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Korean Music - 2020 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 2020

 1. BTS~5.921.656.839+
 2. Blackpink~5.781.440.397+
 3. Twice~1.702.298.151+
 4. Stray Kids~1.607.035.477+
 5. ITZY~1.475.095.845+
 6. NCT U~724.812.007+
 7. Hwasa~692.837.216+
 8. Agust D~620.281.746+
 9. Treasure~574.328.372+
 10. Everglow~568.577.079+
 11. IZ*ONE~532.882.612+
 12. Seventeen~526.696.512+
 13. TXT~525.830.576+
 14. K/DA~513.977.725+
 15. NiziU~505.844.890+
 16. Mamamoo~449.887.063+
 17. I-dle~414.323.138+
 18. IU~394.487.124+
 19. NCT 127~379.633.983+
 20. Aespa~360.250.226+
(These are YOUTUBE VIEWS (public counter). Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2020

 1. BTS~159.976.003+
 2. Blackpink~92.871.321+
 3. Stray Kids~37.259.463+
 4. Twice~26.819.178+
 5. ITZY~24.881.453+
 6. TXT~22.895.201+
 7. Agust D~22.557.026+
 8. NCT U~16.129.372+
 9. Treasure~14.897.843+
 10. Hwasa~14.345.361+
 11. Seventeen~13.725.226+
 12. Mamamoo~11.556.901+
 13. IU~10.246.245+
 14. Everglow~9.958.311+
 15. NCT 127~9.695.947+
 16. Enhypen~9.147.871+
 17. I-dle~8.054.115+
 18. GOT7~7.968.359+
 19. K/DA~7.890.064+
 20. ATEEZ~7.832.832+
(These are YOUTUBE Likes. Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2020


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2020

(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 2020


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2020

  Wins   Artist
1. 50 BTS
2. 22 Blackpink
3. 16 IZ*ONE
4. 15 Twice
5. 13 ITZY
6. 12 GFriend
7. 10 Zico
8. 10 I-dle
9. 9 Red Velvet
10. 8 Kang Daniel
11. 8 Apink
12. 8 Seventeen
13. 8 Oh My Girl
14. 5 NCT 127
15. 5 Hwasa
16. 4 The Boyz
17. 4 SF9
18. 4 NU'EST
19. 4 NCT U
20. 3 IU
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2020

  Wins   Music
1. 28 Dynamite | BTS
2. 16 On | BTS
3. 13 How You Like That | Blackpink
4. 10 Any song | Zico
5. 9 Psycho | Red Velvet
6. 9 More & More | Twice
7. 8 Wannabe | ITZY
8. 8 Dumhdurum | Apink
9. 8 NONSTOP | Oh My Girl
10. 7 Secret Story of the Swan | IZ*ONE
11. 7 Crossroads | GFriend
12. 6 Lovesick Girls | Blackpink
13. 6 Dumdi Dumdi | I-dle
14. 6 Life goes on | BTS
15. 6 I Can't Stop Me | Twice
16. 5 2U | Kang Daniel
17. 5 Not Shy | ITZY
18. 5 Panorama | IZ*ONE
19. 5 Maria | Hwasa
20. 4 The Stealer | The Boyz

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2020


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2020


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2020


(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 2020

 1. BTS
 2. IU
 3. Paul Kim
 4. Zico
 5. Changmo
 6. Blackpink
 7. Oh My Girl
 8. Jang Beom June
 9. SSAK3
 10. Noel
 11. Maktub
 12. Cho Jung Seok
 13. Akmu
 14. Gaho
 15. Mamamoo
 16. Ovan
 17. Lim Young Woong
 18. Red Velvet
 19. Jeon Sang Keun
 20. Baek Yerin
(Circle Chart Streaming digital data. Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2020

 1. 아무노래 | Zico
 2. Meteor | Changmo
 3. Dynamite | BTS
 4. Your Shampoo Scent In The Flowers | Jang Beom June
 5. Blueming | IU
 6. Aloha | Cho Jung Seok
 7. Eight | IU
 8. How can I love the heartbreak, you're the one I love | Akmu
 9. Late night | Noel
 10. Boy with luv | BTS
 11. Start Over | Gaho
 12. 2002 | Anne-Marie
 13. Every Day, Every Moment | Paul Kim
 14. Psycho | Red Velvet
 15. To You My Light | Maktub
 16. Give You My Heart | IU
 17. Love Poem | IU
 18. I Need You | Ovan
 19. Bloom | M.C The Max
 20. Just One Day | BTS
(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 2020

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2020-01 - Any song | Zico
2020-02 - Give You My Heart | IU
2020-05 - Eight | IU
2020-07 - How You Like That | Blackpink
2020-07 - Beach Again | SSAK3
2020-08 - Dynamite | BTS
2020-10 - Don't touch me | Refund Sisters
2020-11 - VVS | Mirani + Munchman + Khundi Panda + MUSHVENOM

Physical Sales per Style Only 2020


(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 2020

 1. BTS~9.332.000+
 2. Seventeen~3.840.000+
 3. NCT~2.406.000+
 4. Blackpink~1.724.000+
 5. NCT 127~1.545.000+
 6. IZ*ONE~1.517.000+
 7. Twice~1.230.000+
 8. Baekhyun~1.038.000+
 9. Kim Hojoong~1.036.000+
 10. Stray Kids~985.000+
 11. TXT~964.000+
 12. GOT7~796.000+
 13. Treasure~719.000+
 14. NCT DREAM~700.000+
 15. ATEEZ~688.000+
 16. Kang Daniel~603.000+
 17. MONSTA X~563.000+
 18. EXO-SC~546.000+
 19. The Boyz~514.000+
 20. SuperM~506.000+
 21. ITZY~397.000+
 22. Enhypen~379.000+
 23. Kai~344.000+
 24. CRAVITY~321.000+
 25. Super Junior-D&E~312.000+
 26. Taemin~307.000+
 27. Suho~291.000+
 28. I-dle~283.000+
 29. SF9~277.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2020

 1. MAP OF THE SOUL : 7BTS~4.376.000+
 2. BEBTS~2.692.000+
 3. 7TH MINI ALBUM `헹가래`Seventeen~1.377.000+
 4. NCT RESONANCE PT. 1 - THE 2ND ALBUMNCT~1.289.000+
 5. THE ALBUMBlackpink~1.244.000+
 6. SPECIAL ALBUM '; [SEMICOLON]'Seventeen~1.122.000+
 7. SPECIAL ALBUM `; [SEMICOLON]`Seventeen~1.122.000+
 8. DELIGHT - THE 2ND MINI ALBUMBaekhyun~971.000+
 9. NCT #127 NEO ZONE - THE 2ND ALBUMNCT 127~836.000+
 10. NCT RESONANCE PT. 2 - THE 2ND ALBUMNCT~791.000+
 11. SKOOL LUV AFFAIR SPECIAL ADDITIONBTS~670.000+
 12. RELOADNCT DREAM~633.000+
 13. MORE & MORETwice~569.000+
 14. 우리家Kim Hojoong~539.000+
 15. NCT #127 NEO ZONE THE FINAL ROUND - THE 2ND ALBUM REPACKAGENCT 127~524.000+
 16. ONEIRIC DIARY (幻想日記)IZ*ONE~515.000+
 17. 10억뷰 - THE 1ST ALBUMEXO-SC~510.000+
 18. SUPER ONESuperM~504.000+
 19. EYES WIDE OPENTwice~479.000+
 20. MINISODE1 : BLUE HOURTXT~476.000+
 21. BLOOM*IZIZ*ONE~465.000+
 22. DYEGOT7~454.000+
 23. IN生Stray Kids~440.000+
 24. ONE-REELER / ACT IVIZ*ONE~431.000+
 25. BORDER : DAY ONEEnhypen~379.000+
 26. ZERO : FEVER PART.1ATEEZ~379.000+
 27. 5TH MINI ALBUM [CHASE]The Boyz~368.000+
 28. GO生Stray Kids~364.000+
 29. 꿈의 장: ETERNITYTXT~358.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2020

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: 6.9
Male Groups: 5.8
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 2020

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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 2020

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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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