Not every pop song is a hit right out of the gate. An artist dreams of their tracks climbing the Billboard charts upon its release, but sometimes that doesn’t happen until years—or decades!—later.

Pop songs get “popular” for a reason. Quite a few gorgeous, catchy, earworm hits through the years have topped the charts because they’re just so good, exactly the way they are. However, I think a few ...

ROSÉ and Bruno Mars’ “APT.” joins the lofty company of BTS’ “Dynamite” as the only songs by acts prominent in K-pop (Korean pop) to have reached the top five on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart. “APT.” ...