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Korean Music - 2022 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 2022

 1. Blackpink~2.537.704.618+
 2. Stray Kids~1.292.110.142+
 3. NewJeans~1.236.211.050+
 4. I-dle~1.098.554.997+
 5. LE SSERAFIM~918.191.999+
 6. IVE~851.029.033+
 7. PSY~749.856.138+
 8. Seventeen~609.415.901+
 9. Nmixx~502.501.811+
 10. ITZY~486.661.825+
 11. Treasure~485.797.079+
 12. Twice~455.128.952+
 13. BTS~453.347.679+
 14. Nayeon~429.029.594+
 15. Kep1er~415.848.565+
 16. NCT DREAM~358.835.061+
 17. Enhypen~316.133.898+
 18. Aespa~298.907.425+
 19. Jessi~268.104.502+
 20. Lim Young Woong~266.220.191+
(These are YOUTUBE VIEWS (public counter). Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2022

 1. Blackpink~41.968.979+
 2. Stray Kids~28.638.242+
 3. NewJeans~18.362.259+
 4. BTS~17.850.438+
 5. I-dle~13.840.926+
 6. LE SSERAFIM~13.840.810+
 7. PSY~13.614.328+
 8. Enhypen~12.086.691+
 9. Seventeen~11.160.496+
 10. Treasure~10.690.226+
 11. J-Hope~10.591.165+
 12. ITZY~10.216.329+
 13. Nmixx~9.838.641+
 14. IVE~9.214.966+
 15. NCT DREAM~8.746.396+
 16. Kep1er~8.238.707+
 17. Twice~7.714.908+
 18. Nayeon~7.688.910+
 19. RM~7.019.300+
 20. TXT~6.406.451+
(These are YOUTUBE Likes. Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2022


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2022

(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 2022


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2022

  Wins   Artist
1. 32 IVE
2. 19 I-dle
3. 17 Blackpink
4. 12 NCT DREAM
5. 9 BIGBANG
6. 9 BTS
7. 9 LE SSERAFIM
8. 8 Taeyeon
9. 8 StayC
10. 8 Stray Kids
11. 7 Seventeen
12. 7 Fromis 9
13. 7 PSY
14. 6 ATEEZ
15. 5 NewJeans
16. 5 Enhypen
17. 5 Nayeon
18. 4 ASTRO
19. 4 Younha
20. 4 Kep1er
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2022

  Wins   Music
1. 14 After LIKE | IVE
2. 11 Shut Down | Blackpink
3. 11 Nxde | I-dle
4. 10 LOVE DIVE | IVE
5. 9 Still Life | BIGBANG
6. 9 Yet To Come | BTS
7. 8 Eleven | IVE
8. 8 INVU | Taeyeon
9. 8 TOMBOY | I-dle
10. 7 RUN2U | StayC
11. 7 That That | PSY
12. 6 CASE 143 | Stray Kids
13. 6 Guerrilla | ATEEZ
14. 6 Pink Venom | Blackpink
15. 5 POP! | Nayeon
16. 5 Glitch Mode | NCT DREAM
17. 5 Beatbox | NCT DREAM
18. 5 _WORLD | Seventeen
19. 5 Attention | NewJeans
20. 5 ANTIFRAGILE | LE SSERAFIM

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2022


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2022


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2022


(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 2022

 1. Lim Young Woong
 2. IU
 3. IVE
 4. BE'O
 5. Aespa
 6. BTS
 7. I-dle
 8. NewJeans
 9. Taeyeon
 10. Lee Mujin
 11. MeloMance
 12. KyeongSeo
 13. Kim Minseok
 14. MSG Wannabe
 15. PSY
 16. Joosiq
 17. GyeongseoYeji + Jeon Gunho
 18. LE SSERAFIM
 19. Sokodomo
 20. Kassy
(Circle Chart Streaming digital data. Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2022

 1. DrunKen Confession | Kim Minseok
 2. TOMBOY | I-dle
 3. LOVE DIVE | IVE
 4. Love Always Run Away | Lim Young Woong
 5. Eleven | IVE
 6. If you lovingly call my name | GyeongseoYeji + Jeon Gunho
 7. Love, Maybe | MeloMance
 8. INVU | Taeyeon
 9. Merry-Go-Round | Sokodomo
 10. Stay | The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber
 11. That That | PSY
 12. Still Life | BIGBANG
 13. Traffic light | Lee Mujin
 14. At That Moment | WSG Wannabe (Gaya-G)
 15. Drama | IU
 16. Every Moment of You | Sung Sikyung
 17. Next Level | Aespa
 18. Beyond Love | BIG Naughty
 19. Dear my X | KyeongSeo
 20. | Lim Young Woong
(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 2022

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2022-02 - INVU | Taeyeon
2022-03 - TOMBOY | I-dle
2022-04 - Still Life | BIGBANG
2022-09 - After LIKE | IVE
2022-10 - Nxde | I-dle
2022-11 - Event Horizon | Younha
2022-12 - Ditto | NewJeans

Physical Sales per Style Only 2022


(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 2022

 1. BTS~5.834.000+
 2. Stray Kids~5.683.000+
 3. NCT DREAM~5.646.000+
 4. Seventeen~5.553.000+
 5. TXT~2.909.000+
 6. Blackpink~2.778.000+
 7. IVE~2.689.000+
 8. Enhypen~2.650.000+
 9. Red Velvet~2.378.000+
 10. Twice~2.364.000+
 11. ITZY~2.205.000+
 12. NCT 127~2.183.000+
 13. Aespa~1.984.000+
 14. ATEEZ~1.499.000+
 15. Treasure~1.411.000+
 16. LE SSERAFIM~1.311.000+
 17. Lim Young Woong~1.149.000+
 18. I-dle~1.099.000+
 19. Nmixx~1.061.000+
 20. Jin~1.040.000+
 21. Kep1er~1.016.000+
 22. MONSTA X~874.000+
 23. SMTOWN~770.000+
 24. NewJeans~761.000+
 25. RM~739.000+
 26. Kim Hojoong~686.000+
 27. The Boyz~645.000+
 28. StayC~566.000+
 29. J-Hope~536.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2022

 1. PROOFBTS~3.482.000+
 2. MAXIDENTStray Kids~3.176.000+
 3. 4TH ALBUM `FACE THE SUN`Seventeen~2.867.000+
 4. BORN PINKBlackpink~2.522.000+
 5. GLITCH MODE - THE 2ND ALBUMNCT DREAM~2.095.000+
 6. 질주 (2 BADDIES) - THE 4TH ALBUMNCT 127~1.825.000+
 7. MINISODE 2: THURSDAY`S CHILDTXT~1.806.000+
 8. GIRLS - THE 2ND MINI ALBUMAespa~1.803.000+
 9. ODDINARYStray Kids~1.762.000+
 10. AFTER LIKEIVE~1.652.000+
 11. BEATBOX - THE 2ND ALBUM REPACKAGENCT DREAM~1.517.000+
 12. 4TH ALBUM REPACKAGE `SECTOR 17`Seventeen~1.470.000+
 13. CANDY - WINTER SPECIAL MINI ALBUMNCT DREAM~1.395.000+
 14. MANIFESTO : DAY 1Enhypen~1.387.000+
 15. IM HEROLim Young Woong~1.149.000+
 16. BETWEEN 1&2Twice~1.121.000+
 17. THE ASTRONAUTJin~1.040.000+
 18. CHECKMATEITZY~1.032.000+
 19. THE WORLD EP.1 : MOVEMENTATEEZ~1.007.000+
 20. CHESHIREITZY~1.003.000+
 21. LOVE DIVEIVE~861.000+
 22. I LOVEI-dle~824.000+
 23. `THE REVE FESTIVAL 2022 - BIRTHDAY`Red Velvet~803.000+
 24. THE SECOND STEP : CHAPTER ONETreasure~797.000+
 25. DIMENSION : ANSWEREnhypen~782.000+
 26. ANTIFRAGILELE SSERAFIM~754.000+
 27. `THE REVE FESTIVAL 2022 - FEEL MY RHYTHM`Red Velvet~694.000+
 28. PANORAMAKim Hojoong~686.000+
 29. 2021 WINTER SMTOWN : SMCU EXPRESSSMTOWN~564.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2022

Table 1: All groups

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Average Years
Female Groups: 2.9
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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Average Years
Female Groups: 6.7
Male Groups: 7.0
Mean Years
Female Groups: 7.0
Male Groups: 5.0

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 2022

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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 2022

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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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