Global fans, you can now vote for your favorite groups and fandoms from the top 16 candidates of the "Who's Fandom Award" at the Seoul Music Awards. Keep on reading to learn more.
On Dec. 13, The Korean Brand Research Institute released their brand reputation rankings for K-pop girl groups in the month of December. See who made it to the top of the rankings here.
All you have to do is to retweet! Among 40 nominated K-pop groups and fandoms, only the Top 16 will advance to the next round.
STARPOLL is currently holding a fan voting event to select the top boy groups, girl groups, favorite male actors, favorite female actresses, and trot singers. Who's going to win?
On the recent poll from Naver that circulated on various social media platforms, Korean netizens chose the K-pop female groups of all time, which debuted from 2007 up to 2020. There are 29 female idol groups who were selected and they were ranked through six levels.
In K-pop, it is normal for groups to switch different concepts from time to time. This can be done for numerous reasons, such as wanting to try something new or trying a new sound because their old music was not gaining that much attention. While it sometimes has little to no effect, these six groups saw massive success with the sound change. Want to know who they are? Then keep on reading!
K-Pop, being the incredibly engaging genre of music, requires performers to have hardcore stage presence to leave an indelible mark on an audience, but it is just that much harder to stand out. However, these idols have successfully done that and with grace!
The world is becoming more open and more accepting of all forms of race, gender, and sexuality. Still, in South Korea, being LGBTQ+ can be a cause of ridicule and can be seen negatively. These K-pop idols, however, have proudly shown their support for the community and are helping others become more accepting of different people.
The Korean Business Research Institute released its brand reputation rankings for K-Pop girl groups for the month of September. To determine which girl group group makes the list, they analyzed trends such as consumer participation, community awareness, and news coverage.
While most K-pop group's priority audience is the South Korea audience, these idol groups ended garnering a larger international fan base than in their homeland.
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.
These actual dancers have ranked who they deem to be the best female K-pop dancers of all time. Note, they only took into account idols who hold a main dancer title or soloist. They were graded based on these categories: techniques, musicality, fluidity, and energy.
In Korea, there are many big companies, such as SM Entertainment, Big Hit Entertainment, JYP Entertainment, and YG Entertainment. When groups come from big companies, it's pretty much guranteed that they'll be popular thanks to the agency's reputation.