TXT becomes 1st K-pop boy band to be on Billboard's Song Breaker chart

By Dong Sun-hwa

Tomorrow X Together (TXT) has become the first K-pop boy group to make it onto the Billboard's Song Breaker chart.

TXT, consisting of Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and HueningKai, secured the No. 18 spot on the chart, according to Billboard, Wednesday. The Song Breaker chart ranks content creators who amplify music and music-based trends in the digital space. The first K-pop act that got on the chart was TWICE, last year.

“Thanks to sincere lyrics and trendy melodies of its songs, TXT has often been voted the K-pop group that best speaks for Generation Z,” the quintet's management company, Big Hit Music, said in a statement. “The group has been actively interacting with its global fans on various social media platforms like TikTok.”

Recently, a dance challenge for “PS5,” the 2021 collaborative single by two TXT members ― Yeonjun and Taehyun ― and pop star Salem Ilese, has taken TikTok by storm. As of Wednesday, TXT has garnered 16 million followers on the platform, recording the second-highest number of followers among all K-pop acts, only after BTS. BTS, which is also represented by Big Hit, has more than 47 million followers.

TXT debuted in 2019 with the album, “The Dream Chapter: Star.” The band, which recently put out its first Japanese EP, “Chaotic Wonderland,” is set to appear at “Summer Sonic 2022,” one of the biggest music festivals in Japan that will take place in August.