Recently, Star News and Gallup Korea conducted a survey to select the most popular boy/girl group of the 21st century. This survey was conducted on 1052 people aged 19 to 69 in Korea.
In the boy band rankings, BTS leads with 74% of the votes.
Notably, the percentage of men and women voting for BTS was equal, at 74%. BTS also received high percentages of votes from many age groups: 19-29 years old (67%), 30 years old (66%), 40 years old (76%), 50 years old (83%) and 60 years old (74%).
This shows that the boy band of HYBE Group has conquered almost every Korean audience, regardless of gender or age.
According to Star News, BTS is the boy band that is raising the status of Kpop, not only the most famous in Korea but also in the global music market.
BTS has always been able to sweep domestic music charts with each album. They also set a series of records on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and other international charts.
In 2021, BTS became the first Asian artist to win the grand prize "Artist of the Year" at the American Music Awards - one of the four biggest music awards ceremonies in the US.
The remaining positions in the Top 10 most popular boy bands of the 21st century are all groups of the 2nd and 3rd generations.
Big Bang ranked 2nd with 33% of the votes. Super Junior ranked 3rd with 15%. TVXQ and EXO ranked 4th and 5th with 14% and 13% respectively. Ranks 6 to 10 belonged to Seventeen (8%), SHINee (7%), 2PM (5%), NCT (4%) and Wanna One (4%) respectively.
The results of the Girl Group vote showed that SNSD and Blackpink tied for first place, with 42% of the votes.
SNSD (or Girls' Generation) debuted in 2007 and will celebrate their 17th anniversary this year. SNSD is a representative girl group of the 2nd generation of Kpop and is praised by the media as the "textbook of girl groups" for those who dream of becoming idols.
A series of the group's songs became national hits such as "Into the New World", "Gee", "Tell Me Your Wish", "I Got A Boy", "The Boys"...
Meanwhile, Blackpink is the most representative girl group of the 3rd generation of Kpop.
They set a series of records not only domestically but also on international charts such as the US Billboard, UK Official and Japan Oricon. Blackpink also made their mark as the global girl group with the highest revenue from a single tour in history.
Blackpink is the first Kpop group to headline the biggest music festival in the US - Coachella. They are also known as the "YouTube queens" as the only Kpop group to have 2 MVs reaching 2 billion views: "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" and "Kill This Love".
NewJeans is the highest-ranking 4th generation girl group. The group is the 3rd most popular after SNSD and Blackpink, with 25% of the votes.
According to Star News, NewJeans debuted in July 2022 and quickly swept the music charts with a series of hits "Attention", "Hype Boy", "Ditto", "OMG", "Super Shy"...
Just one year after their debut, NewJeans has won many major music awards, becoming the top girl group of the 4th generation of Kpop. Recently, NewJeans made an impression when they sold out all the tickets for their fan meeting at the Tokyo Dome (Japan) with 50,000 seats, including limited view seats.
With great success in a short time, NewJeans is planning a global tour in 2025. Fans are eagerly waiting for the group's new steps, as NewJeans is creating a fever in the Kpop music industry.
The remaining positions of the Top 10 girl groups include: Wonder Girls ranked 4th (21%), TWICE ranked 5th (13%), 2NE1 ranked 6th (10%), IVE ranked 7th (7%), while aespa, KARA and Red Velvet ranked 8th (5%).
