Top 15 KPOP Popular Songs
The world of KPOP industry has produced a multitude of iconic songs that have captivated global audiences.
These songs exemplify K-pop’s ability to blend diverse musical elements, engaging choreography, and visually stunning music videos to create global sensations. While these songs represent just a fraction of K-pop’s extensive catalog, their impact has solidified their status as some of the genre’s most popular and enduring tracks.
In this post, we’ll determine the most popular KPOP song at all times! Scroll down to this post and get to know more about their captivating music.
15 Most Popular KPOP Song
Rank #1 – DDU-DU DDU-DU/BLACK PINK
The single “DDU-DU DDU-DU” was released on August 22, 2018.
With its characteristic dance and addictive songs, it has attracted a lot of attention since its release.
It has also won first place in 44 countries on iTunes and is attracting attention all over the world.
BLACKPINK (Black Pink, 블랙핑크, BLΛƆKPIИK)
YG Entertainment’s girl group debuted on August 8, 2016, with the singles “BOOMBAYAH” and “WHISTLE” from the single album “SQUARE ONE”. The group consists of four members from South Korea, Australia and Thailand.
The abbreviation is 블핑 (bulpin). The official fan club name is “BLINK”. This is YG Entertainment’s first girl group in 7 years since 2NE1. On August 30th, released the mini-album “BLACKPINK” and debuted in Japan.
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Rank #2 – DNA/BTS
Includes the single “MIC Drop/DNA/Crystal Snow” released on December 6, 2017.
As of 2018, they are the first Korean group to reach 500 million MV views. As of 2020, the number of views exceeds 900 million, and it is still a highly popular song.
Bulletproof Boy Scouts (BTS)
A Korean male hip-hop idol group that debuted on June 13, 2013. The group name has the meaning of preventing (stopping) the social prejudice and oppression (bullets called bullets) directed at teens and twenties, and also defending their music and values.
Bang Si Hyuk, who was working as a composer at JYP Entertainment, went independent in 2005, established the entertainment agency Big Hit Entertainment, and debuted BTS as his first boy idol group. With BIGBANG as their role model, the members also compose and write their own lyrics, and actively participate in the production of the album.
Rank #3 – TT/TWICE
Included in the 3rd mini-album “TWICEcoaster: LANE 1” released on October 24, 2016.
Achieved 13 music program crowns, surpassing the previous work “CHEER UP”.
Despite not debuting in Japan, it ranked 10th in the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking.
TWICE
A girl group belonging to JY Entertainment debuted on October 20, 2015, with their 1st mini album “THE STORY BEGINS”. It was formed through a Korean survival audition program called “SIXTEEN”.
The group name TWICE the meaning of “I will give you a good impression once with good music and again with a wonderful performance”. The official fan club name and the generic name of the fans are called “ONCE”. Official colors are Apricot & Neon Magenta. On June 28, 2017, they released their best album “#TWICE” and made their debut in Japan.
Rank #4 – BBoom BBoom/MOMOLAND
Includes the 3rd mini-album “GREAT!” released in January 2018.
It is a popular song that recorded a long hit in Korea and has also won 4th place on the Billboard World Digital Song Chart. Despite its retro sound, it features highly addictive melodies.
MOMOLAND
A girl group under MLD Entertainment. It consists of members who passed the survival audition program “Looking for MOMOLAND”. Released 1st single “Wonderful Love” on April 26, 2017. Since then, he has held frequent events and fan meetings in Japan
Rank #5 – FANTASTIC BABY/BIG BANG
A super famous song that even people who don’t know KPOP have heard at least once.
Includes 4th full album “ALIVE” released on March 28, 2012.
BIGBANG (big bang, 빅뱅)
A music group belonging to YG Entertainment debuted in Korea in 2006 and in Japan in 2009.
In June 2009, despite already gaining popularity in South Korea, the five of them began a long-term joint life in an apartment in Tokyo in order to focus on Japan in earnest.
On November 26, 2009, she won the “Gold Artist Award” at the 42nd Best Hit Kayosai.
At the 42nd Japan Cable Awards, she won the Best Newcomer Award for “Keiko wo Kekasete”.
On December 30th, he won the Best New Artist Award at the 51st Japan Record Awards with “Garagara GO!!”. In 2016, they surpassed Japan’s top idol Arashi and recorded the largest annual audience (1.85 million) among all artists who performed in Japan.
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Rank #6 – LOVE SCENARIO/iKON
Lead song of the 2nd album “Return” released in 2018. The members are involved in writing, composing, and dancing, and the highly sympathetic lyrics are attractive.
iKON (icon, 아이콘)
A six-member South Korean hip-hop group that debuted under YG Entertainment in 2015.
Their 2nd full-length album, released in January 2018, topped major music sites’ real-time music charts for 43 days.
As a boy group, it recorded the most prolonged period of 1st place for the first time in 10 years. In the first half of 2018, they were recognized as the best idol group on the Korean music chart “Genie”.
Rank #7 – Just Right/GOT7
The title song of the 3rd mini album “Just Right (Korean version)” was released on July 13, 2015.
In March 2017, the number of views reached 100 million views, making GOT7 the first JYP Entertainment male group to get 100 million views.
GOT7 (갓세븐)
A seven-member South Korean boy group formed by JYP Entertainment. On January 20, 2014, they released their first mini-album “Got it? (Korean version)” in Korea and made their official debut.
On October 22, 2014, they made their debut in Japan with the release of Japan’s first debut single “AROUND THE WORLD”. The group name has the meaning of “7 lucky (GOT) people gather and go together forever”. The official fan club name is ‘I GOT7’ and the abbreviation is ‘Agase’ which means baby bird.
Rank #8 – Bad Boy/Red Velvet
The title song of the 3rd mini album “Just Right (Korean version)” was released on July 13, 2015. In March 2017, the number of views reached 100 million views, making GOT7 the first JYP Entertainment male group to get 100 million views.
The lead song of the 2nd full album “Perfect Velvet” was released on January 29, 2018—a hip-hop-based dance song with a heavy sound.
Red Velvet
A Korean girl group under SM Entertainment debuted on August 4, 2014. The group’s name, Red Velvet, says, “We will captivate the world with colorful and sophisticated music and performances, like the image of red, which is an intense and seductive color, and velvet, which is feminine and soft.” the meaning is included.
Red Velvet is said to have a concept between the popularity of the senior group Girls’ Generation and the experimentalism of f(x). At the beginning of their debut, the group consisted of 4 members, Seulgi, Irene, Joy, and Wendy, but Yeri joined as a new member with the release of their first mini-album “Ice Cream Cake” on March 17, 2015, making the group a 5-member group. becomes.
Rank #9 – I AM THE BEST/2NE1
Mini album “2NE1 2nd Mini Album” released on July 28, 2011, “2NE1 2nd Mini Album” released on September 21, Japanese version “NOLZA” included.
2NE1 (Twenty-One, 투애니원)
A female music group under YG Entertainment. In 2009, he appeared on the Korean music scene with the digital single “Lollipop” with BIGBANG and officially debuted with the single “Fire” on May 6th of the same year.
On April 5, 2016, Minji announced her departure from YG Entertainment without renewing her contract. She announced that she will not add any members and will continue her activities with the three of them.
On November 25, 2016, YG Entertainment officially announced the disbandment of 2NE1.
Without re-signing Bom, CL, and Dara each signed as solo artists.
Rank #10 – CALL ME BABY/EXO
The title song of the 2nd full-length album was Eightfold on March 30, 2015. There are multiple versions such as the stage version, the Chinese version, and the music video version, and it is a song that makes use of EXO’s high performance.
EXO
A male idol group under SM Entertainment debuted on April 8, 2012. In 2012, it split into EXO-K, which is active in Korea, and EXO-M, which is active in China. In 2013, K and M merged into EXO, and in 2014, they split into K and M again. Are active.
The group name is inspired by Exoplanet, which means an extrasolar planet, and each member has a fictitious supernatural power based on the concept of “a new star from an unknown world.”
Rank #11 – Gee/SNSD (Girls’ Generation)
A song recorded in the 1st mini-album was released on January 5, 2009. It became a record-breaking hit, winning 1st place for 9 consecutive weeks on the Korean music program “Music Bank”.
Known as Girls’ Generation’s representative song, it is also extremely popular in Japan.
Girls’ Generation
A Korean girl group affiliated with SM Entertainment that debuted in August 2007 with “Into the New Worl”. In Korea, 소녀시대 (Sonyeoside, Korean reading of “Girls’ Generation”) in Hangul, English notation is Girls’ Generation (Girls’ Generation).
In October 2017, SM Entertainment announced that Girls’ Generation would be reorganized into five members, excluding members who did not renew their contracts, and the KPOP world was shocked by the large-scale member change of the popular group. Ran.
Rank #12 – Dalla Dalla/Itzy
A song included in the 1st single “IT’zy Different” was released on February 12, 2019. The song contains elements of house and hip-hop and has reached 100 million views on the Gaon Digital Chart. It became the highest number of views ever for a K-POP group’s debut MV.
ITZY
A five-member girl group that debuted on February 12, 2019, from JYP Entertainment in South Korea. At the beginning of its formation, it attracted attention as a younger sister group of TWICE and is still very popular today. From November to January 2019, the tour was held in 11 cities including Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, and the United States.
Rank #13 – Shine/Pentagon
The title song of the mini album “Shine” was released in 2018. Characterized by comical lyrics with an otaku theme, it gained explosive popularity through word of mouth. It showed growth to the extent that it is said to be a reverse run chart.
PENTAGON (Pentagon, 펜타곤)
A 9-member male idol group was selected in Korea’s debut reality program “PENTAGON MAKER”. They made their debut on October 10, 2016, with the mini-album “PENTAGON”. The name of the group means that there are members who fulfill all five major abilities that are essential for idols: vocals, rap, dance, teamwork, aura, and mind.
Rank #14 – Mr.Simple/Super Junior
The title song of the 5th album “Mr.Simple” was released in August 2011. Record sales of more than 500,000 copies since Tohoshinki’s “MIROTIC”.
Super Junior
A Korean male idol group under SM Entertainment debuted in 2005. SUPER JUNIOR, which debuted on November 6, 2005, with 12 members, has 13 members with the addition of Kyuhyun as a new member from the single ‘U’. Unlike previous groups, SUPER JUNIOR aims to produce not only singers but also talents, actors, MCs, comedians, composers, models, and other top stars in various fields.
At the beginning of Loop’s formation, the group name was Super Junior 05 as a project group that regularly changed members, but due to protests by fans who did not want to change members, his group name 05 was deleted from the single “U”.
Since then, he has been working as a member of SUPER JUNIOR. Due to the withdrawal of members, self-restraint of activities, military service, etc., it is currently active with 7 members.
Rank #15 – Never Ever/GOT7
Included in the album “FLIGHT LOG: Arrival” released on March 15, 2017. The future sound and hip-hop rhythm are comfortable, and the performance of the members is also an attractive song.
GOT7 (갓세븐)
A seven-member Korean boy group that debuted under JYP Entertainment. They made their debut with the mini-album “Got it?” released on January 20, 2014, and topped the Billboard World Album Chart. On October 22nd of the same year, they made their Japanese debut with the single “AROUND THE WORLD”.
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