Spotify recently revealed the Top K-Pop Artists of 2021. Here is how the list changed over the last 3 years:

Top 10 K-Pop Artists of 2019:

1. BTS

2. BLACKPINK

3. TWICE

4. EXO

5. Red Velvet

6. SEVENTEEN

7. Stray Kids

8. NCT 127

9. iKON

10. GOT7

Top 10 K-Pop Artists of 2020:

1. BTS (=)

2. BLACKPINK (=)

3. TWICE (=)

4. Stray Kids (+3)

5. Red Velvet (=)

6. EXO (-2)

7. SEVENTEEN (-1)

8. IU (+10)

9. NCT 127 (-1)

10. (G)I-DLE (+2)

Top 10 K-Pop Artists of 2021:

1. BTS (=)

2. BLACKPINK (=)

3. TWICE (=)

4. Stray Kids (=)

5. TXT (+10)

6. IU (+2)

7. SEVENTEEN (=)

8. ITZY (+3)

9. EXO (-3)

10. Red Velvet (-5)

Notes: 

-BTS, BLACKPINK, and TWICE have finished 1, 2, and 3 respectively for 3 consecutive years. 

-Stray Kids made a jump from #7 in 2019 to #4 in 2020 and stayed there in 2021. 

-TXT also made a big jump into the top 5 in 2021 when they were outside the top 10 before that.

-ITZY jumps into the top 10 in 2021 at #8 when they were #11 in 2020.

-IU is the only solo artist in the top 10 in both 2020 and 2021. There were no solo artists in the top 10 in 2019.

-SEVENTEEN is consistently in the 6-7 range.

Check out the rest of the Top 50 on Spotify: