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Artist Scorecard
Korea has its music show wins, but I’ve got my top three songs of each month. Here’s a running tally of which artists have claimed the most top three honors:
| Seventeen | 11 |
| BTS | 9 |
| EXO | 8 |
| Infinite | 5 |
| GFriend | 4 |
| Golden Child | 4 |
| Oh My Girl | 4 |
| Astro | 3 |
| Cosmic Girls | 3 |
| DAY6 | 3 |
| EXID | 3 |
| Lovelyz | 3 |
| NCT 127 | 3 |
| NCT Dream | 3 |
| ONF | 3 |
| Pentagon | 3 |
| SHINee | 3 |
| Snuper | 3 |
| Stray Kids | 3 |
| Twice | 3 |
| VIXX | 3 |
| A.C.E | 2 |
| Akdong Musician | 2 |
| ATEEZ | 2 |
| B1A4 | 2 |
| Beast | 2 |
| Blackpink | 2 |
| GOT7 | 2 |
| Hyolyn | 2 |
| ITZY | 2 |
| NCT U | 2 |
| Red Velvet | 2 |
| Sistar | 2 |
| Sungkyu | 2 |
| Sunmi | 2 |
| Super Junior | 2 |
| TST | 2 |
| UP10TION | 2 |
| 100% | 1 |
| 2PM | 1 |
| AOA | 1 |
| B.I.G | 1 |
| Bigbang | 1 |
| Block B | 1 |
| Boys Republic | 1 |
| Brown Eyed Girls | 1 |
| CLC | 1 |
| Cross Gene | 1 |
| Dal Shabet | 1 |
| Dongkiz | 1 |
| Dreamcatcher | 1 |
| Epik High | 1 |
| EXO-CBX | 1 |
| G-Dragon | 1 |
| Girls’ Generation | 1 |
| Girls’ Generation-TTS | 1 |
| Halo | 1 |
| HyunA | 1 |
| iKON | 1 |
| IMFACT | 1 |
| Jeong Jin Woon | 1 |
| Kara | 1 |
| KARD | 1 |
| Kei & The Solutions | 1 |
| KNK | 1 |
| Laboum | 1 |
| Lee Hi | 1 |
| Mamamoo | 1 |
| MOBB | 1 |
| Momoland | 1 |
| MVP | 1 |
| N.Tic | 1 |
| Nine Muses | 1 |
| Nu’est W | 1 |
| ONEUS | 1 |
| Produce 101 | 1 |
| Rainz | 1 |
| Romeo | 1 |
| Soya | 1 |
| Super Junior-D&E | 1 |
| Taemin | 1 |
| Taeyang | 1 |
| T-ara | 1 |
| Target | 1 |
| Teen Top | 1 |
| The Ark | 1 |
| The Boyz | 1 |
| ToppDogg | 1 |
| TRCNG | 1 |
| Triple H | 1 |
| TXT | 1 |
| Uhm Jung Hwa | 1 |
| UNB | 1 |
| VERIVERY | 1 |
| Wanna One | 1 |
| Weki Meki | 1 |
| Winner | 1 |
| Wonder Girls | 1 |
| Woohyun | 1 |
| YDPP | 1 |
| Xia Junsu | 1 |
Bias List Scorecard
Below is my weighted chart, which is as close to a personal bias list as I’m going to get. Right now it heavily favors third-generation acts, but expect this to change as older months are added into the mix.
For this chart, I award three points to my top pick of each month, two points to my second place, and one point to my third.
| Seventeen | 23 |
| BTS | 20 |
| EXO | 16 |
| Infinite | 14 |
| Golden Child | 10 |
| GFriend | 9 |
| Snuper | 9 |
| Lovelyz | 8 |
| Oh My Girl | 8 |
| ONF | 8 |
| SHINee | 8 |
| Twice | 7 |
| DAY6 | 6 |
| NCT 127 | 6 |
| NCT Dream | 6 |
| NCT U | 6 |
| Stray Kids | 6 |
| Sunmi | 6 |
| UP10TION | 6 |
| VIXX | 6 |
| Astro | 5 |
| B1A4 | 5 |
| Blackpink | 5 |
| A.C.E | 4 |
| ATEEZ | 4 |
| Beast | 4 |
| EXID | 4 |
| Hyolyn | 4 |
| ITZY | 4 |
| Pentagon | 4 |
| Red Velvet | 4 |
| TST | 4 |
| Akdong Musician | 3 |
| Cosmic Girls | 3 |
| Dongkiz | 3 |
| G-Dragon | 3 |
| IMFACT | 3 |
| Kara | 3 |
| KARD | 3 |
| Sungkyu | 3 |
| Super Junior | 3 |
| Taemin | 3 |
| Taeyang | 3 |
| T-ara | 3 |
| TRCNG | 3 |
| TXT | 3 |
| Uhm Jung Hwa | 3 |
| VERIVERY | 3 |
| Wanna One | 3 |
| Wonder Girls | 3 |
| 100% | 2 |
| 2PM | 2 |
| AOA | 2 |
| B.I.G | 2 |
| CLC | 2 |
| Dal Shabet | 2 |
| Epik High | 2 |
| GOT7 | 2 |
| Halo | 2 |
| HyunA | 2 |
| KNK | 2 |
| N.Tic | 2 |
| Nu’est W | 2 |
| ONEUS | 2 |
| Produce 101 | 2 |
| Rainz | 2 |
| Romeo | 2 |
| Super Junior-D&E | 2 |
| Sistar | 2 |
| Teen Top | 2 |
| The Ark | 2 |
| Triple H | 2 |
| UNB | 2 |
| Bigbang | 1 |
| Block B | 1 |
| Boys Republic | 1 |
| Brown Eyed Girls | 1 |
| Cross Gene | 1 |
| Dreamcatcher | 1 |
| EXO-CBX | 1 |
| Girls’ Generation | 1 |
| Girls’ Generation-TTS | 1 |
| iKON | 1 |
| Jeong Jin Woon | 1 |
| Kei & The Solutions | 1 |
| Laboum | 1 |
| Lee Hi | 1 |
| Mamamoo | 1 |
| MOBB | 1 |
| Momoland | 1 |
| MVP | 1 |
| Nine Muses | 1 |
| Soya | 1 |
| Target | 1 |
| The Boyz | 1 |
| ToppDogg | 1 |
| Weki Meki | 1 |
| Winner | 1 |
| Woohyun | 1 |
| YDPP | 1 |
| Xia Junsu | 1 |
