Girls’ Generation’s Yoona, EXO’s Baekhyun & More, Most Famous SM Entertainment Artists Since 2010
Known as one-third of the notable "Big 3" companies in the K-pop industry, SM Entertainment is truly a powerhouse. Regarded as having K-pop idols who have exemplary visuals and vocals, SM Entertainment has a slew of incredibly influential and famous K-pop groups and K-pop stars.
But among all the famous K-pop idols of SM Entertainment, both male and female, according to Google Trends, here are the 5 most popular SMTOWN K-pop idols per year since 2010 in terms of search trends:
2010 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Yoona of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#2. Taeyeon of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#3. Seohyun of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#4. Heechul of Super Juniors
#5. Kyuhyun of Super Juniors
2011 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Yoona of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#2. Taeyeon of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#3. Kyuhyun of Super Juniors
#4. Seohyun of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#5. Siwon of Super Juniors
2012 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Yoona of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#2. Taeyeon of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#4. Leeteuk of Super Juniors
#5. Seohyun of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
2013 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Yoona of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#2. Kyuhyun of Super Juniors
#3. Taeyeon of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#4. Taemin of SHINee
#5. Seohyun of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
2014 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Yoona of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#2. Eunhyuk of Super Juniors
#3. Taeyeon of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#4. Sehun of EXO
#5. Baekhyun of EXO
2015 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Taeyeon of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#2. Chanyeol of EXO
#3. Yoona of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#4. Sehun of EXO
#5. Kyuhyun of Super Juniors
2016 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Taeyeon of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#2. Chanyeol of EXO
#3. Baekhyun of EXO
#4. Sehun of EXO
#5. Yoona of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
2017 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Taeyeon of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
#2. Chanyeol of EXO
#3. Baekhyun of EXO
#4. Sehun of EXO
#5. Yoona of Girl's Generation (aka SNSD)
2018 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Chanyeol of EXO
#2. Sehun of EXO
#3. Baekhyun of EXO
#5. Kai of EXO
2019 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Chanyeol of EXO
#2. Sehun of EXO
#3. Irene of Red Velvet
#4. Baekhyun of EXO
#5. Kai of EXO
2020 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols:
#1. Irene of Red Velvet
#2. Baekhyun of EXO
#3. Chanyeol of EXO
#4. Chen of EXO
#5. Kai of EXO
2021 Most Famous SM Entertainment K-Pop Idols: (as of the 17th of May)
#1. Baekhyun of EXO
#2. Chanyeol of EXO
#3. Irene of Red Velvet
#4. Jaehyun of NCT
#5. Kai of EXO
Girl's Generation's Yoona has made the top 5 of SM Entertainment's 8 times straight from 2010 until 2017. Moreover, NCT's Jaehyun is the only NCT member and appearance, thus probably symbolizing a shift in the upcoming list in terms of popularity.
To read about an upcoming SM Entertainment's EXO special album, click here.
To read about Red Velvet's most recent breakthrough, click here.
