 Now, the last 10 years of K-pop haven't quite a rollercoaster, and I truly believe that we're living in the most exciting generation of K-pop ever. A little disclaimer, this is not meant to be a comprehensive list of everything that's happened in K-pop in the last decade. That would… well, be impossible. I tried to keep this list down to activities and events that truly changed K-pop. Things that have never been done before, special achievements, and truly noteworthy events. Fortunately, BTS has had hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of achievements and events, so I tried to keep the list pretty reasonable, otherwise it would just be an hour worth of BTS stuff. So, let's go back and recap what's happened in K-pop for the last decade. Starting off the decade, January 4, 2010, 4 Minutes Yana had her solo debut with Change. January 14, 2010, CNBLUE debuted with BlueTory. June 3, 2010, Sistar debuted with Push Push. July 1, 2010, Miss A debuted with Bad Girl, Good Girl. November 6, 2011, Big Bang wins Best Worldwide Act and Best Asia Act at the Europe Music Awards. This marks the first major award for a K-pop artist outside of Korea. December 19, 2011, Girls' Generation's Japanese album, Girls' Generation, becomes the highest-selling girl group album of all time. March 15, 2012, NU'EST debuts with FACE. April 8, 2012, EXO debuts with MAMA. July 15, 2012, Sized's viral single, Kangnam Style, is released. September 15, 2012, Kangnam Style peaks at No. 1 on the iTunes song chart, the first in Korean history. October 6, 2012, Kangnam Style peaks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the highest ever for a Korean artist. November 24, 2012, Kangnam Style passes Justin Bieber's baby to become the most-watched YouTube video of all time and later breaking 1 billion views. January 6, 2013, KARA becomes the first female foreign act to perform a Tokyo Dome Show. January 19, 2013, Girls' Generation's I Got a Boy hits No. 1 on the Billboard World Charts, the highest ever for a girl group. June 12, 2013, BTS debuts with Too Cool for School. August 22, 2013, Sunni has her solo debut with 24 Hours. November 10, 2013, All K-Pop publishes unauthorized photos of Ailee, starting a controversial scandal on All K-Pop's part. December 29, 2013, SBS releases a collaboration friendship project for Charity with a song entitled You Are a Miracle. It features 125 idols, including IU, EXO, Beast, 2PM, Sonyeo Sude, CNBLUE, Big Bang, Ailee, FX, KARA, 21, Miss A, SHINee, Apink, Super Junior, JYP, and many, many other idols. Basically, the Korean version of We Are the World. May 27, 2014, Big Bang wins World's Best Group, World's Best Live Act, and World's Best Video of the Year at the World Music Awards. August 1, 2014, Red Velvet debuts with Happiness. September 2, 2014, Ladies Code gets into a horrible car accident. Members Unbi passes away at the scene, and later Rise passes away due to injury sustained. September 29, 2014, Jessica is forced out of Girls Generation, stating, I'm devastated. My priority and love is to serve as a member of Girls Generation, but for no justifiable reason, I'm being forced out. October 8, 2014, a YouTube channel by the name of Farkill uploads a solo cam of EXID's Honey, oftentimes recognized as the first fan cam ever, and effectively single-handedly responsible for jump-starting EXID's career as they were relatively unknown at the time. The fan cam is currently sitting at 30 million views. January 15, 2015, GFRIEND debuts with Glass Bead. April 25, 2015, Big Bang starts their made world tour, the biggest Korean concert tour of all time, and the biggest US concert tour made by a Korean artist. 66 shows in 15 countries. May 26, 2015, Seventeen debuts with Adore You. August 6, 2015, Sully officially leaves FX due to mental exhaustion. October 6, 2015, Taeyon has their solo debut with I. October 20, 2015, Twice debuts with U-A, after winning the survival show, 16. January 15, 2016, KARA dispans after almost 9 years. January 22, 2016, the survival show Produce 101 premieres, the first survival show of this manner, 101 trainees from different agencies participate, and the winners would go on to form an 11-member group, later debuting as I.O.I with Dream Girls. April 15, 2016, NCT U debuts with 7th Sense. April 17, 2016, Epik High performs at Coachella, the first K-pop group to ever perform on the stage. August 8, 2016, BLACKPINK debuts with Boombayah and Whistle. October 5, 2016, Heejin debuts as the start of Loona's never-done-before-2-year-debut project. October 25, 2016, 21, dispans after only 7 years. January 29, 2017, I.O.I dispans after 1 year. May 21, 2017, BTS wins Best Social Artist at Billboard Music Awards. June 4, 2017, Sistar dispans after 7 years. June 6, 2017, Chungha has her solo debut with Why Don't You Know? August 7, 2017, 101 debuts with Energetic. November 19, 2017, BTS perform at the AMAs, making their US debut and also the first K-pop act to ever perform at a major US awards show. December 18, 2017, Chinese Jeongyeon passes away. December 27, 2017, Ms. A. dispans after only 7 years. February 11, 2018, Girls Generation Sohyun performs at North Korea's Sanjeon Orchestra in a pro-unification concert. February 24, 2018, EXO and CL perform at the Korean Winter Olympics. April 1, 2018, Red Velvet performs for Kim Jong-un in North Korea for a pro-unification concert. May 27, 2018, BTS earns their first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Love Yourself, Tear, the first Korean artist in history to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. June 15, 2018, Produce 48 premieres as a joint project between Mnet and Japan's AKB48. Later, IZONE would debut as the winners of the survival series. August 20, 2018, Luna debuts with HiHi, thus concluding the longest and most expensive debut project in history at $8.9 million. September 2, 2018, BTS earns their second No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Love Yourself, Answer. September 24, 2018, RM of BTS speak at the UN as part of UNICEF's new campaign. November 5, 2018, TWICE releases Yes or Yes afterwards becoming the top-selling girl group of all time. December 20, 2018, TWICE earns 11th Tessang, the most for a girl group of all time. January 27, 2019, 101 to Spans after one year. January 28, 2019, the biggest scandal in Korean entertainment hits at the Burning Sun Club, involving many celebrities and idols and leading to the arrest of Jang Jun-young and Choi Jang-hoon. April 12, 2019, BLACKPINK becomes the first girl group to perform at Coachella. April 15, 2019, BLACKPINK's Kill This Love peaks at No. 24 on the Billboard 200, the highest ever for a girl group. April 21, 2019, BTS earns third No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Map of the Soul, Persona. April 22, 2019, BTS' Boy With Love peaks at No. 8 on the Hot 100, the highest ever for a boy group. May 2, 2019, BTS' Map of the Soul, Persona becomes the highest-selling album in the world in 2019 over every Western artist including Billie Eilish and Post Malone. June 25, 2019, BTS' Map of the Soul, Persona becomes the highest selling album in Korean history. October 14, 2019, Sully of FX passes away. November 7, 2019, Jang Jun-young admits to manipulating votes for Produce 48 and Produce X 101 and later Produce 101 Season 1 and 2 were also found to be rigged. November 24, 2019, Guhara of KARA passes away. December 13, 2019, Luna's 365 hits No. 1 on the iTunes singles chart, becoming the first girl group in history to have a No. 1 single and No. 1 album on iTunes. December 27, 2019, the decade for K-pop comes to a close with a collaboration of 150 different artists. Twice, BTS got 7, NCT, TXT, 17, Mamamoo, G-friend, Itzy, Red Velvet, and many others all stand together in unison as they ring in the new year and effectively a new decade for K-pop. K-pop has achieved so much in the last decade. It's one of the fastest growing music industries in the whole entire world and it's amazing to see its growth. It is truly a time to be alive. Hey guys, so today actually marks a special day. Today marks the year anniversary of this channel, The Asian Theory. So I just wanted to thank you guys, my viewers, my subscribers for supporting this channel, for supporting me, my brother, and all of our videos. Because of you guys, because of our viewers, we've been able to make a lot of creative awesome content. So when I started this channel a year ago, my goal was, by the end of the year, I wanted to hit 100,000 subscribers. But it looks like I might fall a bit short. That just means I need to work harder to create better and more creative content for you guys. So thanks for everything. Here's to one year with The Asian Theory and hopefully many more.