Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 - July Week 4

We have another new No. 1 song this week, meaning that every week in July had a different song on top of our chart.  It is not unexpected as the competition is most fierce in the middle of summer.  A Pink scores their first ever No. 1 song on our chart with “NoNoNo,” moving up from No. 4 last week. Despite this song ranking behind 2NE1’s “Falling In Love” on most of our sources, it has a big edge on airplay and also won on Music Bank last week.  As a result, it captures the top spot this week.  Congratulations to A Pink.

“NoNoNo” was involved in some plagiarism controversy though.  As netizens have noticed this song’s similarity to SES’ “Just In Love” which was released back in 2001.  Most pointed out that “NoNoNo” is a faster version of “Just In Love.”  You can be the judge of it.

There are three new songs in the top 10 this week.  As mentioned, 2NE1’s “Falling In Love” is at No. 2, moving up 10 spots from last week. This song is composed and written by Teddy and Choice 37. It is a mix of reggae and hip-hop genre.  “Falling In Love” won on three of the four music shows last week but fell just short of being No. 1 on our chart. We are going to see a heavy dose of 2NE1 in the second half of 2013, as they plan to release a new single each month.

Moving up 19 big spots to No. 4 is the long awaited comeback from last year’s top rookie Ailee. She just released her second mini-album “A’s Doll House” and hertitle track “U & I” is at No. 4 this week. It was co-composed, penned, and arranged by Shinsadong Tiger and Kupa, the same team who wrote A Pink’s No. 1 song “NoNoNo.” “U&I” is a faster track than most of Ailee’s songs last year and is a song that showcases her powerful vocal. She has a good chance to battle for the top spot next week.

The last new song in the top 10 is at No. 7. Hip-hop duo Geeks is back in the top 10 with “Fly.”  The song was written by the duo themselves with the help of Korea’s top producers, Kim Do Hoon and Lee Sang Ho. The song holds lyrics about being each others’ strength.  This time Geeks does both the singing and the rapping on this mid-tempo relaxing tune.

About the Soompi Music Chart:

Soompi Music Chart is unlike any other music charts or television rankings.  It takes into account rankings by various major music charts in Korea and airplay of each song, 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 – 20%
Various Internet charts (Olleh, Bugs, Melon, Soribada) – 15%
Billboard Korea – 20% 
SBS Inkigayo Chart  – 10%
KBS Music Bank K-Chart – 10%
MNet M!Countdown Chart – 10%