allkpop | all kpop all the time (2024)

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Is K-pop losing popularity in 2024? ›

On July 17, 2024, MBC News reported a sharp decline in K-pop album sales for the first time in a decade. The import and export trade figures provided by the Korea Customs Service showed a 2% decline in the first half of 2024.

but if we talk about who paved the way for K-pop, then it's definitely BTS, to be honest Blackpink don't even come close. There's a difference between paving the way and being majorly successful. Blackpink are tone of the most successful K-pop groups but that doesn't mean they paved the way.

In 2022, the US generated 6.6 billion K-pop streams. As for 2023? A whopping 9.2 billion.

The origins of K-pop can be traced to April 11, 1992, when a group called Seo Taiji and Boys performed “Nan Arayo (I Know)” on South Korea's Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.

Their popularity is not going anywhere. If anything, it will go down a little bit because of military enlistments but the maknae line ain't going anywhere soon and they have the most fans so if you think about that, no bts is not going to lose popularity.

Stray kids. (G)I-dle.

2010–2016: Formation and pre-debut activities. Blackpink began forming in 2010 when YG Entertainment held tryouts worldwide for preteen or teenage recruits to create a new girl group after launching its first major one, 2NE1, the previous year.

By country, Japan was the biggest consumer of such content with 9.7 billion streams, followed by the U.S. with 9.2 billion, Indonesia 7.4 billion, Korea 7.3 billion, India 6.2 billion, the Philippines 4.2 billion and Mexico 3.5 billion.

1️⃣ #V / #KimTaehyung. 2️⃣ #JUNGKOOK. 3️⃣ #IU. 4️⃣ #LISA / #LALISA.

Who is the No. 1 K-pop singer? ›

1. Jungkook (BTS) Jeon Jeong-guk, globally recognized as Jungkook, is a 26-year-old luminary in K-pop from South Korea. He initially aspired to be a professional badminton player before being captivated by G-Dragon's TV performance, which inspired his musical journey.

Lee Soo-man (Korean: 이수만; Hanja: 李秀滿, born 18 June 1952) is a South Korean business executive and record producer who is best known for being the founder of SM Entertainment, a multinational South Korean entertainment company based in Seoul.

Bang Si-Hyuk, the chairperson of Hybe Corporation, recently disclosed the unsettling drop in K-pop album sales and stock numbers. Despite the booming success of the Korean entertainment industry over the past few years, K-pop's enterprise has notably slowed, even entering negative values in some markets.

For instance, YG Entertainment's Baby Monster struggled to make a mark on Melon's Top 100, while JYP Entertainment's ITZY and NMIXX saw drastic reductions in initial sales of their latest releases. Similarly, Le Sserafim's latest mini album saw a 20 percent fall in first-week sales.

In fact, the export volume for K-pop CDs, not just to China but overall, fell in the first half of 2024. This decline marks the first downturn in nine years.