Korean Music - 2025 Statistics

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Top Artists Comparison (Graphic)
Most Watched Artists
Top Music Video Milestones
Most Promoted Videos
Youtube Views per Style
Youtube Views per Month
Youtube Likes per Style
Most Music Show Awards
Most Streaming Score
PAK - Perfect All Kill
Physical Sales per Style
Physical Sales per Artist
Duration of Disbanded Groups
Debuts on Youtube per Month
Releases on Youtube per Month
Top 30 Historic lists

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 2025

1. EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna	~1.545.389.447+
2. BABYMONSTER	~980.333.504+
3. Danny Chung + Andrew Choi + Neckwav + Kevin Woo + SamUIL Lee	~920.043.794+
4. Jennie	~541.305.551+
5. Stray Kids	~322.913.726+
6. Treasure	~300.308.700+
7. Blackpink	~286.284.726+
8. Lisa	~266.182.802+
9. J-Hope	~238.900.729+
10. Twice	~233.838.174+
11. LE SSERAFIM	~229.165.941+
12. IVE	~201.750.370+
13. ILLIT	~188.247.460+
14. Hearts2Hearts	~174.838.182+
15. MEOVV	~170.634.751+
16. izna	~170.459.339+
17. Aespa	~158.545.334+
18. I-dle	~146.638.191+
19. BOYNEXTDOOR	~141.443.228+
20. EJAE + Andrew Choi	~137.305.045+

(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2025

1. Jennie	~13.509.729+
2. Stray Kids	~10.968.812+
3. EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna	~9.192.589+
4. BABYMONSTER	~8.226.785+
5. J-Hope	~8.062.866+
6. Lisa	~7.471.868+
7. Blackpink	~6.199.091+
8. LE SSERAFIM	~4.703.266+
9. Danny Chung + Andrew Choi + Neckwav + Kevin Woo + SamUIL Lee	~4.378.042+
10. Jisoo	~3.916.245+
11. Enhypen	~3.743.595+
12. Twice	~3.667.701+
13. Hearts2Hearts	~3.636.493+
14. CORTIS	~3.451.491+
15. Aespa	~3.328.775+
16. IVE	~3.176.922+
17. ILLIT	~3.074.391+
18. TXT	~2.726.604+
19. Rosé	~2.527.886+
20. Jisoo + Zayn	~2.392.939+

(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Artists page

Video	Artist	Views	Date
Gangnam Style	PSY	5.700.000.000	2025-09-10
Ddu-du Ddu-du	Blackpink	2.300.000.000	2025-05-10
APT.	Rosé + Bruno Mars	2.200.000.000	2025-12-13
Kill this Love	Blackpink	2.100.000.000	2025-05-30
Dynamite	BTS	2.000.000.000	2025-09-03
How You Like That (alternate)	Blackpink	1.900.000.000	2025-09-14
Boombayah	Blackpink	1.800.000.000	2025-07-13
Gentleman	PSY	1.700.000.000	2025-09-26
Mic Drop	BTS	1.500.000.000	2025-05-23
MONEY	Lisa	1.100.000.000	2025-03-22
Pink Venom	Blackpink	1.000.000.000	2025-08-03
Blood Sweat & Tears	BTS	1.000.000.000	2025-03-30
Golden	EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna	900.000.000	2025-12-18
BANG BANG BANG	BIGBANG	800.000.000	2025-09-14
Lovesick Girls	Blackpink	800.000.000	2025-03-19
Love Scenario	iKON	700.000.000	2025-05-21
TT	Twice	700.000.000	2025-05-28
Shut Down	Blackpink	700.000.000	2025-01-28
Permission to Dance	BTS	700.000.000	2025-12-10
Fantastic Baby	BIGBANG	600.000.000	2025-02-26

Most Promoted Videos Only 2025

Video	Artist	Non-Organic Views	Total Views
WE GO UP	BABYMONSTER	141.500.000	184.163.879
PSYCHO	BABYMONSTER	97.000.000	125.882.398
HOT SAUCE	BABYMONSTER	83.500.000	147.815.995
BILLIONAIRE	BABYMONSTER	60.500.000	135.183.580
PARADISE	Treasure	55.000.000	74.084.600
WONDERING	Bambam	51.500.000	61.512.822
Good Thing	I-dle	45.000.000	71.766.445
SIGN	izna	44.500.000	68.689.928
YELLOW	Treasure	42.500.000	74.074.716
Really Like You	BABYMONSTER	42.000.000	103.015.956
ICONIK	ZEROBASEONE	39.500.000	54.096.442
Fly Up	RIIZE	37.500.000	51.089.844
BEEP	izna	36.500.000	50.034.633
THUNDER	Seventeen	33.000.000	73.722.362
BLUE	ZEROBASEONE	32.500.000	46.710.780
Pinocchio	AHOF	31.500.000	41.926.547
CEREMONY	Stray Kids	28.000.000	90.892.591
DO IT	Stray Kids	27.500.000	57.348.039
MAMMA MIA	izna	26.500.000	36.906.053
Dancing By Myself	Bambam	26.000.000	36.168.236

(Non-Organic Views monitored since June 2020. Values in this list only confirmed NOV from Youtube Charts )
Non-Organic Videos page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2025

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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2025

(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 2025

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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2025

	Wins	Artist
1.	20	IVE
2.	14	G-DRAGON
3.	14	Aespa
4.	12	Nmixx
5.	10	Blackpink
6.	9	Stray Kids
7.	9	ZEROBASEONE
8.	9	BOYNEXTDOOR
9.	8	Seventeen
10.	7	TWS
11.	6	Jennie
12.	6	Close Your Eyes
13.	6	AHOF
14.	5	ALLDAY PROJECT
15.	5	LE SSERAFIM
16.	5	NCT DREAM
17.	4	Doyoung
18.	4	ILLIT
19.	4	RIIZE
20.	4	NCT WISH

(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2025

	Wins	Music
1.	11	REBEL HEART \| IVE
2.	10	JUMP \| Blackpink
3.	10	TOO BAD \| G-DRAGON
4.	10	Rich Man \| Aespa
5.	9	Blue Valentine \| Nmixx
6.	8	THUNDER \| Seventeen
7.	6	Countdown! \| TWS
8.	6	CEREMONY \| Stray Kids
9.	6	ICONIK \| ZEROBASEONE
10.	5	XOXZ \| IVE
11.	5	Like Jennie \| Jennie
12.	4	ATTITUDE \| IVE
13.	4	Dirty Work \| Aespa
14.	4	HOME SWEET HOME \| G-DRAGON
15.	4	I Feel Good \| BOYNEXTDOOR
16.	4	Fly Up \| RIIZE
17.	4	HOT \| LE SSERAFIM
18.	3	Good Goodbye \| Hwasa
19.	3	poppop \| NCT WISH
20.	3	Hollywood Action \| BOYNEXTDOOR

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2025

Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2025

Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2025

(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 2025

1. Day6
2. G-DRAGON
3. Aespa
4. IVE
5. EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
6. Lee Mujin
7. NewJeans
8. IU
9. Hwang Garam
10. QWER
11. BOYNEXTDOOR
12. Jennie
13. Woodz
14. Danny Chung + Andrew Choi + Neckwav + Kevin Woo + SamUIL Lee
15. ILLIT
16. Rosé
17. Rosé + Bruno Mars
18. 10cm
19. ZOZAZZ
20. ALLDAY PROJECT

(Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2025

1. Supernova \| Aespa
2. Golden \| EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
3. Drowning \| Woodz
4. HOME SWEET HOME \| G-DRAGON
5. APT. \| Rosé + Bruno Mars
6. To Reach You \| 10cm
7. Whiplash \| Aespa
8. Don ́t you know \| ZOZAZZ
9. TOO BAD \| G-DRAGON
10. I am a firefly \| Hwang Garam
11. REBEL HEART \| IVE
12. Like Jennie \| Jennie
13. HAPPY \| Day6
14. Toxic till the end \| Rosé
15. IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU \| BOYNEXTDOOR
16. Time of our life \| Day6
17. Heavenly fate \| Lee Changsub
18. Coming of Age Story \| Lee Mujin
19. If You Ask Me What Love Is \| Roy Kim
20. Sudden Shower \| Eclipse

(Score based on song charting on top 100 weekly charts counting only Korean artists )

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PAKS - Perfect All Kill Only 2025

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts

2025-02 - REBEL HEART | IVE

2025-03 - TOO BAD | G-DRAGON

2025-07 - Golden | EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna

2025-11 - Good Goodbye | Hwasa

Physical Sales per Style Only 2025

(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 2025

1. Stray Kids	~6.592.000+
2. Seventeen	~3.374.000+
3. NCT WISH	~2.963.000+
4. BOYNEXTDOOR	~2.884.000+
5. ZEROBASEONE	~2.848.000+
6. Enhypen	~2.780.000+
7. IVE	~2.725.000+
8. RIIZE	~2.570.000+
9. PLAVE	~2.493.000+
10. Aespa	~2.360.000+
11. TXT	~2.340.000+
12. NCT DREAM	~2.024.000+
13. Treasure	~1.907.000+
14. Nmixx	~1.429.000+
15. TWS	~1.413.000+
16. LE SSERAFIM	~1.286.000+
17. TEAM	~1.229.000+
18. The Boyz	~1.218.000+
19. Twice	~1.205.000+
20. CORTIS	~1.194.000+
21. I-dle	~1.158.000+
22. KickFlip	~1.094.000+
23. G-DRAGON	~1.093.000+
24. Baekhyun	~1.040.000+
25. CxM	~987.000+
26. Close Your Eyes	~950.000+
27. ITZY	~911.000+
28. ATEEZ	~897.000+
29. BABYMONSTER	~890.000+

(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2025

1. KARMA	Stray Kids	~3.390.000+
2. 5TH ALBUM `HAPPY BURSTDAY`	Seventeen	~2.547.000+
3. DO IT	Stray Kids	~2.240.000+
4. DESIRE : UNLEASH	Enhypen	~2.156.000+
5. 별의 장: TOGETHER	TXT	~1.809.000+
6. NEVER SAY NEVER	ZEROBASEONE	~1.458.000+
7. IVE EMPATHY	IVE	~1.418.000+
8. ODYSSEY - THE 1ST ALBUM	RIIZE	~1.413.000+
9. COLOR - THE 3RD MINI ALBUM	NCT WISH	~1.367.000+
10. BLUE PARADISE	ZEROBASEONE	~1.284.000+
11. BACK TO LIFE	TEAM	~1.206.000+
12. NO GENRE	BOYNEXTDOOR	~1.166.000+
13. POPPOP - THE 2ND MINI ALBUM	NCT WISH	~1.134.000+
14. RICH MAN - THE 6TH MINI ALBUM	Aespa	~1.113.000+
15. 3RD MINI ALBUM [LOVE PULSE]	Treasure	~1.104.000+
16. DIRTY WORK	Aespa	~1.064.000+
17. THE ACTION	BOYNEXTDOOR	~1.058.000+
18. IVE SECRET	IVE	~1.006.000+
19. WE ARE	I-dle	~989.000+
20. BEAT IT UP	NCT DREAM	~973.000+
21. PLBBUU (POCA)	PLAVE	~967.000+
22. GO BACK TO THE FUTURE	NCT DREAM	~957.000+
23. COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES	CORTIS	~909.000+
24. 1ST MINI ALBUM `HYPE VIBES`	CxM	~871.000+
25. `CALIGO PT.1`	PLAVE	~825.000+
26. SPECIAL MINI ALBUM [PLEASURE]	Treasure	~803.000+
27. RUBY	Jennie	~781.000+
28. ECHO	Jin	~752.000+
29. UNEXPECTED	The Boyz	~750.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2025

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Female Groups: 3.1
Male Groups: 4.1

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: 7.3

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

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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

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1. Supernova \| Aespa
2. Golden \| EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
3. Drowning \| Woodz
4. HOME SWEET HOME \| G-DRAGON
5. APT. \| Rosé + Bruno Mars
6. To Reach You \| 10cm
7. Whiplash \| Aespa
8. Don ́t you know \| ZOZAZZ
9. TOO BAD \| G-DRAGON
10. I am a firefly \| Hwang Garam
11. REBEL HEART \| IVE
12. Like Jennie \| Jennie
13. HAPPY \| Day6
14. Toxic till the end \| Rosé
15. IF I SAY, I LOVE YOU \| BOYNEXTDOOR
16. Time of our life \| Day6
17. Heavenly fate \| Lee Changsub
18. Coming of Age Story \| Lee Mujin
19. If You Ask Me What Love Is \| Roy Kim
20. Sudden Shower \| Eclipse