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Korean Music - 2016 Statistics

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Whenever Youtube is mentioned, it means Music Videos (or dance versions and so on), not Streams from Audio videos. Watch or Views = Video, Stream = Audio

Most Watched Artists Only 2016

 1. Blackpink~5.002.765.278+
 2. BTS~3.882.991.857+
 3. Twice~1.481.249.568+
 4. EXO~937.920.076+
 5. Punch + Chanyeol~677.608.527+
 6. Seventeen~440.162.399+
 7. BIGBANG~410.042.318+
 8. Taeyeon~385.536.151+
 9. Loco + Punch~376.362.016+
 10. GOT7~344.533.055+
 11. Red Velvet~329.092.003+
 12. Davichi~324.233.458+
 13. Chen + Punch~310.099.158+
 14. Jay Park~302.033.281+
 15. J.Fla~277.278.310+
 16. Bolbbalgan4~252.737.220+
 17. Agust D~247.925.488+
 18. GFriend~241.090.214+
 19. EXO-CBX~220.385.017+
 20. Crush~220.234.639+
(These are YOUTUBE VIEWS (public counter). Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2016

 1. BTS~62.359.505+
 2. Blackpink~52.053.464+
 3. EXO~15.054.814+
 4. Twice~12.251.468+
 5. Agust D~9.700.521+
 6. Seventeen~7.843.719+
 7. GOT7~5.966.839+
 8. Punch + Chanyeol~5.406.262+
 9. BIGBANG~4.169.718+
 10. Jay Park~3.681.819+
 11. Red Velvet~3.629.623+
 12. Taeyeon~3.506.268+
 13. NCT U~3.357.865+
 14. EXO-CBX~3.299.434+
 15. Mamamoo~3.240.496+
 16. J-Hope~2.854.222+
 17. MONSTA X~2.642.887+
 18. NCT 127~2.633.605+
 19. NCT DREAM~2.573.876+
 20. J.Fla~2.391.402+
(These are YOUTUBE Likes. Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2016


(Absolute views including non-organic views and not weighted by the number of artists on each segment )

Youtube Views per Month Only 2016

(Includes all types of Main videos (audio-only not included, covers also not included) with monthly view distribution based on Our monthly formula )
Music Videos page Math behind Graphic

Youtube Likes per Style Only 2016


(Includes only Videos, not Audios. Absolute likes not weighted by the number of artists on each segment )

Most Music Show Awards Only 2016

  Wins   Artist
1. 29 GFriend
2. 23 Twice
3. 19 EXO
4. 11 Red Velvet
5. 10 BTS
6. 9 VIXX
7. 9 Mamamoo
8. 9 GOT7
9. 8 I.O.I
10. 6 CNBlue
11. 6 Seventeen
12. 5 Sistar
13. 5 Blackpink
14. 5 Suzy + Baekhyun
15. 4 EXID
16. 4 SHINee
17. 4 Wonder Girls
18. 4 Taemin
19. 4 Lim Chang Jung
20. 4 Block B
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2016

  Wins   Music
1. 15 Rough | GFriend
2. 14 Navillera | GFriend
3. 12 TT | Twice
4. 11 Cheer Up | Twice
5. 10 Monster | EXO
6. 8 You're the best | Mamamoo
7. 7 Lotto | EXO
8. 6 You're so fine | CNBlue
9. 6 Russian Roulette | Red Velvet
10. 6 Blood Sweat & Tears | BTS
11. 5 Whatta Man | I.O.I
12. 5 Dynamite | VIXX
13. 5 I like that | Sistar
14. 5 Dream | Suzy + Baekhyun
15. 5 One of these nights | Red Velvet
16. 5 Fly | GOT7
17. 4 BoomBoom | Seventeen
18. 4 L.I.E | EXID
19. 4 Press Your Number | Taemin
20. 4 Why so Lonely | Wonder Girls

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2016


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2016


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2016


(Streaming data is highly changed due to the vast majority of streams being from Singers and not Idols, specially Ballads )
Streaming page

Most streamed artists Only 2016

 1. Twice
 2. GFriend
 3. Zico
 4. Taeyeon
 5. Lim Chang Jung
 6. Urban Zakapa
 7. EXO
 8. M.C The Max
 9. Mamamoo
 10. BewhY
 11. Davichi
 12. Bolbbalgan4
 13. Jang Beom June
 14. Crush
 15. Gummy
 16. Heize
 17. I.O.I
 18. Blackpink
 19. Han Dong Geun
 20. BTS
(Circle Chart Streaming digital data. Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2016

 1. Cheer Up | Twice
 2. No matter where | M.C The Max
 3. Rough | GFriend
 4. I Don\'t Love You | Urban Zakapa
 5. Pour Up | Dean
 6. Love Again | Lim Chang Jung
 7. Like Ooh-Ahh | Twice
 8. This Love | Davichi
 9. I Am You, You Are Me | Zico
 10. Making a new ending for this story | Han Dong Geun
 11. Don\'t worry | Lee Juck
 12. Hopefully sky | Jeong Eunji
 13. Committed Love | Lim Chang Jung
 14. You are my everything | Gummy
 15. Me Gustas Tu | GFriend
 16. Navillera | GFriend
 17. Dream | Suzy + Baekhyun
 18. Whistle | Blackpink
 19. Day Day | BewhY
 20. Boys And Girls | Zico
(Circle Chart Streaming digital data. Score based on song charting on top 100 weekly charts counting only Korean artists )
CircleChart Streaming page

PAKS - Perfect All Kill Only 2016

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2016-01 - Don't Forget | Crush
2016-02 - Rough | GFriend
2016-02 - You're the best | Mamamoo
2016-03 - This Love | Davichi
2016-04 - What The Spring?? | 10cm
2016-04 - Cheer Up | Twice
2016-05 - I Don't Love You | Urban Zakapa
2016-06 - Who You? | Simon Dominic + ONE + G2 + BewhY
2016-06 - Comfortable | ONE
2016-07 - Forever | BewhY
2016-07 - Why so Lonely | Wonder Girls
2016-08 - Whistle | Blackpink
2016-09 - Committed Love | Lim Chang Jung
2016-10 - Very Very Very | I.O.I
2016-10 - TT | Twice
2016-12 - Star | Heize
2016-12 - FXXK IT | BIGBANG
2016-12 - Your Night | Kwanghee + Gaeko

Physical Sales per Style Only 2016


(Data from CircleChart Album sales, which is their original physical sales method (Shipments - returns). Since 2022 they have a Retail Album data which is actual sales from partner stores, which works more like Hanteo. )
CircleChart Sales page

Physical Sales per Artist Only 2016

 1. EXO~1.652.000+
 2. BTS~1.497.000+
 3. Seventeen~754.000+
 4. Twice~580.000+
 5. GOT7~419.000+
 6. VIXX~328.000+
 7. EXO-CBX~275.000+
 8. Lay~274.000+
 9. SHINee~255.000+
 10. I.O.I~241.000+
 11. UP10TION~231.000+
 12. MONSTA X~201.000+
 13. BIGBANG~149.000+
 14. B.A.P~144.000+
 15. Taeyeon~134.000+
 16. Infinite~132.000+
 17. Red Velvet~125.000+
 18. GFriend~120.000+
 19. Jessica~119.000+
 20. Taemin~116.000+
 21. ASTRO~112.000+
 22. BTOB~100.000+
 23. Mamamoo~91.000+
 24. Apink~89.000+
 25. Kim Jaejoong~85.000+
 26. Nam Woohyun~83.000+
 27. Winner~83.000+
 28. NCT 127~83.000+
 29. Teen Top~78.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2016

 1. WINGSBTS~751.000+
 2. EX’ACT - THE 3RD ALBUM (KOREAN VER.)EXO~549.000+
 3. FOR LIFE - 겨울 스페셜 앨범, 2016EXO~438.000+
 4. 화양연화 YOUNG FOREVERBTS~368.000+
 5. TWICECOASTER : LANE 1Twice~350.000+
 6. HEY MAMA! - THE 1ST MINI ALBUMEXO-CBX~275.000+
 7. LOSE CONTROL - THE 1ST MINI ALBUMLay~274.000+
 8. EX’ACT - THE 3RD ALBUM (CHINESE VER.)EXO~247.000+
 9. LOTTO - THE 3RD ALBUM REPACKAGE (KOREAN VER.)EXO~232.000+
 10. FLIGHT LOG : TURBULENCEGOT7~225.000+
 11. 3RD MINI ALBUM `GOING SEVENTEEN`Seventeen~223.000+
 12. 1ST ALBUM FIRST `LOVE&LETTER'Seventeen~192.000+
 13. 1ST ALBUM FIRST `LOVE&LETTER`Seventeen~191.000+
 14. PAGE TWOTwice~179.000+
 15. 1 OF 1 - THE 5TH ALBUMSHINee~170.000+
 16. FLIGHT LOG : DEPARTUREGOT7~167.000+
 17. INFINITE ONLYInfinite~129.000+
 18. LOTTO - THE 3RD ALBUM REPACKAGE (CHINESE VER.)EXO~119.000+
 19. PRESS IT - THE 1ST ALBUMTaemin~115.000+
 20. WHY - THE 2ND MINI ALBUMTaeyeon~111.000+
 21. ZELOSVIXX~105.000+
 22. 화양연화 PT.2BTS~105.000+
 23. HADESVIXX~102.000+
 24. THE CLAN PT.2 `GUILTY`MONSTA X~100.000+
 25. MADE (FULL)BIGBANG~100.000+
 26. 화양연화 PT.1BTS~99.000+
 27. LOVE & LETTER REPACKAGE ALBUMSeventeen~98.000+
 28. KRATOSVIXX~97.000+
 29. MISS ME?I.O.I~93.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2016

Table 1: All groups

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Average Years
Female Groups: 2.2
Male Groups: 4.3
Mean Years
Female Groups: 2.0
Male Groups: 3.0


Table 2: Groups with at least 1 award

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1 y
2 y
3 y
4 y
5 y
6 y
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8 y
9 y
10 y
11+ y
Average Years
Female Groups: 7.0
Male Groups: 3.6
Mean Years
Female Groups: 6.0
Male Groups: 4.0

Years reflect completed years of activity, thus groups that disbanded before even completing 1 year are marked as lasting 0 years

Debuts on Youtube per Month Only 2016

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Debut Tables do not count Collaborations, Sub-unit debut and Member debuts even if the member debuts after the group disbanded. As such, it counts only main groups and soloists not from a group.
Debuts page

Releases on Youtube per Month Only 2016

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All data, specially sales, are respective to artists on our database, not all Korean Music. Last month's sales might still not be updated until the 10th of that month.
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