Disagree about IU being below Psy. Her physical sales are rising and her international presence is only growing, not to mention her hit songs. Psy had a good run from 2012-14 internationally, but didn’t grow physically or on streaming platforms outside of his two biggest hits. I’m aware that domestically, he had several solo hits before and after Gangnam Style. But his sales peaked in 2002, a year after he debuted. IU just had her best seller nearly 13 years into her career.
EXO should be tied with BB. BB has YT, Exo has Spotify. EXO destroys physically, BB destroys digitally. Both have good strengths and members with successful solo careers as well.
no, i definitely agree with psy being above iu
the rankings to me would be
bts
psy
bp
iu
simply because of reach. while iu may dominate the korean market, she's not nearly big enough outside to outrank bp/bts/psy. and psy has had the biggest hit of all of kpop. he's only below bts because bts has had consistent hits that were just slightly smaller than gangnam style. im pretty sure gangnam style + gentleman's views added up will be more than all of iu's videos because those two add to 5.6B views-