Idol Group Melon Unique Listeners Ranking List

    I decided to compile the ranking of IDOL GROUP songs Melon Unique Listeners (only with 3M+ ULs, as below that would prove too much).


    - Please tell me if I have missed any group, I tried my best to find data for as many groups as I could remember (thank you myaza for helping me remember to look for a bunch of them).


    - I'll try to update it monthly.

    Idol Group Melon ULs (3M+)
    Rank Artist Song ULs
    1 BTS SPRING DAY 7M
    2 BTS BOY WITH LUV 5.6M
    2 TWICE CHEER UP 5.6M
    3 iKON LOVE SCENARIO 5.5M
    4 BTS DNA 5.4M
    4 BLACKPINK DDU-DU DDU-DU 5.4M
    4 RED VELVET RED FLAVOR 5.4M
    5 BLACKPINK AS IF ITS YOUR LAST 5.3M
    6 BTOB MISSING YOU 5.1M
    6 WINNER REALLY REALLY 5.1M
    6 TWICE TT 5.1M
    6 BLACKPINK PLAYING WITH FIRE 5.1M
    7 BTS IDOL 5M
    7 WANNA ONE ENERGETIC 5M
    7 TWICE DANCE HE NIGHT AWAY 5M
    8 BIGBANG BANG BANG BANG 4.9M
    8 MOMOLAND BBOOM BBOOM 4.9M
    8 MAMAMOO STARRY NIGHT 4.9M
    9 BTS FAKE LOVE 4.8M
    9 GFRIEND ROUGH 4.8M
    9 GFRIEND ME GUSTAS TU 4.8M
    10 BTS BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS 4.7M
    10 BIGBANG LIES 4.7M
    10 TWICE LIKE OHH-AHH 4.7M
    10 BEAST ON RAINY DAYS 4.7M
    11 TWICE KNOCK KNOCK 4.6M
    11 MAMAMOO DECALCOMANIE 4.6M
    11 SISTAR SHAKE IT 4.6M
    12 TWICE YES OR YES 4.5M
    12 BIGBANG FXXK IT 4.5M
    12 BIGBANG FLOWER ROAD 4.5M
    12 BIGBANG HARU HARU 4.5M
    12 BLACKPINK WHISTLE 4.5M
    12 RED VELVET RUSSIAN ROULETTE 4.5M
    12 ITZY DALLA DALLA 4.5M
    13 TWICE HEARTSHAKER 4.4M
    13 TWICE LIKEY 4.4M
    13 TWICE WHAT IS LOVE 4.4M
    13 BLACKPINK FOREVER YOUNG 4.4M
    13 MAMAMOO YOUR THE BEST 4.4M
    13 EXO GROWL 4.4M
    13 N.FLYING ROOFTOP 4.4M
    14 BTS DYNAMITE 4.3M
    14 BTS FIRE 4.3M
    14 MAMAMOO UM OH AH YEH 4.3M
    14 AOA HEART ATTACK 4.3M
    14 SISTAR LOVING U 4.3M
    14 SISTAR TOUCH MY BODY 4.3M
    15 BIGBANG FANTASTIC BABY 4.2M
    15 2NE1 I DON'T CARE 4.2M
    15 WANNA ONE BEAUTIFUL 4.2M
    15 BLOCK B HER 4.2M
    16 TWICE SIGNAL 4.1M
    16 BLACKPINK HYLT 4.1M
    16 WINNER EMPTY 4.1M
    16 IKON MY TYPE 4.1M
    16 MAMAMOO YES I AM 4.1M
    16 BTOB ONLY ONE FOR ME 4.1M
    16 RED VELVET PYSCHO 4.1M
    16 RED VELVET BAD BOY 4.1M
    16 RED VELVET ROOKIE 4.1M
    16 RED VELVET POWER UP 4.1M
    17 TWICE FANCY 4M
    17 GFRIEND NAVILLERA 4M
    17 BIGBANG LOSER 4M
    17 BIGBANG BAE BAE 4M
    17 BIGBANG LAST FAREWELL 4M
    17 WONDER GIRLS WHY SO LONELY 4M
    17 IOI VERY VERY VERY 4M
    18 GFRIEND TIME FOR THE MOON NIGHT 3.9M
    18 BLACKPINK KILL THIS LOVE 3.9M
    18 BIGBANG IF YOU 3.9M
    18 MAMAMOO HIP 3.9M
    18 MAMAMOO EGOTISTIC 3.9M
    18 EXO KOKOBOP 3.9M
    18 RED VELVET PEEK-A-BOO 3.9M
    18 OH MY GIRL NONSTOP 3.9M
    19 BTS TTU - 3.8M
    19 GIRLS DAY DARLING 3.8M
    19 RED VELVET DUMB DUMB 3.8M
    20 RED VELVET ICE CREAM CAKE 3.7M
    20 EXO LOVE ME RIGHT 3.7M
    20 SNSD PARTY 3.7M
    20 SNSD GEE 3.7M
    20 OH MY GIRL DOLPHIN 3.7M
    21 BTS ON 3.6M
    21 BLACKPINK BOOMBAYAH 3.6M
    21 BIGBANG LAST DANCE 3.6M
    21 BIGBANG LETS NOT FALL IN LOVE 3.6M
    21 WINNER MILLIONS 3.6M
    21 EXO LOVESHOT 3.6M
    21 EXO TEMPO 3.6M
    21 EXO CALL ME BABY 3.6M
    21 2NE1 COMEBACK HOME 3.6M
    21 MISS A ONLY YOU 3.6M
    21 SISTAR SO COOL 3.6M
    21 GIRLS DAY SOMETHING 3.6M
    22 BIGBANG SUNSET GLOW 3.5M
    22 EXO UNIVERSE 3.5M
    22 SEVENTEEN AJU NICE 3.5M
    22 BLOCK B YESTERDAY 3.5M
    22 AOA MINISKIRT 3.5M
    22 SISTAR GIVE IT TO ME 3.5M
    23 BTS MIKROKOSMOS 3.4M
    23 BTS I NEED U 3.4M
    23 BLACKPINK LOVESICK GIRLS 3.4M
    23 WINNER EVERYDAY 3.4M
    23 BTOB BEAUTIFUL PAIN 3.4M
    23 EXO MONSTER 3.4M
    23 SNSD LION HEART 3.4M
    23 2NE1 GO AWAY 3.4M
    23 WONDER GIRLS SO HOT 3.4M
    23 MISS A BAD GIRL GOOD GIRL 3.4M
    23 WANNA ONE BOOMERANG 3.4M
    23 T-ARA ROLY-POLY 3.4M
    23 AOA LIKE A CAT 3.4M
    23 SISTAR ALONE 3.4M
    24 BIGBANG SOBER 3.3M
    24 BIGBANG WE LIKE TO PARTY 3.3M
    24 BIGBANG BLUE 3.3M
    24 MAMAMOO GOGOBEBE 3.3M
    24 EXO MIRACLES IN DECEMBER 3.3M
    24 (G)I-DLE LATATA 3.3M
    24 SNSD I GOT A BOY 3.3M
    24 2NE1 MISSING YOU 3.3M
    24 2NE1 I AM THE BEST 3.3M
    24 4MINUTE WHATS YOUR NAME 3.3M
    24 F(X) HOT SUMMER 3.3M
    24 BLOCK B TOY 3.3M
    24 AOA SHORT HAIR 3.3M
    24 AOA BINGLE BANGLE 3.3M
    24 SISTAR I LIKE THAT 3.3M
    24 SISTAR I SWEAR 3.3M
    25 BTS GO GO 3.2M
    25 2NE1 UGLY 3.2M
    25 WONDER GIRLS TELL ME 3.2M
    25 BRAVE GIRLS ROLLIN 3.2M
    25 BEAST 12:30 3.2M
    26 BTS I'M FINE 3.1M
    26 BIGBANG/2NE1 LOLLIPOP 3.1M
    26 WINNER DON'T FLIRT 3.1M
    26 BTOB MOVIE 3.1M
    26 WONDER GIRLS NOBODY 3.1M
    26 GIRLS DAY EXPECTATION 3.1M
    27 BTS BLACK SWAN 3M
    27 BIGBANG MONSTER 3M
    27 IKON GOODBYE ROAD 3M
    27 EXO DANCING KING 3M
    27 SHINEE VIEW 3M
    27 2NE1 FIRE 3M
    27 WONDER GIRLS BE MY BABY 3M
    27 WANNA ONE I.P.U 3M
    27 BEAST FICTION 3M
    27 F(X) RUM PUM PUM PUM 3M
    27 BLOCK B JACKPOT 3M

    Wow, this must have taken some effort. Thank you for this list. :borahae:

    Thanks for putting this together!


    Spring Day and BWL being the biggest hits since at least 2010 seems correct.


    BTS has top 2 songs and 3 in top 5 :eek:


    And apparently ON is a certified national hit :eek:


    For curiosity, I checked how many songs each artist has and BB and BTS lead, as expected.

    BIGBANG 17
    BTS 15
    TWICE 11
    EXO 10
    RED VELVET 9
    BLACKPINK 9
    SISTAR 8
    MAMAMOO 8
    2NE1 7
    WONDER GIRLS 5
    WINNER 5
    AOA 5
    WANNA ONE 4
    SNSD 4
    GFRIEND 4
    BTOB 4
    BLOCK B 4
    iKON 3
    GIRLS DAY 3
    BEAST 3
    MISS A 2
    F(X) 2
    T-ARA 1
    SHINEE 1
    SEVENTEEN 1
    N.FLYING 1
    MOMOLAND 1
    ITZY 1
    IOI 1
    BRAVE GIRLS 1
    BIGBANG/2NE1 1
    4MINUTE 1
    (G)I-DLE 1
  • AllKill VIP

    As always, I have to promote my soloist faves among all these idol groups


    IU: 35 songs

    TAEYEON: 11 songs


    RANK IN
    IDOL LIST    		 ARTIST SONG ULs
    2 IU 밤편지 6.9M
    2 HIGH4, IU 봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고 6.3M
    2 IU 금요일에 만나요 (Feat. 장이정 Of HISTORY) 6.2M
    2 IU 너의 의미 (Feat. 김창완) 5.7M
    2 IU 미리 메리 크리스마스 (Feat. 천둥 Of MBLAQ) 5.7M
    3 IU 팔레트 (Feat. G-DRAGON) 5.5M
    6 IU 삐삐 5.2M
    6 IU Blueming 5.1M
    7 IU 좋은 날 5M
    8 IU 사랑이 잘 (With 오혁) 4.9M
    8 IU 스물셋 4.9M
    8 IU 너랑 나 4.9M
    8 IU 가을 아침 4.9M
    8 TAEYEON 사계 (Four Seasons) 4.9M
    9 IU Love poem 4.8M
    9 TAEYEON I (Feat. 버벌진트) 4.8M
    10 IU 에잇(Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS) 4.7M
    10 IU 마음 4.7M
    11 IU 나의 옛날이야기 4.6M
    11 TAEYEON Rain 4.6M
    12 IU 하루 끝 4.5M
    14 IU 나만 몰랐던 이야기 4.3M
    14 TAEYEON 그대라는 시 4.3M
    15 IU 잔소리 (With 2AM 슬옹) 4.2M
    15 TAEYEON 만약에 4.2M
    16 IU 마음을 드려요 4.1M
    16 TAEYEON 11:11 4.1M
    16 TAEYEON Fine 4.1M
    17 IU 이런 엔딩 4M
    17 IU 분홍신 4M
    17 IU 잠 못 드는 밤 비는 내리고 4M
    17 IU 내 손을 잡아 4M
    19 IU 이름에게 3.8M
    19 IU 푸르던 3.8M
    19 IU 무릎 3.8M
    19 IU Rain Drop 3.8M
    20 IU 이 지금 3.7M
    21 Sung Si-kyung, IU 그대네요 3.6M
    21 TAEYEON 들리나요... 3.6M
    22 Ulala Session, IU 애타는 마음 3.5M
    24 IU 복숭아 3.3M
    25 IU Celebrity 3.2M
    25 TAEYEON Why 3.2M
    25 TAEYEON 불티 (Spark) 3.2M
    27 IU 사랑이 지나가면 3M
    27 TAEYEON U R 3M
    Quote from omnimorphism

    As always, I have to promote my soloist faves among all these idol groups


    ARTIST SONG ULs
    2 IU 밤편지 6.9M
    2 HIGH4, IU 봄 사랑 벚꽃 말고 6.3M
    2 IU 금요일에 만나요 (Feat. 장이정 Of HISTORY) 6.2M
    2 IU 너의 의미 (Feat. 김창완) 5.7M
    2 IU 미리 메리 크리스마스 (Feat. 천둥 Of MBLAQ) 5.7M
    3 IU 팔레트 (Feat. G-DRAGON) 5.5M
    6 IU 삐삐 5.2M
    6 IU Blueming 5.1M
    7 IU 좋은 날 5M
    8 IU 사랑이 잘 (With 오혁) 4.9M
    8 IU 스물셋 4.9M
    8 IU 너랑 나 4.9M
    8 IU 가을 아침 4.9M
    8 TAEYEON 사계 (Four Seasons) 4.9M
    9 IU Love poem 4.8M
    9 TAEYEON I (Feat. 버벌진트) 4.8M
    10 IU 에잇(Prod.&Feat. SUGA of BTS) 4.7M
    10 IU 마음 4.7M
    11 IU 나의 옛날이야기 4.6M
    11 TAEYEON Rain 4.6M
    12 IU 하루 끝 4.5M
    14 IU 나만 몰랐던 이야기 4.3M
    14 TAEYEON 그대라는 시 4.3M
    15 IU 잔소리 (With 2AM 슬옹) 4.2M
    15 TAEYEON 만약에 4.2M
    16 IU 마음을 드려요 4.1M
    16 TAEYEON 11:11 4.1M
    16 TAEYEON Fine 4.1M
    17 IU 이런 엔딩 4M
    17 IU 분홍신 4M
    17 IU 잠 못 드는 밤 비는 내리고 4M
    17 IU 내 손을 잡아 4M
    19 IU 이름에게 3.8M
    19 IU 푸르던 3.8M
    19 IU 무릎 3.8M
    19 IU Rain Drop 3.8M
    20 IU 이 지금 3.7M
    21 Sung Si-kyung, IU 그대네요 3.6M
    21 TAEYEON 들리나요... 3.6M
    22 Ulala Session, IU 애타는 마음 3.5M
    24 IU 복숭아 3.3M
    25 IU Celebrity 3.2M
    25 TAEYEON Why 3.2M
    25 TAEYEON 불티 (Spark) 3.2M
    27 IU 사랑이 지나가면 3M
    27 TAEYEON U R 3M

    IU is insane! Queen!

    The way Spring Day behaves, it might just go down as the biggest song in Korea in this millenium.

    Quote from icyruios

    8 of Sistar's songs are there, non big3 GG did that let that fking sink in


    They weren't called the digital queens for no reason


    GIF sistar - animated GIF on GIFER

    Sistar is interesting. I was so surpised when I found out that theyre in top 5 digital kpop groups ever. Noone really talks about them.


    Same with Kara. Their Japanese achievements are talked about much less than TVXQ or SNSD, while they were bigger with GP.


    It seems like non-big3 groups will be forgotten by kpop stans, even if they were huge.

  • AllKill VIP
    Quote from myaza

    Sistar is interesting. I was so surpised when I found out that theyre in top 5 digital kpop groups ever. Noone really talks about them.


    Same with Kara. Their Japanese achievements are talked about much less than TVXQ or SNSD, while they were bigger with GP.


    It seems like non-big3 groups will be forgotten by kpop stans, even if they were huge.

    Thing about Sistar, they don't really have a huge fanbase (their physical sales are terrible), but somehow the GP is always anticipating their comeback. They always comeback during the summer period so it's like everyone is waiting and waiting for their long anticipated once a year comeback every summer time, and every song they had was a hit from "So Cool" onwards.


    In fact, all their title tracks reached No.1 on Gaon from "So Cool" all the way till their disbandment song "Lonely" (the only song not on this list), and that counts for 9 No.1 Gaon Digital hit, the highest out of any GG tied with Twice/2NE1. The GP really loves them


    :pepelove1::pepelove1::pepelove1:

    spring day getting around 500k+ uls in first 24hrs but that didn't stop her from outperforming every song that had over 1m+ 24hrs uls


    really you can't determine an actual hit song from just initial reception


    SISTAR remain QUEENS

    Life goes on

    Nice compilation, missing High4 tho.


    One should be careful to compare older songs with newer tho, there's a reason the top 40 or so are all released 2015 and later. Primary reason being a decrease in downloads and switch to streaming, consolidation of music services and growing userbase of melon (at least until 2020), which favours songs released later in the decade when it comes to ul's, and does not necessarily reflect the popularity at the time of release in a way that can be compared.

    im just curious

    Why generally 2nd gens seems to have lower ULs than 3rd gens?


    Was it because of the transition from download to streaming, hence some Gen2 still suffer from lower ULs? Doesnt download count toward ULs too?

    Quote from gerrard174

    im just curious

    Why generally 2nd gens seems to have lower ULs than 3rd gens?


    Was it because of the transition from download to streaming, hence some Gen2 still suffer from lower ULs? Doesnt download count toward ULs too?


    I think more charts used to exist back then which split UL more I guess?


    Melon most likely has more users but less share currently compared to less users but maybe more share back then?


    It is weird though

    Quote from gerrard174

    im just curious

    Why generally 2nd gens seems to have lower ULs than 3rd gens?


    Was it because of the transition from download to streaming, hence some Gen2 still suffer from lower ULs? Doesnt download count toward ULs too?


    Quote from ForgottenSoul

    I think more charts used to exist back then which split UL more I guess?


    Melon most likely has more users but less share currently compared to less users but maybe more share back then?


    It is weird though

    Quoting myself

    Quote from Kreatin

    Nice compilation, missing High4 tho.


    One should be careful to compare older songs with newer tho, there's a reason the top 40 or so are all released 2015 and later. Primary reason being a decrease in downloads and switch to streaming, consolidation of music services and growing userbase of melon (at least until 2020), which favours songs released later in the decade when it comes to ul's, and does not necessarily reflect the popularity at the time of release in a way that can be compared.

    Quote from gerrard174

    Can we talk about the lack of SM 2nd gen artists on the list? I would've thought more SNSD, fx and SHINEE or even some of suju popular song here.


    Seeing how Gee and Fire are both here

    There's decent amount of snsd. SM has never been too good with digitals. Fx doesn't have huge hits. But sorry sorry not making it is surprising.

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    Quote from gerrard174

    I was expecting sorry sorry, mr simple, mamacita, and some songs from Shinee. And where's 2pm?

    Super Juniors songs ULs are at:

    Sorry Sorry - 2.3M

    Mr Simple - 1.5M

    Devil - 1.4M

    and another 2 songs above 1M


    Mamacita is below 1M with 752k



    Shinee's only song over 3M is View

    Closest are:

    Dream Girl - 2.3M

    Ring Ding Dong - 2.3M

    Sherlock - 2.2M

    Replay - 2.2M

    than they have another 12 songs over 1M ULs



    2PMs highest ULs

    are for

    Heartbeat with 2.2M

    Again & Again with 2.2M

    Hand's Up with 2.1M

    and than another 8 songs over 1M ULs

    I keep repeating myself, but ill say it again. Comparing songs now with songs pre-2014 and before the price hikes, UL will for the most part be a useless comparision. Downloads was how people consumed music back then, not streaming.


    Basically the only songs released back then that ranks high in ul's now are seasonal songs like cherry blossom ending/ no spring, love or cherry blossom that come back every year.

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