Korean Music - 2017 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 2017

 1. BTS~4.925.293.401+
 2. Twice~2.366.901.395+
 3. Blackpink~1.821.186.422+
 4. EXO~731.571.113+
 5. Seventeen~686.243.539+
 6. Red Velvet~593.853.445+
 7. PSY~504.564.952+
 8. GOT7~474.501.993+
 9. J.Fla~451.745.452+
 10. IU~420.420.487+
 11. Winner~383.030.102+
 12. Wanna One~359.765.800+
 13. Day6~303.396.260+
 14. NCT 127~284.563.752+
 15. KARD~251.622.822+
 16. MONSTA X~199.261.465+
 17. Bolbbalgan4~191.556.428+
 18. GFriend~188.354.552+
 19. Jimin~186.583.117+
 20. Sunmi~184.407.746+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )

Most Liked Artists Only 2017

 1. BTS~82.414.631+
 2. Twice~21.873.489+
 3. Blackpink~18.416.014+
 4. EXO~14.727.705+
 5. Seventeen~13.251.006+
 6. GOT7~9.463.647+
 7. Red Velvet~7.987.238+
 8. Wanna One~6.406.064+
 9. Day6~6.343.981+
 10. Jimin~5.925.464+
 11. KARD~5.857.453+
 12. NCT 127~5.813.923+
 13. Winner~5.500.885+
 14. MONSTA X~5.056.613+
 15. J.Fla~4.503.614+
 16. PSY~4.438.425+
 17. IU~3.919.301+
 18. ASTRO~3.401.955+
 19. Taemin~3.194.330+
 20. NCT DREAM~3.052.443+
(Does not include CF/Promotional videos. Includes only Videos, not Audios )
Artists page

Youtube Views per Style Only 2017


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

Youtube Views per Month Only 2017

(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 2017


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

Most Music Show Awards Only 2017

  Wins   Artist
1. 36 Twice
2. 23 Wanna One
3. 19 EXO
4. 16 Red Velvet
5. 14 BTS
6. 12 IU
7. 11 Highlight
8. 8 GFriend
9. 8 BTOB
10. 8 Seventeen
11. 7 Mamamoo
12. 6 G-DRAGON
13. 6 BIGBANG
14. 6 Apink
15. 5 Sunmi
16. 5 Winner
17. 4 NCT DREAM
18. 4 EXID
19. 4 GOT7
20. 3 AOA
(Top 20 are listed, includes The show, Show Champion, M Countdown, Music Bank, Music Core and Inkigayo )

Song with Most Music Show Awards Only 2017

  Wins   Music
1. 15 Energetic | Wanna One
2. 13 Ko Ko Bop | EXO
3. 12 Signal | Twice
4. 10 Palette | IU
5. 10 DNA | BTS
6. 9 Knock Knock | Twice
7. 9 Rookie | Red Velvet
8. 8 Plz Don't be Sad | Highlight
9. 8 Beautiful | Wanna One
10. 7 Missing You | BTOB
11. 7 Heart Shaker | Twice
12. 7 Likey | Twice
13. 7 Yes I Am | Mamamoo
14. 6 FXXK IT | BIGBANG
15. 6 Red Flavor | Red Velvet
16. 6 Don't wanna cry | Seventeen
17. 6 Untitled | G-DRAGON
18. 6 Power | EXO
19. 6 FIVE | Apink
20. 5 Really Really | Winner

Style distribution on Music Show Awards Only 2017


Awards page

Most Streaming Score Only 2017


Top 10 artists

Style distribution on Streaming Only 2017


(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 2017

 1. Bolbbalgan4
 2. IU
 3. Twice
 4. Heize
 5. BTS
 6. Red Velvet
 7. Wanna One
 8. EXO
 9. PSY
 10. Akmu
 11. Ailee
 12. Blackpink
 13. Han Dong Geun
 14. Taeyeon
 15. Mamamoo
 16. Winner
 17. Zico
 18. Zion.T
 19. Epik High
 20. Urban Zakapa
(Score based on all songs charting on top 100 weekly charts )

Most streamed song Only 2017

 1. I Will Go To You Like The First Snow | Ailee
 2. Tell Me You Love Me | Bolbbalgan4
 3. Through the Night | IU
 4. Shape of You | Ed Sheeran
 5. Spring Day | BTS
 6. Palette | IU
 7. Like it | Yoon Jongshin
 8. Marry Me | 구윤회
 9. Really Really | Winner
 10. You, Clouds, Rain | Heize
 11. We Loved | Bolbbalgan4 + 20 years of age
 12. Last Goodbye | Akmu
 13. Galaxy | Bolbbalgan4
 14. Ko Ko Bop | EXO
 15. Knock Knock | Twice
 16. Hard to Love | Bolbbalgan4
 17. WINE | Suran
 18. A Daily Song | Hwang Chi Yeul
 19. Untitled | G-DRAGON
 20. Red Flavor | Red Velvet
(Score based on song charting on top 100 weekly charts counting only Korean artists )
CircleChart Streaming page

PAKS - Perfect All Kill Only 2017

A PAK is achieved if a song hits the first place on all music charts simultaneously, including realtime, daily and weekly charts
2017-02 - I Will Go To You Like The First Snow | Ailee
2017-02 - Knock Knock | Twice
2017-03 - Through the Night | IU
2017-04 - Can't Love You Anymore | IU
2017-04 - Palette | IU
2017-06 - Untitled | G-DRAGON
2017-07 - You, Clouds, Rain | Heize
2017-08 - 1/N | Nucksal + Hanhae + RYNO + Jo Woochan
2017-08 - Like it | Yoon Jongshin
2017-09 - We Are | Woo
2017-10 - Some | Bolbbalgan4
2017-10 - Love Story | Epik High
2017-11 - Autumn Morning | IU
2017-12 - Emptiness in memory | Naul
2017-12 - Instagram | Dean

Physical Sales per Style Only 2017


(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 2017

 1. BTS~2.766.000+
 2. EXO~2.164.000+
 3. Wanna One~1.355.000+
 4. Twice~1.179.000+
 5. Seventeen~778.000+
 6. GOT7~739.000+
 7. MONSTA X~357.000+
 8. NU'EST W~308.000+
 9. Taeyeon~299.000+
 10. Super Junior~296.000+
 11. Red Velvet~285.000+
 12. Highlight~264.000+
 13. NCT 127~262.000+
 14. Hwang Chi Yeul~224.000+
 15. GFriend~191.000+
 16. BTOB~182.000+
 17. Sechs kies~172.000+
 18. Girls' Generation~172.000+
 19. Taemin~163.000+
 20. NCT DREAM~163.000+
 21. SF9~161.000+
 22. ASTRO~160.000+
 23. BIGBANG~157.000+
 24. JBJ~134.000+
 25. IU~124.000+
 26. Winner~124.000+
 27. UP10TION~120.000+
 28. JJ Project~116.000+
 29. Lovelyz~113.000+
(Sub-units, collaborations or solo releases are not included in the main group numbers above )

Best Selling Items Only 2017

 1. LOVE YOURSELF 承 `HER`BTS~1.493.000+
 2. THE WAR - THE 4TH ALBUM (KOREAN VER.)EXO~949.000+
 3. YOU NEVER WALK ALONEBTS~768.000+
 4. 1X1=1(TO BE ONE)Wanna One~741.000+
 5. 1-1=0 (NOTHING WITHOUT YOU)Wanna One~614.000+
 6. UNIVERSE - 겨울 스페셜 앨범, 2017EXO~516.000+
 7. THE POWER OF MUSIC - THE 4TH ALBUM REPACKAGE (KOREAN VER.)EXO~455.000+
 8. 7 FOR 7GOT7~368.000+
 9. 2ND ALBUM `TEEN, AGE`Seventeen~357.000+
 10. FLIGHT LOG : ARRIVALGOT7~334.000+
 11. 4TH MINI ALBUM `AL1`Seventeen~331.000+
 12. TWICETAGRAMTwice~320.000+
 13. W, HERENU'EST W~308.000+
 14. TWICECOASTER : LANE 2Twice~288.000+
 15. SIGNALTwice~285.000+
 16. PLAY - THE 8TH ALBUMSuper Junior~237.000+
 17. BE ORDINARYHwang Chi Yeul~224.000+
 18. HOLIDAY NIGHT - THE 6TH ALBUMGirls' Generation~167.000+
 19. MERRY & HAPPYTwice~165.000+
 20. MADE (FULL)BIGBANG~157.000+
 21. THE CODEMONSTA X~155.000+
 22. MY VOICE - THE 1ST ALBUMTaeyeon~141.000+
 23. THE WAR - THE 4TH ALBUM (CHINESE VER.)EXO~135.000+
 24. FANTASYJBJ~134.000+
 25. THE CLAN PT.2.5 [BEAUTIFUL]MONSTA X~130.000+
 26. NCT #127 CHERRY BOMB - THE 3RD MINI ALBUMNCT 127~127.000+
 27. NCT #127 LIMITLESS - THE 2ND MINI ALBUMNCT 127~121.000+
 28. VERSE 2JJ Project~116.000+
 29. MOVE - THE 2ND ALBUMTaemin~115.000+

Duration of Disbanded Groups Up to 2017

Table 1: All groups

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Average Years
Female Groups: 2.7
Male Groups: 4.2
Mean Years
Female Groups: 2.0
Male Groups: 3.0


Table 2: Groups with at least 1 award

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2 y
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5 y
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9 y
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Average Years
Female Groups: 6.4
Male Groups: 5.1
Mean Years
Female Groups: 7.0
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 2017

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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 2017

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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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