KPOP in The UK UNITED KINGDOM, HOW POPULAR IS IT?

Korean Pop music was originated in South Korea in the 90s but only became popular worldwide in the new millennial. K-pop has become something of a global phenomenon and its stars are going global Over the past few years, Korean Pop music has conquered the UK’s hearts. The Korean wave is the increase in global popularity of South Korean culture since the 1980s. First driven by the spread of K-dramas and K-pop across East, South and now west. PSY sold over a million copies in the UK with his hit single “Gangnam Style”. According to statistics 23% of the people in the UK responded that they knew K-pop. In 2012, BIGBANG’s concert gathered the largest crowd for a K-Pop concert in the UK. In 2014, BBC Radio 1 played for the first time K-Pop. Last year, BTS became the first Korean boyband on the UK charts at number 62. However knowing about KPOP isn't the same as being fans, many have heard about BTS however there might not be many fans. Some of the known names of Kpop group are:

BTS, Stray Kids, EXO, Girls Generation, Monsta X. NCT 127. SEVENTEEN. TWICE, BLACKPINK. GOT7.BTS. BIGBANG, PSY

A new poll has revealed that metal is the most popular genre of music in the U.K., beating out pop, hip hop, and reggae to the top spot. The survey showed that 20% of respondents living in the U.K. listed metal as their favorite. K-pop is one cultural export you may not know as much about, despite the fact it's an industry worth $5 billion. In fact, one of the K-pop's most successful bands, BTS, sold more albums than Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande last year.

It's clear there's a lot more to K-pop than its synthesised music and dance routines, and it's easy to see why the fascination with this immense genre is ever-growing. K-pop's popularity in the global music market was led by BTS, Blackpink, TWICE, Momoland, and EXO, and these five artists accounted for 54.3 percent of all K-pop YouTube views. In terms of total YouTube views, Asia and America are evenly distributed in the top 10 rankings.

BTS is arguably *the* most popular K-pop group around the globe, and with good reason. Their accolades include: Reaching number one on iTunes in more than 65 countries, have held first place on Billboard's Social 50 chart for 114 weeks in a row, and absolutely crushed a U.S. stadium tour.

Currently there is a lot of new performer from Kpop that held a concert in UK, lets say a few names: from straykids, superM, BTS, Seventeen and many more. Talking about buying an Album or CD to support your faves Kpop group in UK, There are many kpop stores in london. If your just looking for albums. You can get one from HMV or places such as tesco and asda also sell them. Sokollab and Seoul Bakery are also great places to buy from. If you want bt21 merch a place called aurora world sells them. In 2018, BTS became the first K-pop band ever to score a Top 40 hit single on the UK's Official Singles Chart with Idol, that sames year BTS were also confirmed by the Official Charts Company as the first K-pop act to scoop a Top 10 record on the UK's Official Albums Chart.

So yeah, Kpop is steadily growing popularity in UK.