[PC][instiz] WHICH MALE IDOL SOLO HAS THE MOST HIT SONGS?

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source: [instiz] WHICH MALE IDOL SOLO HAS THE MOST HIT SONGS?

https://www.pannchoa.com/2022/08/instiz-which-male-idol-solo-has-most.html

 

 

To me, it's Zico's solo. Just on top of my head, there's Turtle Ship, Any Song, Boys and Girls, Eureka, Tough Cookie, Artist, I Am You You Are Me, Bermuda, Triangle. There are just so many songs

 

original post: here

 

1. I was thinking about another idol but after I clicked in, I shut up... I agree with Zico...

 

2. G-Dragon 

 

3. GD

 

4. Ah right, there's GD too 

 

5. GD and Zico 

 

6. I automatically thought of Zico when I clicked in 

 

7. Kim Taewoo....?

 

8. Zi-aco

 

9. GD and Zico...

 

10. I thought of GD and Zico and they're both thereㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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You know who else is getting there? Taemin, one bop at a time.

Edited August 20, 2022 by KentasGlittery EyeMakeup

[abra]

2 hours ago, KentasGlittery EyeMakeup said:

You know who else is getting there? Taemin, one bop at a time.

He doesn't really have hits

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4 minutes ago, abra said:

He doesn't really have hits

I said he's getting there, not that he's there. He isn't on the same level, but he's imho climbing steadily. Wasn't Move pretty much a hit though?

[abra]

32 minutes ago, KentasGlittery EyeMakeup said:

I said he's getting there, not that he's there. He isn't on the same level, but he's imho climbing steadily. Wasn't Move pretty much a hit though?

I think you might consider it a minor hit, but from SM there are other soloists with more and bigger hits like Baekhyun, Kyuhyun and Chen. Outside of SM you have the BTS members, Taeyang, Winner's Mino and some more. I will say that Taemin has carved a niche for himself with a distinctive style.

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1 minute ago, abra said:

I think you might consider it a minor hit, but from SM there are other soloists with more and bigger hits like Baekhyun, Kyuhyun and Chen. Outside of SM you have the BTS members, Taeyang, Winner's Mino and some more. I will say that Taemin has carved a niche for himself with a distinctive style.

Everything Baekhyun released was excellent to me. Kai too. I love Suga's solo music, RM's as well and this year J-Hope totally won me over with his new releases. 

[Youahaen]

7 hours ago, abra said:

He doesn't really have hits

7 hours ago, KentasGlittery EyeMakeup said:

I said he's getting there, not that he's there. He isn't on the same level, but he's imho climbing steadily. Wasn't Move pretty much a hit though?

6 hours ago, abra said:

I think you might consider it a minor hit

Move is quite huge actually. Its a hit. Koreans have a special nickname for Move which is called "Moo Moo" and the song is well-known for its viralness called "Move/Moo pyung" literally translated as "Move disease/virus" and the song never ages. Everybody/most ppl knows this song and dances to it nonstop since it's release until now and there's even parodies of it. I'm not only talking about countless of idols cover or weekly idol...Move has surpassed that level within the same year it was released many years ago. It's already on the level where comedians, actors, ballad singers, variety stars, the military, various public figures, non-idols, sports figures, the public(non-celebs), etc. dancing, singing, vibing, playing, mentioning, crediting, and referencing to the song:

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The audience's huge reaction to this perf says it all

 

Fancams of Move perfs at Seoul Fashion week in 2017, Dreamcon in 2018 & 2019 all went viral 

There's actually way more examples than these...but these are all that I can remember on top of my head right now...

Sure it never charted high like the  hiphop solo idols GD, Mino and Zico and the ballad/rnb solo idols like Kyuhyun, Chen and Baekhyun but that's because male DANCE pop idol solo scene is underrated and not as popular with the gp as the hip-hop, rap, rnb, ballad solos , but considering how this song and dance went viral/blew up eventually with longevity and great amount of unique listeners at like 1.4-1.5M  and  everyone/almost everyone knew and have heard of this song... It's a rare case where the chart position doesn't really reflect the popularity of it but rather in irl, the impact clearly shows. The song ended up becoming a hit (like it went from sleeper hit/viral hit ---> a hit). Like how many male idols can say they have a big dance hit song and phenomenon as Move? Not even many female idol dance soloists have a song with this impact except Sunmi, Chungha, Hwasa, Gain, Somi and recently Nayeon (these girls have bigger hits and/or at same level) . Safe to say that among dance genre male solo idol, Taemin is on top of the game. 

Many international K-pop fans have little idea about the popularity of Move domestically but look at how these idols instantly knew what song it is and talked about how impactful, relevant and big the song was

 

 

Edited August 20, 2022 by Youahaen

[RussianRoulette]

Personally my first thought was Taemin? But with the BTS members going solo now I’m sure they will get up here really quick.

[abra]

15 minutes ago, Youahaen said:

There's actually way more examples than these...but these are all that I can remember on top of my head for now...

Sure it never charted high like the  hiphop solos GD, Mino and Zico and the ballad/rnb solo idols like Kyuhyun, Chen and Baekhyun but that's because male DANCE pop idol solo scene is underrated and not as popular with the gp as the hip-hop, rap, rnb, ballad solos , but considering how this song and dance went viral/blew up eventually with longevity and great amount of unique listeners and  everyone/almost everyone knew and have heard of this song... It's a rare case where the chart doesn't really reflect the popularity of it but rather in irl, the impact clearly shows. The song ended up becoming a hit (like it went from sleeper hit/viral hit ---> a hit). Like how many male idols can say they have a big dance hit song and phenomenon as Move? Not even many female idol dance soloists have a song with this impact except Sunmi, Chungha, Hwasa, Gain, Somi and recently Nayeon (these girls have bigger hits and/or at same level) . 

I would personally still consider that a minor hit as a song even if the dance went viral

[Youahaen]

1 hour ago, abra said:

I would personally still consider that a minor hit as a song even if the dance went viral

Well, that's your opinion, doesn't make your claim right.  We can agree to disagree. At least I put receipts and facts to back up my post. The thing is its not just the dance but the song became popular as well hence there's Move singing covers too on National Singer, Masked Singer, etc. not just dance. Unique listeners has surpassed way over 1M many years ago, so...it's considered a hit. 

Edited August 20, 2022 by Youahaen

[rananicolee]

G-Dragon. You can hate him all you want but the man has had a lot of hits. You can’t deny that. 

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2 hours ago, Youahaen said:

Well, that's your opinion, doesn't make your claim right.  We can agree to disagree. At least I put receipts and facts to back up my post. The thing is its not just the dance but the song became popular as well hence there's Move singing covers too on National Singer, Masked Singer, etc. not just dance. Unique listeners has surpassed way over 1M many years ago, so...it's considered a hit. 

I agree with you. It was that song that drew me in and gave a chance to listen to the entire album. 

[sour candy]

My first thought was G-dragon for sure, as questionable as the guy is - you can't deny he has a ton of popular hits.

Side note since it was discussed here: move is iconic and will go down in history books!!

[rowe]

On 8/20/2022 at 8:56 PM, abra said:

I think you might consider it a minor hit, but from SM there are other soloists with more and bigger hits like Baekhyun, Kyuhyun and Chen. Outside of SM you have the BTS members, Taeyang, Winner's Mino and some more. I will say that Taemin has carved a niche for himself with a distinctive style.

 

On 8/20/2022 at 8:57 PM, KentasGlittery EyeMakeup said:

Everything Baekhyun released was excellent to me. Kai too. I love Suga's solo music, RM's as well and this year J-Hope totally won me over with his new releases. 

Not all BTS members successful/have hits. For example, J-hope. His debut tanked.

Dropped out of chart after an hour

Considering he'd be classified under K-hiphop, a popular genre in SK, this is considered really bad.

I'm also not confident about other less popular BTS members' solo debut but the maknae-line has high chance to do well because they're the most popular ones.

Kai has no hit song. His debut song failed to chart. The song maybe pretty popular among Kpop fans and idols but it's not a hit as it only has barely 400k uls in almost 2 years. His 2nd cb release flopped even worse and couldnt even reach 200k uls, it only has 160k uls which is extremely poor despite all the promos and tv appearances he did. He's not a gp hit. Even his YT domestic views and searches incredibly low last year. 

The only male soloists who ranked in the TOP50 Youtube Korea views were GD, Baekhyun, Kyuhyun, Mino, Zico, Taemin, Yoseob, K.Daniel, etc. Some of them like GD, Zico, Baekhyun, Taemin, the popular members of BTS, Cha Eunwoo, Junho, etc. were the most searched TOP10 male idols on YouTube Korea. Based on data last year.

The EXO members that do consistently well on Kcharts esp Melon are only Chen and Baekhyun, they're the ones whose songs are listened by the gp.

Edited August 22, 2022 by rowe
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18 minutes ago, rowe said:

 

Not all BTS members successful/have hits. For example, J-hope. His debut tanked.

Dropped out of chart after an hour

Considering he'd be classified under K-hiphop, a popular genre in SK, this is considered really bad.

I'm also not confident about other less popular BTS members' solo debut but the maknae-line has high chance to do well because they're the most popular ones.

Kai has no hit song. His debut song failed to chart. The song maybe pretty popular among Kpop fans and idols but it's not a hit as it only has barely 400k uls in almost 2 years. His 2nd cb release flopped even worse and couldnt even reach 200k uls, it only has 160k uls which is extremely poor despite all the promos and tv appearances he did. He's not a gp hit. Even his YT domestic views and searches incredibly low last year. 

The only male soloists who ranked in the TOP50 Youtube Korea views were GD, Baekhyun, Kyuhyun, Mino, Zico, Taemin, Yoseob, K.Daniel, etc. Some of them like GD, Zico, Baekhyun, Taemin, the popular members of BTS, Cha Eunwoo, Junho, etc. were the most searched TOP10 male idols on YouTube Korea. Based on data last year.

The EXO members that do consistently well on Kcharts esp Melon are only Chen and Baekhyun, they're the ones whose songs are listened by the gp.

Why are you quoting my reply where I was talking about what music I like? Not what does well, but what I liked?