Top 10 Most Popular K-Pop Girl Groups (2019)
The popularity of K-Pop is rising every day. Plenty of Korean girl groups are rising in popularity each day and have lots of fans all around the world. There are many K-Pop girl groups, but the following top 10 are considered to be the most popular K-Pop girl groups in 2019.
Top 10 Most Popular K-Pop Girl Groups (2018)
- BLACKPINK
- Twice
- Red Velvet
- Girls' Generation
- GFriend
- Mamamoo
- EXID
- f (x)
- Girl's Day
- Apink
Which of the K-Pop girl groups listed above is your favorite? Make sure to vote for the group you like the most in the poll at the end of the article. But if your favorite is missing in the list, tell me about it in the comment section below!
1. BlackPink
Years Active: 2016–present
Albums: BlackPink consists of five singles, two EPs and ten music videos. BlackPink released its first single on CD entitled Square One on August 8, 2016.
Members: Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, Lisa
BlackPink, also stylized as BLACKPINK, is the highest-charting female K-Pop band formed by YG Entertainment. The four-member group consisting of Jisoo, Rosé, Lisa, and Jennie, debuted in 2016. Their single "Boombayah" became their first number-one hit on Billboard World Digital Songs chart and is the most-viewed debut music video by a Korean act! In 2017, BlackPink made a strong comeback with "As If It’s Your Last", that achieved over 14 million views on YouTube in less than 24 hours!
Production Company: YG Entertainment, Avex
Associated Acts: YG Family
2. Twice
Years Active: 2015–present
Albums: Twicetagram (2017)
Members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Tzuyu
Twice is the first K-Pop girl group that earned Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of Japan for both album and CD single in the same year! Formed by JYP Entertainment through the competition reality show SIXTEEN, the girl band debuted in 2015 with their mini-album The Story Begins. There are nine members: Jeongyeon, Nayeon, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, Momo, Sana, and Tzuyu. With wide recognition and popularity in the general public, Twice has been called the new/next "Nation’s Girl Group".
Production Company: JYP Entertainment, Warner Music Japan
Associated Acts: JYP Nation
3. Red Velvet
Years Active: 2014–present
Albums: The Red (2015), Perfect Velvet (2017)
Members: Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, Joy, Yeri
The group with the most number-one albums on the chart that received numerous awards for music, choreography, and popularity, such as Golden Disc New Artist Award and the Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Female Group in 2017, Red Velvet. Also formed by S.M. Entertainment, the group debuted in 2014 with four members: Irene, Seulgi, Wendy, and Joy. (In 2015, a fifth member, Yeri, joined the group). Red Velvet is known for their unique concept, defined by two different images, "Red" and "Velvet". "Red" is their brighter, vivid side, whereas "Velvet" reflects their softer, more elegant concept.
Production Company: SM Entertainment, Avex Trax
Associated Acts: SM Town, SM Rookies
4. Girl's Generation
Years Active: 2007–present
Albums: Girls' Generation (2007), Oh! (2010), The Boys (2011), I Got a Boy (2013), Lion Heart (2015), Holiday Night (2017), Girls' Generation (2011), Girls & Peace (2012), Love & Peace (2013)
Members: Taeyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sooyoung, Yoona, Seohyun
Girl’s Generation, also referred to as SoShi, or SNSD, formed in 2007 by SM Entertainment. The girl band debuted with nine members by performing their first single "Into the New World". But there are only five current members left: Taeyeon, Sunny, Hyoyeon, Yuri, and Yoona. Jessica departed from Girl’s Generation in 2014, and three more members: Tiffany, Sooyoung, and Seohyun decided not to renew their contracts with SM Entertainment in 2017. The musical style of the group is characterized as electropop and bubblegum pop, though their sound incorporates different genres including hip-hop, RNB, and EDM. With their immense popularity, Girl’s Generation are considered as one of the most sought-out advertisers in South Korea, as the group members have the most influence over consumers.
Production Company: SM Entertainment, EMI Japan, Interscope
Associated Acts: SM Town, Girls' Generation-TTS
5. GFriend
Years Active: 2015–present
Albums: LOL (2016)
Members: Sowon, Yerin, Eunha, Yuju, SinB, Umji
Also known as Girlfriend, GFRIEND is a six-member girl group formed by Source Music in 2015. The K-Pop group consists of Sowon, Eunha, Yuju, Yerin, SinB, and Umji. Despite coming from a small company, the band won numerous 2015 female rookie awards and took first place on many music shows in 2016. It also should be noted that the pre-orders for their fourth album titled The Awakening with the title track "Fingertip" exceeded 100,000 units!
Production Company: Source Music, King Records
Associated Acts: N/A
6. Mamamoo
Years Active: 2014–present
Albums: Melting (2016)
Members: Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein, Hwasa
Mamamoo is well known for their retro, jazz, and R&B concepts and vocal performances. They formed in 2014 with four members: Solar, Moonbyuk, Wheein, and Hwasa. The group debuted with their retro-inspired song with a funk rhythm, titled "Mr. Ambiguous" (to their first mini-album Hello) and was considered one of the best debuts of 2014. The next year they solidified their position in the K-Pop world with the album Pink Funky with the title song "Um Oh Ah Yeh". Known particularly for their funky pop songs, Mamamoo surprises the audience with a powerful pop ballad "Paint Me" (2017) that emphasizes the group’s soulful side.
Production Company: RBW
Associated Acts: Esna
7. EXID
Years Active: 2012–present
Albums: Street (2016)
Members: Solji, LE, Hani, Hyelin, Jeonghwa
EXID (short for "Exceed in Dreaming"), is a girl group under AB Entertainment with five talented members: LE, Soliji, Hani, Hyerin, and Jeonghwa. The band made their debut in 2012 with the single "Holla" but it was not until 2014, that the group gained popularity with the hugely successful single "Up & Down". At the beginning of 2017, EXID released the second Chinese single "Up & Down" and removed the original one from their YT channel.
Production Company: Banana Culture Entertainment, AB Entertainment
Associated Acts: C-Clown, Shinsadong Tiger, Bestie
8. F(x)
Years Active: 2009–present
Albums: Pinocchio (2011), Pink Tape (2013), Red Light (2014), 4 Walls (2015)
Members: Victoria, Amber, Luna, Krystal
One of the few internationally recognized k-pop groups, this four-member girl group under SM Entertainment consists of four members: Victoria, Amber, Luna, and Krystal. F(x) is considered to be a multinational group since it's composed of members from South Korea, China, and the US. The band makes dance-oriented pop music and wins favorable responses in terms of their experimental concepts presented through every song they have released.
Production Company: S.M. Entertainment, Avex Trax
Associated Acts: SM Town
9. Girl's Day
Years Active: 2010–present
Albums: Summer Party (2014), Girl's Day Party in Zepp (2012), Winter Party (2014), Autumn Party (2015)
Members: Sojin, Yura, Minah, Hyeri
Girl’s Day formed in 2010 with five members but currently consists of only four: Sojin, Yura, Minah and Hyeri. In 2017, Dream Tea Entertainment, under which the gorgeous girl group was formed, revealed that Girl’s Day was set to comeback after almost a two-year break during which its members focused on their solo activities. On the day of their comeback, the music video for I’ll Be Yours was released and hit more than 2 million views in just 24 hours (on 1theK’s YouTube channel)!
Production Company: Dream Tea Entertainment (South Korea), Kiss Entertainment (Japan)
Associated Acts: N/A
10. Apink
Years Active: 2011–present
Albums: Une Année (2012), Pink Memory (2015), Pink Revolution (2016), Pink Season (2015), Pink Doll (2016), Pink Stories (2017)
Members: Park Cho-rong, Yoon Bo-mi, Jung Eun-ji, Son Na-eun, Kim Nam-joo, Oh Ha-young
Apink is one of the most popular South Korean groups composed of amazingly talented and beautiful members. Formed by Plan A Entertainment, it’s a six-member group: Chorong, Bomi, Eunji, Naeun, Namjoo, Hayoung (the seventh member, Yookyung, left the group in 2013 to focus on her studies). Apink achieved great success and recognition not only in Asia – the group made its way to Japan (they released their Japanese album, Pink season), Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Taiwan and also toured North America (they became the first K-Pop girl group to do it since 2012).
Production Company: Plan A Entertainment, UMG (EMI)
Associated Acts: N/A
Highest Selling Korean Pop Albums
Artist
| Album
| Sales
|
|---|---|---|
Kim Gun-mo
| "Wrongful Encounter"
| 3,300,000
|
Jo Sung-mo
| "For Your Soul"
| 2,047,152
|
Jo Sung-mo
| "Let Me Love"
| 2,042,096
|
Seo Taiji and Boys
| "Seo Taiji and Boys IV"
| 2,000,000
|
g.o.d
| "Chapter 3: Lies"
| 1,824,278
|
g.o.d
| "Chapter 4: Road"
| 1,738,082
|
BTS
| "Wings (Full & RG)"
| 1,702,266
|
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Comments
Hi I was reading the comments and it seemed as if Once are the ones who is starting this "war". It's funny because they are saying " oh Twice should be #1", " They sold out the tickets faster" and ect. But if they are so good why weren't they invited to coachella? Why did they break youtube's record? Why were they ranked #1 most popular kpop girl group? If they weren't talented, they wouldn't be #1 and ranked #1 evrywhere. So why are we still fighting. The results are in. Dont be like " this (kpop girl group) should've been #1" Because the results are in and you don't have to say anything about it.
P.S. Once. Your ONE of the reason why people hate twice.
Mamamoo is the Best. Vocally.
Momoland and BP and Red Velvet
For me Twice,Red Velvet and Etc. Are good and all and every kpop girl group are deserving to be the best but as you can see in my name im a blink.I think BLACKPINK deserves this because blackpink made me love kpop sooo much and they sold soo many albums and almost all there songs are still a REVOLUTION until now 2019(Blackpink is the revolution)Anyways Love you Twice,Red velvet and the rest!!
Obviously mamamoo. They are the vocal queens. We Stan talent not popularity
I love dreamcatcher
Stop hating blackpink it reallyhurts me just stop itsnotbcuz 8f thealbum they sold or anything or thenumber ofsongs or how many years theyve been in the industry so shut your asses up onces youre just jealouss cuz u want twice to be up.u guys wanna knowwhy blackpink always gets first bcuz they areloved by ppl sincerely and they are known WORLDWIDE ok so shut up onces.i dont hatetwice but instead i love them but just stop cuz they are bffs even blackpink twice are bffs so why cant onces and blinks be bffs.at least twice is #2 not #55 right??so its still fine!!
Blackpink is the best. Stop hating on them. And go fetch yourself a life because you are never gonna get anywhere if you keep hating. And stop saying which kpop group should be first because the results are in your face.
Red Velvet is my favorite group and I love Wendy. Her voice is so pretty.
I also love BLACKPINK. Lisa is my bias because even though she's young she's and amazing rapper and dancer.
HAHHAHAHAH, i cant stop laughing reading the comments. Pls stop being loser and don't say bad thing to blackpink, they're just humans like you, and don't y'all dare to say that twice/redv/the other groups should be the 1st cuz this election depends not only on you but also depends on all beings in this world, blackpink has like 45 % Geeeezzzz... stop being a loser. HAHAH...
Not being rude but I need to cause your being rude to so its fair and square :p
Loser~
Umm... guys pls don't say rude things, you're killing me. And one more thing, its not about how many songs and album sold, its about how people love it from their heart and patience. Pls make this comment session peace~ And stop being dramatic cause its just so annoying.
Thankyou if you're reading this, god bless~
Mamamoo❤
Let me be real, all these groups are great and all but, Twice should have been 1st considering how much they have sold (albums), and f(x), girl’s day shouldn’t have been in this list at least for 2018. Momoland, Iz*one, Loona, gidle, lovelyz and wjsn
Red velvet and blackpink
yall kno everybody knows girls generation before this
Girls’s Generation FOREVER!!! GG4EVA THE GROUP MADE ME LOVE KPOP
Girl’s generation
Girl’s generation
As a girl group stan ever since I went into Kpop, I have to say that each girl group has their own charisma and if you go watch their variety shows they are all very kind people with strong bondings with their group mates. I hope there will be less immature fan wars looking down on any group or simple defining one group’s worth by numbers or achievements. Let’s just appreciate the great variety of styles, concepts, visuals, characters and talents in all girl groups, and do less meaningless and hurtful comparisons... Especially don’t hate on the group itself even when a fandom is immature... Come on gg stans we have to unite~ All the ggs deserve better! P.S. It was YoonSic in SNSD that got me into Kpop and my current faves are J-line in Twice, Lisa in BP, Yeri in RV, and more :)
Twice~ Dome Tour fighting
Geez.... so many hate comments about blackpink. I saw someone say that Blackpink Europe tickets didn’t sold out. Hello! It’s just two places only ok? Don’t remember, Thailand, Philippine and more,these tickets were sold out in1minute. Blinks , let’s kust keep loving our Blackpink. Don’t bother those haters. Actually, I was trying to love other groups like Twice but I failed because of those FAKE FAN!
BLACKPINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
twice
Blackpink is the best
Mamamoo is the best. They can sing live!
I started listening Red Velvet, but this female Korean groups are ALL excellent!
Twice is the best for me
BlackPink is number 1 in my opinion, they’re the group that got me into k-pop. I do like Twice and Red Velvet also f(x) but still bp is my favorite. Btw my favorite is Jennie and Lisa in bp. Wendy and Irene in Red Velvet. Dahyun and Nayeon in Twice. And I’m not trying to start a fan war but bp is just my favorite.
Momoland
Why is there no Momoland
black pink is the best. Rose and lisa. rose and lisa. Rose and lisa. Rose rose
Is this a place for fan war?
My no 1 girls group are
Twice , Blackpink , Mamamoo
And Red velvet
Twice is much more popular this poll cannot define who is much more popular in a sense, bp is not as popular as youb cannot underestimate twice as they have did nothing in vwestern countrires ig they do then they will be more popular then than blackpink
I am a fan of bts. But my favorite girl group is blackpink. I am so happy to see their
position. My favorite
member is lisa.
damn these jealous blackpink haters cant accept the fact that they are jealous and blackpink is better. come on blinks lets ignore these haters and make blackpink stay #1.
I LOVE f(x) and Mamamoo!
MY QUEENS!!!
i really think bp doesn’t deserve the first place but it’s not their fault, ya didn’t gave them the enough vocal training jisoo is doing great Lisa is improving rose and Jennie need a little of improving but Jennie needs to get up her energy she isn’t doing well with black pink but with her solo she gets instantly a power up she should be solo instead of in a group sincerely
i wish i could choose more than one and i wish there were more options damn i cant make a desicio on kpop groups i love them all
blackpink i love
mamamoo i love
twice i love
(G)-idle i love
red velvet i love
g-friend i love
Kard i love (boy and girl but i dont care)
Blinks lets just ignore these jealous haters who cant accept that blackpink is good. Just ignore them haters. Just keep liking blackpink. Also for the haters out there who are jealous of blackpink's success, you need to stop spreading needs hatred in their world so please stop. As for blinks, keep on being blinks. LOVE YOU BLACKPINK. FYI, twice fans are going overboard, stop it and get some help
blackpink did have world tour but nobody buy the ticket at the Europe stop so pitty，but Twice have 1 minute sold oot dome concert that have 55000 capacity pls
Those who are say that Bp have only 9 songs dont realize the impact they have created with only these 9 songs and within 2 and a half years..
Also they only have ONE MINI ALBUM till now and you cant compare the sales of one mini album with sales of other groups' more than one and full albums
Bp's digital sales are too good,their songs trend in like 40 countries ,jennie's solo alone reached top of word's itune charts surpassing famous american artists like Nicki minaj...they are the only korean gg which have achieved so much on billboard...they have broken and so many records...
They could sell out all the tickets for a DOME concert in japan wih with only 9 songs even though cocnerts with 9 songs isnt even possible lmao but BP did that...they are having world tours now just after 2 years of debut and are selling out tickets in minutes..there arena tour in North America got conpletely sold out in mins and they are now doing two extra shows and even in Europe thier tickets sold out in minutes....There are so many other recrods of BP that i havent mentioned lol..they deserve all the success they have now cuz success deosnt come to anyone for nothing..they are still young and have a long way to go in the future!
CONGRATS BLACKPINK
BLACKPINK uecthe best group . I love them and wanna meet them.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Not even surprised that it is Blackpink!
They slay
They are really mad at BLACKPINK but why?
So much hate at blackpink bcuz ur just jealous
BLACKPINK IN YOUR AREA
Blackpink yang terbaik dan gril group poppuler international
blink
Yess Blinks!!!
Stay a blink. (only for blinks)
lol, a band must be known for their song and achievment,
visual is important, but don't make it blind u
although i prefer twice, but 2018 is red v's year
black pink is the best
Twice is the best girl group ever I actually don’t know how BlackPink is more Popullar
momoland are my fave but i love all of these girl groups !
I love Blackpink
I luv BP! My fave member is Jennie
i loveeeeeee blackpink but theres one member that i hate she has a great voice but for me she is cringy and ugly and horrieble at dancing for my openion and her name is rose i hate her so much
Blackpink is my favourite and favourite music artist is Jisoo but some people don't even like blackpink I'm a English person that's loves kpop fan #don't take this seriously
BLACKPINK IS THE BEST
BLACKPINK THE BEST
Nice comment Zenray cuz i also wanted to say this bcuz i am a true army .Eventhough i am not one those immatured army i still agree with Zenray because we cannot ship them with bts . what if bts did not like this ship ????? plz don't hate me for sayin like this
Black pink is the best
BLACKPINK THE BEST❤️❤️❤️
TWICE is he worldwide girlgroup not BLACKPINK
ok, i don't know why i am sayig this cause i am not a k pop fan and all
(plus I am Korean)but still i don't think anyone of us should mock any
k-pop groups cause they are ALL hard working.
PEACE BE WITH ALL THE FANS THAT HAS DIFFERENT OPINIONS
BlackPink is the best!
I want to meet them!!!!
Pleaseeeeeee
Itzy
Twice
Red Velvet, SNSD, Apink, EXID rules!!
I think many blink fans ships the bts and black pink . and I hate it . And jenniy has date kai . i don't think that jenniy deserves tae . if your an real army then don't ship with bts black pink
4th Impact
BLACKPINK are famous in the world wide and they have a world tour did twice have enough fans to make a world tour ? No because their famous in Japan and Korea :)
Blackpink
twice
Go BlackPink!!!! I love Twice and RedVelvet too but BlackPink is my ultimate stan!!!! I LOVE YOU BLACKPINK!!! (no hate I like other groups like mama moo and SNSD too but those are my top three)
❤️❤️❤️❤️
twice and blackpink
apink
you guys should learn to appreciate blackpink's efforts.
I am a huge fan of blackpink and bts, hoping blackpink could calloborate with bts, A.R.M.Y and blinks yeah!
First of all, why do you guys seem like you really hate blackpink? Does blackpink has a problem with you?
and...
Even do twice has lots of songs than blackpink, but who is more famous? blackpink right? it doesn't matter if their songs is just a bit, but most of them instantly got famous. And don't you guys remember Jennies single 'Solo' it went famous and on 1st on top of the chart for 8 days. It got 60 millions view at any minute. And I remember you all that we (blinks) don't ship romantic-ly bts x blackpink (but theres a bit romance) we just want bts and blackpink to collaborate again. And don't you guys just say shut it blinks EVEN DO YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW THAT BLINKS ARE MORE MANY THAN ONCES/REVELUVS. Stay one blinks!
And yeah I agree that blackpink is not as girly as the other girl k-pop groups :p. I'm not gonna say shut it to anyone but can you pls stop mocking blackpink and say that the other groups should be at the top! you guys need to learn HUMANITY. Come on blinks lets defend blackpink to be at the top!
You all should appreciate BLACKPINK and don't ridicule them because they have worked hard you know!, let me ask you, are you as good as they are? And I think blackpink is not as girly as the other k-pop groups, so keep quiet onces and ReVeluvs, BLACKPINK RULES! (no hate)
TWICE is the most hard-working group, both by group and by individual. Blackpink is ok but they have only, i think, less than 10 songs except the Jap versions. I think they're the most popular bec they tour every now and then with the same songs over and over. I love TWICE and all their songs. No hate! \ /,
Well, for those who are againts of Blackpink's popularity, just shut up! Blackpink is popular not just in Southeast Asia as well as in International. Blackpink made history in International that other girl groups haven't yet and can't.
Red velvets the best
TWICE is hands down the top group, it's not even close
blackpink is just popular in Southeast Asia, so shut up blink
BLACKPINK IS THE BEST!!!
twice might be popular to korea but blackpink is quite famous in other countries unlike any other group.
do people that ship blackpink and bts deserve rights? no. people that do are just so embarrasing and annoying. stream dna and yes or yes for clear skin, and stop shipping idols romantically and disrespecting them
Actually, this list isn't acurate at all...
First, we should all already know that currently and for that past few years of the Hallyu Wave, Twice remains the most popular and successful group. Red Velvet is not so far behind, either. International media makes it seem as if Blackpink is the most popular or successful group but thats all international. I have traveled to Korea a total of 3 times, and let me tell you that Blackpink isn't even that mainstream here. twice and BTS completely dominate the charts, and are the most talked about groups along with Exo.
Please list the albums and EP's correctly please. twice dont only have one album, and blackpinks "singles" are part of the EP's...
Popularity is just 'popularity' but if we will going to talk to the best selling album... will TWICE are the one and the only girl group that was in top five.. so what's the fame...
TWICE is in the top 10 in GAON music (the place whereyou can see how many albume each group sold) with 8 albume while BLACKPINK have 0(ZERO) in top 500...they aren't even ranked
Popularity in whole world and that is blackpink
And now they will be performing in coachella
I love blackpink
Twice and G-IDLE are the best
I dont hate any group but people must know mamamoo and support them more
I love both Blackpink and Twice but I really think that they aren’t the best girl groups on this list. First off, they’ve only been around for two years while others like Snsd and F(x) have been popular for a decade. Also, Blackpink has only produced 9 songs in their two years while Red Velvet made about 40 in that same time span. Not to mention, Twice’s cutie girl concept is getting old pretty fast. I love girly sounding music, but since that is their sole concept, every song just sounds the same. I know that these things aren’t their faults, but that doesn’t make them any better than these other groups. I am really into Twice and Blackpink’s music, but I just wish that other groups got more recognition for doing the things that these two haven’t done.
Could't be more accurate than this. Black Pink is by far the most famous Korean girl group in the world. I am a K- Pop fan but here in India, people who don't listen to K Pop at all know Black Pink and BTS. The don't know and frankly don't care about other groups.
twice
NOT EVEN SURPRISED ITS BLACKPINK
TBH!! ...
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