According to a statement by media marketing research consulting company Lee's PR & Research on the 27th, "We conducted an investigation into the most popular celebrities of the first part of 2010. 2PM and SNSD received 19.8% and 37.5% in the polls, respectively, making them the top popular male and female singers."

Last year, 2PM received 21.7% of the vote and took 2nd place, but this year they raised their name to 1st place. Big Bang, who received 23.5% of the vote last year for 1st place, fell to 4th place with 12.3% of the votes. Behind 2PM were 2AM (15.1%) and Lee Seung Gi (13.0%),while rookies BEAST and CNBLUE took 7th and 9th place respectively, drawing attention.



Reported by: Baek Ji Eun + Credit: NATE News
Translated by 49.5bananas @ W2D via exbow&shinhdeplol@soompi