Before BTS And Blackpink, Which Kpop Artists Where Expected To Be Big In The "West"

Big Bang & 2NE1.

Every Big3 group that came out

EXO, imo, could be bigger in the West than they're/were If SM's pushed them.

2012 rollingstone list. mostly big 3.

https://www.rollingstone.com/m…merica-158612/2ne1-81371/

You should change the West for the United States. They never really care about the rest of us.

big 3 i guess

EXO would have been the biggest act ever had they been promoted in West. They certainly got the Talent, Performance and skills and Superior Music Quality to back it up.

Call Me Baby entered Canadian Hot 100 with no promotions. Tells you a lot.

some big3 2nd gen acts?psy?boa?rain?

wasn't around that time, but, read somewhere that they paved the way to US.

BIGBANG & it could have happened if they cared enough lol

2ne1 had potential as well

the obvious answer is Big bang and 2ne1

2NE1, SNSD and Big Bang

The top groups were around the same level of popularity in the US and EU, since K-pop was very niche

bigbang and 2ne1