Gallup Korea's Singer of the Year

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	BigBang	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

Year	Singer(s)	Vote %	Ref.
2020	‡ BTS	39.2%	[1]
	† Lim Young-woong	36.9%
2021	‡ BTS	45.6%	[14]
	† Lim Young-woong	36.3%
2022	‡ BTS	29.4%	[15]
	† Lim Young-woong	33.0%
2023	‡ NewJeans	25.7%	[16]
	† Lim Young-woong	37.8%
2024	‡ NewJeans	25.5%	[17]
	† Lim Young-woong	33.9%

Gallery

• 
  Wonder Girls (2007–08)
• 
  Girls' Generation (2009–11)
• 
  Psy (2012)
• 
  Cho Yong-pil (2013)
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  IU (2014 and 2017)
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  BigBang (2015)
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  Im Chang-jung (2016)
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  BTS (2018–22)
• 
  Lim Young-woong (2020–24)
• 
  NewJeans (2023-24)

See also

• Gallup Korea's Actor of the Year
• Gallup Korea's Song of the Year