Rank K-Pop Girl Groups

About this poll

BLACKPINK, TWICE, aespa, NewJeans — who runs K-Pop? Music rankings are some of the most-debated content on the internet, and for good reason. A discography is a story told over years, and choosing which album hits hardest reveals what kind of listener you are. The lineup includes BLACKPINK, TWICE, aespa, NewJeans, and 11 more.

Why the question is worth voting on

Discography tier lists are personality tests in disguise. Whether you put the early work, the breakout record, or the late-career experiment in S tier reveals how you listen. There's no objectively correct order — only a snapshot of where the audience lands and how your individual taste compares.

How voting works

This is a tier-list poll. You'll see each option one at a time and decide whether it goes in S, A, B, C, D, or F tier. S is reserved for genuine peaks — items that clearly stand above the rest. F is for the ones you'd actually call bad. The middle tiers are for everything else, and the cluster sizes don't have to be equal.

Where the consensus stands

This poll is fresh — your vote is among the first. Be early. The first 100 voters disproportionately shape the consensus, because each new vote becomes a smaller fraction of the total. Lock in your tier list and check back later to see how the aggregate shifts as more people weigh in.

A note on methodology

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The lineup

This poll has 15 options to rank. Each one was selected for relevance to the question and verified to have a working image. We don't pad rankings with filler items — every entry is here because it has a real case for inclusion.

• BLACKPINK
• TWICE
• aespa
• NewJeans
• ITZY
• IVE
• LE SSERAFIM
• Red Velvet
• Girls' Generation
• 2NE1
• MAMAMOO
• GFRIEND
• …and 3 more

Share your result

After voting, you'll see how your tier list or pick compares to the consensus. The result page is shareable — most of our voters end up arguing with at least one friend after sharing theirs. If you want to see more polls in this category, browse music or check out the Hot Ranking blog for essays on tier lists, ranking culture, and the great GOAT debates.