Korean Music - 2015 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 2015

 1. BTS~2.210.616.804+
 2. BIGBANG~1.961.285.324+
 3. PSY~891.243.892+
 4. GOT7~837.377.063+
 5. EXO~633.639.691+
 6. Twice~606.562.458+
 7. Girls' Generation~435.317.715+
 8. iKON~335.244.682+
 9. Red Velvet~325.756.067+
 10. Jay Park~308.940.342+
 11. 4Minute~305.009.088+
 12. Taeyeon~274.648.020+
 13. EXID~227.465.497+
 14. MONSTA X~205.501.079+
 15. AOA~195.362.902+
 16. GFriend~192.169.361+
 17. Seventeen~179.357.010+
 18. Hyuna~154.369.402+
 19. IU~135.752.669+
 20. Sistar~135.110.104+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2015

 1. BTS~38.723.113+
 2. BIGBANG~17.473.766+
 3. GOT7~10.688.870+
 4. EXO~9.325.721+
 5. PSY~6.335.127+
 6. iKON~5.077.869+
 7. RM~5.076.948+
 8. Twice~4.894.293+
 9. Girls' Generation~3.984.537+
 10. Red Velvet~3.471.505+
 11. Jay Park~3.411.359+
 12. 4Minute~3.291.901+
 13. MONSTA X~3.285.266+
 14. Seventeen~2.915.936+
 15. CL~2.444.249+
 16. Taeyeon~2.395.951+
 17. SHINee~2.162.283+
 18. GFriend~2.051.859+
 19. Super Junior~1.545.618+
 20. Hyuna~1.509.671+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2015


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2015

(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 2015


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2015

  Wins   Artist
1. 32 EXO
2. 22 BIGBANG
3. 21 Girls' Generation
4. 13 EXID
5. 11 Taeyeon
6. 11 VIXX
7. 11 SHINee
8. 11 Red Velvet
9. 10 Shinhwa
10. 9 BTS
11. 8 Jonghyun
12. 7 4Minute
13. 6 Infinite
14. 6 Highlight
15. 5 Sistar
16. 5 PSY
17. 5 Apink
18. 5 CNBlue
19. 5 f(x)
20. 5 iKON
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2015

  Wins   Music
1. 18 Call me Baby | EXO
2. 14 Lion Heart | Girls' Generation
3. 11 I | Taeyeon
4. 11 Love me right | EXO
5. 10 Loser | BIGBANG
6. 10 Sniper | Shinhwa
7. 9 View | SHINee
8. 8 Love Equation | VIXX
9. 8 Déjà-Boo | Jonghyun
10. 7 Crazy | 4Minute
11. 7 Party | Girls' Generation
12. 6 UP&DOWN | EXID
13. 6 Bad | Infinite
14. 6 Ice Cream Cake | Red Velvet
15. 5 Let's not fall in love | BIGBANG
16. 5 Ah Yeah | EXID
17. 5 I need U | BTS
18. 5 Shake It | Sistar
19. 5 Dumb Dumb | Red Velvet
20. 5 Daddy | PSY

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2015


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2015


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2015


(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 2015

 1. BIGBANG
 2. IU
 3. EXO
 4. Zion.T
 5. Hyukoh
 6. Davichi
 7. EXID
 8. iKON
 9. Naul
 10. MC Mong
 11. Red Velvet
 12. Zico
 13. Park Hyoshin
 14. AOA
 15. GFriend
 16. Primary
 17. M.C The Max
 18. Apink
 19. Noel
 20. Girls' Generation
(Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2015

 1. You In The Same Time | Naul
 2. Sugar | Maroon 5
 3. BANG BANG BANG | BIGBANG
 4. Loser | BIGBANG
 5. UP&DOWN | EXID
 6. I`m Not The Only One | Sam Smith
 7. Uptown Funk (Feat. Bruno Mars) | Mark Ronson
 8. Eat | Zion.T
 9. Shouldn't Have... | Baek A Yeon
 10. Just | Zion.T + Crush
 11. Bae Bae | BIGBANG
 12. Yanghwa BRDG | Zion.T
 13. WI ING WI ING | Hyukoh
 14. Spring Is Gone by chance | Loco + Yuju
 15. 레옹 | 이유 갓지(GOD G)않은이유(박명수, 아이유)
 16. Because of you | M.C The Max
 17. Your Voice | Noel
 18. heart | IU
 19. Me Gustas Tu | GFriend
 20. Only You | Miss A
(Score based on song charting on top 100 weekly charts counting only Korean artists )
CircleChart Streaming page

PAKS - Perfect All Kill Only 2015

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2015-01 - I Have to Forget You | Jung Seung Hwan + Park Yoon Ha
2015-03 - Only You | Miss A
2015-05 - Loser | BIGBANG
2015-06 - Shake It | Sistar
2015-08 - Let's not fall in love | BIGBANG
2015-08 - Leon | EU GOD G Isn't EU
2015-11 - Twenty-Three | IU
2015-11 - A Little Girl | Ohhyuk

Physical Sales per Style Only 2015


(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 2015

 1. EXO~1.754.000+
 2. BTS~589.000+
 3. BIGBANG~426.000+
 4. Super Junior~271.000+
 5. SHINee~263.000+
 6. GOT7~227.000+
 7. Girls' Generation~227.000+
 8. VIXX~220.000+
 9. Seventeen~175.000+
 10. Infinite~168.000+
 11. TVXQ!~152.000+
 12. XIA~139.000+
 13. Apink~124.000+
 14. Jung Yonghwa~119.000+
 15. Taeyeon~119.000+
 16. iKON~117.000+
 17. Super Junior-D&E~107.000+
 18. BTOB~100.000+
 19. B.A.P~98.000+
 20. Jonghyun~96.000+
 21. Red Velvet~95.000+
 22. Highlight~90.000+
 23. f(x)~87.000+
 24. MONSTA X~85.000+
 25. CNBlue~83.000+
 26. Kim Sungkyu~77.000+
 27. VIXX LR~68.000+
 28. Girls' Generation TTS~66.000+
 29. B1A4~65.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2015

 1. EXODUS (KOREAN VER.)EXO~478.000+
 2. SING FOR YOU (KOREAN VER.)EXO~318.000+
 3. LOVE ME RIGHT - THE 2ND ALBUM REPACKAGE (KOREAN VER.)EXO~299.000+
 4. EXODUS (CHINESE VER.)EXO~281.000+
 5. 화양연화 PT.2BTS~274.000+
 6. 화양연화 PT.1BTS~203.000+
 7. SING FOR YOU (CHINESE VER.)EXO~176.000+
 8. ODD - THE 4TH ALBUMSHINee~172.000+
 9. DEVIL - SUPER JUNIOR SPECIAL ALBUMSuper Junior~167.000+
 10. RISE AS GOD - TVXQ! SPECIAL ALBUMTVXQ!~151.000+
 11. LOVE ME RIGHT - THE 2ND ALBUM REPACKAGE (CHINESE VER.)EXO~151.000+
 12. REALITYInfinite~148.000+
 13. LION HEART - THE 5TH ALBUMGirls' Generation~145.000+
 14. MBIGBANG~134.000+
 15. 2ND MINI ALBUM `BOYS BE`Seventeen~122.000+
 16. I - THE 1ST MINI ALBUMTaeyeon~119.000+
 17. 어느 멋진 날Jung Yonghwa~115.000+
 18. CHAINED UPVIXX~114.000+
 19. EBIGBANG~105.000+
 20. MATRIXB.A.P~98.000+
 21. BOYS' RECORDVIXX~97.000+
 22. ABIGBANG~97.000+
 23. MAGIC - SUPER JUNIOR SPECIAL ALBUM PART.2Super Junior~94.000+
 24. MADGOT7~91.000+
 25. JUST RIGHTGOT7~90.000+
 26. DBIGBANG~88.000+
 27. MARRIED TO THE MUSIC - THE 4TH ALBUM REPACKAGESHINee~87.000+
 28. ORDINARYHighlight~87.000+
 29. PINK MEMORYApink~84.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2015

Table 1: All groups

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Average Years
Female Groups: 2.3
Male Groups: 4.1
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: 7.3
Male Groups: 3.6
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 2015

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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 2015

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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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