Gallup Korea's Singer of the Year (Korean: 한국갤럽 올해를 빛낸 가수 1위) is selected annually through multiple public surveys conducted across South Korea by Gallup Korea. From 2020, survey is conducted in two categories on the basis of respondents' age group: 13–39, and 40 and above.[1][2]
List of recipients
2000s
Year
Singer(s)
Vote %
Ref.
2007
Wonder Girls
28.2%
[3]
2008
22.2%
2009
Girls' Generation
29.8%
[4]
2010s
Year
Singer(s)
Vote %
Ref.
2010
Girls' Generation
31.5%
[5]
2011
26.1%
[6]
2012
Psy
24.4%
[2]
2013
Cho Yong-pil
17.6%
[7]
2014
IU
12.9%
[8]
2015
Big Bang
15.5%
[9]
2016
Im Chang-jung
11.8%
[10]
2017
IU
15.2%
[11]
2018
BTS
24.4%
[12]
2019
26.3%
[13]
2020s
Key
‡
Indicates category selected by respondents in age group: 13–39
†
Indicates category selected by respondents in age group: 40 and above
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^Park, Soo-yoon (December 18, 2018). 방탄소년단·트와이스, 올해를 빛낸 가수 1·2위 [BTS and TWICE ranked 1st and 2nd singers of the year]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
^Park, So-hyun (December 19, 2019). 방탄소년단, 올해를 빛낸 가수·아이돌·노래 '석권' [BTS, singers, idols, and songs that shined this year 'sweep']. SPOTVNews (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Naver.
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^Lee, Seung-rok (December 19, 2022). 2022 올해를 빛낸 가수, 방탄소년단과 임영웅이었다…신인 뉴진스, 10위권 첫 진입 [The singers who shone this year in 2022 were BTS and Lim Young-woong... Rookie New Jeans enters the top 10 for the first time]. MyDaily (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
^2023년 K컬쳐 “폼 미쳤다”…올해를 뜨겁게 달군 문화 키워드 [2023 K Culture “The form is crazy”… Cultural keywords that heated up this year]. MBN. December 29, 2023. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.