K-pop Official Fan Club Names and Fan Colors Here is a compilation of official K-Pop fan club names and official fan colors. The snappiness of the Korean language gives K-pop its hyperactive flavor and choreography often dictates how songs are written. Korean fans are obviously and naturally at an advantage, as most K-Pop idol groups and their agencies are based entirely in Korea, and most K-Pop related contents are released KST. As of March 2018, the number of fans of the group still ranked No. [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW] GoToe Reveals His Thoughts about YouTube + Issues with Coronavirus in Korea, G-Dragon and Kim Junsu Join Suzy, Taeyeon, More as 'Korean Stars with Most Expensive Cars' Rankings by 'All Year Live', These are the Prettiest Idols with Monolid and Double-Eyelids, According to a Plastic Surgeon, iKON and SF9 in Talks to Participate in Mnet's 'Kingdom' + BTOB Reportedly Refuses to Join, These are the Top 10 Best-Selling Solo Albums from Third Generation Idols, Red Velvet Wendy Accused of Getting a Nose Job, Experienced Designers Divulge whether K-pop Idols Get Their Outfits for Free, BTS, BLACKPINK, and More: Idol Group Brand Reputation Rankings for February Revealed, BTS V Selected as the Best Visual Center Idol + See Top 10 Rankings Here, GOT7 Yugyeom Shares Why He Decided to Join Jay Park's Agency AOMG, BLACKPINK Jennie Transforms into a Fashion Editor for Vogue Korea, Suzy Shows Off Hourglass-Shaped Body, Radiant Skin in New Photos, TXT Yeonjun & NCT Yangyang to Make Their Runway Debut at New York Fashion Week. ugh bts is just too popular… two years back when bts were flops, listening to bts made me feel emo and edgy but now they are the most popular K-pop band and everyone knows them. (It's no coincidence that Exo and BTS were the two fanbases who most frequently took out ads in Times Square.). Maur-Anne Griffonnet-Barge says: Sorry for the late answer! Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, was a term coined in 1999 by China's Beijing Youth Daily meant to describe the growing popularity of South Korean pop culture content, such as music, dramas, and films. The Korea Foundation's global hallyu (Korean wave) data from 2015 revealed that there are an estimated 35.59 million fans of Korean culture around the world, a 63% increase from 2014's estimated 21.82 million fans. 5. We believe this is something, TV Legend Don Francisco On His Childhood, Career Highlights And Why He Won’t Ever Retire, Podcast Distributor Acast Buys PRX Tech Spinoff RadioPublic, Rachel Maddow: We Can Land A Rover On Mars, But We Can’t Keep The Lights And Water On In Texas, IHeartMedia’s Triton Digital Acquisition Will Consolidate Its Dominance Of Ad-Based Audio, NBC’s Kate Snow: ‘Every Parent I Know Feels Like Their Kids Are Struggling’, As Third Party Cookies Are Being Phased Out, Nielsen Announces A New Attribution Model, Facebook Will Give You Less Koala Content, Among Other Problems With Its Australian News Ban. Last year for the first time ever, a Korean hip-hop agency surpassed top K-pop agencies in local sales. -- devoted to helping BTS "spread their wings & fly on the Billboard Charts." 🙂 But there are two acts, both K-pop, who leave the rest in the dust. Some have opined that Thailand has many JYPE fans because of Nichkhun. Another, BTS Views, is dedicated to tracking their YouTube views, while BTS VotingTeam is all about hashtag-driven voting. 6 years ago. TWICE’s massive success in Japan is underlined here as they are the most popular K-Pop group across the Korea Strait. Results from K-Pop fan studies in Romania, Peru, and Brazil, and a look at fan sites show that fans have a deeply emotional attachment to K-Pop. Beyoncé performed better, seeing almost three times as many weekly mentions as other artists with similar reach. I'm a music data journalist and charts manager at Pandora, and chances are, yes I have heard of that one band from Portland. Last year saw major growth in Korean hip-hop and web dramas, with Korean rap artists holding concerts overseas and Korean web dramas becoming available on numerous international streaming sites. If so, then why? If we forgot someone, feel free to drop us a comment. 3 Thailand. BTS and their fans -- the BTS ARMY -- deftly ended Bieber's six-year streak to win the Top Social Artist Award at the Billboard Music Awards to the tune of more than 300 million votes worldwide. While Bieber and Beyoncé both significantly outperformed other artists with similar reach, there are a small number of artists who are way out of this range, who massively, epically outpace other artists in their reach neighborhood. ), BTS poses in the press room at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Nov.... [+] 19, 2017, in Los Angeles. Data from Next Big Sound, a music data analytics company owned by Pandora that powers the Social 50, indicates that when you look at the average amount of activity per fan, K-pop fans seem to be in their own league.