HOT 50 WORLD SONGS MAY 2026

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About this ranking

This is the HOT 50 World Songs chart for May 2026, a monthly fan-voted ranking of the biggest K-pop and crossover tracks. Fifty tracks went on the ballot for the month.

Voting ran through the second half of May 2026, with no downvotes allowed. Who took the top spot, ahead of Made To Love and Love Me Again, with Requiem: The Story of One Sky and Like Crazy rounding out the top five.

Browse the final May chart and see which track owned your month.

  1. 1
    Who

    Who

    jimin
    Closed
  2. 2
    Made To Love

    Made To Love

    Xiao Zhan
    Closed
  3. 3
    Love Me Again

    Love Me Again

    V
    Closed
  4. 4
    Requiem: The Story of One Sky

    Requiem: The Story of One Sky

    Dimash
    Closed
  5. 5
    Like Crazy

    Like Crazy

    jimin
    Closed
  6. 6
    Set Me Free Pt. 2

    Set Me Free Pt. 2

    jimin
    Closed
  1. 7
    Slow Dancing

    Slow Dancing

    V
    Closed
  2. 8
    FRI(END)S

    FRI(END)S

    Kim taeyung
    Closed
  3. 9
    Rodeo

    Rodeo

    Momoland
    Closed
  4. 10
    Smeraldo Garden Marching Band

    Smeraldo Garden Marching Band

    jimin
    Closed
  5. 11
    Closer Than This

    Closer Than This

    jimin
    Closed
  6. 12
    Standing Next To You

    Standing Next To You

    JK
    Closed
  7. 13
    Still With You

    Still With You

    JK
    Closed
  8. 14
    JUMP

    JUMP

    Blackpink
    Closed
  9. 15
    Celebrate

    Celebrate

    Super Junior
    Closed
  10. 16
    Seven

    Seven

    JK
    Closed
  11. 17
    SWIM

    SWIM

    BTS
    Closed
  12. 18
    ParadoXXX Invasion

    ParadoXXX Invasion

    Enhypen
    Closed
  13. 19
    VIBE

    VIBE

    Taeyang ft. Jimin

    16 fans backed VIBE. Nobody has claimed a name here yet. Vote for VIBE and yours is first.

    Closed
  14. 20
    3D

    3D

    JK
    Closed
  15. 21
    Don't Worry, Be Happy

    Don't Worry, Be Happy

    SF9
    Closed
  16. 22
    Dreamers

    Dreamers

    JK
    Closed
  17. 23
    Take Two

    Take Two

    BTS

    9 fans backed Take Two. Nobody has claimed a name here yet. Vote for Take Two and yours is first.

    Closed
  18. 24
    The Astronaut

    The Astronaut

    Jin

    8 fans backed The Astronaut. Nobody has claimed a name here yet. Vote for The Astronaut and yours is first.

    Closed
  19. 25
    Yet To Come

    Yet To Come

    BTS
    Closed
  20. 26
    Set Me Free

    Set Me Free

    TWICE
    Closed
  21. 27
    Shut Down

    Shut Down

    Blackpink
    Closed
  22. 28
    GO

    GO

    Blackpink
    Closed
  23. 29
    Golden

    Golden

    HUNTR/X
    Closed
  24. 30
    Do It

    Do It

    Stray Kids
    Closed
  25. 31
    OOTD

    OOTD

    Dreamcatcher
    Closed
  26. 32
    APT.

    APT.

    ROSÉ & Bruno Mars
    Closed
  27. 33
    STAY

    STAY

    Stray Kids
    Closed
  28. 34
    Case 143

    Case 143

    Stray Kids
    Closed
  29. 35
    Flower

    Flower

    JISOO
    Closed
  30. 36
    Like Jennie

    Like Jennie

    Jennie
    Closed
  31. 37
    Biggest Fan

    Biggest Fan

    IRENE
    Closed
  32. 38
    Mantra

    Mantra

    Jennie
    Closed
  33. 39
    stay a little longer

    stay a little longer

    Rosé
    Closed
  34. 40
    Gnarly

    Gnarly

    KATSEYE
    Closed
  35. 41
    Stick With You

    Stick With You

    TOMORROW X TOGETHER
    Closed
  36. 42
    BANG BANG

    BANG BANG

    IVE
    Closed
  37. 43
    SPAGHETTI

    SPAGHETTI

    LE SSERAFIM ft. j-hope
    Closed
  38. 44
    First Luv

    First Luv

    BINI
    Closed
  39. 45
    Who is she

    Who is she

    Kiss Of Life
    Closed
  40. 46
    404 (New Era)

    404 (New Era)

    KiiiKiii
    Closed
  41. 47
    Catch Catch

    Catch Catch

    Yena
    Closed
  42. 48
    Soda Pop

    Soda Pop

    Saja Boys
    Closed
  43. 49
    RUDE!

    RUDE!

    Hearts2Hearts
    Closed
  44. 50
    LOOK AT ME

    LOOK AT ME

    ALLDAY PROJECT
    Closed

Frequently asked questions

What song was number one on the HOT 50 in May 2026?

Who by Jimin won the HOT 50 World Songs May 2026 chart with 58,089 upvotes. Made To Love placed second with 43,957, and Love Me Again placed third with 21,302.

When did voting close for HOT 50 World Songs May 2026?

Voting closed May 31, 2026. The final chart is locked in.

How does voting work on KingChoice?

Each fan gets 3 votes per hour. This chart ran upvotes only, so every vote pushed a track up the ranking, and downvote was not allowed.

How was the HOT 50 World Songs chart ranked?

Each track's score was upvotes minus downvotes. Since downvote was not allowed on this poll, the score came down to total upvotes, and a higher upvote count ranked higher.

Which artists appeared on the HOT 50 World Songs May 2026 chart?

50 tracks were on the chart, spanning K-pop and C-pop, including songs from Jimin, IVE, BLACKPINK, and Xiao Zhan.

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