Weibo names two K-pop stars in top 10
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Victoria, left, and Lay / Courtesy of Instagram
Chinese microblogging platform Weibo named Lay from K-pop boy band EXO and Victoria from K-pop girl band f(x) as two of China’s 10 most popular stars in 2015.
Media reports said the list ranked Lay at five and Victoria at 10.
Lay, born Zhang Yixing in China, and Victoria, born Song Qian in China, are the only K-pop stars on the list.
They work for SM Entertainment.
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Victoria is reportedly the only woman on the list.
Lay, who debuted with the band in 2012, will not join his band’s first concert in North America because of his schedules in China.
The report said popular stars outside the top 10 included Korean stars Sehun and Chanyeol, members of EXO, at 18 and 19, G-Dragon from K-pop boy band BigBang at 29, actor Lee Jong-suk at 48 and singer Jung Yong-hwa from rock bank CNBlue at 49.