Only True K-Pop Stans Can Name 100 Groups (1)

[D] BTS | Seven guys from BigHit who turned "Dynamite" into the first Korean song to top Billboard Hot 100—UN speakers with ARMY behind them.

[B] BLACKPINK | Four queens who made "DDU-DU DDU-DU" the most-viewed K-pop video ever while waiting three years between albums.

[D] Stray Kids | Self-producing unit 3RACHA leads eight members who literally cook their own tracks—"God's Menu" wasn't metaphorical.

[A] Twice | Nine members including three Japanese and one Taiwanese—they conquered Asia before America knew what "TT" meant.

[C] ITZY | Teen crushers who declared "DALLA DALLA" and made self-love anthems while doing shoulder dances that broke TikTok.

[A] TXT | Tomorrow X Together reads like algebra but sounds like Gen Z's answer to BTS—BigHit's second miracle.

[C] (G)I-DLE | Soyeon writes, produces, and raps her way through every comeback while the group survives scandal after scandal.

[A] æspa | SM's metaverse mavens with AI avatars—"Black Mamba" introduced KWANGYA before anyone knew how to pronounce it.

[C] ENHYPEN | Born from survival show I-LAND, these vampires bite into charts with "Drunk-Dazed" and supernatural concepts.

[B] Red Velvet | Dual concept queens serving "Red" pop perfection and "Velvet" R&B smoothness—"Psycho" proved they mastered both.

[A] Seventeen | 13 members, 3 units, 1 synchronized machine—they choreograph themselves into geometric perfection.

[B] Super Junior | Started with 13, survived military services, lawsuits, and controversies—"Sorry Sorry" hand dance remains eternal.

[D] GOT7 | JYP's international septet who escaped the dungeon, kept their name, and proved friendship contracts beat corporate ones.

[B] IVE | Post-IZ*ONE Wonyoung and Yujin lead rookies who made "LOVE DIVE" sound expensive because it was.

[B] LE SSERAFIM | HYBE's angels minus one, fronted by ballet-trained Kazuha doing extensions that defy physics.

[C] NewJeans | Min Hee-jin's Y2K dream girls who made R&B cool for Gen Alpha—"Hype Boy" had four music videos for reasons.

[B] BIG BANG | Kings of K-pop who survived everything except Seungri—G-Dragon alone could resurrect them from any scandal.

[D] NCT | SM's infinite member system with 23 and counting—unlimited units, unlimited confusion, unlimited album sales.

[C] Mamamoo | Four vocal powerhouses who ad-lib through concerts and made "HIP" while being the gayest straight group in K-pop.

[A] BabyMonster | YG's youngest monsters proving the company formula still works—BLACKPINK's little sisters with bigger expectations.

[D] EXO | Started with 12 and superpowers, down to 9 but still selling millions—"Growl" one-take video remains unmatched.

[A] ATEEZ | Pirate concept kings from small company KQ who conquered international seas before Korean shores acknowledged them.

[B] NMIXX | JYP's experimental MIXPOP confused everyone with "O.O" but Lily's vocals could shatter glass ceilings.

[A] SHINee | Five shining stars became four, but Taemin's solo career and Key's sass keep the experimental princes relevant.

[B] Girls' Generation | SNSD walked so every girl group could run—"Gee" colored skinny jeans changed fashion forever.

[C] MONSTA X | Muscle-bound men who sing about love while looking like they could bench press their feelings.

[D] iKON | YG's boys who made "Love Scenario" so catchy, Korean kids sang it until it got banned from schools.

[D] NCT 127 | Neo Culture Technology's Seoul unit making noise music mainstream—"Kick It" Bruce Lee'd into Western charts.

[A] 2NE1 | YG's original "ugly" group who were all visuals—disbanded at their peak because YG can't manage women.

[C] NCT Dream | Started as NCT's teenage unit with graduation system, then SM realized they print money and made them permanent.