Known as South Korea's "Little Sister", it's no surprise that IU has become famous for her amazing talents. The singer has flaunted her numerous abilities numerous times, but there is one thing that IU happens to not be the best at!
The Korean Business Research Institute released its brand reputation rankings for Korean musical artists for the month of August. To determine which group ranks on the list, they analyzed trends such as consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage. This list contains both K-pop groups and Korean soloists.
Coming from humble beginnings, these idols struggled with financial difficulties growing up but persevered and in the end, paid off the debts of their parents.
These K-pop girl groups and idols are indeed popular in China! Based on Weibo's chart for the first half of 2020, starting from January to June, these following Korean artists have the most popular hashtags/most searched/mentioned names in the largest social media platform in the said country.
Earning yourself a solo endorsement and CF deal is one way an idol knows they've made it. Most brands go for the most popular faces in the industry and pay them a hefty amount to be the face of their brand, as they look for people who are influential enough to help boost sales. Here are K-Pop's current CF queens who can cause anything they touch to sell out with their amazing selling power.
Despite controversies and backlash that K-pop idols encounter once announced their relationship in public, these idols still took the risk to find romance with fellow stars. Some of these former couples were exposed by the media, while some courageously admitted to the public their relationship status.
Just like normal people, K-pop idols experience skin breakout as well, including having blackheads, wrinkles, and pimples, but thanks to makeup and camera angle, these flaws can be managed. However, on the latest article released by Allure Korea on August 11, the magazine editors chose seven K-pop idols with the most beautiful skin.
Several times, netizens stumbled upon funny messages between idols and their siblings, although it just goes to show that their bickering and priceless bonding are just like any regular family.
2017 was a great year in K-Pop, with groups releasing banger after banger after banger. Netizens reminisced that iconic year of music and selected the girl group songs from that year that they loved the most.
A lot of K-pop lovers are usually K-drama lovers, too. One may think some songs were perfectly made for K-drama OSTs, not just because of its melody but also because of its lyrics. Fans sometimes find the song lyrics as something that perfectly suits certain drama scenes.
Famous journliast and New York Times best-selling author Jae-ha Kim shared on her Instagram six K-Pop idols who are triple threats thanks to their talents in acting, singing, and dancing. In her post, she adds why she thinks so. Jae-ha Kim is an accomplished journalist who has written for numerous media outlets such as Rolling Stone, Variety, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles, Times, and MTV news.
The Korea Tourism Organization recently revealed the results of their international survey. The survey was answered by 12,000 worldwide K-Pop fans which revealed numerous things about K-Pop fans over the age of 50 years old. Curious which groups their favorites are? Check it out here!
On July 23rd, AKMU Chanhyuk shared several photos with his new hairstyle. His hair was down and longer than it usually is, so netizens reacted to it. A lot of fans were stunned by Chanhyuk's long locks, but what caught everyone's attention was IU's comment.
Album sales are just one of the identifying factors of an idol group or idol's popularity. It's also the basis of several music charts. Because compared to YouTube views, an album sale means that fans like the music enough to pay for it.
It wouldn't come as a surprise if K-pop idols' throwback photos become a hot topic among fans. And while there are idols who have gone under the knife to enhance their physical appearances, these female stars' graduation pictures prove they have been adorable even way back.
Numerous idols in recent years have started up their own YouTube channels, whether it be to share song covers, dance choreographies, or just vlogs about their daily lives. With those channels and their videos, there comes in adsense, which means these idols can earn a profit from sharing these videos.
Korean netizens decided which K-Pop idol they consider legendary, to the point where there are no bad songs and that if they played it, no song would be skipped. Did your favorite album make the list?
When artists write their songs, they tend to draw inspiration from a variety of things. And in case of these artists, they drew their inspiration from other idols.
Normally, fans would buy albums and merchandise items of their favorite K-pop stars, but there are some who would love to give gifts, too! While K-pop idols are often bombarded with presents, some fans really go the extra mile by gifting their faves lavish presents, of which prices are through thr roof.
With the first half of 2020 already gone, let's take a long at which K-pop songs had the most streams on Spotify for the first half of the year!