This list is strictly limited to songs by K-pop idols that aren't just English-language versions of previous Korean releases. "Love Talk" by WayV was initially in Mandarin, so it doesn't count.

The year before, in YouTube’s global 2017 Top 10, six tracks were non-English language (again, all in Spanish), led by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee’s “Despacito” at No.1 – which remains ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as those sung in English even though there are significant cultural differences in musical tone and scales By Jason Arunn Murugesu 3 February 2022 ...