. G-DRAGON returned with his first full-length album in 11 years, Übermensch, and his song 'HOME SWEET HOME (feat. Taeyang, Daesung)', featuring Big Bang members, rose to No. 2 on the annual chart, marking a spectacular comeback. Reliable singer-songwriter Lee Mujin showcased his digital music dominance by placing four songs on the annual chart, including 'Episode', and 10CM (Ten Centimeter) landed at No. 10 with a remake Korean version of the anime 'Kimi ni Todoke' OST of the same name, sparking a challenge craze
The rise of new generation artists was also remarkable. Among them, ALLDAY PROJECT's (ALLDAY PROJECT) 'FAMOUS', which debuted in 2025, ranked 23rd, Starship's rookie girl group KiiiKiii's (KiiiKiii) 'I DO ME' placed 63rd, and Hearts2Hearts' (Hearts2Hearts) 'The Chase' and 'STYLE' showed their presence at 81st and 89th, respectively
Also, BOYNEXTDOOR's (BOYNEXTDOOR) 'Only today I LOVE YOU' was 12th, BABYMONSTER's (BABYMONSTER) 'DRIP' was 28th, and ILLIT's (ILLIT) 'Magnetic' was 43rd, among others, highlighting the achievements of fifth-generation idols and raising expectations for their activities in 2026
The power of BLACKPINK (Blackpink), which returned as a full group after three years, was also remarkable. Their new song 'Jump' rose to 27th, and the members' solo songs also gained strong popularity. In particular, Rosé's (Rosé) collaboration with Bruno Mars, 'APT.', climbed to No. 6, and Jennie(JENNIE)'s 'like JENNIE' ranked 11th, proving the global syndrome with chart results
The activities of 'digital music powerhouses' who placed multiple songs on the chart continued. DAY6 (DAY6) placed six songs on the chart, including 'HAPPY' (8th) and 'Be able to be a page' (17th), and aespa (aespa) also placed six songs, including 'Whiplash' (3rd) and 'Supernova' (22nd), making both teams the artists with the most entries. IVE and G-DRAGON also charted five songs each, showing strong digital music power
On the overseas chart, the OST of the Netflix animation 'K-pop Demon Hunters' set an unprecedented record. Including 'Golden', which EJAE (Lee Jae) participated in and which took No. 1, an astonishing eight tracks from the 'K-pop Demon Hunters' OST were placed within the top 30
The high-profile collaboration between Lady Gaga(Lady Gaga) and Bruno Mars(Bruno Mars), 'Die With A Smile', ranked as high as No. 3, showing the power of a great song, and Kendrick Lamar(Kendrick Lamar) rose to the upper ranks with 'Not Like Us', which drew attention after being performed at the Super Bowl halftime show, as well as 'luther', which features SZA
The popularity of J-pop became even more mainstream. Riding the popularity of the movie version of Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc, the theme song 'IRIS OUT' ranked ninth and the ending song 'JANE DOE' ranked 64th on the annual chart, and tuki.'s (tsuki.) 'Bansanka - Bansanka' and Official Hige Dandism's 'Pretender' also entered the chart and stood out
The Melon annual chart can be viewed in Melon Chart's 'by era' category. Domestic charts are organized from 1964 and overseas charts from 1955 by year with TOP100, and the PC version provides columns that systematically review music industry issues and trends of each era
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