Korea Power Celebrity 40
Korea Power Celebrity 40 is a list published annually by Forbes which ranks the influence of South Korean celebrities. It is similar to Celebrity 100 also published by Forbes. Factors that are taken into account include search engine hits, income, donations to charity, endorsements, mentions in media and magazine cover appearances.
Top-10 list by year
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kim Yuna | Big Bang* | Wonder Girls* | Lee Hyori | Girls' Generation* | Park Ji-sung | Lee Seung-Yeop | Rain | Yoo Jae-suk | Kim Tae-hee |
| 2010 | Kim Yuna | Girls' Generation* | Park Ji-sung | Lee Byung-hun | Big Bang* | Go Hyun-jung | Lee Seung-gi | Lee Hyori | Yoo Jae-suk | Kang Ho-dong |
| 2011 | Girls' Generation* | Park Ji-sung | Kim Yuna | Lee Seung-gi | 2PM* | Yoo Jae-suk | Lee Chung-Yong | 2AM* | Shin-Soo Choo | Kang Ho-dong |
| 2012 | Girls' Generation* | Big Bang* | IU | Kara* | Kim Yuna | Lee Seung-gi | Park Ji-sung | Kim Tae-hee | Beast* | Park Tae-Hwan |
| 2013 | Psy | Girls' Generation* | Son Yeon-Jae | Kim Soo-hyun | Big Bang* | Park Tae-hwan | Song Joong-ki | IU | Kim Yuna | Super Junior* |
| 2014 | Girls' Generation* | Big Bang* | Bae Suzy | Ryu Hyun-Jin | EXO* | Choo Shin-Soo | TVXQ* | SHINee* | Kim Yuna | IU |
| 2015 | EXO* | Kim Soo-hyun | Kim Yuna | Jun Ji-hyun | Son Yeon-Jae | Lee Seung-gi | Ryu Hyun-Jin | Son Heung-min | Girls' Generation* | Sistar* |
Legend:
- * - a girl group or a boy band
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