BGYO Debuts at No. 2 on Billboard

Three months after their official launch, the breakout P-pop group BGYO composed of Gelo Rivera, Akira Morishita, JL Toreliza, Nate Porcalla, and Mikki Claver marked its Billboard chart debut on Tuesday, May 11.

BGYO ranked second in Billboard’s Next Big Sound chart, “the fastest accelerating artists during the past week, across all major social music sites, statistically predicted to achieve future success,” according to Billboard.

Next Big Sound’s tally is measured by the US namesake company, described in its website as the “leading provider of online music analytics and insights,” with its tracking of “hundreds of thousands of artists around the world.”

Filipino acts who previously ranked in the Next Big Sound chart include Morissette, The Juans, and SB19.