2023 has undeniably marked the golden age of female idols, with numerous prominent female groups making a significant impact on the K-pop industry.

Female idol groups have firmly established their reign over the Korean music charts. The year-to-date Melon chart for the first seven months of 2023 illustrates the current state of the "golden age of female idols."

Now, let's delve into the top 10 contenders for the 2023 year-end Melon chart based on the data collected thus far for the year.

1. NewJeans' "Ditto"

2. NewJeans' "Hype Boy"

3. IVE's "I AM"

4. NewJeans' "OMG"

5. IVE's "Kitsch"

6. Younha's "Event Horizon"

7. (G)I-DLE's "Queen Card"

8. NewJeans' "Attention"

9. IVE's "After Like"

10. Three contenders: Charlie Puth's "I Don't Think That I Like Her," aespa's "Spicy," or Parc Jae Jung's "Let's Say Goodbye"

Note: Jisoo or LE SSERAFIM's songs will mostly land within the TOP 20 as well.

Korean netizens commented, "NewJeans are amazing, they're 'the rookie' of the rookies," "I love IVE and NewJeans," "Wow, this can be called the year of NewJeans and IVE," "To be honest, I listened to a lot of IVE's and NewJeans' songs," "It's so fascinating but NewJeans' songs are so good," "I think Younha's the most amazing in all this," "I wish aespa would be in the TOP10 (to make it entirely top 10 female artists),"  and "NewJeans and IVE are really impressive."