2013 Girl Group Ranking Chart by Music Industry Insiders

1st tier: Girls' Generation, 2NE1; 2nd tier: SISTAR(+1), KARA; 3rd tier: miss A, T-ara(-1), Wonder Girls(-1), f(x)(between 2nd&3rd tier), Brown Eyed Girls; 4th tier: SECRET, Girl's Day(+1), After School, 4minute; 5th tier: A Pink, Rainbow, Nine Muses(+1), Dal Shabet; 6th tier: SPICA, Hello Venus, Ladies' Code, AOA

Korean media outlet Sports Chosun has released their ‘2013 Girl Group Ranking‘ after consulting with music industry insiders on who they feel are the hottest girl groups these days.

'Best Idols' Voted by Idols

22 idol groups (70 idol stars in total) participated in a survey entitled ‘Best Idols’ by ‘Sports Donga‘ to cast their votes in five categories: Best Vocalist, Best Rapper, Best Dancer, Best Ulzzang (Best Visual), and Best Star Factor/Talent.

Check out the results below as well as the reasons some of the idols gave while voting for their favorites!

Top Three Stars with the Saddest Lives

Do you know that some stars also have sad lives?

K-Pop Idols with the Cutest Autographs

An autograph shows a lot  about the celebrity’s personality. We’ve put together a gallery featuring some of the most adorable autographs in kpop! See the gallery and tell us whose autograph you thought was the cutest!

Idols' Original Stage Names

Can you imagine your favorite idols’ promoting with their original stage names?

Clean Up Your Skin with Etude and 2NE1's Dara

2NE1's Dara put on a lovable performance for the cosmetic brand Etude House's video. The video, which was uploaded to Etude House’s official YouTube page, features Sandara Park doing a skin care tutorial. It’s not just any tutorial, however. Sandara Park makes a lot of cute faces and dances along with SHINee’s original song for Etude House.

Cosmetic Spotlight: Etude House's Sweet Recipe

Just when you thought that Etude House couldn't get any sweeter, the top-selling Korean makeup brand launched its first campaign for 2013 — and it's centered around sweets! Candy, dessert, chocolates, and jellies have been used as the inspiration behind this super cute and delicious collection of cosmetics. Let's explore "Sweet Recipe" together with this very informative and cute infographic created by the super-talented Selkaine!

Girls Generation's Bold Hair Colours

The girls of SNSD have been showing bold new hair colours from Taeyeon’s bleached tips to Sunny’s new purple hair, in this post, we’ll show you ways to achieve these hair colours and potential products you can use!

Kpop Idols Love Braided Bangs

One of the most common hairstyle donned by female K-Pop idols is the braided bangs. They add a sweet and innocent charm to any look and can be worn with the rest of your hair up or down. Be inspired this spring with the braided bangs!

Which idol do you think looked best with braided bangs?

Food-Themed Kpop Songs

In 2001, Yoon Jong Shin started a craze when he released his hit song “Pat Bing Soo (aka Red Bean Sorbet).” It was unprecedented; creating a song that is basically a recipe to creating Korea’s favorite summertime dessert. While there are a number of foreign songs that are humorously written like a recipe, “Pat Bing Soo” was probably the first kpop song to start the craze in Korea.

Idols Caught Digging Their Noses

Sometimes we feel an itch and it just becomes more annoying the more we try to ignore it. It’s worse when we’re at work or somewhere in public and the itch is right up there inside the nasal cavity, which means, there’s some dried mucus hanging around.. and it’s gotta go!

And since idols are surrounded by cameras and smartphones practically 24/7, some of them have been caught digging their golden nuggets. But, why do some of them still look so cute?

How To Achieve Song Hye Gyo’s See-Through Bangs!

Check out how you can achieve beautiful bangs just like the celebrities at home with this easy how-to!

Maintaining nice bangs throughout the day is a lot harder than you think it would be. By the afternoon, you’ll notice that you lost all the volume on your bangs, as it flatly sticks to your forehead. Either that or you’ll see that the bangs are unattractively split in half and facing either side of your head.

However, there is a way to look great throughout the day! The secret? Dry shampoo! If you apply a bit of dry shampoo to your bangs once you’re done styling it, your bangs will look fresh and light all day long.” by Jo Young Jae (hair artist)

Top 10 Celebrities With Most Expensive Cars

Not too long ago, Girls’ Generation’s Tiffany talked about her pink car and it renewed the public’s interest in celebrity’s automobiles. Sports recreation newspaper “Ilgan Sports” and news service provider “Jcube Interactive Inc.” teamed up to compile a list of celebrities who currently own the most expensive cars.

See who made it on the list! Can you guess which of our idols are on it?