Most Famous Korean Bands | Most Popular Bands in Korea
87The best Korean bands today are in this hub. They are the most famous Korean bands of all time. No really, jk. lol The list of most popular Korean band millions of fans are screaming about. Meet them all here!
Since the opening of the millennium KPop has invaded dominantly in South Korea then eventually around the world where it even reached the Billboard Hot 100. Since then, in 2007 particularly, started the booming of KPop industry in Korea when numerous of Korean boy bands and girl bands were launched. It seems a non-stop showdown ever.
What is KPop?
KPop stands for Korean Pop music that covers a wide variety of contemporary music including pop, hiphop, r&b, dance-pop, bubblegum-pop, house, electropop, and techno. Due to the big wave of success, Kpop became so popular not only in South Korea but also to other parts of the world. Korean bands performing in English and sometimes mix English and Korean, looks like the flavor will become our favorite for a while.
Top and Best Korean Bands
So who’s dominating the Kpop scene? Who are the most famous Korean Bands today? Who are the best and topping the charts? Who’d got the big scream in concerts? The following are the most famous and top Korean bands in the world today. Check them out…
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SS501
SS501 (pronounced as Double-S 501 or Deo Beul E Seu Oh Gong Il in Korean) The first “S” stands for “Super”. The second “S” is an abbreviation for "Star". The number 5, 0, and 1 means "five members united as one forever". Ok, there’s really something behind every band name, huh :) The band is managed by DSP Entertainment, a famous entertainment media agency in Seoul.
SS501 band members are Kim HyungJun, Heo Young Saeng, Park Jung Min, Kim Kyu Jong and Kim Hyun Joong.
All SS501 members have their own individual radio show, Kim Kyu Jong, Park Jung Min and Heo Young Saeng hosted "Young Street" and Kim Hyung Jun currently hosts "Music High" How cool is that?! And oh, SS501 have lots of TV shows –reality shows and documentaries. SS as in super stars, eh :)
SS501 Trivia:
- Kim Hyun Joong is the brother of Kim Ki Bum, a member of the famous band U-Kiss
- Kim Hyun Joong was part of the cast for the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango, officially named Boys Over Flowers. He became famous for playing the role of Yoon Ji Hoo the rival of the main lead actor Gu Jun Pyo.
- The group was launched in 2005 and still had concerts in Asia this 2010. But recently, the group’s leader, Kim Hyun Joong, signed a contract with KeyEast Entertainment and Park Jung Min has officially joined CNR Media to become a solo artist.
Shinee
The freshly launched five teen group, Shinee, are so young yet have already proven they’ve got what it takes to be on top of the music scene. With their awesome looks and lovely voice, they already won numerous awards plus they have marked Korea with their “Shinee Trend” for being great fashion icons of the new world. Onew, Jonghyun, Key, Minho and Taemin are making standing ovation everywhere.
See my hub about Shinee and meet all the alluring boys.
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Big Bang
Definitely one of my favorite bands from Korea, Big Bang is oozing with talents. Big Bang is under YG Entertainment and has won big talent awards and such awards are really that Wow and Big! By the end of 2009, Big Bang became the most searched artist in South Korea. Time magazine described them as one of the "most promising" South Korean acts to venture into Japan while the Korea Times called them "the icons of Korean pop music. What I love most about this band is the way they adopt and revive few famous songs from renowned bands like This Love from Maroon 5…
2ne1
Read as “to anyone” or twenty-one, is a band of four lovely talented ladies namely, CL, Bom, Dara and Minzy. Thank goodness, their names are easy to remember. Their first hit was from the song Lollipop from the LG Cyon commercial. This group tops the Korean music chart, too. Some fans love to request English known songs from various English celebs like Rihanna and others.
Read more about the awesome 2ne1.
Super Junior
Super Junior is formed under SM Entertainment. It has 13 members, whoa! Basically, Super Junior is one of the largest boy bands in the world. The group consists of Leeteuk (leader), Heechul, Hankyung, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Siwon, Ryeowook, Kibum and Kyuhyun. Apparently because it has too many members, the band was divided into sub-groups like Super Junior Happy, Super Junior T, Super Junior M, and Super Junior KRY.
U-Kiss
U-Kiss stands for “Ubiquitous Korean International (Idol) Super Star.” It is composed of seven members namely: Alexander, Soo Hyun, Ki Bum, Kiseop, Eli, Kevin and Dong Ho. U-Kiss starred in a variety show U-Kiss' Vampire premiered on January 22, 2010.
Shinhwa
Shinhwa is the Korean word for myth or legend. The group has six members, 3 vocalists and 3 rappers. Members are Eric Mun, Lee Min Woo, Kim Dong Wan, Shin Hye Sung, Jun Jin and Andy Lee. Shinhwa has achieved so much success and awards and they became the longest running boy band in South Korea because they’ve never been disbanded yet.
Shinhwa Trivia: A star was named after Shinhwa in 2005. In order to commemorate its launching, USC Korea, the official Korean partner USC (Universal Star Council), an American website that provides services for registering names for stars in the sky, offered a star to be named after them. The star is among the Aries constellation. Ironically, it matched the debut date of Shinhwa which falls on March 24, 1998. The star Shinhwa is the brightest among the more than 2 thousand stars with Korean names that can be seen with the naked eye. The star is best seen in November --wikipedia
TVXQ (DBSK)
An acronym for Tong Vfang Xien Qi, wonders what that means lol. In South Korea, they are known as Dong Bang Shin Gi, while in Japan as Tohoshinki. Their name means "The Rising Gods of the East." The band has five members, Xiah, U-Know, Hero, Max and Micky. This group likes singing acapella too. TVXQ became so popular that in 2008, they made it in the Guinness World Records for having the world's largest official fan club.
T-max
T-max was a all-male-trio
band whose members were Sin Min Chul (vocalist), Kim Joon (rapper) and Pak Yun
Hwa (vocalist). They performed the soundtrack of the hit manga series Boys
Over Flowers, entitled “Paradise.” The group member, Kim Joon, was one of the lead casts of
the said show. Park Yun Hwa left then Hanbi and Chanyang joined T-Max in 2010. Now it has four members.
FT Island
FT Island as in “Five Treasure Island” has five members, Lee Hongki (Lead singer), Lee Jae Jin (Bass, back up vocals and rap), Choi Jhong Hun (Leader, guitar and keyboard), Choi Min Hwan (Drums) and Song Seung Hyun (Guitar, back up vocals and rap). This band has won numerous awards and are recently under project with Warner Music Japan.
The Trax
Trax is a Korean rock band. I like rock once in a while. This band is one of the top screamo bands in Korea. This band had four members but soon they became only three. Trax stands for “tracks” and also stands for the first letter of each member's stage name (Typhoon of the Rose Attack on Xmas) Ow, isn’t it quite interesting how to learn making band names? Lol Wow, they rock!
Which would be the best Korean Band for you?
See results without votingVote for your favorite Korean band here. See the best and the top famous Korean band.
Thanks for voting!
Other Kpop bands that were and are going on top are 2pm, Beast (B2ST), SNSD, Dragon N Tiger, Wonder Girls, Epik High, Xing and MBLAQ. So who are your top ten Korean bands?
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They are actually on my next list haha before Beast. You gave me that idea to list at the end part the other popular ones, thanks for that Telltale :) Always good to see you here ;)
big bang guyzzz beware.....FLYS-M.L.F arises.............!!!
i thik u did'nt said mblaq...
are they not populaar???
I did, see the bottom :) As much as I would want to list all popular, I couldn't. What I've listed though are the top bands in Korea and outside Korea today.
where is snsd in this???
the list is totally incomplete without them......
Big Bang rules!
@layla - SNSD is at the bottom ten. They're great too.
@Kenji - Big Bang is awesome
..keep reminding me to tell the rest of the free world that this hub has the best title of all time - FAMOUS KOREAN BANDS OF ALL TIME - with all due respect to the Korean population - of course!
hahaha titles are the toughest thing in hubbing eh ;) Anyway, it speaks what it is :) The Korean music is boom boom boom. Awesome performers here! :) You gotta watch them Korean singing in English, so cute and lovely :) Thanks Epi, you're one cool guy!
2am is not there?
superjunior! i think they are the best bands in korea! :D
me loves Big Bang! :)
uhm, when will this Poll ends?
big bang forever!!!
shinee!
SHINee alll d way!!
shawols r takin over d world!!
fighting!! :D
gogo F.T.Island love you hong ki
u rock super junior!!! saranghae!!
where in the world is SNSD in here???
p.s. I
I love Kpop. My favorite is DBSK. I also love Bi-Rain but he isn't really a band since he's by himself.
What about 2AM,and F-Cuz (although not as popular but will be):D,
k-Boyband i think 2PM is the popular one right now,coz they top no 1 on oricon dvd chart(japan)when it first released,and i'm a hottest too...
for k-Girlband i think SNSD is the popular one,coz they were no 1 k-band in 2010(on KBS festival 2010)with the song OH! and they're popular in japan too,so i think SNSD is the popular one plus i'm a s?ne too...
[ hope i'm not being silly x( ]
indeed hottest :) no you're not silly LOL
go shinee.....please vote shinee
OH YeRH, BIGBANG, 2NE1 AND SHINEE >:D
hi ,I pronounced SHINee won!!
TVXQQQQQQQQQQ
TVXQ 5 MEMBERS IS THE BEST WITH CASSIOPEIA FAMILY!! Miss them so much T___T
this is lie, snsd is the biggest and best >.
bkt wla ang c.n. blue?
the writer of this has her/his favorite so no wonder some bands weren't given detailed facts but that's alright...if i'll make my own thing too,i'll probably create a line up of achievements and number ones...like a chart...but then yes,kpop's on top these days...
where is b2st n snsd?? they should be in the list.. anyway,i vote for shinee n big bang
DUDE you know snsd is way more popular than 2ne1 right? how come their not in here?
I didn't voted because JYJ, which is for me is the best boyband, is not included. JYJ from TVXQ rules!!! I think they are the best because although SME banned their korean activities and AVEX also suspended them, they are still survive and do their best. Moreover, they already have had their world tour! Daebak!!!
Well. I think, Super Junior dominates the Korean wave internationally. Let's say, other groups like 2PM has more fans than them NATIONALLY, but INTERNATIONALLY, Super Junior is No. 1. I'm not really convinced now that TVXQ still holds the No. 1 spot of having many fans.
I think SHINee is the best!
How come double S got only 12%? Come on Hyun Joong is enough for me to be convinced to vote for them, and the other members are that good looking, that took a lot out of me and the got only 12%, i don't know why im getting so worked up about it, at least the fans are still loyal and it was on the top, so..... Im satisfied. :-)anyong, i'm leaving, i gotta go to school.
Shinee is so hot today :)
..............SS501_SS501_SS501_SS501_SS501..............
just ss501....................
ss501
ss501 is the best and the most beautiful in the world...no...maybe in korea
ss501. ss501
ss501......ss501
Ilove you so much
for big bang
i wonder if it's true??? ss501??? where are they now?? even shinee don't bet snsd on fan's, viewer's, sale's ,high paid,fame ,,do you know the song title gee how can you explaine if you talking about popularity??? tell me how is that ss501, shinee,bigbang etc...bet snsd popularity or in all rating's.....
ss501
just ss501
I vote SUPER JUNIOR
i love shinee....????
ss501 is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love ss501
SuperJunior ; BigBang ; 2PM & B2ST. ? Why is CNBLUE missing. ? :(
ss501 the 1 is u!
I think that 2ne1 is the best. Because their songs reveal courage of girls and their voices are so attractive; especially CL!!!!!!!!Am I right?
what about beast ???
ss501 is the best in world
??? SS501 ???
Oh, I didn't know it couldnt translate a sign.
It supposed to be
heart heart heart SS501 heart heart heart
just ss501
ss501 is the best
ss 501 is my love ...
just ss501....
Ss 501 is best group in this list...
all members are very very beautiful and they have nice voice....
i lOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOOove ss501...........
ilove ss501
i want nobady nobady but ss501!
just ss501!
fighting~
just ss501
ONLY SS501
I love ss501
lol this list is legit except for T-Max and Ukiss, they arent that famous, like 2pm and beast.
just ss501
You sounhd slightly sexist... where's GIRLS' GENERATION, Asia's NUMBER ONE GIRL GROUP? Not to mention KARA. As well as the Wonder Girls even though I don't like them at all. There's 2PM as well.
I love ss501
I like the wonder girls band.
Yea, one of my favorite groups is KARA, they have such a great sound as a group ^_^
just ss501 they are best in korean group no they are best in the world i love you ss501
FOR ME... Nothing beats SS501. It's my vote. ss501 is the best!
I think ss501 is better than other groups.of course other,s work is good but members of ss501 are so so so so cute and more lovely than the others!
and also they have unbeliveable voice too!
I love them so much and I support them 4ever!
****JUST SS501****
Fighting...
****JUST SS501****
ss501 4ever
BIGBANG FOREVAAAAAH !!!! XD yes... especially now in 2011, after the song Tonight, and love song was released, BIGBANG BECAME MUCH MORE POPULAR !!! MUAHAHA ! BIGBANG FOR LIFE !
ss501 4ever kiss kiss
just ss501!
ss501 is an international group(of course all of k-pop are international)but ss501 is different.we love ss
fighting!
sweet kisses!
Shame on us!!!
Without knowing all about kpop, you shouldn't write an issue like this.
Where top 2girls bands: Girls Generation and Wonder Girls???
2PM??
If you include Shinhwa, then where Fin KL, SES and Baby V.O.X???
I love ss501
I Think SHINee is the best among the rest
Go SHINee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And FT Island
go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FT Island
BY:SHIELA MHAE
:)
ss501 is in my heart
fighting
SS501!!! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!
of course its: ss501
ss501 is the best
YOU SAID THE MOST POPULAR BANDS.. BUT YOU FORGOT TO MENTIONED THE BAND WITH THE MOST FANS IN THE WORLD TVXQ ...
AN ASIAS #1 GIRL BAND SNSD.. HAHAHA
TVQX is on the list hey :) Better vote for them ;)
llove and alike ss5o1
BIG BANG all the way....
SS501. my one and only Korean band. ^________^
just for ss501
ss501 fighting!
triple s fighting!
This is a REALLY, REALLY bad list. At least you described it really badly. These groups you mentioned are NOT, and I repeat, NOT the most popular/famous groups of all time. In fact most of them are not even that accomplished as singers. This is just a list of your favorite groups. Please reword that properly next time.
TVXQ, Super Junior and SNSD currently hold the spot for the most awards won in the Seoul Music Awards with 9 EACH. Big Bang come in second with 8. I do not understand how SS501 can be better than ANY of the 4 mentioned up top.
Chillax uncreativename. lol
all bands are ugly but not super junior!
SHINee!!! i love minho and jonghyun
what about MBLAQ? I mean they're so great!
TVXQ FOREVER!!!!! THEY ARE THE BEST!!!
SS501
SS501 ILove parkjung min
SS501&superjunior&Ftisland
superjunior
super junior
Ok...seriously people. Don't take this list so seriously, they don't have all the facts. Ok, some of these bands in the first place are only popular in S. Korea. I was definently expecting bands very much known now, and popular now.
Like for example,
Wondergirls,
SNSD,
Beast,
CNBlue,
And of course the older but still favorited groups like,
HOT,
S.E.S,
But I must say, why include Shinhwa without Baby vox, and etc. Too?
Can you please update your list?
Well...anyway, I still thankyou for somewhat help you were.
Go go SHINee!!!
how to know that u are already voted...I don't care what others say about ss501 my full support is in kpop.since I've encountered kpop no one can replace in my heart....they're not just pretty boys but they're kind,generous and lovable...
shinee rocks!!!!!!!
shinee i love u!! lol
lee taemin u so cute
u mean me!!!
yup!!! saranghae!!
ss501 is the best!!!!
we love you so much!
Teen Top and Boyfriend should be on here.
But, I LOVE Big Bang c:
suuupppeerr jjuuunniiiooorrr!!*-*
whers 4minute
where's CNBlue?
i love mblaq
i love ss501 and bigbang
Excuse me ? where's 2pm !!!
i love teentop
i love how you put ss501 on the list but you messed up the siblings, it's hyung jun's brother who was in u-kiss not hyun joong
ilove ss5o1 forever specially to park jung min saranghaeyo oppa.
we love ss5o1 forever, hello park jung min.
hi kim hyun joong saranghaeyo.
BeasT is the best!!!!
I LOVE SHINee and Super Junior
ss501 are awsome. people are jelouse because they are the best
ss501 fighting
U-KISS IS THE BEST!!!!
I LUV BROTHER DONGHO
just ss501 just just just love ss501.......................................................................................................................................ss501................................................................................SS501....................................SS501.........................................SS501.....
just SS501 THEY ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST I LOVE THIS BAND SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH JE VOUS AIME TELLEMENT SS501 FOREVER
i sooo love 2ne1... i really admire dara... her career in the philippines ended but when she decided to go back to her first home country with her family including hes brother from MBLAQ, they gave her a big break.. thanks for accepting her again.. shes a full blood korean but she has a heart of filipino...she always secretly visiting philippines.. Godbless to your group 2ne1... be happy...
I love ss501.................:***********
super junior no 1 , they are the reason for kpop known
i wouldn't hear about kpop without super junior
SHINee all the way!
ss501 is number 1
we love ss501 for ever and support it.
ss501 fighting
bigbang 2ne1 forever
yesssssss! SHINee is the BEST . PLEASE vote for SHINee !!!
TVXQ rules
SHINee fighting
ss501....the best....i love kim hyung joong
Yeah, BIGBANG!!!! I love all the Kpop groups but I'm a VIP of heart!
ss501 is the best...love all of them...especially kyu jong...
I luv all kpop group..but in my heart is BIGBANG!!they was the best group!!please vote for bigbang!!
bigbang is the best kpop group!!!
Yess!!only bigbang in my heart..not other grup..why not bigbang win the song of the year in MAMA AWARDS?why snsd?however,bigbang is the best!!
I really love all of them form my bottom of heart but numeber one for me are the both Super Junior and SHINee , SMTOWN artists are the best in the world Koreans are the best too . KPop lovers believe this !!
wat where snsd
yah!!!!! jacqui is right
snsd wonder girls and so on and so ford
there popular
I love the group of SS 501 Ashqshvnm
well.. i like shineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...............
hwaiting tvxq and shinee...........
shinee 4ever...
I love shinee
just ss501!u'r the best!
big bang and D DRAGON!!!!
i love d dragon............yep........
vote for big bang
go pokemon!!
go Vietnam people 2!!
dudes,wheres the snsd dude there should be snsd they must be not so good as the others ,and pikachu yeah go vit people!!!
ilove ;ss5o1; 4ever'........!
Where is 2pm and cn blue? I really think 2pm should be on the top list instead of some of the others...
I live iran and i love oh won bin
I LOVE U-KISS.
The list needs 2PM!
I agree with Jason!
Big band Rule korea.they are awsm
indeed ss501 are the kings of asia no compitetion
ss501.....the best..they are everything...
what? how messed up is this D: Where is 2PM & Beast? :'(
Super Junior and SS501 are my favs :D
only ss501 is the best korean boy band in the world
ss501...............fightiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
I love ss501
I kiss them and I am from the same distance from all the millions of fans in Iran who want to return again before the time
And I answered them all, especially on the Iranian side to Daranshan
Email (mahsa.mariana@yahoo.com
love them all saranghamnida
hi this iS Azadeh0 . i like to kiss aii off you just super junior love love love
i love ss501 just ss501
telltale 18 months ago
I noticed you did not mention 2PM, are they not popular anymore? Sorry, don't mean to criticize since I do not know alot about boy bands of Korea, although I watch some of their shows on TV. Thanks for the hub... believe you have updated my knowledge about Korean boy bands. :)