Top International Artists of 2022 by Genius Data

Russian hip-hop ruled 2022.

The global music landscape continues to expand each year thanks to streaming platforms and social media. Over the past decade, we’ve seen the rise of dancehall, K-pop, Latin trap and other sounds. We’ve also seen bilingual artists like BTS, Bad Bunny, and BLACKPINK dominate mainstream charts around the world. world. To spotlight some of this year’s global superstars, Genius dug into the data to determine his top international his artists of 2022. More specifically, artists who don’t use English as their first language (sorry, Drake and Harry Styles). This list contains some of the usual suspects, but it’s proof that an exciting new sound is rising to the forefront around the world.

Unsurprisingly, the top spot on this list is K-pop supergroup BTS, who surpassed 16 million page views this year and also appeared on Genius year-end lists such as Top Artists and Top Groups of 2022.of their anthology album evidenceIncludes No.1 hit songs such as “Butter” and “Dynamite”.This list is joined by fellow K-pop megastars his BLACKPINK, whose smash his album bone pink It helped them secure 4th place.

Some might argue that despite K-pop’s continued popularity, Russian hip-hop was the true reigning power of 2022. BTS took the top spot, but the rest of the list is filled with Russian rap stars rising in his scene. St. Petersburg-based MC Oxxxymiron came in 3rd place, and this year’s singles such as “ОЙДА (OIDA)” and “THE STORY OF ALISHER” attracted much attention. Closely behind No. 5 is rising Russian rapper Shadowrays, whose hits “Astral Step” and “Showdown” also made it onto his list of Top His Songs of the Year. 8th, 9th and 10th are his PHARAOH, MORGENSHTERN and Pyrokinesis respectively. His trio of multi-talented artists has also broken out with a unique, genre-blending brand of Russian hip-hop.

The rest of the Top International Artists list includes Spanish-language favorites Bad Bunny (No. 2) and Rosalia (No. 7), and Japanese boy band ARASHI at No. 6. increase. .

1. BTS (16 million page views)

2. Bad Bunny (6.9 million page views)

3. Oxxxymiron (6.8M pageviews)

4. BLACKPINK (6.3 million page views)

5. shadowraze (5.2 million pageviews)

6. ARASHI (4.5M pageviews)

7. Rosalia (3.6 million page views)

8. Pharaoh (2.8 million page views)

9. MORGENSHTERN (2.8 million page views)

10. Pyrokinesis (2.8 million page views)