Korea's Gallup releases artists, idols, and songs of the year


Gallup interviewed thousands of people of various age groups from July to November. The interviewed people could choose up to 3 singers/songs for their choices.

Artists of the year 2018
1) BTS - 24.4%
2) Twice - 11%
3) IU - 10.2%
4) Hong Jin Young - 8.8%
5) Wanna One - 8.2%
6) Red Velvet - 7.8%
7) Blackpink - 7.6%
8) Jang Yoon Jung - 7.2%
9) Lee Seung Chul - 6.1%
10) Cho Yong Pil - 5.5%

Idols of the year 2018
1) BTS Jimin - 12.8%
2) Blackpink Jennie - 12.2%
3) IU - 11.9%
4) Red Velvet Irene - 10.4%
5) Wanna One Kang Daniel - 9.1%
6) Twice Nayeon - 6.7%
7) BTS Suga - 6.2%
8) BTS Jungkook - 5.4%
9) BTS V - 5.2%
10) Blackpink Jisoo - 4.8%
11) BTS Jin - 4.7%
12) BTS RM & Twice Tzuyu - 4.2%
14) Sunmi - 3.5%
15) Red Velvet Seulgi - 3.4%
16) Mamamoo Whasa - 3.1%
17) Twice Jungyeon & EXO Chanyeol & Twice Sana- 2.6%
20) Bigbang Seungri & Twice Momo - 2.5%

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Idols of the year by sex/age

Men (age of 13~18)
1) Red Velvet Irene
2) BTS Jimin
3) Blackpink Jennie
4) Twice Nayeon
5) IU
6) Wanna One Kang Daniel
7) BTS Suga
8) Blackpink Jisoo
9) BTS Jin
10) Twice Tzuyu

Men (age of 19~29)
1) IU
2) Blackpink Jennie
3) Red Velvet Irene
4) Twice Nayeon
5) BTS Jimin
6) Twice Tzuyu
7) Blackpink Jisoo & Wanna One Kang Daniel
9) Twice San & BTS RM

Women (age of 13~18)
1) BTS Jimin
2) BTS Jungkook
3) Wanna One Kang Daniel
4) BTS Suga
5) Red Velvet Irene
6) BTS V
7) IU
8) BTS Jin
9) BTS RM
10) EXO Chanyeol

Women (age of 19~29)
1) BTS Jimin
2) Wanna One Kang Daniel
3) Blackpink Jennie
4) IU
5) BTS Suga
6) BTS V
7) BTS Jungkook
8) Mamamoo Whasa
9) Red Velvet Irene
10) BTS Jin

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Singers of the year 2018 by age

Age of 13~18
1) BTS - 49.3
2) Twice - 22.9
3) Red Velvet - 21.2
4) Blackpink - 18.6
5) Wanna One - 17.2
6) EXO - 14.5
7) IU - 12.9
8) BTOB - 7.5
9) Apink - 6.6
10) GFriend - 6.4

Age of 19~29
1) BTS - 36.7
2) Twice - 19.5
3) IU - 16
4) Blackpink - 14.6
5) Wanna One - 14.2
6) Red Velvet - 13.7
7) EXO - 8.4
8) Mamamoo - 7.6
9) Bigbang - 6.3
10) GFriend - 4.6

In their 30's
1) BTS - 24.5
2) IU - 14
3) Twice - 13.5
4) Wanna One - 9.5
5) Blackpink - 8
6) Red Velvet - 7.9
7) Mamamoo - 7.4
8) Bigbang - 6.1
9) Hong Jin Young - 6
10) Lee Seung Chul - 5.6

In their 40's
1) BTS - 20.6
2) Lee Seung Chul - 12.2
3) Hong Jin Young - 11.8
4) Lee Sun Hee - 8.6
5) IU - 8.4
6) Jang Yoon Jung - 7.6
7) Cho Yong Pil - 6.6
8) Twice & Kim Gunmo - 6.3
10) Lim Chang Jung

In their 50's
1) Jang Yoon Jung - 19.3
2) Hong Jin Young - 16.7
3) Cho Yong Pil - 14.4
4) Jin Sung - 10
5) Lee Sun Hee - 8.7
6) Tae Jin Ah & BTS - 8.4
8) Na Hoon Ah - 7.7
9) Lee Seung Chul - 7.1
10) Lee Moon Se - 6.8

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Song of the year by age

Age of 13~18
1) Idol - BTS
2) Ddu Du Ddu Du - Blackpink
3) Red Flavor - Red Velvet
4) Fake Love - BTS
5) Bbibbi - IU

Age of 19~29
1) Ddu Du Ddu Du - Blackpink
2) Fake Love - BTS
3) Idol - BTS
4) DNA - BTS
5) Bbibbi - IU

In their 30's
1) Ddu Du Ddu Du - Blackpink
2) Love Scenario - iKON
3) Like It - Yoon Jong Shin
4) Through the Night - IU
5) Fake Love - BTS

In their 40's
1) Like It - Yoon Jong Shin
2) Painful Love - Lee Seung Chul
3) Goodbye - Hong Jin Young
4) Amor Fati - Kim Yeon Ja
5) At Andong Station - Jin Sung

In their 50's
1) At Andong Station - Jin Sung
2) Amor Fati - Kim Yeon Ja
3) Goodbye - Hong Jin Young
4) First Marriage - Jang Yoon Jung
5) Fate - Lee Sun Hee

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Pann: Artists & songs of the year by Korean Gallup

1. [+322, -29] BTS all-killed the rankings of 10's~40's. Isn't this legendary?

2. [+281, -18] The idols who were in top 5 on every ranking are BTS, Twice, and Wanna One. They're indeed the most popular groups. By the age groups, BTS ranked on all from 10's to 50's and Twice ranked up to 40's. BangTeuOne is the trend.

3. [+270, -17] I expected it but BTS is really a wall, wow...

4. [+96, -6] Jimin was the first male idol to be #1, amazing ㅋㅋㅋ

5. [+88, -8] BTS is also the first idol group/celebrity to be on the ranking of Naver's most searched terms ㅋㅋㅋㅋ They're insane.

6. [+66, -11] Pitiful haters ㅋㅋㅋ They kept claiming BTS had no popularity and now they're saying that people are brainwashed by BTS mentions on TV. Just admit they're doing well.

7. [+63, -23] EXO-Ls kept saying Growl was a mega hit song but they're #4.

8. [+58, -6] BTS, Twice, Blackpink, and IU are daebak. They're on almost every ranking.

 
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