Top 10 biggest 3rd gen boy groups

So who are they?

My spontaneous ranking would be:

1. BTS
2. EXO
3. Seventeen
4. NCT
5. Wanna One
6. Got7
7. iKon
8. BTOB
9. Monsta X
10. Winner

But there are other candidates like Nuest, Astro, Day6, Vixx, BAP (and other groups I'm forgetting)

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That looks about right. The most questionable pick for me is Monsta X. In addition to the other candidates you mentioned, The Boyz might be worth considering too, since the group seems to be growing.

Generally agree with The Boyz being 3rd gen but I added them to the 4th gen thread so gonna exclude them this time haha.

Monsta X have solid sales for a 3rd gen group (200K+) that's why I added them.

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How could you forget Up10tion

*dies of shock*

I didn't know they were considered big. Didn't they send two members to Produce because they were about to disband?

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The list is good, however I would put iKon in 10th place. BtoB are definitely bigger than iKon and I would say Winner are overall more successful than iKon.

Yeah the bottom 4 were hard to rank. I'm ikon biased so I suppose I just wanted to place them higher.

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No they weren't about to disband, and yeah Jinhyuk and Wooseok were sent and Wooseok made it, and than they gave them solos and won't let them promote with the rest of the members.

they may not be as big as btob or bts, or ex, but up10tion is well up there at least imo

it was victon that they sent Seungwoo to produce otherwise they were going to disband.

AH they're bigger than I expected but they don't sell half as much as Monsta X and don't have hit songs like Winner/iKon.

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They have better hit songs than winner/ikon imo

their entire discography is amazing. Their choreography is on par

and i don't follow sales that close. But than again it's top media

and they suck anyway.

Either way Up10tion is damn good.

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This thread is about pure success so sales and charting is what I'm trying to base this on.

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I agree, I think this is it, except for the ranking of one group

Now I need to know which one.

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Love your signature btw.

Thank you Chungha gifs are always the BEST

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So, where is NCT 127 and NCT Dream? I thought NCT were separate groups because it's unfair to compare them to other groups

...They're one group so they're listed together. NCTs concept is confusing lol.

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If you mean internationally, all good.

I was thinking overall. Both internationally and Korea