BTS, Lee Min Ho, Blackpink, Psy, and Song Hye Kyo Only Entertainers to Make the KOCIS 2021 Most Influential South Korean Poll

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• Except for BTS and Blackpink these lists could be a carbon copy from 10-15 years ago. Seriously though both groups basically saved hallyu in their own ways because it was clearly dying.

  • I don't think it's dying. Might be in europe or America. But in ASIA, especially in my country, Kdrama is still alive and has huge fanbase.

• Kris jenner make top 3??Last year he no.1 hallyu star poll but it didnt help him get rating hit in drama lol!!!Where is park seo joon,hyun bin,kang he nul,nam goong min???Their drama was rating hit last year did better than lee min ho botox-sii.Because botox in his cheek he can't potrait pull emotion in king eternal flop.This poll doesnt mean anything even kim nam gil was better and talented actor tham him!!

  • What a nasty piece of work you are.

  • Marie suzy stays flop and a decoration. Her existence is mere prop . Wait for jennie and jisoo to debut. They gonna snatch her decoration characters because of their overseas fame SUzy is no match for them worldwide!

    • Oh Ady, you're obsessed with Queen Suzy lmao. She lives in your mind 24/7 rent-free. Pretty sure that user is Joane lol. But anyways, I agree with everything OP said, except for the username. Kim Go Eun IS talented and hard-carried the acting in TKEM whereas the eternal chaebol just modeled in front of the cam as usual. Who cares about hallyu when acting is his main profession from the start yet still mediocre af almost 2 decades in.

    • King remains unbothered with his upcoming 130 million dollars project. Who will offer woozie such project lmao!. No korean actor can command such project and he is not like woozie to media play his salary. But everyone knows what apple must be paying him!

      Rofl woozie fan talking about acting
      King remains better actor and star than ur local woozie
      So u r transphobic by agreeing? Good! Showed ur true self
      And btw if people get disappointed by lmh because they expect from him to do better
      Because they know he is actually a good actor
      But noone expects anything from ur woozie bcoz she is a decoration used in movies. With no substance. A mere showpiece with 100 flops! She needs to rely on top actors to get hits as she has zero power
      And yes i m ady only

    • Suzy's drama Start Up is still at top 3 among world Netflix kdramas from last year untill now! She's only 3 months older than jisoo, but already have many hit dramas and movies, won many acting awards, meanwhile Jisoo still not debut as an actress yet, even many famous Hallywoo actors/actresses still have many flop movies, only in your dream Jisoo can catch up with her just rely on riding the frame of BP but not her selfe!

    • Start-up is a flop . No.katter how many fanfiction woozie's tards right.
      She is no match for bp members global fame who r world famous n outearn by a mile. Stay in ur lane
      She is queen of flops n a mere decoration who will be replaced by another decorations
      Like Han ga in. Atleast han ga in went out with 40% drama rofl

  • Vannising, is that you?

  • Popularity doesn't equate to talent necessarily. I dont begrudge LMH his success or fan base but I genuinely don't understand it. He is an okay actor, with some hits but a bunch of his dramas are cliched messes with lots of toxic masculinity (The Heirs anyone?)

  • Hahaha it is not only about hit dramas. This is about good and bad publicities.

  • Suzy's fans and their obsession with lmh.
    They broke up a long time ago, learn to move on. And if you want to hate him use your bias's name using another actress's name is cowardice.
    And Thinking you did something with that troll comment when you are only bringing unnecessary trolls to Suzy.

• What an interesting time to post this.

• Lee min ho big budget international drama, his pan asian endorsements which pay him more than korean actors , speaks of his hallyu fame and the above showpiece suzy fan making transphobic comment calling him kris jenner. Your suzy overseas fame is being his ex. Nothing more lol. She is a local showpiece. Atleast he makes his dramas profitable on his own star power and kind was profitable even pre airing which ur woozie can never, unlike your eternal showpiece who is used as prop in movies and whenever she tries dramas on her own, they all flop. She is not on level of LMH and no one will cast her for mega budget international dramas like Hallyu KIng
  Song Hyo kyo pioneer of hallyu with autumn in my heart. SHe and lee min ho has eyes for dramas which sells out overseas. That's why they are blue chip of industry.
  Whether u like lmh or not, u cant deny his hallyu fame. Third gen failed to make hallyu actors and BTS become world stars. Blackpink too become big, with girl groups. But difference is bts>> wall> bp> other kpop groups. BTS can sell million tickets in online concert. BP only 280 k. No match Offline at all in album sales and ticketing power. But BP are huge compared to others. Both BTS members V , Jungkook as well as jisoo r offered dramas and movies , but Tae said he will do after he turns 30. Third gen failed to create hallyu actors. Only first gen and second gen hallyu actors are relevant, with Lee min ho and song hye kyo at top. Jun ji hyun long hiatus has hurted her ranking, but she will get it back with next show. Kim soo hyun, song joongki are hallyu stars too. Even back in 2nd gen k actors are way biggest stars than 2nd gen kpop idols. But third gen kpop>>> kdrama

• Lee min ho, this guy can literally just vanish from the face of the earth and still be trending and entering polls.

  His fan base is sophisticated

  • Lee Min Ho popularity came grom BoF. He really Hit the chart then and until now that popularity is still intact in international viewers.

    I remember when I was in AbuDhabi even the pirated DVD of BoF was selling by Chinese. Lol

• Wow BTS and BP should marry each other, they're everywhere. King and Queen of kpop.

  But LMH and SHK are freaking popular internationally. No wonder. Hate it or love it, even for my non drama lover friends, they are popular.
  Wondering why SJK isnt on top 10. He's also very famous.

  • LMH the biggest Korean actor globally.. You can argue with your wall.

    Goto any remote place in the world, they know him.. In fact, he is the only Korean actor most people outside Korea know his full name..other actors look the same to them.. The only asian actors that are well known as LMH or even surpass him are jet li, Jackie chan, Shah rukh khan,Aishwarya rai, donnie yen, chow yun fat.

    • I agree. LMH has the name recall compared to his contemporaries and even sunbaes among Kdrama and non Kdrama fans. I bet the mothers and grandmas, and preferably the male audience in other countries esp Asians knew him and would still mention his name even if he’ll go into hiatus. My mother for example who do not watch Kdrama knew LMH’s full name and his face.

    • Don't forget Xiao Zhan from China.
      He trends everyday in the US here.
      I think he's way more popular than Lee Min Ho.
      But you're right , asides BTS , black pink and to some extent Exo ....Lee Min Ho and Song Hye Kyo are the most popular actors in Korea.

    • I agree he is popular but to say that you can go to any remote place and people would know him? No way. He is not a movie star. He is know in kdrama land. So unless you watch kdramas, who would know him??? He is not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt with that kind of face or name recognition. Even people who don't watch movies know who those two are. I assure you most people don't know who LMH is.

  • Another despo attempt by blink to put their models on level of BTS when they are not. BP touring stats, sales are close to other kpop groups than BTS. Even nct had 200 k online concert viewers. Blinks were predicting 500k to million like bts but they didnt even touch 300k. BTS deserve nice people, not these arrogant women who cant even clap during performances! They gonna be finished by 2023 when their contract ends. 2ne1 remember, The fate of yg girl groups!

  • nah, Lee Min Ho and Song Hye Kyo get popular around 2000 - 2009 through full house/Autumn Tale and BOF for LMH, and still maintain that popularity. Joong Ki is just got a rising star in 2010 and start booing through DOTS. So I understand why they get bigger fan base.

• I think the post was meant for SHK and SJK fans to fight...not about LMH lol

  • ???

  • LOL...as if every SHK and SJK fans needs to hate each other.

    • They don't but it inevitably happens anyway...

• Even in France, BTS are named Mega Top Kpop stars by medias . The others are only known by kdrama lovers as me . Le quotidien a popular tv show used "dynamite" in sept 2020 to promote the new season...when they only use indie or trendy music . A show in wich big stars used to come as Tom cruise, Will Smith, Dua Lipa, Tom Hanks, Marvel's star, Game of Thrones cast, La casa de papel, Steven spielberg,...

  • BTS is legitimately famous in most countries, they're starting to become known as a "pop" artist in the same league as major western stars now. I'm no kpop fan but that's truly impressive (even if it sadly comes at the cost of them having to face racism).

    (One good measure of BTS fame in Korea is that almost every drama I watched between 2018 to now has mentioned them in some way - unless it's a sageuk or period drama lol. Most recently it was Vincenzo!)

    • Only 3 artists to debut in 21st century who has sold over 100 million EAS ( equivalents album sales used by ifpi and billboard )
      Taylor swift , coldplay and Rihanna or u can go back. Britney and eminem who debuted at end of 90s.
      Adele and Drake are at 90 million
      Guess what? BTs sold 16 million Eas in last 9 months and are near 75 million total
      And by end of 2022 will join exclusive 100 million EAS club in less than ten years of debut
      Ifpi named them artist of yeat
      Dynamite in 4 month was ranked in top 10 worlwide hits
      Butter is on way to be there too
      They had most number one consumed album and number 4 consumed albums
      In pure sales they had top 2 most albums
      Reaching 100 million EAS faster than western acts in huge
      They sells million tickets for one online concert
      Has huge endorsements globally
      They are biggest right now according to ifpi

    • BTS. The Global Superstars. Mic drop.

    • Not a kpop fan either but Dynamite and butter are perfect while driving going to work . The only ones i know and i like are Baby VOX and T ara's songs .

    • @cahill - I only know Baby VOX because of Yoon Eun Hye haha, I remember being so surprised to learn she was a girl group member! There are other kpop idols from that time who became successful as actors but YEH was the only one whose career as an actress fully eclipsed her idol image, I never see it brought up in her articles etc.

      I don't know what all those numbers the BTS fans are bringing up, actually mean - but I agree they are global superstars, it's extra impressive that even the pandemic didn't slow their rise. I enjoy Dynamite and Butter is fun too, but I think some of their Korean songs are better/have better lyrics. I hear some people are calling their #1 position a "fraud" because fans bought their songs and blocked that Disney girl from the top? But buying songs/paying money is how the music industry survives, why yell at fans for spending their own money. I'm with the fans on this one.

    • BTS really broke through in a big way, but I actually think the pandemic helped cement and grow their fanbase because Western artists make bank on touring and not as much music was getting released because no tours were gonna happen. (I mean WAP but...ugh) Their company is very good at managing them and thinking strategically. I am kind of middle of the road about some of their recent stuff but it's nice that people internationally are checking out Korean content.

      Also, the US music market has been a desert for so long they deserve to get shellacked by international acts though I realize the companies are all holding hands at this point.

• Stop writing pointless articles. Your clickbaits can only generate 14 comments? LOL.

  • Hey, websites need traffic and bad actors or controversies are good for clicks!

    • Curious..how's this article fit the criteria mentioned in your comment?

    • Because SHK and LMH are more known for their hallyu status than their acting skills.

    • @bbc so being more known as hallyu stars automatically makes them BAD actors?

    • Still havent gotten an answer from royal we. Don't take this the wrong way, i'm just curious

    • Ms koala posted the same thing last year and sjk was also part of the list. He controversial or a bad actor?

      https://koalasplayground.com/2020/02/06/president-moon-jae-in-bts-lee-min-ho-song-hye-kyo-and-psy-are-top-5-vote-getters-of-the-national-image-survey/

• @Joker pointless comment. If you think this website writes pointless articles why are you even visiting this website? People can write anything they want, if it's not your cup of tea you can stay away