On a recent episode of TV personality Kim Gu Ra's YouTube channel 'Gura Chul', music critics gathered to vote on the top 8 korean artists who dominated the K-pop music industry within the past 10 years. In the video, one of the music critics stated, "I think the last ten years really showed 'an era of K-pop'." Considering this, the panel members then voted on the top artists that played a crucial role to the rapid growth of K-pop music.
You can watch the episode here:
Here are the top 8 artists that were chosen as the most influential to K-pop:
1. IU
2. G-Dragon
3. Psy
4. Jay Park
5. BTS
6. BLACKPINK
7. EXO
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Humm, interesting list, I didn't expect how they were ranked. I also thought that Big Bang and TWICE would be there
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