Forbes Korea Power Celebrity


Forbes Korea Power Celebrity is an annual list published by Forbes magazine since 2010. It is a catalog of the Top 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in South Korea where personalities from sports, music, arts, film and television are ranked according to their professional achievements, influence, popularity and earnings from the past year.

Top 10 by year

2010

RankNameProfession
1Yuna KimFigure skater
2Girls' GenerationGirl group
3Park Ji-sungFootballer
4Lee Byung-hunActor
5Big BangBoy band
6Go Hyun-jungActress
7Lee Seung-giSinger, actor, host
8Lee Hyo-riSinger
9Yoo Jae-sukHost, comedian
10Kang Ho-dongHost, comedian

2011

RankNameProfession
1Girls' GenerationGirl group
2Park Ji-sungFootballer
3Yuna KimFigure skater
4Lee Seung-giSinger, actor, host
52PMBoy band
6Yoo Jae-sukTV show host, comedian
7Lee Chung-yongFootballer
82AMBoy band
9Shin-soo ChooBaseball player
10Kang Ho-dongHost, comedian

2012

RankNameProfession
1Girls' GenerationGirl group
2Big BangBoy band
3IUSinger, actress
4KaraGirl group
5Yuna KimFigure skater
6Lee Seung-giSinger, actor, host
7Park Ji-sungFootballer
8Kim Tae-heeActress
9BeastBoy band
10Park Tae-hwanSwimmer

2013

RankNameProfession
1PsySinger
2Girls' GenerationGirl group
3Son Yeon-jaeRhythmic gymnast
4Kim Soo-hyunActor
5Big BangBoy band
6Park Tae-hwanSwimmer
7Song Joong-kiActor
8IUSinger, actress
9Yuna KimFigure skater
10Super JuniorBoy band

2014

RankNameProfession
1Girls' GenerationGirl group
2Big BangBoy band
3SuzySinger, actress
4Ryu Hyun-jinBaseball player
5ExoBoy band
6Choo Shin-sooBaseball player
7TVXQBoy band
8SHINeeBoy band
9Yuna KimFigure skater
10IUSinger, actress

2015

RankNameProfession
1ExoBoy band
2Kim Soo-hyunActor
3Yuna KimFigure skater
4Jun Ji-hyunActress
5Son Yeon-jaeRhythmic gymnast
6Lee Seung-giSinger, actor, TV show host
7Ryu Hyun-JinBaseball player
8Son Heung-MinFootballer
9Girls' GenerationGirl group
10SistarGirl group

2016

RankNameProfession
1ExoBoy band
2Yoo Ah-inActor
3HyeriSinger, actress
4Girls' GenerationGirl group
5Kim Soo-hyunActor
6Big BangBoy band
7Inbee ParkGolfer
8Jun Ji-hyunActress
9IUSinger, actress
10Jung-ho KangBaseball player

2017

RankNameProfession
1Park Bo-gumActor
2Song Joong-kiActor
3TwiceGirl group
4ExoBoy band
5BTSBoy band
6SuzySinger, actress
7Song Hye-kyoActress
8Kim Yoo-jungActress
9Jo Jung-sukActor
10Oh Seung-hwanBaseball player

2018

RankNameProfession
1BTSBoy band
2Wanna OneBoy band
3TwiceGirl group
4ExoBoy band
5IUSinger, actress
6Song Hye-kyoActress
7Song Joong-kiActor
8Park Bo-gumActor
9Yuna KimFigure skater
10Hyun-jin RyuBaseball player

2019

RankNameProfession
1BlackpinkGirl group
2BTSBoy band
3Wanna OneBoy band
4Kang DanielSinger
5Red VelvetGirl group
6Park Na-raeTV host
7Hong Jin-youngSinger
8Han Ji-minActress
9Son Heung-minFootballer
10ExoBoy band

2020

RankNameProfession
1BTSBoy band
2Ryu Hyun-jinBaseball player
3BlackpinkGirl group
4Son Heung-minFootballer
5Bong Joon-hoFilmmaker
6Jun Hyun-mooTV host
7Park Na-raeTV host
8Lee Soo-geunComedian
9TwiceGirl group
10Kim Hee-chulSinger, TV host