Popular Korean Singers and K-Pop Groups

In this article, we look at lists and rankings of the most popular Korean singers, bands, and K-Pop groups that are successful in Korea and in the West. There are several rankings here, so you can browse the names by category.

The lists and rankings in this article come from a global online survey for a very large audience and were compiled by Ranker. To make it easier to navigate this long article, here is a summary:

Top 150 Best K-Pop Groups

The list below shows the 150 best K-Pop groups according to a survey with over 2 million votes. It is a long list, so we do not go into detail on each group here.

• 1 - Bangtan Boys (BTS)
• 2 - EXO
• 3 - BIGBANG
• 4 - Super Junior
• 5 - SHINee
• 6 - Got7
• 7 - Girls' Generation
• 8 - 2NE1
• 9 - Infinite
• 10 - f(x)
• 11 - BLACKPINK
• 12 - Red Velvet
• 13 - Seventeen
• 14 - Twice
• 15 - 2PM
• 16 - TVXQ (DBSK)
• 17 - VIXX
• 18 - iKon
• 19 - Highlight
• 20 - Apink
• 21 - MONSTA X
• 22 - CNBLUE
• 23 - BTOB
• 24 - SISTAR
• 25 - Winner
• 26 - Miss A
• 27 - SMTOWN
• 28 - B.A.P
• 29 - Block B
• 30 - EXID
• 31 - T-ara
• 32 - MBLAQ
• 33 - B1A4
• 34 - Mamamoo
• 35 - 4Minute
• 36 - Super Junior-D&E
• 37 - AOA
• 38 - Super Junior-M
• 39 - Nu'est
• 40 - Teen Top
• 41 - FT Island
• 42 - Girl's Day
• 43 - Boyfriend
• 44 - Super Junior-T
• 45 - Gfriend
• 46 - Stray Kids
• 47 - ASTRO
• 48 - U-KISS
• 49 - Epik High
• 50 - SS501
• 51 - Akdong Musician
• 52 - 2AM
• 53 - Super Junior Happy
• 54 - Orange Caramel
• 55 - JYJ
• 56 - Kara
• 57 - Shinhwa
• 58 - After School
• 59 - TXT
• 60 - NCT
• 61 - NCT 127
• 62 - Wonder Girls
• 63 - Brown Eyed Girls
• 64 - NCT U
• 65 - Wanna One
• 66 - Davichi
• 67 - NCT Dream
• 68 - SM the Ballad
• 69 - YG Family
• 70 - JYP Nation
• 71 - ATEEZ
• 72 - (G)I-DLE
• 73 - Pentagon
• 74 - ITZY
• 75 - izone
• 76 - H.O.T;
• 77 - Day6
• 78 - LOONA
• 79 - KARD
• 80 - Momoland
• 81 - g.o.d
• 82 - Dreamcatcher
• 83 - HELLOVENUS
• 84 - VAV
• 85 - HOTSHOT
• 86 - Ladies' Code
• 87 - Everglow
• 88 - CLC
• 89 - Crayon Pop
• 90 - Sechs Kies
• 91 - ZE:A
• 92 - Boys Republic
• 93 - PRISTIN
• 94 - XENO-T
• 95 - MYNAME
• 96 - Cosmic Girls [WJSN]
• 97 - i.o.i
• 98 - SF9
• 99 - THE BOYZ
• 100 - Madtown
• 101 - Nine Muses
• 102 - Weki Meki
• 103 - ONEUS
• 104 - Oh My Girl
• 105 - Secret
• 106 - S.E.S;
• 107 - Victon
• 108 - Gugudan
• 109 - Leessang
• 110 - A.C.E
• 111 - Dal Shabet
• 112 - Fin.K.L
• 113 - Oh!GG
• 114 - Bestie
• 115 - Girls' Generation-TTS
• 116 - AB6IX
• 117 - UNIQ
• 118 - 15&
• 119 - Triple H
• 120 - Vixx Lr
• 121 - Turbo
• 122 - MR.MR
• 123 - S
• 124 - The Rose
• 125 - Up10tion
• 126 - B.I.G. [Boys In Groove]
• 127
• 128 - Brave Girls
• 129 - JBJ
• 130 - ToHeart
• 131 - SG Wannabe
• 132 - The Grace
• 133 - Imfact
• 134 - fromis_9
• 135 - FIESTAR
• 136 - Playback
• 137 - Golden Child
• 138 - Rainbow
• 139 - Touch
• 140 - As One
• 141 - Brown Eyed Soul
• 142 - 2eyes
• 143 - Sunny Hill
• 144 - C-REAL
• 145 - High4
• 146 - AB Avenue
• 147 - 4ten
• 148 - Loveholics
• 149 - A.cian
• 150 - Click-B

The Best K-Pop Music Shows

1. SBS Inkigayo
2. KBS Music Bank
3. Mnet M! Countdown
4. MBC Show Music Core
5. MBC MUSiC Show Champion
6. BTS: Burn the Stage
7. SBS MTV The Show
8. Seoul Music Awards
9. You Hee-yeol's Sketchbook

The Best K-Pop Dancers

The list below features the best K-Pop dancers according to a global survey with over one and a half million votes. It is a ranking of 150 names.

• 1 - J-Hope
• 2 - Jimin (BTS)
• 3 - Kai
• 4 - Taemin
• 5 - Eunhyuk
• 6 - Lisa
• 7 - Kim Taehyung (BTS)
• 8 - Lee Donghae
• 9 - Jungkook
• 10 - Lay
• 11 - Momo
• 12 - Taeyang
• 13 - Leeteuk
• 14 - Sehun
• 15 - Seulgi
• 16 - Yugyeom
• 17 - Minzy
• 18 - BoA
• 19 - Ten (Nct)
• 20 - Lee Taeyong
• 21 - Yunho
• 22 - Rain
• 23 - Min Yoon Gi (Suga BTS)
• 24 - Kim Chungha
• 25 - Hoya
• 26 - Kim Hyo-yeon
• 27 - Kim Namjoon (BTS)
• 28 - Kim Seok Jin (Jin BTS)
• 29 - G-Dragon
• 30 - Minho
• 31 - Jackson Wang
• 32 - Hyuna
• 33 - Jay Park
• 34 - Changmin
• 35 - Lu Han
• 36 - Rosé
• 37 - Key
• 38 - Jisoo
• 39 - JB
• 40 - SHOWNU
• 41 - Baekhyun
• 42 - Kang Daniel
• 43 - xiumin
• 44 - Bambam
• 45 - Irene
• 46 - The8
• 47 - Felix
• 48 - Jennie
• 49 - Suga
• 50 - Lee Joon
• 51 - Niel
• 52 - Rocky
• 53 - Jin
• 54 - Dino
• 55 - Min
• 56 - Zelo
• 57 - Bang Chan
• 58 - Myoui Mina
• 59 - Woozi
• 60 - Lee Know
• 61 - Hyunjin
• 62 - Bora (Sistar)
• 63 - Park Jisung (NCT)
• 64 - Chungha
• 65 - Sana
• 66 - Lee Chaeyeon
• 67 - Victoria
• 68 - Kwon Yuri
• 69 - Tzuyu
• 70 - Yuta
• 71 - Mark Tuan
• 72 - Vernon
• 73 - Junsu
• 74 - Gikwang
• 75 - Jun
• 76 - Winwin
• 77 - Joy
• 78 - suho
• 79 - Yeji
• 80 - Dahyun
• 81 - Kim Jonghyun
• 82 - Nayeon
• 83 - Lee Hyori
• 84 - Chaeyoung
• 85 - Mingyu
• 86 - RM
• 87 - Fei
• 88 - Jinyoung
• 89 - BamBam
• 90 - Jaehyun
• 91 - L
• 92 - Wendy
• 93 - Jisung
• 94 - Nancy
• 95 - JooE
• 96 - Jang Hyun-seung
• 97 - L.Joe
• 98 - JongUp
• 99 - Yeonwoo
• 100 - Changbin
• 101 - Chaeryeong
• 102 - SinB
• 103 - Daisy
• 104 - Park Woo Jin
• 105 - Park Ji-hoon
• 106 - Changjo
• 107 - Seungmin
• 108 - Hwa Sa
• 109 - Yeri
• 110 - Kahi
• 111 - Ryujin
• 112 - N
• 113 - Nana
• 114 - Soobin
• 115 - Seungho
• 116 - Ahin
• 117 - Jisung (han)
• 118 - Taeha
• 119 - Ong Seong Wu
• 120 - Joshua
• 121 - Kim Heechul
• 122 - Yoojung
• 123 - DK
• 124 - Kim Samuel
• 125 - Wonwoo
• 126 - woojin
• 127 - S.COUPS
• 128 - Jeonghan
• 129 - Mark Lee
• 130 - Jane
• 131 - Jaemin
• 132 - I.N
• 133 - Yoona
• 134 - I.M
• 135 - Haechan
• 136 - Samuel
• 137 - Jang Wooyoung
• 138 - Bm
• 139 - Jeno
• 140 - Moonbyul
• 141 - Yuna
• 142 - Moon Bin
• 143 - Chenle
• 144 - Renjun
• 145 - Choi San
• 146 - Lee Minwoo
• 147 - Moon Bin Astro
• 148 - Jeongyeon
• 149 - Hoshi
• 150 - Goo Ha-ra

Top 100 K-Pop Songs of 2019

The list below shows the 100 most popular K-Pop songs of 2019. This global survey had over 400,000 votes. We added "by" to show the group or artist behind each song.

• 1 - Boy with Luv by BTS, Halsey
• 2 - Thrilla Killa by VAV
• 3 - Feel Special by Twice
• 4 - Give Me More by VAV, De La Ghetto, Play-N-Skillz
• 5 - Say My Name by ATEEZ
• 6 - Chicken Noodle Soup by J-Hope, Becky G
• 7 - Wave by ATEEZ
• 8 - Fancy by TWICE
• 9 - Dionysus by BTS
• 10 - Kill This Love by BLACKPINK
• 11 - HALA HALA by ATEEZ
• 12 - Run Away by TXT
• 13 - Miroh by Stray Kids
• 14 - jopping by SuperM
• 15 - Illusion by ATEEZ
• 16 - Crown by TXT
• 17 - Heartbeat by BTS
• 18 - gogobebe by Mamamoo
• 19 - jopping by SuperM
• 20 - Promise by ATEEZ
• 21 - Adios by Everglow
• 22 - Aurora by ATEEZ
• 23 - Boom by NCT DREAM
• 24 - Snapping by Chungha
• 25 - Double Knot by Stray Kids
• 26 - Bon Bon Chocolat by EVERGLOW
• 27 - DALLA DALLA by ITZY
• 28 - Gotta Go by Chungha
• 29 - Side effects by Stray Kids
• 30 - Cat & Dog by TXT
• 31 - TWIT by Hwasa
• 32 - Poison by VAV
• 33 - Bomb Bomb by KARD
• 34 - You Calling My Name by GOT7
• 35 - Snapping by Chung Ha
• 36 - Icy by ITZY
• 37 - Wonderland by ATEEZ
• 38 - LALALAY by Sunmi
• 39 - jopping by SuperM
• 40 - Dumb Litty by KARD
• 41 - Don't know what to do by BLACKPINK
• 42 - Home by Seventeen
• 43 - LIT by ONEUS
• 44 - Flower Shower by HyunA
• 45 - HIT by SEVENTEEN
• 46 - Fear by Seventeen
• 47 - Beautiful Girl by Woosung (The Rose)
• 48 - Senorita by (G)I-DLE
• 49 - Uh-Oh by (G)I-DLE
• 50 - Superhuman by NCt 127
• 51 - Eclipse by GOT7
• 52 - Deja Vu by Dreamcatcher
• 53 - Astronaut by Stray Kids
• 54 - Zimzalabim by Red Velvet
• 55 - Alligator by Monsta X
• 56 - Follow by MONSTA X
• 57 - HIP by Mamamoo
• 58 - Valkyrie by ONEUS
• 59 - Don't Need Your Love by NCT Dream, HRVY
• 60 - I'm OK by iKON
• 61 - Twilight by ONEUS
• 62 - Birthday by Somi
• 63 - Spark by Taeyeon
• 64 - Me by CLC
• 65 - Violeta by IZ*ONE
• 66 - No by CLC
• 67 - Noir by Sunmi
• 68 - Bullet To The Heart by Jackson Wang
• 69 - Want by Taemin
• 70 - All Night by ASTRO
• 71 - UN Village by Baekhyun
• 72 - Zimzalabim by Red Velvet
• 73 - Chronosaurus by Stray Kids
• 74 - Umpah Umpah by Red Velvet
• 75 - 19 by Stray Kids
• 76 - Who Dat B by Jessi
• 77 - % % by Apink
• 78 - No One by Lee Hi, B.I (iKON)
• 79 - Butterfly by Loona
• 80 - Breathe by AB6ix
• 81 - PIRI by Dreamcatcher
• 82 - Humph! by PENTAGON
• 83 - Focus on Me by Jus2
• 84 - Tattoo by THE BOYZ
• 85 - Nap of a Star by TXT
• 86 - TMT by Stray Kids
• 87 - ME&YOU by EXID
• 88 - Sha La La by Pentagon
• 89 - I'm So Hot by Momoland
• 90 - Under Cover by A.C.E
• 91 - HOT by TWICE
• 92 - D.D.D by The Boyz
• 93 - Find You by MONSTA X
• 94 - Wakey-Wakey by NCT 127
• 95 - Stuck In My Head by TWICE
• 96 - Savage by A.C.E
• 97 - Poison by VAV
• 98 - Ah Yeah by WINNER
• 99 - Gleam by Mamamoo
• 100 - Super Clap

List of Korean Solo Artists in K-Pop

Now we will share a list of Korean solo artists and the year of their debut. Let's start with the female solo artists:

Solo Artist	Debut Year
Ailee	2012
Alice	2010
Amber	2015
Ashley	2018
Bada	2003
Baek A Yeon	2012
BoA	2000
Chungha	2017
CL	2013
Dana	2001
Elkie	2018
Esna	2015
Eugene	2003
Eunji	2016
G.NA	2010
Gain	2010
Ha:tfelt	2014
Hara	2015
Heize	2014
Hyolyn	2013
Hyoyeon	2016
Hyuna	2010
IU	2008
JeA	2013
Jennie	2018
Jenyer	2016
Jessi	2005
Jessica	2016
Jieun	2009
Jimin	2016
Jooyi	2016
Kimi	2018
Lee Hi	2012
Lee Hyori	2003
Luna	2016
Minzy	2017
Miryo	2012
MiSo	2017
Moonbyul	2018
Narsha	2010
Nicole Jung	2014
Park Bom	2009
Park Jimin	2015
Rosé	2019
Seohyun	2017
Shoo	2010
Sojung	2017
Solar	2015
Somi	2019
Sooyoung	2018
Son Dambi	2008
Soyeon	2017
Soyou	2017
Stephanie	2012
Sunmi	2013
Suzy	2017
Taeyeon	2015
Tiffany Young	2016
Uhm Junghwa	1993
Wheein	2018
YoonA	2016
Yubin	2018
Yuri	2018

Now male solo artists:

Solo Artist	Debut Year
Baekhyun	2019
Bobby	2016
Chen	2019
Daesung	2008
G-Dragon	2009
Holland	2018
Hoya	2018
Hero Jaejoong	2013
J.Y.Park	1992
J-Hope	2018
Jay Park	2009
Jo Kwon	2010
Jonghyun	2015
Jun.K	2011
Jun Jin	2006
Junho	2013
K.Will	2007
Kangta	2001
Kim Dongwan	2007
Key	2018
Kyuhyun	2014
Leo	2018
One	2017
Onew	2018
Max Changmin	2015
Mino	2016
Psy	2001
Rain	2002
Rap Monster	2015
Ravi	2016
Ryeowook	2016
Samuel	2017
Seo Taiji	1998
Seungri	2011
Seven	2003
Suga	2016
T.O.P	2010
Tablo	2011
Taemin	2016
Taeyang	2008
U-Know Yunho	2015
Woohyun	2016
Wooyoung	2012
Yesung	2016
Yoon	2013
Zhou Mi	2014
Zion.T	2013

List of Korean Idol Groups

Below you'll find a list of Korean idol groups from K-Pop and other genres. The list is alphabetical and highlights groups from 2000 to 2019.

• (G)I-DLE
• 100%
• 15&
• 1team
• 2AM
• 2NE1
• 2PM
• 4minute
• 5urprise
• 8Eight
• A-JAX
• After School
• AlphaBAT
• AOA
• AOA Black
• AOA Cream
• Apink
• April
• ASTRO
• ATEEZ
• B.A.P
• B1A4
• Bastarz
• BEAST
• BESTie
• BIGBANG
• BLACKPINK
• Blanc7
• Block B
• Bolbbalgan4
• Boyfriend
• BP Rania
• Brave Girls
• Brown Eyed Girls
• BtoB
• BTS
• Busters
• C-REAL
• Cherry Bullet
• Chocolat
• CLC
• CocoSori
• Coed School
• Cosmic Girls
• Crayon Pop
• D-Unit
• Dal★Shabet
• Davichi
• DAY6
• DIA
• DMTN
• Dreamcatcher
• Dynamic Duo
• Elris
• Epik High
• Everglow
• EvoL
• EXID
• EXO
• EXO-CBX
• f(x)
• F-ve Dolls
• F.T. Island
• Fiestar
• Fromis 9
• Gangkiz
• GD&TOP
• Geegu
• GFriend
• Girl's Day
• Girls' Generation
• Girls' Generation-Oh!GG
• Girls' Generation-TTS
• GLAM
• Global Icon
• Golden Child
• Good Day
• GOT7
• GP Basic
• Gugudan
• HELLOVENUS
• Highlight
• Homme
• HONEYST
• I.B.I
• I.O.I
• iKON
• Imfact
• INFINITE
• Infinite H
• INX
• Isak N Jiyeon
• ITZY
• Iz One
• JBJ
• Jewelry
• JJ Project
• JYJ
• KARA
• Kard
• KISS;
• KNK
• Ladies' Code
• Longguo & Shihyun
• Loona
• Lunafly
• M.I.B
• M.o.n.t
• MAMAMOO
• MAS
• MASC
• MBLAQ
• miss A
• MOBB
• MOMOLAND
• Monsta X
• Mr.Mr
• MyB
• MYTEEN
• N-Train
• N.flying
• NCT
• Nine Muses
• Nine Muses A
• NU'EST
• Oh My Girl
• ONEUS
• ONEWE
• Orange Caramel
• P.O.P
• Pentagon
• Playback
• Pristin
• Pristin V
• Puretty
• QBS
• Rainbow
• RaNia
• Red Velvet
• Rocket Punch
• Secret
• Seventeen
• SF9
• She'z
• SHINee
• SISTAR
• Sistar19
• Skarf
• Snuper
• SPEED
• Spica
• SS501
• Stellar
• Stray Kids
• Sunny Hill
• Super Junior
• Super Junior-D&E
• Super Junior-Happy
• Super Junior-K.R.Y;
• Super Junior-M
• Super Junior-T
• SUPER M
• Supernova
• T-ara
• T-ara N4
• Tahiti
• Teen Top
• The Ark (group)
• The BOSS
• The Boyz
• The Grace
• The Rose
• The SeeYa
• Tiny-G
• Topp Dogg
• TRAX
• trei
• Triple H
• Trouble Maker
• TVXQ
• TWICE
• Two X
• TXT
• U-KISS
• Ulala Session
• UNB
• Unicorn
• UP10TION
• VAV (band)
• Victon
• Vividiva
• VIXX
• VIXX LR
• Wa$$up
• Wanna One
• Weki Meki
• Winner
• Wonder Girls
• X1
• ZE:A