10 K-Pop Songs That Have Obtained the Most Perfect All-Kill (PAK) in History

Kapanlagi.com - Almost every month Korean artists make a comeback, from which usually a title track or a song that has the potential to become a hit is born. However, it is not easy to dominate the music charts in Korea. Moreover, there are more than one music platforms for streaming there.

Nevertheless, some K-Pop songs have successfully dominated the music charts on every platform. If they are able to reach the first position on all platforms based on real-time, daily, and weekly charts, they will be awarded the Perfect All-Kill (PAK) title.

That's why PAK is calculated per hour. In fact, due to their viral and famous status, some K-Pop songs have been on the music charts in Korea for thousands of hours. So, which K-Pop songs have received the most PAK in history?

1. Dynamite - BTS

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In the first position is Dynamite by BTS, which was very popular in 2020. Dynamite has achieved a fantastic record of a total of 610 PAK hours after dominating all music charts in Korea.

Interestingly, this song has also swept various music charts in various countries around the world. Its popularity skyrocketed after becoming the first BTS song and the first K-Pop song in history to dominate the Billboard Hot 100.

2. Celebrity - IU

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In second place is Celebrity, which was recently released by IU in 2021. This song was able to achieve a total of 462 PAK hours. Her reputation as a consistent PAK hitmaker has crowned Celebrity as IU's 25th song to achieve PAK. IU also became the artist with the most songs to achieve PAK in the history of K-Pop.

3. Any Song - Zico

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In early 2020, K-Pop was surprised by Zico's viral song Any Song. This song became famous not only in Korea but also globally. Thanks to its success in dominating the Korean music charts, Any Song was able to achieve a total of 330 PAK hours. This song also won Song of the Year at the Genie Music Awards and Gaon Chart Music Awards.

4. LILAC - IU

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If someone calls IU the queen of PAK, it is not an exaggeration. Because almost every song she releases automatically becomes a hit. This also happened to LILAC, the title track from IU's first full album in the past 4 years with the same name, which managed to achieve a total of 265 hours of PAK.

5. Rollin - Brave Girls

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Dubbed as 'sleeper hits', Rollin is an old song by Brave Girls that suddenly boomed in 2021. The song, released in 2017, even managed to save Brave Girls' career which was initially planned to disband.

Rollin achieved a total of 262 hours of PAK. Thanks to the success of Rollin, Brave Girls, who initially had a segmented audience among the military, are now becoming known to the public and gaining popularity as K-Pop idols.

6. Butter - BTS

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Just released in 2021, Butter which was highly anticipated became BTS's second single to enter the top 10 of the most PAK recipients in history. Up until now, Butter has achieved 255 PAK hours.

The number still has the potential to increase, as BTS's second English single comfortably sits on the Korean music charts. In addition, Butter also successfully dominates the most prestigious music chart in the world, Billboard Hot 100.

7. Beach Again - SSAK3

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After the successful release of their debut song In The Summer, the seasonal group SSAK3 consisting of Rain, Yoo Jae Suk, and Lee Hyori, successfully gave birth to their second viral hit in Korea, Beach Again. It's no wonder that it eventually dominates the music charts and manages to achieve a total of 208 PAK hours.

8. LOVE SCENARIO - iKON

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Released in 2018, LOVE SCENARIO by iKON exploded. It even dominated various music charts in Korea, achieving a total of 204 hours PAK. The magnitude of this song's dominance went viral everywhere, leading iKON to win the daesang for Song of the Year at the Melon Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, and Seoul Music Awards.

9. Blueming - IU

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Next, there's Blueming, which is also a song by IU. This song is highly loved by the Korean people, managing to achieve a total of 142 hours PAK since its release in 2019. Additionally, Blueming also reached the top of the Billboard K-Pop Hot 100.

10. Leon - Park Myung Soo and IU

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At number 10 is Leon, which is a duet song by Park Myung Soo and IU. This song has achieved a total of 136 hours of Perfect All-Kill (PAK) since its first release in 2015. Leon has even sold 1.66 million copies within a year since its initial release.

Well, those are some of the K-Pop songs that have obtained the most PAK in the history of Korean music so far. Out of these songs, are there any that are included in your favorite playlist, KLovers?

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