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Korean Music - 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

Top Artists Comparison (Graphic): Groups


Top Artists Comparison (Graphic): Soloists


Bubble Graph with top 30 artists showing Music Show Awards (Y) and Streaming (X)
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Most Watched Artists

 1. BTS~31.179.223.397+
 2. Blackpink~22.443.675.142+
 3. Twice~14.103.420.252+
 4. PSY~10.116.328.339+
 5. Stray Kids~8.876.646.148+
 6. BABYMONSTER~5.328.352.236+
 7. BIGBANG~4.926.070.916+
 8. Seventeen~4.789.056.415+
 9. EXO~4.566.445.177+
 10. ITZY~4.321.613.604+
 11. I-dle~4.315.011.076+
 12. Aespa~3.760.455.083+
 13. Red Velvet~3.606.951.404+
 14. Lisa~3.491.202.495+
 15. Girls' Generation~3.420.698.809+
 16. GOT7~3.289.768.295+
 17. TXT~2.841.963.464+
 18. Jennie~2.830.387.060+
 19. Rosé + Bruno Mars~2.822.267.648+
 20. LE SSERAFIM~2.776.372.997+
(These are YOUTUBE VIEWS (public counter). Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists

 1. BTS~683.846.747+
 2. Blackpink~299.081.032+
 3. Stray Kids~212.384.551+
 4. Twice~173.376.458+
 5. TXT~100.031.234+
 6. Seventeen~96.376.491+
 7. ITZY~83.265.011+
 8. EXO~81.438.234+
 9. Enhypen~71.822.400+
 10. PSY~66.640.246+
 11. Lisa~66.039.855+
 12. GOT7~62.868.433+
 13. I-dle~62.695.967+
 14. Red Velvet~60.559.870+
 15. J-Hope~57.812.860+
 16. Aespa~56.328.646+
 17. NCT 127~53.747.704+
 18. BABYMONSTER~52.336.255+
 19. ATEEZ~50.888.042+
 20. Jennie~49.406.475+
(These are YOUTUBE Likes. Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style


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

Youtube Views per Month

(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 Views per Year

Youtube Likes per Style


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

Most Music Show Awards from 2006 to date

  Wins   Artist
1. 179 BTS
2. 123 Twice
3. 119 EXO
4. 100 IU
5. 94 Girls' Generation
6. 86 Red Velvet
7. 85 BIGBANG
8. 83 IVE
9. 81 Seventeen
10. 73 Blackpink
11. 73 I-dle
12. 71 GFriend
13. 69 Highlight
14. 69 SHINee
15. 57 Super Junior
16. 53 Aespa
17. 53 Apink
18. 52 PSY
19. 51 Stray Kids
20. 49 NCT DREAM
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards from 2006 to date

  Wins   Music
1. 32 Dynamite | BTS
2. 25 Gangnam Style | PSY
3. 21 Boy with luv | BTS
4. 18 Call me Baby | EXO
5. 17 LUV | Apink
6. 16 On | BTS
7. 15 Rough | GFriend
8. 15 Energetic | Wanna One
9. 14 Growl | EXO
10. 14 Gee | Girls' Generation
11. 14 After LIKE | IVE
12. 14 Lion Heart | Girls' Generation
13. 14 SWIM | BTS
14. 14 Navillera | GFriend
15. 13 How You Like That | Blackpink
16. 13 Butter | BTS
17. 13 Queencard | I-dle
18. 13 TT | Twice
19. 13 Seven | Jungkook
20. 13 Ko Ko Bop | EXO

Style distribution on Music Show Awards from 2006 to date


Awards page

Most Streaming Score


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming from 2006 to date


(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

 1. IU
 2. BTS
 3. NewJeans
 4. IVE
 5. Akmu
 6. Aespa
 7. Lim Young Woong
 8. Paul Kim
 9. Taeyeon
 10. Bolbbalgan4
 11. Day6
 12. Blackpink
 13. Davichi
 14. BIGBANG
 15. Twice
 16. I-dle
 17. Lee Mujin
 18. 10cm
 19. EXO
 20. G-DRAGON
(Circle Chart Streaming digital data. Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song

 1. Every Day, Every Moment | Paul Kim
 2. How can I love the heartbreak, you're the one I love | Akmu
 3. Spring Day | BTS
 4. Dynamite | BTS
 5. Supernova | Aespa
 6. For lovers who hesitate | Jannabi
 7. Every Moment Of You | Sung Sikyung
 8. Hype Boy | NewJeans
 9. If you lovingly call my name | GyeongseoYeji + Jeon Gunho
 10. Ditto | NewJeans
 11. Love, Maybe | MeloMance
 12. I AM | IVE
 13. Time of our life | Day6
 14. LOVE DIVE | IVE
 15. Boy with luv | BTS
 16. Blueming | IU
 17. Event Horizon | Younha
 18. If I have you only | Nerd Connection
 19. Drowning | Woodz
 20. Stay | The Kid LAROI, Justin Bieber
(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

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
21 - IU
7 - BIGBANG
6 - IVE
4 - BTS
4 - Twice
4 - I-dle
3 - G-DRAGON
3 - Busker Busker
3 - Akmu
3 - Bolbbalgan4
3 - Blackpink
2 - Lim Chang Jung
2 - PSY
2 - LeeSSang
2 - MC Mong
2 - Naul
2 - 2NE1
2 - Sistar
2 - Miss A
2 - Heize
2 - Aespa
2 - NewJeans
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Physical Sales per Style


(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 Year

( Million itens sold )

Physical Sales per Artist

 1. Seventeen~46.049.000+
 2. BTS~45.825.000+
 3. Stray Kids~38.329.000+
 4. Enhypen~22.130.000+
 5. TXT~21.831.000+
 6. NCT DREAM~21.820.000+
 7. Twice~16.662.000+
 8. NCT 127~14.998.000+
 9. EXO~14.670.000+
 10. ATEEZ~14.617.000+
 11. IVE~12.618.000+
 12. Aespa~12.039.000+
 13. Shin Seunghun~10.267.000+
 14. ZEROBASEONE~9.858.000+
 15. NewJeans~8.570.000+
 16. Blackpink~8.362.000+
 17. I-dle~7.868.000+
 18. Treasure~7.497.000+
 19. ITZY~7.451.000+
 20. LE SSERAFIM~7.384.000+
 21. Nmixx~7.053.000+
 22. BOYNEXTDOOR~6.910.000+
 23. The Boyz~6.880.000+
 24. RIIZE~6.867.000+
 25. NCT~6.784.000+
 26. Super Junior~6.734.000+
 27. NCT WISH~6.715.000+
 28. CORTIS~6.209.000+
 29. Red Velvet~5.408.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items

 1. 10TH MINI ALBUM `FML`Seventeen~5.605.000+
 2. ★★★★★ (5-STAR)Stray Kids~5.304.000+
 3. 11TH MINI ALBUM `SEVENTEENTH HEAVEN`Seventeen~5.196.000+
 4. MAP OF THE SOUL : 7BTS~5.066.000+
 5. MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONABTS~4.671.000+
 6. ARIRANGBTS~4.247.000+
 7. 4TH ALBUM `FACE THE SUN`Seventeen~4.244.000+
 8. 樂-STARStray Kids~4.145.000+
 9. MAXIDENTStray Kids~3.885.000+
 10. BEBTS~3.794.000+
 11. KARMAStray Kids~3.564.000+
 12. PROOFBTS~3.525.000+
 13. LOVE YOURSELF 結 `ANSWER`BTS~3.394.000+
 14. ISTJ - THE 3RD ALBUMNCT DREAM~3.369.000+
 15. THIS & THATStray Kids~3.279.000+
 16. 12TH MINI ALBUM `SPILL THE FEELS`Seventeen~3.249.000+
 17. BUTTERBTS~3.191.000+
 18. LOVE YOURSELF 轉 `TEAR`BTS~3.190.000+
 19. BEST ALBUM `17 IS RIGHT HERE`Seventeen~3.153.000+
 20. ATEStray Kids~3.069.000+
 21. LOVE YOURSELF 承 `HER`BTS~3.049.000+
 22. 9TH MINI ALBUM `ATTACCA`Seventeen~3.033.000+
 23. BORN PINKBlackpink~2.937.000+
 24. 이름의 장: TEMPTATIONTXT~2.885.000+
 25. ROMANCE : UNTOLDEnhypen~2.655.000+
 26. 5TH ALBUM `HAPPY BURSTDAY`Seventeen~2.614.000+
 27. GREENGREENCORTIS~2.546.000+
 28. DO ITStray Kids~2.489.000+
 29. GOLDENJungkook~2.452.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups

Table 1: All groups

0 y
1 y
2 y
3 y
4 y
5 y
6 y
7 y
8 y
9 y
10 y
11+ y
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

0 y
1 y
2 y
3 y
4 y
5 y
6 y
7 y
8 y
9 y
10 y
11+ y
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 per Year

2007
9
2008
11
2009
17
2010
20
2011
22
2012
44
2013
23
2014
56
2015
38
2016
45
2017
59
2018
43
2019
68
2020
69
2021
54
2022
56
2023
46
2024
55
2025
51
2026
28

Debuts on Youtube per Month

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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

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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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