100 Entertainment and Industry Professionals Vote On The Best Of K-Pop

100 Entertainment and industry professionals voted on what they believed what the best of K-Pop is, including the best artists, the leaders of the next generation of artists, and the best companies.

The first vote was for who they believed the Representative Face of Hallyu was for fans around the world, and it was no surprise to see BTS on top. Out of a total of 96 professionals who voted, almost 90% of them voted for BTS!

BTS (96 votes)
Big Hit Entertainment (2 votes)
Actress Song Hye Kyo (2 votes)
Writer Kim Eun Sook (2 votes)

The next vote was for who the professionals believed to be the TOP 3 players (artists) who represent K-Pop right now. Once again, BTS is leading the way. Professionals were allowed to pick up to 3 artists.

BTS (90 votes)
EXO (58 votes)
TWICE (51 votes)
BLACKPINK (19 votes)
BIGBANG (9 votes)
TVXQ (5 votes)
Wanna One (5 votes)
SEVENTEEN (4 votes)
PSY (4 votes)

The third vote was for which executive producer represents K-Pop the best, and none other than Hitman Bang tops the vote.

Bang Si Hyuk – Big Hit Entertainment (26 votes)
Lee Soo Man – SM Entertainment (16 votes)
Park Jin Young – JYP Entertainment (12 votes)
Yang Hyun Suk – YG Entertainment (7 votes)

The fourth vote was for which entertainment agency represents K-Pop the best, and SM Entertainment still leads the way here.

SM Entertainment (69 votes)
JYP Entertainment (60 votes)
Big Hit Entertainment (55 votes)
YG Entertainment (20 votes)

The fifth vote was for which K-Pop groups would lead the next generation of the Hallyu Wave, both in Korea and around the world. JYP’s newest girl group ITZY leads the way.

ITZY (40 votes)
BLACKPINK (29 votes)
TXT (22 votes)
NCT (18 votes)
Stray Kids (11 votes)
SEVENTEEN (9 votes)
IZ*ONE (9 votes)
MONSTA X (8 votes)
(G)I-DLE (8 votes)

The 100 entertainment industry officials who voted come from a variety of sectors, including entertainment agencies, actor agencies, broadcast companies, movie production companies, and production teams.