IU is included in Forbes Korea’s checklist of 40 most influential Korean artists in 2022. Photograph/EDAM
Whereas singer Okay pop only some enter, despite the fact that the highest place and runner-up stuffed by BTS and BLACKPINK.
Effectively, listed here are 4 Okay-pop singers and teams who made it onto the checklist.
Celebrities who enter are measured primarily based on their achievements, reputation on social media, appearances on tv, and protection within the mass media.
1. IU
Photograph: EDAM
The 28-year-old singer whose actual title is Lee Ji-eun is eleventh on the checklist Forbes Korea. Not solely being an influential singer and songwriter within the Okay-pop trade, the artist who debuted on the age of 15 can be widespread as a Korean drama actress.
His two hottest dramas are My Mister and Lodge del Luna. In the meantime this 12 months, IU shall be in a film The Dealer who will compete in the primary class of the Palme d’Or in Cannes Movie Pageant. On this movie, he’s aspect by aspect with Tune Kang-ho, Bae Doona, and Gang Dong-won.
2. TWICE
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TWICE got here in at quantity 17. Since December final 12 months, the nine-member group has been holding their world tour to the US and Japan, in addition to South Korea. Live shows which were held all the time bought outproving the power of the group that debuted since 2015.