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The Top 40 list was revealed in conjunction with the 8th anniversary of Forbes Korea’s founding. In determining the ranking, appearances on news articles, TV advertisements, Internet searches, etc are some of the major criteria. Besides the overall ranking, there are also top 40 rankings based on ‘Sales’, ‘Media’, ‘Broadcast’ and ‘Activities’. SNSD were ranked 2nd for ‘Sales’ and ‘Media’, 3rd for ‘Broadcast’ and 1st for ‘Activities’.
SNSD had a tremendous success last year in terms of music sales where they recorded a massive 270,000 copies on Hanteo Chart.
Here is the translated top 40 ranking:
1. SNSD2. Park Jisung3. Kim YunA4. Lee Seunggi5. 2PM6. Yoo Jaesuk7. Lee Chungyoung8. 2AM9. Choo Shinsoo10. Kang Hodong11. Lee Hyori12. Yoon Shiyoon13. Rain14. Park Jooyoung15. Shin MinA16. Super Junior17. Won Bin18. Hwang Jungeum19. Kim Hyesoo20. Ko Hyunjung21. Kang Dongwon22. Lee Daeho23. Park Taehwan24. Lee Nayoung25. Jang Donggun26. Shin Sekyung27. Lee Kungkyu28. Big Bang29. Lee Minjung30. Choi Kyungjoo31. 2NE132. Hyun Bin33. Bae Youngjoon34. Moon Geunyoung35. Lee Minho36. Han Hyojoo37. Kim Taehee38. Park Chanho39. Park Myungsoo40. Beast
Credit: Joongang.co.kr/ForbesKorea.com/Busan Taeng/Taeng Gallery/Yoongislove@Twitter
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