Who is the “mother” of kpop? (1 Viewer)

[athenaaa]

I would say either BoA or Taeyeon​

 

[Dreamer_of_Songs]

BoA for sure

 

[ChiaraStar169]

BoA or HyunA

 

[Tickita]

BoA

 

[Hoemantic]

BoA

 

[PloryWinxyMYBlnk]

I would say BoA because she debuted in 2000 which was way before HyunA, Taeyeon, etc.

 

[ning]

BoA !!

 

[Ahsoka]

I would also say Boa. She’s a popular answer and rightfully so

 

[motorp77]

boa for clearly kpop but i could see people saying umh jung hwa

 

[gone4good]

Jessi <3

 

[lexus]

Boa

 

[doll]

boa fs
or sunmi

 

[seoriverse]

boa serving the country more than any men in the sk military

 

[dark_tranquility]

BoA and Taeyeon I agree with.

 

[SnowWhite]

Also BoA came to my mind as soon as I saw the title.

 

[Jewel]

I was gonna say Hwasa x.x

 

[Selfmate]

my (LSM)'s mother
but wait if I'm the father of kpop that would make her the grandmother...hmmm

 

[izcream]

mother sung han bin

 

[kimsguardian]

maybe BoA or could also Lee Hyori

 

[Abeamus]

Without BoAs success in Japan there is no SM to debut TVXQ onwards so even if it's not success in Korea she's known for exactly just because of the time period, it's hard to name a single other idols career who would've had more impact it it didn't happen like SM closing if BoA wasn't successful.