Weekly Music Chart 2007 - November week 4

No. 1 song: Not much movement among the various charts in Korea this week. As a result, our top 3 songs remain the same. Wonder Girls’ "Tell Me" is No. 1 for the 5th straight week, Youn Ha’s "혜성" (Comet) is still No. 2, followed by Koyote’s "사랑공식" (Love Formula). Other songs are quite far below in scores. "Tell Me" is still gaining scores even though it has been on top for 5 weeks now.

Biggest Mover of the week: As expected, the honor goes to Brown Eyed Soul’s "My Story". This song has top scores in both Hanteo’s album sales chart and songs chart, and is also doing well on various internet charts. Brown Eyed Soul had never appeared in any gayo shows previously, and we are wondering if this Na-Ul-led group will come out to perform. Yoon Gun, the other ex-Brown Eyes member, came out to perform on gayo shows for the first time in his career earlier this year.

Hot shot debut: Yet another strong showing by a rookie artiste. SNSD’s self titled hit "소녀시대" (Girls Generation) is our top debut this week at No. 9. This is the title song from their first full album, and it is a remake of Lee Seung Chul’s hit song. While it is pretty hard to link SNSD and Lee Seung Chul’s music together, as both have very different styles. The two units did a "special stage" collaboration together in Music Bank last week. Lee Seung Chul himself has his own top 5 song in "사랑한다" (I Love You) this week as well.

New songs: We have 6 new songs this week.

Songs to watch out:

4. Sung Shi Kyung – 한번더이별 (Break Up One More Time) – After a small 1-spot move last week, Sung Shi Kyung regains his chart topping power this week with a big 10 spots move to No. 4, leapfrogging a lot of good songs. Let’s see if this song’s path will be like our current No. 1 "Tell Me", which started out slowly but eventually found its way to the top.

18. MC The Max – 사랑을 외치다 (Call out love) – Like I said last week, it seems like every year around this time, we’ll find a powerful rock ballad from MC The Max, a group that always have wonderful songs tailor-made for winter. Their latest hit moves up 14 spots this week to No. 18. This is another emotional ballad that showcases Lee Soo’s strong vocal.

20. Eun Ji Won (feat. Mr. Tyfoon) – Adios – Ex-Schekches members have 2 songs in the top 20 this week: J-Walk’s "여우비" (Light Rain) is at No. 8, and Eun Ji Won has the week’s 2nd highest debut at No. 20. Since going solo, Eun Ji Won has become a hip-hop artiste. This song features another rapper, Mr. Tyfoon, that enables Eun Ji Won to concentrate more on the vocal parts of the song. Keeproots, another talented hip-hop musician, wrote this song for Eun Ji Won.

22. Suh Young Eun – 아름다운구속 (Beautiful Restriction) – Each of the last 3 years, Suh Young Eun has released a remake album. This year is no exception. This song comes from her "Romantic 3" remake album. Unlike the Romantic 1 and 2 which featured more mellow ballads, this time she’s remaking a rock ballad from Kim Jong Seo with rock guitar arrangement. It is one of the better remake songs I’ve heard recently.

31. Kim Jo Han – 사랑이늦어서미안해 (Sorry For The Love Being Late) – Our 2nd biggest mover this week, up 19 spots from the bottom of the chart to No. 31. This ballad is written by Sung Shi Kyung, which brings out a new style from Kim Jo Han as a ballad singer instead of R&B. Jessica of SNSD stars in the music video as a woman who’s lost love, shedding tears in some of the more moving scenes.

38. Byul – 가슴은 아니까 (The Heart Knows) – It’s been a busy year for Byul (Star). She released a solo album, participated in drama OSTs, and now she has a mini-album out. This ballad is written by "Hitman" Bang Shi Hyuk, who has recently worked closely with another JYP artiste Lim Jeong Hee. Bang also wrote Byul’s big hit "눈물샘" (Lachrymal Glands) last year.

45. Super Junior – Marry U – It’s a pity that their previous hit "Don’t Don" did not score too well on Korea’s internet charts and it affected the popularity on this chart as well. Let’s see if Super Junior can rebound with this latest hit, coming from a repackaged version of their 2nd album. Even though it debuted low, it will probably move up fast next week and is a strong candidate for the biggest mover.

Click on the youtube links to watch the top 20 songs’ live performance or MV. You can also listen to the 1 minute sample – follow the links to melon.com and install the melon player to your computer. After that, click on the song title to listen.

1. (–) Wonder Girls – Tell Me *** 5 WEEKS NO. 1 ***
Genre: Pop Dance
Watch the performance
Album: Wonder Girls Vol. 1 Track 3 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music + Lyrics: Park Jin Young
Score: 945

2. (–) Youn Ha – 혜성 (Comet)
Genre: Pop / Rock
Watch the performance
Album: Youn Ha Vol. 1.5 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music: Nao Tanaka / Lyrics: Kim Yi Jin
Score: 886

3. (–) Koyote – 사랑공식 (Love Formula)
Genre: Pop / Dance
Watch the performance
Album: Koyote Dance Best And Vol. 9.5 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music: Kim Do Hoon, Kim Se Jin / Lyrics: Kim Se Jin, Seo Jung Jin
Score: 853

4. (+10) Sung Shi Kyung – 한번 더 이별 (Break Up One More Time)
Genre: Pop Ballad
Watch the performance
Album: Sung Shi Kyung single album Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music + Lyrics: Yoon Jong Shin
Score: 759

5. (–) Lee Seung Chul – 사랑한다 (I Love You)
Genre: Rock Ballad
Watch the MV
Album: Lee Seung Chul Vol. 9 Track 3 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music + Lyrics: Kang Ji Won
Score: 758

6. (-2) Lim Jeong Hee- 사랑에미치면 (When you’re crazy in love)
Genre: R&B Ballad
Watch the performance
Album: Lim Jeong Hee Vol. 3 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music: Bang Shi Hyuk / Lyrics: Kang Eun Kyung
Score:710

7. (–) ERU – 둘이라서 (Because it’s the two of us)
Genre: Pop Ballad
Watch the performance
Album: ERU Vol. 3 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music + Lyrics: Minuki
Score: 655

8. (+2) J-Walk – 여우비 (Light Rain)
Genre: R&B Ballad
Watch the performance
Album: J-Walk 2007 Mini Album Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music: Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Hwang Sung Jin
Score: 654

9. (New) SNSD – 소녀시대 (Girls Generation) *** HOT SHOT DEBUT ***
Genre: Pop / Dance
Watch the performance
Album: SNSD Vol. 1 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music: Song Tae Joon / Lyrics: Lee Seung Chul
Score: 648

10. (-2) Big Mama – 배반 (Betray)
Genre: R&B Ballad
Watch the preformance
Album: Big Mama Vol. 4 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample

Music: Seo Jae Ha / Lyrics: Kang Eun Kyung
Score: 637

21. (-6) F.T Island – 한사람만 (Only one person) : 364
22. (New) Suh Young Eun – 아름다운구속 (Beautiful Restriction) : 355
23. (New) Lee Seung Hwan – 내맘이안그래 (My Heart Isn’t Like That) : 348
24. (-8) Maybee – 못난이 (Fool) : 336
25. (-1) M To M – 못된남자 (Evil Man) : 323
26. (-3) Drunken Tiger – 8:45 Heaven : 310
27. (+1) Black Pearl – 결국너잖아 (In The End, It’s You) : 292
28. (-11) Baek Ji Young – 사랑하나면 돼 (Loving one person is enough) : 273
29. (-4) Outsider – 남자답게 (Like A Man) : 272
30. (-12) Yang Dong Geun – 나는나뻐 (I’m Bad) : 271
31. (+19) Kim Jo Han – 사랑이늦어서미안해 (Sorry For The Love Being Late) : 250
32. (-1) Jung Jae Wook – 그만하자 (Let’s stop) : 228
33. (-4) Jang Yoon Jung – 첫사랑 (First Love) : 219
34. (+6) Zi-A – 물끄러미 (Absentmindedly) : 206
35. (-2) 8EIGHT – 사랑을잃고난노래하네 (Forget Love and Sing) : 205
36. (+9) 조PD – Korea City : 186
37. (+9) Crown J – 그녀를뺏겠습니다 (I’ll get her back) : 175
38. (New) Byul – 가슴은 아니까 (The Heart Knows) : 170
39. (–) DBSG – 천년연가 (Eternal Love Song) : 168
40. (-5) Cherry Filter – 느껴봐 (Feel It) : 165
41. (-7) See Ya – 얼음인형 (Ice Doll) : 157
42. (-5) Jang Hye Jin – 가라 사랑아 (Go Away Love) : 143
43. (-16) Lee Seung Ki – 왜가니 (Why are you leaving?) : 141
44. (-23) M – THE “M” STYLE : 140
45. (New) Super Junior – Marry U : 135
46. (-4) Monday Kiz – 투면한 눈물 (Invisible Tears) : 121
47. (–) Hong Kyung Min – 못난이 (Fool) : 115
48. (-10) Lee Sang Eun – 삶은 여행 (Life is like a journey) : 103
49. (-8) Namolla Family – 사랑해요 (I Love You) : 97
50. (-2) JJ – Love Actually : 88

Sources of the top 20

The sources of this top 20 chart are 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 November week 4:

ChartKorea – 20%
Hanteo and KMDIA Weekly Album Sales (2 weeks lag) – 20%
MNet M!Countdown + MNet Internet Chart – 20%
SBS – Inky Gayo Take 7 poll + Internet Chart + MP3 Download Chart (1 week lag) – 10%
Various Internet charts (Melon, Jukeon, Dosirak, Muz, Bugs, Ohdio, Soribada) – 15%
Hanteo Gayo Chart – 10% (1 week lag)
Gasoo appearance on gayo shows (SBS Inky Gayo, KBS Music Bank, SBS Music Space, KBS Yoon Do Hyun Love Letter, KMTV Show Music Tank, Pops In Seoul) – 5%