NewJeans' OMG seems to be a bit weaker and more geared toward the i-fans - IU might have won her fight against NJ without the recent scandal

Quote from wizone4life

Who care about #1 singer of Korea in a year? Don't you find IU still being one of the top after 10 year more impressive than winning #1 in a year??

and comparing a group to a soloist seems unfair.

In Korea everyone is thrown into one single vat and compared, which is why IU has been battling one group after another

So as long as the Koreans continue groups and soloists in the sayme way she will be fighting all the groups

Quote from Michael-6

I mean I rather
Newjeans VS
IVE , BP
after all they are the top GG at the moment
and upcoming GG Baby Monster

She represents the reactionary faction of Korean Pop who wants to kill any act who follows the current style of KPop. It is like she and all the acts you name above belong to different factions and only one of them will be allowed to exist.

Quote from pchromo4

in what world is lee jongsuk not a top star in korea he's in the same class as park bogum and lee seunggi for me, possibly also kim soohyun (since he hasn't been as active recently). he's maybe a step below actors like kang dongwon and hyunbin but also a bit younger than them.

Jongsuk was always considered to be somewhat below the top rank of actors. Somewhat like 1.5 tier; he has his niche but he is not considered for first choice when big projects are considered.