Most Influential K-POP Figures And Groups According to Entertainment Agency Executives

[mc1a.livejournal.com]

Media outlet Sports Seoul has surveyed executives from 32 entertainment agencies on the most influential people in K-pop.

The survey was conducted from June 8 to 15, and each participant wrote their votes for the top three in four different categories. Each first place answer got three points, second place got two, and third place got one. With this format, the total score for each category was 192, and the highest that an individual or group could get was 96.

Most Influential “Power People” in Music Industry

1. SM Entertainment’s Lee Soo Man (43 points)
2. YG Entertainment’s Yang Hyun Suk (30 points)
3. BTS (26 points)
4. JYP Entertainment’s Park Jin Young (25 points)
5. BIGBANG’s G-Dragon (23 points)

Lee Soo Man of SM Entertainment topped the list as one of the original key figures in leading the K-pop wave across the world with groups like TVXQ, Girls’ Generation, Super Junior, SHINee, and EXO. Yang Hyun Suk and Park Jin Young of the other “big 3” agencies YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment also ranked high, while artists BTS and G-Dragon also made the list.

Best K-pop Producer

1. Big Hit Entertainment’s Bang Shi Hyuk (48 points)
2. JYP Entertainment’s Park Jin Young (45 points)
3. SM Entertainment’s Lee Soo Man (29 points)
4. G-Dragon, Teddy (9 points)

Big Hit’s Bang Shi Hyuk took first with his role in the creation and musical success of BTS. “Big 3” producers Park Jin Young, Lee Soo Man, G-Dragon, and Teddy rounded up the list.

Best Male K-pop Group

1. BTS (85 points)
2. EXO (60 points)
3. BIGBANG (18 points)
4. SEVENTEEN (15 points)
5. Wanna One (4 points)

BTS placed first for best male K-pop group, having received significant recognition with various records and awards worldwide including the Top Social Artist award at the Billboard Music Awards. EXO and BIGBANG took second and third with their long-lasting influence and popularity in the industry. SEVENTEEN placed fourth, while Wanna One from “Produce 101 Season 2” placed fifth with the explosive attention they have been receiving even before debut.

Best Female K-pop Group

1. TWICE (93 points)
2. GFRIEND (25 points)
3. BLACKPINK (15 points)
4. Girls’ Generation (14 points)
5. Red Velvet (13 points)

TWICE took an overwhelming lead in the girl group category, receiving 93 points out of the 96 possible if all 32 executives had placed them first. The group has shown continuous success in diverse areas including digital charts, album sales, and YouTube views. GFRIEND and BLACKPINK took second and third, respectively, also reigning on digital charts with each release. In fourth, Girls’ Generation showed the power of their longevity amidst all the other groups on the list that debuted less than three years ago. Their agency juniors Red Velvet finished out the list in fifth place.

The following executives of 32 entertainment agencies participated in the survey (note that “Entertainment” has been omitted from agency names for ease of reading):

YG CEO Yang Min Suk, JYP CEO Jung Wook, Star Empire CEO Shin Joo Hak, YMC CEO Jo Yoo Myung, TS CEO Kim Tae Song, FNC President Jo Sung Wan, HOW CEO Lee Yong Geol, Dream Tea CEO Lee Jong Suk, NH EMG CEO Kim Myung Hoon, Santa Music CEO Lee Sang Chul, Happy Face CEO Lee Joo Won, YNB CEO Bang Yoon Dae, Cre.ker CEO Yoon Young Ro, Duble Kick CEO Lee Hyung Jin, Plan A CEO Choi Jin Ho, WM CEO Lee Won Min, Source Music CEO So Sung Jin, Fantagio Music CEO Woo Young Seung, Brave CEO Brave Brothers, Wid May CEO Choi Seung Yong, The Vibe CEO Yoon Min Soo, Pledis Vice President Kim Yeon Soo, Starship Director Seo Hyun Joo, SM Director Kim Eun Ah, Big Hit Director Chae Eun, Kiwi Media Group Director Han Jung Soo, Jellyfish Director Yoo Yeon Wook, Woollim Director Lee Young Joon, Cube Director Lee Ji Won, MBK Director Park Kyu Hyun, DSP Director Kim Kyung Min, Mystic Director Jo Bae Hyun.



Source: Sports Seoul via Soompi

Comments

[saemcrh.livejournal.com]

1. BTS (85 points)
2. EXO (60 points)
4. SEVENTEEN (15 points)
5. Wanna One (4 points)

1. TWICE (93 points)
2. GFRIEND (25 points)
4. Girls’ Generation (14 points)
5. Red Velvet (13 points)

Talent won.

Also cracking up at BTS being seen as more powerful than JYP himself lol.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

I see what you did with those edited list ;p

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

I love that Wanna One is on the list at #5. They haven't even debuted yet! So powerful!!

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

so... whoever is trending?
I wish we got some new face/name on that producer list, if only to get a bigger variety of sound
I feel like the kpop sound use to be a bit more diverse. I feel like every group (boy and girl) is recycling old stuff
Some new blood on the producer team might do some good

[belintuchiha.livejournal.com]

Same, that's why I can't enjoy some of the groups and other groups like Dreamcatcher are so refreshing to me.

[ms-minniemaus.livejournal.com]

Well, well, WELL. Glad to see everyone agrees BTS is the bomb and leading right now obligatory KINGS ONLY line

[dynamite-state.livejournal.com]

BLACKPINK outranking faves with literally only 4 songs and no album out, what kind of star POWER

I'm laughing at how BTS made the list over their CEO. Their wish had better be his command.

[showminomoney.livejournal.com]

5 songs! poor stay... always forgotten :(

[meggicchi.livejournal.com]

Not surprised by BTS being the most influential boy group, I saw tons of people being in denial about it, but you can't deny that a lot of new groups coming from smaller companies are trying to gain fans like BTS did, especially by using social medias.

[jaelissi.livejournal.com]

BTS kings of topping trivial lists. Wanna One is at number 5, so yeah...

[pourtant.livejournal.com]

wanna one at number 5 doesn't invalidate the list in any way though. considering ioi's previous success, all the attention this season received and those subunit tracks killing it on melon, they're poised to be massive

[pero, like (from livejournal.com)]

Full offense this list also lists gd as the best male kpop SINGER so it's invalid by default

[hyungmoney.livejournal.com]

LMAO

[aridnili.livejournal.com]

TWICE NGG

*Most watched kpop gg on youtube.
*Part of the million albums sellers club, achieving that in only 1 year and a half of existence.
*Queens of melon, debut was almost out of the 100 mark, but reached the top 10 with constant promotions. After that they had 4 more hits. Many still on the melon list. Even Signal, my least favorite and unnecessary JYP imput is having a blast on the charts.
*Survived a dating scandal
*Survived a fucking insane chinese ban bc their 17 y/o maknae waved a taiwanese flag. On the other hand, the said maknae became the queen of Taiwan.
*Trendsetters with the littlest things they do. Sana and Tzuyu are the responsible for most of them.
*Queens of amazing MVs. Capable of pulling any concept.
*They even have their own haters fandom called Thrices.
*All achieved with hard work, humility, a strong mindset, talent (we've got receipts), great character and charisma.

And there're rumors that they only reached the top now bc they're pretty and "untalented". Which is funny, bc countless ggs are damn pretty and sell talent lol

Get on their level, bish and TT away.

[supersunshiner.livejournal.com]

all these faX

[aridnili.livejournal.com]

And there were people questioning WannaOne's relevance. I didn't even watch the program but saw the WW in kpop going on bc of them.

[existingisfunny.livejournal.com]

Hmm at that girl group list

[dynamite-state.livejournal.com]

I am also glad that SEVENTEEN is getting acknowledged. They've accomplished so much and are still on the rise.

[jiyonqiee.livejournal.com]

yay I'm so glad to see Blackpink on this list.

OT, but everytime I see that Bang guy, I feel so creeped out, he really looks like an evil pervert. maybe that is god's way of punishing him for giving us bts.

[mc1a.livejournal.com]

Boo, go research the history of the "no signal" screen.

[sra-interesante.livejournal.com]

all those ceos opinions came to confirm current trends
i'm surprised how fast seventeen is going up

sm, yg & bts?
bts became one of the big 3 now??? lmao

if influential people in the industry predict future power brands then definitelly big hit will join big 3 and ..... take jyp spot? let's give them a couple of years at this pace they probably will make it

[normanikordei.livejournal.com]

I think bighit needs another group to do that honestly

[normanikordei.livejournal.com]

exo hasn't done anything since january except finish up their tour and ranked #2, can't wait for them to SNATCH with their upcoming comeback, pls anticipate!!

[dynamite-state.livejournal.com]

January is not that long ago lol.

[supersunshiner.livejournal.com]

as long as they know soshi are still the queens, i am fine with this list

im all for girl groups becoming big, especially twice. 90% of them were regular girls or were trained for something else and formed a group and made it big together through hard work and amazing personalities. granted, they don't have a taeyeon, jessica, tiffany (kind of when jihyo screams), seohyun, or even sunny in terms of vocals but jihyo does her best to carry them, only have one genuinely good dancer with sana and tzuyu following close behind but they're never out of sync, and dahyun was viewed as one of THE WEAKEST gg idols with people even going so far to try to petition her out of the group when they debuted. i'd say they more than deserved this no. 1 spot and gfriend DEFINITELY deserved no. 2

i hope dreamcatcher and pristin can make it on this list soon

[aridnili.livejournal.com]

Justice for Jeongyeon and Nayeon vocals, op! JY is getting there faster too. The hate Twice gets is ridiculous. But even SNSD and YG people love Twice, so it makes everything more hilarious.

And YES for GG powah! Dreamcatcher deserves the hype, they're so amazing! Pristin too! What I love about this new gen is that they're all so friendly.

People like to do some nasty comparisons and VS bullshit between TWICExBPxRVxGfriend when they're all such good friends and promote each other all the time.

[daceymormont.livejournal.com]

Legendary twice
I'm failing to see how bts have more power than JYP lol

[aridnili.livejournal.com]

Than EXO* too

But BTS is amazing with their own merit too

[xxhna.livejournal.com]

Hmm I'm surprised about tvxq... I was expecting them? lol I guess they were extraordinary for me.

[saoirseangel.livejournal.com]

Are you me? I was really shocked not to see them ranked high...

[madrigalpals.livejournal.com]

Surprised to see Red Velvet on this list tbh, I was under the impression that a lot of people were "meh" about them.

[electrogirlluna.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that a lot of musicians and other people within the industry love Red Velvet even though their music doesn't come off as palatable to the general public (or maybe just to international K-pop fans), so them being on the list makes sense considering the people who joined the poll.

[minho-lover.livejournal.com]

yaay to bts being no1, its crazy how popular they got. i remember how hard it was to get 1m on 'i need u' (i streamed that btch like crazy lol) but now they get it so fast....wild

and yaay to twice, gfriend, and red velvet!!!! and queens soshi!!!!

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

I'll never be here for the idolization of big hit as a company just because of BTS' success. Fans make them seem like the most amazing company while erasing/ignoring what they did to glam.

and no, like cube thet don't count as a small company, not truly.

[aridnili.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I don't know anything about them.
Spill the tea, op

[honey-baymax.livejournal.com]

It's basically about who's currently trending cause no way wanna one is the best male kpop group of all time without even debuting lmfao.

[izumichan31.livejournal.com]

Well list list isn't for best of all time. Just currently and their probably basing it off the success IOI had to and the popularity of Produce101.

[theharleyquinn.livejournal.com]

I highly doubt it. They still put his name on every SM album, but that's not entirely uncommon in music/film.

[angela-derp-otp.livejournal.com]

Watching the current state of YG artists and how their overall performance has been underwhelming compared to their competition ( excluding big bang and 2ne1 of course), I am pretty sure they will be out of the top 3 in less than 4 years.

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

GD @ 5 in two lists? He must be horrified to know he no longer is as influential as before.