Billboard released their official Top 50 Social Artists for the year 2020.
SB19 ranked sixth, the only Filipino group to be included in the list.
The five-man Pinoy Pop group is also the first Southeast Asian act to enter Billboard’s Top Social 50.
The Billboard year-end list is based on the data compiled by Nielsen Music or MRC Data wherein metrics of artists and music titles recorded from November 23 2019 to November 14, 2020.
The Pinoy band proudly announced this victory and shared this with their fandom, A’TIN (read as eighteen).
🏆 #SB19Billboard2020SocialTop6#SB19 ranked at the 6th spot of the Billboard’s Top Social 50 Artists of 2020 — making them the only Filipino act to enter this year’s top 10! 😱 https://t.co/dgoWSC4fBq
— SB19 Official (@SB19Official) December 4, 2020
Thank you for the recognition, @billboard. And of course, to our beloved A’TIN, thank you for all of the unimaginable plot twists in our life. Too grateful to have you. Stay amazing, guys! 💙
— SB19 Official (@SB19Official) December 4, 2020
K-Pop groups dominated the year-end Billboard chart which was topped by BTS, for four straight years now. Also making it to the top of the list are EXO, BLACKPINK, and American artists Ariana Grande and Billie Elish.
Aside from that, SB19 achieved another milestone as their song “Tilahula” lead the LyricFind Global Chart.
SB19 was also a big winner during the recently concluded RAWR Awards wherein they bagged the Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Song of the Year – Alab, Favorite Performer, and Favorite Group. Their fandom A’TIN also won as the Fan Club of the Year.
The winners for RAWR Awards 2020 was based on the combined total votes of fans and readers, blogosphere and industry leaders, and third-party analytics.
SB19 is composed of Josh, Sejun, Stell, Ken, and Justin. They are the first group launched in the country who were trained in Korea by an entertainment company.
