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Lists about the colorful, impossibly catchy musical epidemic that has swept East Asia—and the rest of the world— in the 21st Century.

K-Pop

If you can't dance, you can't be a K-pop star, baby! K-pop&nbsp;lovers know that this genre is all about the presentation. The perfectly coordinated and timed dance moves, flashy outfits, and outrageously high tech stages are just the cherry on top of the ginormous sundae that is K-pop. To be the <a href="/list/k-pop-bands-and-musicians/reference">best Kpop idol</a>, you have to nail your dance moves. From professional ballet dancers to world champion b-boys, from fan favorites to best dancers voted by fellow idols, this list of best dancers in K-pop&nbsp;has them all!The best K-pop dance can only be performed by the best dancers, and the guys and girls on this list have the moves it takes to be great. <a href="/list/kpop-idols-before-and-after-photos-weight-loss-success/onlysuy?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">K-pop idols</a> like Yunho, Lee Taemin, and Zelo are just some of the best K-pop dancers in history, but who do you think should be #1? Vote for the idols you think are the top dancers in K-pop music or rerank the list to add <a href="/list/the-ultimate-favorites-list/stevo200?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">your favorites</a>!

Here are the best Kpop girl groups of all time, including <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-girl-groups-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">current Kpop&nbsp;groups</a> making the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-songs-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">best K-pop songs of 2019</a>. There are so many good Korean girl groups now, and Kpop&nbsp;agencies, like YG, JYP, and S.M., have a lot of competition from smaller yet popular South Korean entertainment companies, like Fantagio, Pledis, and Jellyfish.&nbsp;Out of all the artists found here, which are the best K-pop girl groups? Make sure to also check the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/korean-boy-band-bands-list/reference" target="_blank">best Kpop&nbsp;boy groups</a>&nbsp;and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-solo-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">best Kpop&nbsp;solo artists</a>.

Whether you&#39;re a fan of older K-pop groups, like S.E.S., Brown Eyed Girls, Girls&#39; Generation, and&nbsp;T-ara, or into the new girl groups, like Twice, BlackPink, Loona, and Red Velvet, you can find them all here on this list of Korean&nbsp;girl groups. Disbanded groups, like Wonder Girls, 2NE1, 4Minute, and Sistar, and subunits, like Orange Caramel, TaeTiSeo, and AOA Cream,&nbsp;are also included.

Vote up the best K-pop girl groups you find the most talented. Feel free to any underrated female groups missing from this list.&nbsp;

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Here is the Best K-pop Groups list, with photos, ranked best to worst by votes. Make sure to also vote for the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-songs-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">best K-pop songs of 2019</a>! These are only groups, so check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-solo-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">best K-pop solo artists</a> if you&#39;re looking for individuals. The genre of K-pop sometimes includes a range of musical styles - pop and rock, yes, but even metal and R&amp;B. The main defining characteristics of K-Pop are the music&#39;s origins - South Korea - and the audiovisual elements that usually go with the songs. This list of the top K-pop groups in the world includes all musicians who have released recordings that have gotten distribution, and is an up-to-date and current list. K-pop groups and artists are shown below along with any additional genres in which their music belongs. If available, you can also see information about where all the bands on this list got started. These are truly the greatest K-pop bands of all time, since the most famous K-pop artists ever are listed, and the order is decided by the actual fans. You can also vote for the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/korean-boy-band-bands-list/reference" target="_blank">best Kpop boy groups</a> and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-girl-groups/ranker-music" target="_blank">best Kpop girl groups</a> separately.&nbsp;

You can click on the K-pop band names to see more information about that particular notable group. If they&#39;re near the top of the best list, they should have at least some information available. Who are your favorite Kpop boys and male singers? All the top K-pop bands named on the list also have discographies on their pages if you click on the band names themselves, and some might even appear on this list of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-dancers-of-all-time/onlysuy">best K-pop dancers</a>.

Use every item on this list to make your own, from Big Bang to Girl&#39;s Generation - from your favorite all-girl Korean bands to the best Kpop boy bands. Rock the vote (not the boat) by clicking thumbs up on your favorite artists. Show your appreciation for artists like EXO or 2NE1 by voting for them.

This list answers the questions &quot;who are the best k-pop bands of all time?&quot; and &quot;who is the greatest K-pop musician ever?&quot; However, even the best artists might have ended up on this list of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/k-pop-idols-who-have-committed-a-crime/onlysuy">K-pop idols who committed a crime</a>.

If you know enough about the genre, please vote based on the quality of the band&#39;s music instead of just voting for the most popular K-pop bands that you might&#39;ve heard of, but not really listened to closely enough to cast an informed vote. If Korean rock music is what you like, check out this list of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/korean-rock-bands-and-musicians/reference">best Korean rock bands and musicians</a>.

K-pop fans, it's time to vote for the hottest guys in Kpop! Featuring the best looking Kpop idols, cutest maknaes, and the sexiest men in Kpop, this list includes&nbsp;guys &nbsp;who have shirtless pics floating around and&nbsp;K-pop stars who have performed shirtless onstage. Which Kpop&nbsp;idols have the best bodies? Which male idols have the best visuals? Who is the hottest guy in K-pop?This list of hot Kpop guys includes Kai of Exo, Jungkook of BTS, your favorite Big Bang members, and even the Produce 101 Season 2 boys (vote for your <a href="/list/best-members-of-wanna-one-ranked/ranker-music" target="_blank">favorite&nbsp;Wanna&nbsp;One members here</a>).&nbsp;Vote for who you think are the hottest male K-pop idols.&nbsp;

Got7

Including the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-kpop-boy-groups/ranker-music" target="_blank">best&nbsp;new and current Kpop boy groups</a>, here is the list of <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/k-pop-bands-and-musicians/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Korean boy bands</a>&nbsp;who are currently on top of the K-pop music world making the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-songs-2020/music-lover" target="_blank">best K-pop songs of 2020!</a>&nbsp;These Kpop boy groups have won the hearts of fans&nbsp;with their singing, dancing, and style. While some of these members have gone to have solo careers, this list includes only groups, so check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-solo-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">best Kpop&nbsp;solo artists</a> for singers&nbsp;from Korea. &nbsp;Most idol groups are formed by the big three labels S.M. Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment,&nbsp;but new K-pop artists&nbsp;are emerging everyday. The boy <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/pop-rock-bands-and-musicians/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">bands and artists</a> below have played their music all over the world, but they all were formed in Korea. If you think a famous&nbsp;Korean boyband is missing from the list, then feel free to add it at the bottom so it&#39;s included with these other great acts. How do these guys compare to the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-girl-groups/ranker-music" target="_blank">best Kpop&nbsp;girl groups of all time</a>?&nbsp;

The list includes newer K-pop boy groups like&nbsp;Bangtan Boys (BTS),&nbsp;EXO, and Got7 as well as the older yet still popular bands like Big Bang, Super Junior, and SHINee. If you&#39;re trying to find names of that hot Asian male group from South Korea, use our search.

If you want to answer the questions, &quot;Who are the popular K-pop boy bands?&quot; and &quot;Which of the biggest boy bands started in Korea?&quot; then this list will answer your questions.

Including some of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-solo-artists-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">the best solo artists&nbsp;of 2019</a>&nbsp;as well as <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-kpop-solo-artists-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">new solo debuts</a>, the most popular K-pop solo artists ranked here are a variety of Korean singers, rappers, and idols who left their groups. Whether they were discovered on a reality survival show or decided to go solo after their group disbanded, the best K-pop soloists have found success in South Korean music. Who are the top K-pop artists right now?

YG Entertainment&#39;s Big Bang is one of the biggest K-pop groups ever, so it&#39;s not surprising that all five members also have successful solo careers on the side. Some female artists, like IU, BoA,&nbsp;and Ailee, have always been solo, while others, like Taeyeon, Sunmi, and Hyolyn, went solo after their groups broke up. Other good Kpop soloists include Jessica Jung, Dean, Heize, HyunA, Suzy, Jessi, and Jay Park.

Vote up the best solo artists in K-pop, and feel free to add any underrated artists missing from the list.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Who's the worst singer in&nbsp;K-pop? While there are a talented few in each K-pop group, these K-pop artists are not known for being good singers. The over-produced sounds and the fancy dance moves may trick you into thinking that these K-pop idols are talented, but you may change your mind when you hear them sing live (if you can ever can catch them singing live!).&nbsp;Some K-pop stars are blessed with a good singing voice, while others just have the looks. Fortunately for them, fans love watching great performers, so bad K-pop singers only need to dance well and capture the hearts of Netizens with their personalities (we're looking at you, Hyeri).&nbsp;Kpop idols like Junsu and Changmin are easily two of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/20-greatest-singers?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best singers</a>&nbsp;in all of K-pop music, but who are the worst singers in all of K-pop? Come on, we know you've thought that you could do better than some of these worst K-pop singers of all time.

Who's <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/20-greatest-singers?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best singer</a> in KPop? KPop is more than the goofiness of &quot;Gangnam Style&quot; and the fancy dance moves (Psst! Check out the ﻿﻿﻿<a href="/list/best-kpop-dancers-of-all-time/onlysuy">best KPop dancers</a>). In fact, more and more singers are performing on celebrity only talent shows like I am a Singer and Immortal Songs to show off their singing talent.&nbsp;From ballads to R&amp;B (some have performed duets with R.Kelly, Amerie, and Missy Elliot), these KPop singers are truly considered the best!K-pop idols like Junsu and Changmin are easily two of the best singers in all of K pop music, but who else has a great voices. These guys and gals have some serious pipes and their great voices are just part of why they're considered some of the biggest names in the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/dark-facts-about-the-kpop-industry/crystal-brackett?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">K pop industry</a>.No matter who you think is the greatest Kpop singer, they need your votes below! You can also rerank this list and add any Kpop idols you think are good singers but aren't already listed.

If you&#39;re wondering who the youngest Kpop idols are, here are all the maknae members in K-pop. &quot;Maknae&quot; in Korean means the youngest person, so every <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-kpop-boy-groups/ranker-music" target="_blank">popular Kpop&nbsp;group</a> has a maknae member. Sometimes, the youngest member is the leader, like WINNER&#39;s Kang Seung Yoon. Who is your favorite Kpop maknae?&nbsp;

Including&nbsp;Jungkook (BTS), Hwasa (Mamamoo), Tzuyu (Twice), Lisa (BLACKPINK), and more, this list of K-pop maknaes&nbsp;features the funniest and cutest idols.&nbsp;

Vote up the best maknae members in Kpop, and add your favorites if they&#39;re missing from the list. For more info on your favorite idols, check out the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-female-maknae-members-right-now/ranker-music" target="_blank">most popular girl group maknaes</a> and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-male-maknae-members-right-now/ranker-music" target="_blank">boy group maknaes</a>.&nbsp;

These aren&#39;t <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-official-kpop-couples/ranker-music" target="_blank">official K-pop couples</a>; these are K-pop idols we wish were dating. Featuring relationships between group members and fantasy celebrity couples, this list of K-pop idols you would ship together include a bunch of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-bts-fanfiction/brooke-wilson" target="_blank">BTS fan fiction</a>, Blackpink romances, and more.

Japanese People

Here are the best Kpop idols from Japan right now, ranked by fans everywhere. Not including former K-pop artists, this list of Japanese Kpop idols features solo artists and current members from&nbsp;popular groups, like Twice&#39;s Sana, IZ ONE&#39;s Sakura, and Pentagon&#39;s Yuto.

Vote up the top Kpop idols who were born or raised in&nbsp;Japan.&nbsp;

The best duos in K-pop prove that two is sometimes better than one. From classic artists to new debuts, this list of Kpop duos features popular idols collaborating, sub-units, and bands. Who are your favorite duos in Kpop?

G-Dragon&nbsp;has collaborated with fellow Big Bang members Taeyang and TOP in two different duos, releasing famous songs, like &quot;Good Boy&quot; and &quot;Zutter.&quot; Other good Kpop duos include <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/korean-hip-hop-music-bands-list/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Korean hip hop</a> duo Dynamic Duo, indie pop duo Bolbbalgan4, and successful pop duo TVXQ.

Vote up the best K-pop duos, and add your favorites if they&#39;re missing from the list, but only if they have officially released songs together.

Hip-Hop / Rap

Looking for boy group members with the hottest bars? Here are the best male idol rappers in Kpop right now, ranked by fans everywhere. Not including&nbsp;solo artists, this list of male idol rappers features some of the most talented Kpop artists. Finishing in second&nbsp;place on Show Me the Money 4, WINNER&#39;s Mino is one of the fastest rappers in K-pop. Other popular male idols who rap well include Block B&#39;s Zico, BTS&#39;s RM, Big Bang&#39;s G-Dragon, and iKON&#39;s Bobby, who won&nbsp;Show Me the Money 3.

Who are the top rappers from&nbsp;<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/korean-boy-band-bands-list/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Kpop boy groups</a>? Vote up the male idols who are the best at rapping.

Nothing good ever lasts forever, and the same goes for these K-pop groups that broke up&nbsp;over the years. Featuring new groups and the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/k-pop-bands-and-musicians/reference" target="_blank">best Kpop groups of all time</a>, this&nbsp;list of disbanded Kpop groups will bring you memories of better times. Which disbanded group do you miss the most? Make sure to also see which <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/disbanded-kpop-groups-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">Kpop groups are disbanding in 2019</a>.

Some of the most popular Korean groups that have disbanded include Wonder Girls, 2NE1, Sistar, Homme, 2AM, and 4Minute.

Vote up the disbanded Kpop groups you wish got back together, and feel free to add your favorite&nbsp;artists missing from the list.

2020

Looking for a new group to stan? Here are the&nbsp;best new Kpop groups of 2020. Featuring highly anticipated&nbsp;boy bands and girl groups as well as some&nbsp;2020 underrated groups, this ranked list of the best Kpop debuts in 2020 features debut dates,&nbsp;their debut songs, and agencies. Who are your favorite 2020 Kpop rookie groups?&nbsp;

Vote up the best 2020 Kpop debuts, and check out the&nbsp;best new solo artists of 2020!

The Best of the 2010s

Here are the best K-pop groups of the 2010&#39;s decade, ranked by fans everywhere. From <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-kpop-groups-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">2019 debuts</a> to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/kpop-disbanded-groups/ranker-music" target="_blank">disbanded groups</a>, this list of 2010s Kpop groups includes some of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-pop-artists-2019/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">most popular artists</a> still active today. Before Blackpink, BTS, and Red Velvet&nbsp;topped the charts, the early decade belonged to Big Bang, 2NE1, and Girls&#39; Generation. We also can&#39;t forget about the Produce 101 groups and lesser known nugu groups that have also found success during the 2010&#39;s decade.&nbsp;

Vote up the best 2010&#39;s K-pop groups, and add your favorites if they deserve to be here.&nbsp;

Once you see who the most beautiful girls in K-pop are, your jaw will drop! You might also be interested in voting the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/hottest-guys-in-kpop/ranker-music" target="_blank">hottest guys in K-pop</a> as well. Hot girls dancing around in short and tight outfits? Hot Korean girls dancing in cute pink outfits? Yep, spend some time on YouTube watching these hotties and surely you will become the biggest K-pop fan! Be sure to also vote for the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-kpop-songs-of-2017/michaelchoi">best K-pop songs of 2017</a>. Who do you think is the prettiest K-pop girl?

These are the hottest female Korean pop stars&nbsp;on the planet (the cutest K-pop girl is determined by you)! Even if you don&rsquo;t follow Kpop too closely, you may have seen or heard of these hot K-pop girls. Do you think Im Yoona deserves the top spot or maybe Sandara Park? Every year, new and pretty K-pop singers are competing&nbsp;to be the most popular celeb. YG Entertainment&#39;s latest girl group BLACKPINK features four members who are all contenders for this list (particularly Jennie and Jisoo). AOA&#39;s Seolhyun&nbsp;also quickly rose in popularity since she became the face of Acuvue and Sprite. Other K-pop idols are also models!

If you follow K-pop, you definitely need to weigh in with your favorite! Vote up the ones you think deserve the title of hottest K-pop girl or add an idol you don&rsquo;t see on the list. With their beauty, charm, and figure, the following K-pop babes&nbsp;are even considered to be the prettiest women in the world. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Here are the best Kpop idols from Thailand right now, ranked by fans everywhere. Not including former K-pop artists, this list of Thai Kpop idols features solo artists and current members from&nbsp;popular groups, like Blackpink&#39;s Lisa, GOT7&#39;s BamBam, and CLC&#39;s Sorn.

Vote up the top Kpop idols who were born or raised in&nbsp;Thailand.&nbsp;

Boy Bands

Every group needs a leader, and it&#39;s no different in K-pop. Here are the best male Kpop leaders right now, ranked by fans everywhere. Sometimes confused with the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-male-face-of-the-group-members/ranker-music" target="_blank">face of the group</a>, the group leader is usually the one who speaks on behalf of the group and generally takes care of the group. Who are your favorite Kpop male leaders?

How do <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-girl-groups/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Kpop groups</a> choose a leader? Usually, the oldest member is automatically made the leader, but some Kpop leaders who are not the oldest include iKON&#39;s B.I, WINNER&#39;s Yoon, and BTS&#39;s RM. Other good male leaders in Kpop include VIXX&#39;s N, EXO&#39;s Suho, and SHINee&#39;s Onew.&nbsp;

Vote up the idols who have proved to be great group leaders in Kpop.

Here are the best Kpop idols from China right now, ranked by fans everywhere. Not including former K-pop artists, like Kris Wu, Victoria, and Cao Lu, this list of Chinese Kpop idols features current members from <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kpop-groups-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">popular groups</a>, like Got7&#39;s Jackson, CLC&#39;s Elkie, and Pristin&#39;s Kyulkyung.

Vote up the top Kpop idols who were born or raised in&nbsp;China.&nbsp;

The Best of K-pop

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Here are all the K-pop&nbsp;groups under JYP Entertainment, ranked by fans everywhere. Founded in 1997&nbsp;by Kpop superstar Park Jin-young, JYP Entertainment is considered one of the &quot;Big 3&quot; agencies in the Korean music industry, largely due to the success of boy group 2PM&nbsp;and girl group Wonder Girls.&nbsp;Since then, JYP formed several other&nbsp;popular Kpop groups, including Twice, Got7, 2AM, and their 2019 new girl group ITZY.

Vote up your favorite current and former JYP groups, and check out&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/jyp-entertainment-complete-artist-roster/ranker-music" target="_blank">their&nbsp;entire roster</a>, which includes solo artists.

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Stray Kids

Stray Kids is a South Korean boy group formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2017 reality show of the same name. It is composed of nine members: Bang Chan, Woojin, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin and I.N. The group released their pre-debut extended play (EP) in January 2018 and officially debuted on March 26.

Got7, commonly stylized as GOT7, is a South Korean boy band formed by JYP Entertainment. The group is composed of seven members: JB, Mark, Jackson, Jinyoung, Youngjae, BamBam, and Yugyeom. Got7 debuted in January 2014 with the release of their first EP Got It?, which peaked at number two on the Gaon Album Chart and number one on Billboard's World Albums Chart. The group gained attention also for their live performances, which often includes elements of martial arts tricking and street dancing. In 2015, Got7 released the EPs Just Right and Mad, which yielded their most commercially successful single, "Just Right". The group departed from JYP Entertainment on January 19, 2021 following the expiration of their contract with the agency.

Twice

Twice is a South Korean girl group formed by JYP Entertainment through the 2015 reality show Sixteen. The group is composed of nine members: Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung, and Tzuyu. The group debuted on October 20, 2015, with the extended play (EP) The Story Begins.

3RACHA

3Racha is a South Korean hip-hop & record production trio. The group consists of Bang Chan (CB97), Seo Chang-bin (SPEARB), and Han Ji-sung (J.ONE). They are all members of the K-pop group Stray Kids and act as the main songwriting team. The trio are credited as writing and producing the majority of Stray Kids' discography alongside JYP producers.

Here are all the K-pop&nbsp;groups under JYP Entertainment, ranked by fans everywhere. Founded in 1997&nbsp;by Kpop superstar Park Jin-young, JYP ...