Despite very strong competition and no more promotions, Lee Hyori’s “Bad Girls” managed to hold on to the top spot for the third straight week. “Bad Girls” narrowly edged out Huh Gak and Jung Eun Ji’s duet “Short Hair” by six points. “Short Hair” almost became only the third digital single (and first by artists outside of… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – June Week 4
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Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – June Week 3
Lee Hyori’s “Bad Girls” is No. 1 for the second week in a row! Despite announcing that she would stop promoting this song, it scored eight points higher than last week and is almost 100 points better than the second place song, which again belongs to 4minute’s “What’s Your Name?”“Bad Girls” is still the song… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – June Week 3
Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – June Week 2
Already happening a few times this year, our new No. 1 song this week wasn’t even in the top 10 last week. Lee Hyori’s “Bad Girls” moves from No. 14 all the way up to the top, displacing 4minute’s “What’s Your Name?” which was No. 1 for the past three weeks.Despite the big jump to… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – June Week 2
Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – June Week 1
4minute’s “What’s Your Name” shows no sign of slowing down as it repeats as No. 1 for the third straight week. Despite facing very strong competition, “What’s Your Name” again is the only song scoring over 900 points and is still well ahead of all other songs. No. 2 is a new song in the… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – June Week 1
A Music Lover’s Favorite 15 K-Pop Artists
Edward1849 has been carefully curating our Weekly Soompi Music Charts for the past 8 years, and is a true connoisseur of K-Pop. I asked him to share his 15 favorite artists to help celebrate our 15th birthday last month, so let’s keep celebrating 🙂 Wow! Time flies so fast. It seems like just yesterday that I joined Soompi,… Continue reading A Music Lover’s Favorite 15 K-Pop Artists
Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 4
The top two songs remained the same this week with 4minute’s “What’s Your Name?” taking No. 1 for the second straight week. This song was only 12 points shy of a perfect 1000 score as it ranked No. 1 or 2 in all of our chart sources. Congratulations to 4minute. Holding on to No. 2 is… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 4
Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 3
After a few weeks of male domination on top of our chart, girl groups have reclaimed the top two spots this week. 4minute’s “What’s Your Name?” moves up two spots to become our new No. 1 song.This is the third straight year 4minute has had a chart topping hit.They did it in 2011 with “Mirror… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 3
Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 2
Psy’s “Gentlemen” withstood tough competition and remained No. 1 for the third straight week.“Gentlemen” was the only song scoring over 900 points this week. We have five new songs in the top 10 this week, including the No. 2 and 3 songs. Debuting impressively at No. 2 is Cho Yong Pil’s “Hello,” the title song… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 2
Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 1
Psy’s “Gentlemen” repeats as No. 1 this week as expected, but it did not top the near perfect score of 996 points from last week. Despite dominating on all TV network rankings, “Gentlemen” was ranked behind a pair of male artists on independent charts like Billboard Korea and GAON, and also most internet charts. Ironically,… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – May Week 1
Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – April Week 4
There was nothing to stop PSY’s “Gentlemen” from taking the top spot this week. It only took “Gentlemen” two weeks to reach the top spot on our chart, same as “Gangnam Style,” and it was only four points shy of a perfect 1000 score.The only blemish was at KBS Music Bank K-Chart, where “Gentlemen” was… Continue reading Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2013 – April Week 4