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Korean Music - 2026 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 2026

 1. BABYMONSTER~681.539.772+
 2. BTS~584.298.618+
 3. ILLIT~276.028.939+
 4. Treasure~267.893.253+
 5. Hearts2Hearts~236.747.738+
 6. LE SSERAFIM + ILLIT + KATSEYE~204.303.117+
 7. CORTIS~185.229.998+
 8. ATEEZ~156.833.940+
 9. Stray Kids~144.360.671+
 10. Aespa~142.037.923+
 11. Alpha Drive One~135.181.533+
 12. LE SSERAFIM~133.228.587+
 13. Enhypen~115.839.587+
 14. IVE~112.878.856+
 15. LNGSHOT~110.802.292+
 16. YENA~97.595.948+
 17. Kiss of Life~95.397.706+
 18. Blackpink~92.567.801+
 19. NEXZ~88.503.401+
 20. HYUNHAYO~86.217.240+
(These are YOUTUBE VIEWS (public counter). Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2026

 1. BTS~24.451.543+
 2. CORTIS~5.789.742+
 3. BABYMONSTER~5.553.427+
 4. Stray Kids~4.005.589+
 5. Blackpink~3.806.870+
 6. Hearts2Hearts~3.703.746+
 7. Enhypen~3.576.005+
 8. ILLIT~3.475.186+
 9. LE SSERAFIM + ILLIT + KATSEYE~3.244.665+
 10. Aespa~2.814.457+
 11. ATEEZ~2.545.327+
 12. LE SSERAFIM~2.385.425+
 13. LNGSHOT~2.384.265+
 14. Jennie~2.371.650+
 15. IVE~1.645.033+
 16. YENA~1.461.138+
 17. I-dle~1.424.434+
 18. Nmixx~1.399.952+
 19. KiiiKiii~1.266.732+
 20. BOYNEXTDOOR~1.203.327+
(These are YOUTUBE Likes. Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2026


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2026

(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 2026


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2026

  Wins   Artist
1. 15 BTS
2. 12 ATEEZ
3. 11 CORTIS
4. 9 IVE
5. 8 Enhypen
6. 7 Hearts2Hearts
7. 7 Alpha Drive One
8. 6 Stray Kids
9. 6 RESCENE
10. 5 EXO
11. 5 TXT
12. 5 I.O.I
13. 5 ILLIT
14. 4 Fromis 9
15. 4 idntt
16. 3 Nmixx
17. 3 KiiiKiii
18. 3 Aespa
19. 3 I-dle
20. 3 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 2026

  Wins   Music
1. 14 SWIM | BTS
2. 11 REDRED | CORTIS
3. 8 BANG BANG | IVE
4. 7 BAD | ATEEZ
5. 7 Bloody Paradise | Enhypen
6. 6 This & That | Stray Kids
7. 5 Crown | EXO
8. 5 Adrenaline | ATEEZ
9. 5 Stick With You | TXT
10. 5 RUDE! | Hearts2Hearts
11. 5 Suddenly | I.O.I
12. 4 Pretty Girl | RESCENE
13. 4 It's Me | ILLIT
14. 4 FREAK ALARM | Alpha Drive One
15. 3 Do your dance | RIIZE
16. 3 404 | KiiiKiii
17. 3 Mono | I-dle
18. 3 BORN DIRE | Alpha Drive One
19. 3 Ode to Love | NCT WISH
20. 3 GO | Blackpink

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2026


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2026


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2026


(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 2026

 1. Hanroro
 2. Akmu
 3. Hearts2Hearts
 4. Day6
 5. IVE
 6. Aespa
 7. ILLIT
 8. BTS
 9. RESCENE
 10. CORTIS
 11. Nmixx
 12. Hwasa
 13. Lee Mujin
 14. KiiiKiii
 15. ALLDAY PROJECT
 16. Roy Kim
 17. Car, the garden
 18. Woodz
 19. Blackpink
 20. Davichi
(Circle Chart Streaming digital data. Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2026

 1. Good Goodbye | Hwasa
 2. 404 | KiiiKiii
 3. REDRED | CORTIS
 4. Landing in Love | Hanroro
 5. RUDE! | Hearts2Hearts
 6. 0 + 0 | Hanroro
 7. Drowning | Woodz
 8. You become my little world | Car, the garden
 9. Time capsule | Davichi
 10. Endangered Love | LEE CHANHYUK
 11. Paradise of Rumors | Akmu
 12. BANG BANG | IVE
 13. Blue Valentine | Nmixx
 14. How can I love the heartbreak, you're the one I love | Akmu
 15. Golden | EJAE + Rei Ami + Audrey Nuna
 16. JUMP | Blackpink
 17. Sadder Than Yesterday | Woody
 18. Joy, Sorrow, A Beautiful Heart | Akmu
 19. To Reach You | 10cm
 20. Whiplash | Aespa
(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 2026

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2026-02 - BANG BANG | IVE
2026-05 - Paradise of Rumors | Akmu

Physical Sales per Style Only 2026


(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 2026

 1. BTS~5.258.000+
 2. Enhypen~4.852.000+
 3. CORTIS~4.828.000+
 4. Stray Kids~4.743.000+
 5. ATEEZ~2.822.000+
 6. Alpha Drive One~2.610.000+
 7. Blackpink~2.043.000+
 8. TXT~1.991.000+
 9. NCT WISH~1.913.000+
 10. PLAVE~1.438.000+
 11. TWS~1.434.000+
 12. RIIZE~1.427.000+
 13. BOYNEXTDOOR~1.371.000+
 14. &TEAM~1.278.000+
 15. Treasure~1.097.000+
 16. Aespa~1.076.000+
 17. IVE~1.066.000+
 18. EXO~1.003.000+
 19. NCT 127~910.000+
 20. NEXZ~892.000+
 21. Yeonjun~808.000+
 22. ILLIT~808.000+
 23. Seventeen~777.000+
 24. AND2BLE~773.000+
 25. idntt~730.000+
 26. LE SSERAFIM~723.000+
 27. Hearts2Hearts~693.000+
 28. V8~682.000+
 29. BABYMONSTER~677.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2026

 1. ARIRANGBTS~4.247.000+
 2. THIS & THATStray Kids~3.279.000+
 3. GREENGREENCORTIS~2.546.000+
 4. THE SIN : VANISHEnhypen~2.146.000+
 5. DEADLINEBlackpink~1.990.000+
 6. THE SIN : BLISSEnhypen~1.884.000+
 7. 7TH YEAR: 가시덤불에 잠시 바람이 멈췄을 때TXT~1.704.000+
 8. EUPHORIAAlpha Drive One~1.428.000+
 9. ODE TO LOVE - THE 1ST ALBUMNCT WISH~1.398.000+
 10. WE ON FIRE&TEAM~1.278.000+
 11. 5TH MINI ALBUM `NO TRAGEDY`TWS~1.271.000+
 12. GREENGREEN (WEVERSE)CORTIS~1.146.000+
 13. UNBREAKABLE : 少年BEASTAlpha Drive One~1.122.000+
 14. 4TH MINI ALBUM [NEW WAV]Treasure~1.045.000+
 15. II - THE 2ND MINI ALBUMRIIZE~1.033.000+
 16. HOMEBOYNEXTDOOR~1.026.000+
 17. GOLDEN HOUR : PART.5ATEEZ~987.000+
 18. LEMONADE - THE 2ND ALBUMAespa~954.000+
 19. GOLDEN HOUR : PART.4ATEEZ~921.000+
 20. REVIVE+IVE~890.000+
 21. BLINGY - THE 7TH ALBUMNCT 127~805.000+
 22. CALIGO PT.2PLAVE~795.000+
 23. REVERXE - THE 8TH ALBUMEXO~776.000+
 24. COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINESCORTIS~749.000+
 25. NO LABELS: PART 02Yeonjun~687.000+
 26. CALIGO PT.2 (POCA)PLAVE~642.000+
 27. 1ST MINI ALBUM `소야곡`Seventeen~619.000+
 28. SEQUENCE 01: CURIOSITYAND2BLE~612.000+
 29. `PUREFLOW` PT.1LE SSERAFIM~603.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2026

Table 1: All groups

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Average Years
Female Groups: 3.0
Male Groups: 4.2
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: 6.3
Male Groups: 7.2
Mean Years
Female Groups: 7.0
Male Groups: 6.0

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 2026

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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.
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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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