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
2007
Survey period: December 5–16, 2007[3][4]
2008
Survey period: December 5–16, 2007[3][5]
2009
Survey period: 2009[6][7]
2010
Survey period: 2010[8][9]
2011
Survey period: 2011[10][11]
2012
Survey Period: 2012[2][12]
2013
Survey period: 2013[13][14]
2014
Survey period: 2014[15][16]
2015
Survey period: 2015[17][18]
2016
Survey period: 2016[19][20]
2017
Survey period: 2017[21][22]
2018
Survey period: 2018[23][24]
2019
Survey period: 2019[25][26]
2020
Survey period: 2020[1]
2021
Survey period: 2021[27]
2022
Survey period: 2022[28]
2023
Survey period: 2023[29]
2024
Survey period: 2024[30]
2025
Survey period: 2025[31]
See also
References
- ^ a b Hicap, Jonathan (December 21, 2020). "Gallup survey reveals favorite singers in Korea who shined in 2020". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ a b Baek, Ji-eun (December 28, 2012). 싸이, 2012년을 빛낸 가수 1위! '강남스타일'은 올해의 노래 [Psy, the number 1 singer of 2012! 'Gangnam Style' is Song of the Year]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Naver.
- ^ a b Han, Sang-hee (2008-12-17). "Wonder Girls Voted No.1". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
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- ^ 이은정 (December 23, 2009). "2009년 최고 가수는 소녀시대"<갤럽> ["The best singer of 2009 is Girls' Generation" <Gallup>]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
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- ^ Lee, Eun-Jeong (December 21, 2010). "올해 최고 가수는 소녀시대"<갤럽> ["The best singer this year is Girls' Generation" <Gallup>]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "한국갤럽조사연구소". www.gallup.co.kr. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Lee, Eun-jung (December 26, 2011). "소녀시대, 3년 연속 최고 가수"<갤럽> ["Girls' Generation, the best singer for 3 years in a row" <Gallup>]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
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- ^ Park, Ji-hoon (December 19, 2013). "올해의 가수는 조용필, 올해의 노래는 '바운스'" ["Singer of the Year is Cho Yong-pil, Song of the Year is 'Bounce'"]. Kookmin Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Naver.
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- ^ Sung, So-young (December 18, 2014). "IU tops poll for singer of the year". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "한국갤럽조사연구소". www.gallup.co.kr. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Kim, Yu-jin (December 17, 2015). "Big Bang graces 2015: Gallup". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "한국갤럽조사연구소". www.gallup.co.kr. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Park, Ye-seul (December 20, 2012). 올해를 빛낸 가수·노래 2위 ‘트와이스’· ‘치어 업’…1위는? [2nd place for singers and songs that shined this year 'TWICE', 'Cheer Up'... 1st place?]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "한국갤럽조사연구소". www.gallup.co.kr. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Hong, You-kyoung (December 20, 2017). "IU is the nation's singer of the year". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 12, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
- ^ "한국갤럽조사연구소". www.gallup.co.kr. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "한국갤럽조사연구소". www.gallup.co.kr. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "한국갤럽조사연구소". www.gallup.co.kr. Retrieved 2025-12-25.
- ^ Hicap, Jonathan (December 20, 2021). "Gallup Korea's year-end poll selects Korean singers who shined in 2021, best songs". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lee, Jae-hoon (23 December 2024). 뉴진스, 그럼에도 올해를 빛낸 가수 1위…40대 이상은 임영웅 [New Jeans, Still, the Singer Who Shined This Year #1… Lim Young-woong in his 40s and above]. Newsis (in Korean). Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ 2025년 올해를 빛낸 가수와 가요 - 최근 19년간 추이 포함 [Singers and songs that shone in 2025 - including trends in the last 19 years] (in Korean). Gallup Korea. December 22, 2025. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
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