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Korean Music - 2013 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 2013

 1. PSY~1.811.700.014+
 2. BTS~1.157.936.177+
 3. EXO~767.138.790+
 4. G-DRAGON~505.665.535+
 5. Girls' Generation~434.494.099+
 6. TAEYANG~255.804.258+
 7. T-ara~195.805.246+
 8. 2NE1~185.929.522+
 9. SHINee~170.968.360+
 10. Henry~165.924.048+
 11. Girl's Day~164.123.824+
 12. Crayon Pop~131.740.954+
 13. Sistar~105.130.288+
 14. B.A.P~95.491.698+
 15. Trouble Maker~90.406.019+
 16. IU~83.613.329+
 17. 4Minute~83.198.441+
 18. Miss A~77.034.069+
 19. f(x)~75.416.425+
 20. VIXX~74.534.802+
(These are YOUTUBE VIEWS (public counter). Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2013

 1. BTS~32.930.685+
 2. PSY~9.580.428+
 3. EXO~8.962.771+
 4. G-DRAGON~3.763.157+
 5. Girls' Generation~3.186.721+
 6. TAEYANG~2.204.775+
 7. SHINee~2.100.995+
 8. 2NE1~1.808.893+
 9. Henry~1.479.485+
 10. B.A.P~1.300.608+
 11. T-ara~1.178.286+
 12. VIXX~1.044.151+
 13. Girl's Day~1.003.457+
 14. Trouble Maker~855.288+
 15. T.O.P~804.633+
 16. CL~800.255+
 17. Crayon Pop~789.941+
 18. Jo Kwon + Lim Jeonghee + Joo Hee + RM + Jungkook~773.083+
 19. f(x)~751.219+
 20. Lee Hyori~732.787+
(These are YOUTUBE Likes. Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2013


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2013

(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 2013


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2013

  Wins   Artist
1. 26 EXO
2. 16 SHINee
3. 11 Infinite
4. 11 Sistar
5. 9 PSY
6. 9 Busker Busker
7. 9 2NE1
8. 8 G-DRAGON
9. 8 Trouble Maker
10. 8 Shinhwa
11. 7 4Minute
12. 7 IU
13. 7 Sistar19
14. 6 K.will
15. 6 Girls' Generation
16. 5 CNBlue
17. 4 Hyolyn
18. 4 Cho Yongpil
19. 4 Dynamic Duo
20. 4 Miss A
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2013

  Wins   Music
1. 14 Growl | EXO
2. 11 Give It To Me | Sistar
3. 10 Dream Girl | SHINee
4. 9 Love, at first | Busker Busker
5. 8 This love | Shinhwa
6. 8 Gentleman | PSY
7. 8 Miracles in December | EXO
8. 8 Now | Trouble Maker
9. 7 Man in Love | Infinite
10. 7 Gone not around any longer | Sistar19
11. 7 What's Your Name | 4Minute
12. 6 I got a boy | Girls' Generation
13. 6 The red shoes | IU
14. 6 Everybody | SHINee
15. 5 Missing You | 2NE1
16. 5 I'm Sorry | CNBlue
17. 4 Crooked | G-DRAGON
18. 4 Destiny | Infinite
19. 4 Bad Girls | Lee Hyori
20. 4 One way love | Hyolyn

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2013


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2013


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2013


(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 2013

 1. Akmu
 2. Davichi
 3. Busker Busker
 4. G-DRAGON
 5. Ailee
 6. 4Men
 7. K.will
 8. Sistar
 9. SHINee
 10. IU
 11. Dynamic Duo
 12. Roy Kim
 13. Noel
 14. EXO
 15. Girls' Generation
 16. Lee Hi
 17. Lim Kim
 18. Baechigi
 19. Huh Gak
 20. The ONE
(Circle Chart Streaming digital data. Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2013

 1. Gone not around any longer | Sistar19
 2. What's Your Name | 4Minute
 3. Shower of Tears | Baechigi
 4. Tears | LeeSSang
 5. Bom Bom Bom | Roy Kim
 6. My Love | Lee Seung Chul
 7. Give It To Me | Sistar
 8. Gentleman | PSY
 9. Turtle | Davichi
 10. Monodrama | Huh Gak + Yu Seung Woo
 11. U&I | Ailee
 12. Crescendo | Akmu
 13. Stupid in Love | Soyou + Mad Clown
 14. I got a boy | Girls' Generation
 15. Growl | EXO
 16. Story of someone I know | San E
 17. Short Hair | Huh Gak + Jeong Eunji
 18. Bad Girl | Bumkey
 19. Touch love | Yoon Mirae
 20. Johnny | Primary
(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 2013

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2013-02 - Gone not around any longer | Sistar19
2013-04 - Gentleman | PSY
2013-05 - Miss Korea | Lee Hyori
2013-06 - Short Hair | Huh Gak + Jeong Eunji
2013-06 - Give It To Me | Sistar
2013-06 - Tears | LeeSSang
2013-09 - Touch Love | Yoon Mirae
2013-09 - Love, at first | Busker Busker
2013-10 - The red shoes | IU
2013-11 - I Got C | Geumary
2013-12 - Friday | IU

Physical Sales per Style Only 2013


(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 2013

 1. EXO~1.440.000+
 2. SHINee~511.000+
 3. Infinite~398.000+
 4. Girls' Generation~352.000+
 5. Kim Jaejoong~343.000+
 6. VIXX~293.000+
 7. G-DRAGON~282.000+
 8. Cho Yongpil~258.000+
 9. Teen Top~218.000+
 10. B.A.P~208.000+
 11. CNBlue~172.000+
 12. 2PM~140.000+
 13. B1A4~135.000+
 14. Kim Hyun Joong~111.000+
 15. XIA~110.000+
 16. Highlight~105.000+
 17. Busker Busker~105.000+
 18. BIGBANG~102.000+
 19. Kara~94.000+
 20. Infinite H~93.000+
 21. Shinhwa~93.000+
 22. f(x)~88.000+
 23. SEUNGRI~78.000+
 24. Block B~74.000+
 25. FTISLAND~73.000+
 26. EXO-K~72.000+
 27. MBLAQ~69.000+
 28. MYNAME~61.000+
 29. BTS~58.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2013

 1. 정규1집 리패키지 XOXO (KISS VER.)EXO~335.000+
 2. I GOT A BOYGirls' Generation~293.000+
 3. XOXO (KISS VER.)EXO~269.000+
 4. 12월의 기적 (MIRACLES IN DECEMBER) (KOREAN VER.)EXO~262.000+
 5. 19집 HELLOCho Yongpil~250.000+
 6. XOXO (HUG VER.) (CHINESE)EXO~200.000+
 7. 정규1집 리패키지 XOXO (HUG VER.)EXO~200.000+
 8. 쿠데타 (COUP D'ETAT)G-DRAGON~195.000+
 9. SHINEE THE 3RD ALBUM CHAPTER 1. `DREAM GIRL-THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF YOU`SHINee~185.000+
 10. 十二月的奇迹 (MIRACLES IN DECEMBER) (CHINESE VER.)EXO~171.000+
 11. DESTINYInfinite~163.000+
 12. NEW CHALLENGEInfinite~162.000+
 13. IKim Jaejoong~148.000+
 14. WWWKim Jaejoong~132.000+
 15. CHAPTER 2 'WHY SO SERIOUS?-THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF ME'SHINee~131.000+
 16. THE 5TH MINI ALBUM `EVERYBODY`SHINee~129.000+
 17. RE:BLUECNBlue~128.000+
 18. 3집 GROWN2PM~116.000+
 19. JEKYLLVIXX~112.000+
 20. ROUND 3Kim Hyun Joong~111.000+
 21. 이게 무슨 일이야B1A4~101.000+
 22. 2집 HARD TO LOVE, HOW TO LOVEHighlight~101.000+
 23. FLY HIGHInfinite H~93.000+
 24. INCREDIBLEXIA~90.000+
 25. BADMANB.A.P~88.000+
 26. ONE SHOTB.A.P~86.000+
 27. 1집 NO.1Teen Top~81.000+
 28. PINK TAPEf(x)~81.000+
 29. 11집 THE CLASSICShinhwa~78.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2013

Table 1: All groups

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Average Years
Female Groups: 2.0
Male Groups: 4.3
Mean Years
Female Groups: 1.0
Male Groups: 3.0


Table 2: Groups with at least 1 award

0 y
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2 y
3 y
4 y
5 y
6 y
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8 y
9 y
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Average Years
Female Groups: 4.5
Male Groups: 3.3
Mean Years
Female Groups: 5.0
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 2013

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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 2013

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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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