The Japanese version of Yahoo recently listed its top 20 foreign search term of the past year, and has revealed that most of them are Korean pop stars.Next to solo artists Lady Gaga and Avril Lavigne, the whole top 20 consists of Korean artists. Starting of with Girls’ Generation on top of the list, KARA took a second spot. TVXQ came in a third place as most search foreign boy group and was closely followed by actor and occasional singer Jang Geunseuk. Lady Gaga closed the top 5 with her presence.Actress Kim Taehee is the odd one out in the list, as she’s the only person not known for a singing career.


01. Girls’ Generation

02. KARA

03. TVXQ

04. Jang Geunseuk

05. Lady Gaga

06. Big Bang

07. Super Junior

08. Kim Hyun Joong

09. FT Island

10. 2PM

11. SHINee

12. CNBLUE

13. Supernova

14. JYJ

15. Beast

16. 2NE1

17. Avril Lavigne

18. After School

19. Kim Taehee

20. T-ara