Korean Music - 2018 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 2018

 1. BTS~3.471.516.114+
 2. Blackpink~3.137.964.738+
 3. Twice~2.481.359.473+
 4. Momoland~1.538.935.527+
 5. Jennie~1.397.240.255+
 6. iKON~1.259.068.469+
 7. EXO~973.915.200+
 8. Red Velvet~732.174.446+
 9. K/DA~648.969.040+
 10. Stray Kids~599.486.534+
 11. Mamamoo~560.461.889+
 12. I-dle~503.678.449+
 13. NCT U~424.352.675+
 14. PENTAGON~422.852.096+
 15. GOT7~403.726.268+
 16. NCT 127~379.123.094+
 17. Seventeen~354.863.827+
 18. IZ*ONE~327.483.231+
 19. IU~326.724.499+
 20. Shaun~266.798.692+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2018

 1. BTS~65.203.382+
 2. Blackpink~35.447.698+
 3. Twice~27.151.932+
 4. Jennie~20.531.852+
 5. Stray Kids~18.887.739+
 6. iKON~18.029.180+
 7. EXO~16.779.638+
 8. Momoland~11.606.570+
 9. Red Velvet~11.245.531+
 10. J-Hope~10.896.604+
 11. NCT 127~9.736.000+
 12. GOT7~9.244.946+
 13. Mamamoo~9.085.235+
 14. NCT U~8.769.364+
 15. Seventeen~7.648.614+
 16. PENTAGON~7.418.486+
 17. RM~7.359.707+
 18. Jungkook~7.197.397+
 19. I-dle~7.086.772+
 20. NCT DREAM~6.794.709+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Top Music Video Milestones Only 2018

Video Artist Views Date
Dope BTS 400.000.000 2018-12-10
Fake Love BTS 400.000.000 2018-12-14
Mic Drop BTS 400.000.000 2018-12-23
BBoom BBoom Momoland 300.000.000 2018-12-30
Idol BTS 300.000.000 2018-12-16
Ice Cream Cake Red Velvet 100.000.000 2018-12-28
Sorry, Sorry Super Junior 100.000.000 2018-12-24
Lucifer SHINee 100.000.000 2018-12-23
Boombayah (alternate) Blackpink 100.000.000 2018-12-04
Lotto EXO 100.000.000 2018-12-05
Solo Day B1A4 100.000.000 2018-12-07
Yes or Yes Twice 100.000.000 2018-12-16
Palette IU 100.000.000 2018-12-16
(Top unique 20 Milestones. Milestones started being recorded on December 2018 )
Milestones page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2018


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2018

(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 2018


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2018

  Wins   Artist
1. 28 Twice
2. 26 Wanna One
3. 20 BTS
4. 19 iKON
5. 16 Red Velvet
6. 11 Mamamoo
7. 11 Blackpink
8. 10 GFriend
9. 10 GOT7
10. 10 Sunmi
11. 8 EXO
12. 7 Momoland
13. 7 IU
14. 6 Mino
15. 6 I-dle
16. 6 Winner
17. 5 Seventeen
18. 5 Apink
19. 5 Infinite
20. 5 NCT 127
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2018

  Wins   Music
1. 12 What is Love? | Twice
2. 12 Fake Love | BTS
3. 11 Ddu-du Ddu-du | Blackpink
4. 11 Love Scenario | iKON
5. 10 Power Up | Red Velvet
6. 10 Time for the Moon Night | GFriend
7. 10 Dance the Night Away | Twice
8. 10 Boomerang | Wanna One
9. 9 Starry Night | Mamamoo
10. 8 Idol | BTS
11. 8 Lullaby | GOT7
12. 7 Light | Wanna One
13. 7 BBoom BBoom | Momoland
14. 7 Spring Breeze | Wanna One
15. 7 Goodbye Road | iKON
16. 7 BbiBbi | IU
17. 6 Fiancé | Mino
18. 6 Siren | Sunmi
19. 5 Bad Boy | Red Velvet
20. 5 Tell Me | Infinite

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2018


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2018


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2018


(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 2018

 1. BTS
 2. MeloMance
 3. Wanna One
 4. Twice
 5. Bolbbalgan4
 6. iKON
 7. Blackpink
 8. Red Velvet
 9. Paul Kim
 10. Mamamoo
 11. IU
 12. Nilo
 13. Roy Kim
 14. BTOB
 15. Heize
 16. Jang Deok Cheol
 17. Momoland
 18. Punch
 19. Sunmi
 20. Chung ha
(Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2018

 1. Love Scenario | iKON
 2. Good Old Days | Jang Deok Cheol
 3. Pass by | Nilo
 4. Gift | MeloMance
 5. Only Then | Roy Kim
 6. Every Day, Every Moment | Paul Kim
 7. Way back home | Shaun
 8. Havana (Feat. Young Thug) | Camila Cabello
 9. BBoom BBoom | Momoland
 10. Ddu-du Ddu-du | Blackpink
 11. Don\'t Give It | Loco + Hwasa
 12. Through the Night | IU
 13. HandClap | Fitz & The Tantrums
 14. You&I | MeloMance
 15. Travel | Bolbbalgan4
 16. When Autumn Comes | Monday Kiz
 17. Fake Love | BTS
 18. DNA | BTS
 19. Starry Night | Mamamoo
 20. Roller Coaster | Chung ha
(Score based on song charting on top 100 weekly charts counting only Korean artists )
CircleChart Streaming page

PAKS - Perfect All Kill Only 2018

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2018-02 - Love Scenario | iKON
2018-03 - Flower Road | BIGBANG
2018-04 - Barcode | Haon + Vinxen
2018-05 - Fake Love | BTS
2018-05 - Travel | Bolbbalgan4
2018-06 - Ddu-du Ddu-du | Blackpink
2018-06 - Don't Give It | Loco + Hwasa
2018-08 - Power Up | Red Velvet
2018-09 - Siren | Sunmi
2018-09 - There has never been a day I haven't loved you | Lim Chang Jung
2018-10 - Good Day | pH-1
2018-10 - BbiBbi | IU
2018-11 - Yes or Yes | Twice

Physical Sales per Style Only 2018


(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 2018

 1. BTS~5.215.000+
 2. Wanna One~2.260.000+
 3. EXO~2.065.000+
 4. Twice~1.456.000+
 5. GOT7~859.000+
 6. Seventeen~696.000+
 7. NCT 127~505.000+
 8. NU'EST W~463.000+
 9. Red Velvet~426.000+
 10. MONSTA X~422.000+
 11. SHINee~373.000+
 12. EXO-CBX~368.000+
 13. Stray Kids~346.000+
 14. NCT~330.000+
 15. Jonghyun~329.000+
 16. Super Junior~283.000+
 17. iKON~272.000+
 18. The Boyz~250.000+
 19. TVXQ!~239.000+
 20. Blackpink~230.000+
 21. BTOB~224.000+
 22. NCT DREAM~223.000+
 23. IZ*ONE~207.000+
 24. JBJ~187.000+
 25. Winner~173.000+
 26. GFriend~149.000+
 27. Mamamoo~148.000+
 28. UP10TION~132.000+
 29. Day6~130.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2018

 1. LOVE YOURSELF 結 `ANSWER`BTS~2.197.000+
 2. LOVE YOURSELF 轉 `TEAR`BTS~1.849.000+
 3. DON`T MESS UP MY TEMPO - THE 5TH ALBUMEXO~1.452.000+
 4. 0+1=1 (I PROMISE YOU)Wanna One~782.000+
 5. 1÷χ=1 (UNDIVIDED)Wanna One~641.000+
 6. 111=1 (POWER OF DESTINY)Wanna One~605.000+
 7. LOVE SHOT - THE 5TH ALBUM REPACKAGEEXO~499.000+
 8. 5TH MINI ALBUM `YOU MAKE MY DAY`Seventeen~389.000+
 9. BLOOMING DAYS - THE 2ND MINI ALBUMEXO-CBX~363.000+
 10. WHAT IS LOVE?Twice~350.000+
 11. LOVE YOURSELF 承 `HER`BTS~333.000+
 12. EYES ON YOUGOT7~332.000+
 13. NCT 2018 EMPATHYNCT~330.000+
 14. PRESENT : YOUGOT7~326.000+
 15. YES OR YESTwice~325.000+
 16. SUMMER NIGHTSTwice~314.000+
 17. NCT #127 REGULAR-IRREGULAR - THE 1ST ALBUMNCT 127~292.000+
 18. WHO, YOUNU'EST W~250.000+
 19. ARE YOU THERE? - THE 2ND ALBUM TAKE.1MONSTA X~239.000+
 20. POET L ARTISTJonghyun~235.000+
 21. SQUARE UPBlackpink~230.000+
 22. WE GO UP - THE 2ND MINI ALBUMNCT DREAM~202.000+
 23. THE YEAR OF `YES`Twice~196.000+
 24. COLOR*IZIZ*ONE~192.000+
 25. WAKE,NNU'EST W~191.000+
 26. SPECIAL ALBUM `DIRECTOR`S CUT`Seventeen~188.000+
 27. `PRESENT : YOU` &ME EDITIONGOT7~185.000+
 28. THE CONNECT : DEJAVUMONSTA X~175.000+
 29. NCT #127 REGULATE - THE 1ST ALBUM REPACKAGENCT 127~157.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2018

Table 1: All groups

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Average Years
Female Groups: 2.8
Male Groups: 4.4
Mean Years
Female Groups: 2.0
Male Groups: 3.0


Table 2: Groups with at least 1 award

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Average Years
Female Groups: 6.6
Male Groups: 6.2
Mean Years
Female Groups: 7.0
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 2018

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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 2018

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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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