Top 20 - May week 4

SG Wannabe’s "내사람" (Partner for life) is No. 1 for the 4th straight week, scoring exactly 100 points more than their lastest challanger, Kim Jong Kook’s "편지" (Letter). The song is still gaining in scores after 4 week’s at No. 1. Kim Jong Kook’s song is probably hurt by the fact that he cannot perform the song due to army service. But even without that, it is still quite impressive for the singer who swept all the Daesangs from 3 major TV networks last year (he also won our soompi Daesang).

3 new songs this week, including the follow up hits by See Ya and Fly to the Sky (3rd single already!). See Ya’s new song "사랑하기 때문에" (Because of Love) is featuring their mentor SG Wannabe, making SG Wannabe having 1.5 songs on the chart. The last new entry at No. 20 is a World Cup song – Psy’s "We are the one". It may be the first of many World Cup related songs on the chart. A few others are lurking under the top 20.

1. (–) SG Wannabe – 내사람 (Partner for life) *** 4 WEEKS NO. 1 ***
Genre: R&B/mid-tempo ballad
Album: SG Wannabe Vol. 3 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Cho Young Soo / Lyrics: Ahn Young Min
Score: 949

2. (+2) Kim Jong Kook – 편지 (Letter)
Genre: Pop ballad
Album: Kim Jong Kook Vol. 4 Track 3 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Hwang Chan Hee / Lyrics: Yoon SaRa
Score: 849

3. (-1) Tony An – 유츄프라카치아 (Yutzpracachia’s Love)
Genre: Pop
Album: Tony An Vol. 2 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Peter Zizzo + Billy Crawford / Lyrics: Choi Eun Ha
Score: 815

4. (-1) Baek Ji Young – 사랑안해 (I Won’t Love)
Genre: Pop/Ballad
Album: Baek Ji Young Vol. 5 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Park Keun Tae / Lyrics: Cha Eun Taek
Score: 801

5. (+1) Vibe featuring Jang Hye Jin – 그남자 그여자 (That Man, That Woman)
Genre: R&B/ballad
Album: Vibe Vol. 3 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music + Lyrics: Ryu Jae Hyun
Score: 703

6. (-1) Lim Jung Hee – 사랑아가지마 (Love, Don’t Leave)
Genre: Pop/ballad
Album: Lim Jung Hee Vol. 2 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Hikaru / Lyrics: Cho Eun Hee
Score: 671

7. (+9) Gummy – 그대 돌아오면 (If you return) *** BIGGEST MOVER OF THE WEEK ***
Genre: R&B
Album: Gummy Unplugged Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Lee Hyun Jung / Lyrics: Park Kyung Jin
Score: 602

8. (–) Buzz – 남자를 몰라 (Don’t know about man)
Genre: Rock Ballad
Album: Buzz Vol. 3 Track 7 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Lee Sang Joon / Lyrics: Kim Jin Ah
Score: 578

9. (-2) Lee Seung Ki – 입모양 (Your Lips)
Genre: Pop/ballad
Album: Lee Seung Ki Vol. 2 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Choi Kap Won
Score: 566

10. (+2) Maybee – 다소 (Plenty of smile)
Genre: Pop/Ballad
Album: Maybee Vol. 1 Track 4 – Listen here to 1 minute sample
Music: Kim Gun Woo / Lyrics: Maybee
Score: 556

 

11. (-1) Bada – V.I.P.
Genre: Pop/Dance
Album: Bada Vol. 3 Track 4 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Sang Won / Lyrics: Bada
Score: 490

12. (-3) Lee Jung (featuring Tablo) – 열 (Fever)
Genre: R&B
Album: Lee Jung Vol. 3 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Jun Sang Hwan / Lyrics: Lee Jung
Score: 468

13. (–) Loveholic – 차라의숲 (Chara’s Forest)
Genre: Modern Rock
Album: Loveholic Vol. 3 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music & Lyrics: Kang Hyun Min
Score: 454

14. (–) Hyun Young – 누나의꿈 (Sister’s Dream)
Genre: Pop
Album: Hyun Young – Dream 누나의 꿈 (EP) Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Foreign song / Lyrics: Hong Ji Yoo
Score: 451

15. (New) See Ya – 사랑하기 때문에 (Because of Love)
Genre: R&B
Album: See Ya Vol. 1 Track 3 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Cho Young Soo / Lyrics: Ahn Young Min
Score: 432

16. (+2) Lee Hyori – Shall We Dance?
Genre: Pop/Dance
Album: Lee Hyori Vol. 2 Track 9 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Score: 388

17. (–) Jang Yoon Jung – 콩깍지 (Bean Pod)
Genre: Trot
Album: Jang Yoon Jung Vol. 2.5 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Score: 371

18. (-7) Seo Young Eun – 웃는거야 (Let’s smile)
Genre: Pop/mid-tempo ballad
Album: Seo Young Eun Vol. 6 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Kim Chan Jin / Lyrics: Seo Young Eun
Score: 370

19. (New) Fly To The Sky – 다시 돌아온 너에게 (To You who Returns to me)
Genre: R&B/ballad
Album: Fly To The Sky Vol. 6 Track 8 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music + Lyrics: Min Byung Ki
Score: 352

20. (New) Psy – We Are The One
Genre: Pop/Hip-hop
Album: Psy – We Are The One – Listen here for 1 minute sample
Music: Yoo Gun Hyung / Lyrics: Psy
Score: 274

Dropped out from last week:
15. See Ya – 여인의향기 (The Scent of a Woman)
19. Jang Hye Jin – 마주치지말자 (Let’s Don’t Meet Again)
20. Se7en (featuring Teddy) – 난알아요 (I Know)

Sources of the top 20

The sources of this top 20 chart is pretty much the same but the weight assigned to each source may be different each week because some charts do not update weekly (e.g. MNet M!Countdown) and I assign fewer percentage when it happens. From now on, I’ll list my chart sources each week. For May week 4:

ChartKorea – 20%
Hanteo Weekly Album Sales (2 weeks lag) – 20%
MNet M!Countdown – 20%
SBS Inky Gayo Top 50 (1 week lag) – 15%
Various Internet charts (Melon, Jukeon, MaxMP3, Dosirak, Muz, Bugs, SBS Music Park, MBC gayo top 50, MNet gayo top 100) – 15%
MTV Chart – 5%
Gasoo appearance on gayo shows (MBC Music Core, SBS Inky Gayo, KBS Music Bank, MNet M!Countdown, KBS Yoon Do Hyun Love Letter, MBC Kim Dong Ryul For You, Pops In Seoul, Show! Music Tank) – 5%