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Here are the top 8 artists who completely dominated the K-pop industry within the last ten years according to music critics

Posted by jieun-im53 pts Friday, September 9, 2022

On a recent episode of TV personality Kim Gu Ra's YouTube channel 'Gura Chul', music critics gathered to vote on the top 8 korean artists who dominated the K-pop music industry within the past 10 years. In the video, one of the music critics stated, "I think the last ten years really showed 'an era of K-pop'."  Considering this, the panel members then voted on the top artists that played a crucial role to the rapid growth of K-pop music.

You can watch the episode here:

Here are the top 8 artists that were chosen as the most influential to K-pop:

1. IU


2. G-Dragon



3. Psy


4. Jay Park


5. BTS


6. BLACKPINK


7. EXO



8. Lim Young Woong

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  1. G-Dragon
  2. BLACKPINK
  3. BTS
  4. EXO
  5. IU
  6. Jay Park
  7. Kim Gu Ra
  8. Lim Young Woong
  9. Psy
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itsliaaa
itsliaaa1,215 pts Friday, September 9, 2022 6
Friday, September 9, 2022

Humm, interesting list, I didn't expect how they were ranked. I also thought that Big Bang and TWICE would be there

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rrodriguez0309409 pts Friday, September 9, 2022 3
Friday, September 9, 2022

do y'all remember when TWICE was carrying the Korean industries with one hit song after another? its funny how when it comes to JYP artist, they could do nothing wrong and people will downgrade them SMH!!

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