There are a lot of changes on our chart this week as the top three songs all come from outside of the previous week’s top 10! Making their long-awaited comeback in 2018, EXO wasted no time to reach the top of our chart, as their latest hit “Tempo” moves up 13 spots to become our new… Continue reading EXO Ascends With “Tempo”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, November Week 3
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IU Maintains Top Spot With “BBIBBI”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, November Week 2
IU’s “BBIBBI” is our champion for the third straight week! This song won again on “Inkigayo” and “Music Core” last week and remains strong on all our chart sources. Despite minimal promotions, “BBIBBI” has created an even bigger gap with its closest challengers. Congratulations again to IU! BTS’ “IDOL” also remains No. 2 this week. Even… Continue reading IU Maintains Top Spot With “BBIBBI”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, November Week 2
IU Stays Strong With “BBIBBI”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, November Week 1
IU’s “BBIBBI” repeats as our No. 1 song this week! This song won on “Inkigayo” and “Music Core” last week, and it also topped GAON and most internet charts once again. It is quite an accomplishment for this digital single considering IU did not promote this song on music shows. Congratulations again to IU! BTS’s… Continue reading IU Stays Strong With “BBIBBI”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, November Week 1
IU Grabs Top Spot With “BBIBBI”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, October Week 4
IU’s “BBIBBI” moves up nine spots to become our new No. 1 song! This song won on “Inkigayo,” “Music Bank,” and “Music Core” last week. It also topped GAON and most internet charts. Overall, it was just eight points off a perfect score. Congratulations to IU! Last week’s No. 1 song, iKON’s “Goodbye Road,” dropped one… Continue reading IU Grabs Top Spot With “BBIBBI”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, October Week 4
iKON Takes Over With “Goodbye Road”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, October Week 3
iKON’s “Goodbye Road” dethroned six-week champion BTS’s “IDOL” in a convincing fashion this week and has become our new No. 1 song! “Goodbye Road” swept all the music shows in the past week and scored well in all chart sources. It also means that iKON’s YG label mate, BIGBANG’s seven-week champion song “Lie,” stands the test of… Continue reading iKON Takes Over With “Goodbye Road”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, October Week 3
BTS Maintains Top Spot With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, October Week 2
BTS’s “IDOL” has joined in on the history of our chart to spend six weeks as No. 1 song! The only other three songs to achieve this immortal feat are BIGBANG’s “Lie” (which is the only song that spent seven weeks on top), Wonder Girls’ “Tell Me,” CNBLUE’s “Love,” and PSY’s “Gangnam Style.” “IDOL” again is the only… Continue reading BTS Maintains Top Spot With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, October Week 2
BTS Dominates With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, October Week 1
BTS’s “IDOL” is the first song in more than six years to spend five weeks on top of our chart! Taking advantage of a slow charting period with few releases (the current week’s chart reflects the movements on the last week of September, which happened to be the Chuseok holidays in Korea) “IDOL” remains solid on the… Continue reading BTS Dominates With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, October Week 1
BTS Guards Top Spot With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, September Week 5
The top three songs remained the same as last week, with BTS’s “IDOL” barely holding off Sunmi’s “Siren” for the No. 1 spot! “IDOL” is the second song this year to spend four weeks on top of our chart, with TWICE’s “Heart Shaker” being the other song. Congratulations again to BTS! Despite sweeping all the… Continue reading BTS Guards Top Spot With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, September Week 5
BTS Continues Reign With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, September Week 4
BTS’s “IDOL” holds as No. 1 for the third straight week! This song won the same three music shows as last week — “Inkigayo,” “Music Bank,” and “Show Champion” — and was able to hold off two new challengers eyeing the top spot. Congratulations again to BTS! No. 2 and 3 are both new songs. Moving… Continue reading BTS Continues Reign With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, September Week 4
BTS Stays Strong With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, September Week 3
BTS’s “IDOL” repeats as our No. 1 song for the second week in a row! This song won on “Inkigayo,” “Music Bank,” and “Show Champion” last week. Overall, it scored even higher than last week. Congratulations again to BTS! Red Velvet’s “Power Up” also remains at No. 2, but the gap between this song and… Continue reading BTS Stays Strong With “IDOL”; Soompi’s K-Pop Music Chart 2018, September Week 3