As we usher in the month of June, we're at the midway point of 2023. Is it just me, or is the year flying by? Anyways, it also presents the perfect time to look back at the musical journey of the K-pop industry in 2023 and take a look at the most popular tracks so far.

As South Korea's premier music streaming platform, MelOn diligently monitors the ebb and flow of the industry's soundscape, tracking the year's top-performing tracks via its charts. Let's delve into this musical treasure trove and look at the year's standout songs thus far.

Let's take a look at the top 20 tracks of the first half of 2023!

According to the chart, NewJeans' tracks "Ditto," "OMG," and "Hype Boy" took the top 3 spots, followed by Younha's "Event Horizon" in 4th place, and LE SSERAFIM's ANTIFRAGILE in 5th. NewJeans has four songs in the top 10 while IVE has three songs.

After seeing the top 20, netizens commented, "NewJeans are at the top," "Wow, NewJeans and IVE has so many songs," "It's all the songs I know," "Sung Si Kyung is really impressive," "I thought NewJeans' 'Attention' was popular but it's 'Hype Boy' it's so interesting," "Wow," "NewJeans and IVE are really power rookies," and "NewJeans and IVE is so crazy."