Melon is the most popular music site in South Korea. Recently, the Melon Chart has announced the top 15 most searched K...
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Melon is the most popular music site in South Korea. Recently, the Melon Chart has announced the top 15 most searched K-Pop groups in the first 6 months of 2020. Notably, besides the popular 3rd gen idol groups, there are still some gen 2 names presented although they are not really active now. This proves that their influence is not diminished over time and their songs are still very popular with Korean netizens.
15: GFRIEND - 1,290,426 searches
14: WINNER - 1,362,835 searches
13: IZ*ONE - 1,386,271 searches
12: (G) I-DLE - 1,391,898 searches
11: Girls' Generation (SNSD) - 1,613,880 searches
10: MAMAMOO - 1,735,002 searches
9: SEVENTEEN - 1,740,181 searches
8: GOT7 - 1,884,551 searches
7: OH MY GIRL - 2,320,978 searches
6: BLACKPINK - 2,339.606 searches
5: BIG BANG - 2,493,898 searches
4: EXO - 2,458,666 searches
3: RED VELVET - 2,522,020 searches
2: TWICE - 2,779,815 searches
1: BTS - 8,309,312 searches
BTS is the most searched Korean artist on Melon in the first half of 2020. With 8,309,312 searches, the group surpassed singer IU (7,346,175) and trot singer Lim Youngwoong (5,021,634), who are the most searched female and male solo artists on Melon. According to previous statistics, BTS always leads the top searches on Melon every month whether the group has a comeback in that time or not. This proves that the group not only received great support from the Korean fandom but also received a lot of public attention. The group's 5 most searched-for songs recently are 'Stay Gold', 'ON', 'Boy With Luv', 'DNA' and 'IDOL'.
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