Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2011 - December Week 1
Wonder Girls is No. 1 again with “Be My Baby” this week. Amazingly the song has increased in score since last week, going from 952 to 965. That is quite an accomplishment this late in the year as many big name artists are trying to make their last sprint to the finish line with their best hit songs of the year. Congratulations to Wonder Girls.
Despite their chart dominance, Wonder Girls is not without competition if they want to stay on top next week. T-Ara‘s “Cry Cry” moves up four spots to No. 2 next week and looks very likely to be our next No. 1 song, only a metter of when. Both songs are scoring over 900 points and the gap is not too big, so don’t be surprised if “Cry Cry” moves up to the top next week. T-Ara is also enjoying the best year of their career this year as they are in a position to score their second consecutive No. 1 song.
Stubbornly staying at No. 3 this week is Noel‘s “I Miss You“. They are the lone male group, refusing to let another female dominance take the top three. “I Miss You” has been in the top five for four straight weeks now. For a non-idol artist this is quite an accomplishment.
Only one new song in the top 10 this week. It is by hip-hop trio Electroboyz. They have scored their first ever top 10 hit with “Ma Boy 2” moving up eight spots to No. 8 this week. By looking at the song title, K-pop fans should recognize that this song is a sequel of Sistar19‘s “Ma Boy” which was a top three hit earlier this year. Sistar‘s Hyo Rin is featured in “Ma Boy 2”, helping her labelmate to land their first big hit.
SOOMPI CHART for 2011, Month 12, Week 1
Score: 965
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Park Jin Young / Lyrics: Park Jin Young
Album: Wonder Girls Vol. 2 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 914
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Cho Young Soo, Kim Tae Hyun / Lyrics: Cho Young Soo, Ahn Young Min
Album: T-Ara mini-album Vol. 4 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 728
Genre: R&B Ballad
Music: Choi Gyu Sung / Lyrics: Choi Gyu Sung
Album: Noel mini-album | Purchase this Album
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Score: 696
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Teddy Riley / Lyrics: Yoo Young Jin
Album: SNSD Vol. 3 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 613
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Kang Ji Won, Kim Ki Bum / Lyrics: Kang Ji Won, Kim Ki Bum
Album: Secret Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 601
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Hitman Bang / Lyrics: Hitman Bang
Album: Lee Seung Ki Vol. 5 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 591
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: / Lyrics:
Album: Huh Gak digital single “Only Say That I Want To Die”
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Score: 488
Genre: Hip-Hop
Music: Brave Brothers / Lyrics: Brave Brothers
Album: Electroboyz 2nd single “Rebirth” | Purchase this Album
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Score: 481
Genre: R&B Ballad
Music: E-Tribe / Lyrics: E-Tribe
Album: 4Men & Mi Mini Album | Purchase this Album
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Score: 397
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: G. Gorilla, Lee Jong Min / Lyrics: G. Gorilla, Miryo
Album: Brown Eyed Girls digital single “Cleansing Cream”
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Rank | Artist | Song | Score |
11 | Tablo (-4) | Tomorrow (feat. Tae Yang) | 391 |
12 | A Pink (new) | My My | 386 |
13 | Busker Busker (–) | 서울사람들 (Seoul People) | 376 |
14 | Dynamic Duo (+3) | 해뜰때까지만 (girl) (Until The Sun Rises (Girl)) | 368 |
15 | Ulala Session (new) | 너와 함께 (With You) | 331 |
16 | Son Ho Young (+2) | 예쁘고 미웠다 (Lovely And Hateful (feat. Bizzy)) | 311 |
17 | T (-6) | Get It In (feat Tiger JK) | 297 |
18 | LEDApple (+4) | 어쩌다 마주친 (Someone Met By Chance) | 281 |
19 | Miss $ (new) | 오죽하면 이럴까 (Why Do You Think I’m Acting This Way (feat. Jung Sul Gi, Im Da Hye)) | 276 |
20 | Kim Yeon Woo (new) | 행복했다…안녕 (I Was Happy…Goodbye) | 262 |
21 | Suzy (new) | 눈물이 많아서 (Because I Have A Lot Of Tears) | 261 |
22 | Seo In Young (new) | Oh My Gosh | 252 |
23 | J-Cera (-8) | 그댄 정말 모를 거예요 (You Will Never Know) | 219 |
24 | As One (new) | 거짓말 (Lie) | 218 |
25 | Trax (+5) | 창문 (Blind) | 199 |
26 | Rania (+11) | Pop Pop Pop | 195 |
27 | Gavy NJ (+14) | 가세요 (Go) | 184 |
28 | Park Jae Bum (+3) | Girl Friend | 181 |
29 | My Name (–) | Message | 180 |
30 | Tim (-6) | 하루가 길다 (A Day Is Long) | 178 |
31 | Orange Caramel (-19) | 샹하이 로맨스 (Shanghai Romance) | 172 |
32 | Baby Soul (new) | 남보다 못한 사이 (Relationship Worse Than With Others (feat. Wheesung)) | 163 |
33 | Kim Jo Han (-8) | 사랑에 빠지고 싶다 (Want To Fall In Love) | 149 |
34 | Sweet Sorrow (new) | 첫 데이트 (First Date) | 135 |
35 | Sung Shi Kyung (-16) | 한번의 사랑 (One Love) | 131 |
36 | Kim Hyun Joong (SS501) (-16) | Lucky Guy | 123 |
37 | Beast (-2) | 꿈을 꾼다 (Dream A Dream) | 122 |
38 | WE (-4) | 비가 (Sad Song) | 121 |
39 | Baek Ji Young (-11) | 여기가 아파 (Hurts Here) | 116 |
40 | Kim Bum Soo (-19) | 말하지 않아도 (Even If You Don’t Say Anything) | 114 |
41 | Infinite (-18) | 파라다이스 (Paradise) | 112 |
42 | Kara (-4) | Step | 109 |
43 | FT Island (-10) | 새들처럼 (Like The Birds) | 104 |
44 | Wink (new) | 아따 고것참 (Oh Gosh!) | 97 |
45 | Double A (-3) | 미쳐서 그래 (So Crazy) | 95 |
46 | Lady Jane (new) | 제이니 (Janie) | 87 |
47 | Lee Seung Chul (-15) | 서쪽 하늘 (Western Sky) | 85 |
48 | Lee Ji Hye (new) | 로켓 파워 (Rocket Power) | 84 |
49 | K.Will, Sistar, Boyfriend (new) | 핑크빛 로맨스 (Pink Romance) | 83 |
50 | San E (new) | 불행했음 좋겠다 (Wish You Were Unhappy) | 82 |
THIS WEEK IN 2006:
In this segment, we go back in time to re-visit charts of the same week in past years. The Soompi Music Chart began in January 2005. At first we had only 20 songs and later expanded to 50 songs.
Trivia question: Name the three most successful songs in our chart history. If you follow our weekly chart long enough, you should have no trouble naming two of the three songs: Big Bang’s “Lie” which spent a chart record (which I think will stand forever) seven weeks as No. 1, and Wonder Girls’ “Tell Me” which immediate followed “Lie” and was on top for six weeks in 2007. However, most of you will miss the third song.
A year before “Lie” and “Tell Me” became classics, another song had spent six consecutive week’s on top of our chart (at that time it was the record). Ballad prince Sung Shi Kyung’s “On The Street” was our No. 1 song from November week 1 to December week 2. The greatness of this song is that it was released on a perfect timing. Back in 2006, male soloists were still a big part of K-Pop and Sung Shi Kyung were among the most popular. “On The Street” was written by singer-songwriter Yoon Jong Shin. The melody coupled with Sung Shi Kyung’s smooth, tender voice made the song perfect to listen to as Korea was getting into the cold winter season. “On The Street” almost spent a seventh week on top in December week 3 of 2006. It took k-pop’s biggest name, DBSK and their song “Balloons” to overtake “On The Street” by just five points that week.
Click here to review the MV of this classic hit by Sung Shi Kyung.
About the Soompi Music Chart:
Soompi Music Chart is unlike any other music charts or television rankings. It takes into account not only sales and rankings by various other charts in Korea, but also the airplay of each song, as well as the number of live performances and appearances, making it an unbiased and objective tally of what’s going on in the world of K-pop. Our chart is composed of the following sources:
Air Monitor Chart – 15%
GAON Music Chart – 15%
Various Internet charts (Olleh, Bugs, Melon, Naver, Monkey3, Daum, Cyworld, Soribada) – 15%
ChartKorea – 5%
Hottracks Weekly Album Sales (1 weeks lag) – 10%
SBS (Inky Gayo Take 7 + SBS Miil weekly rankings) – 10%
MBC Inky Top 100 Chart – 10%
KBS Music Bank K-Chart – 10%
MNet M!Countdown – 5%
Gasoo appearance on gayo shows (MBC Music Core, SBS Inky Gayo, KBS Music Bank, M!Countdown) – 10%
Thanks to Mardi09 for helping on this week’s internet chart research and motoway065 for song title translations.
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