Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2011 - September Week 1
It was a relatively quiet week in the top 10 without much movement. However, we do have a new No. 1 song as SISTAR‘s “So Cool” edged out Super Junior’s two-week champ “Mr. Simple” by ten points. “So Cool” becomes SISTAR’s first ever No. 1 hit on our chart. They debuted just last year and seem to gain more popularity with each new release. This time it reaches a climax with their first chart topping hit. Congratulations.
Even with member Heechul joining the military this week and Super Junior being a hot news item, they were not able to maintain the top spot. We haven’t seen a three-week champ for a while as most of the chart topping hits in recent months only spendone or two weeks on top. That indicates the competition level in K-pop has been very high with many great music releases.
There is only one new song in the top 10 this week. It is a joint effort by December, J-Cera, plus two new female singers Eileen and Yunmi. Together they called themselves CS Numbers. All of them have very strong vocals, making this ballad enjoyable to listen to. In the summer the top 10 is always full of dance beat songs, this is the only pure ballad style song in the top 10 this week.
SOOMPI CHART for 2011, September Week 1
Score: 925
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Brave Brothers / Lyrics: Brave Brothers
Album: SISTAR Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 915
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Yoo Young Jin / Lyrics: Yoo Young Jin
Album: Super Junior Vol. 5 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 786
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Park Jin Young / Lyrics: Park Jin Young
Album: Miss A Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 777
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Kim Seung Soo, Han Jae Ho / Lyrics: Song Soo Yoon
Album: Infinite Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 724
Genre: R&B Ballad
Music: Teddy, Lydia Paek / Lyrics: Teddy
Album: 2NE1 mini-album Vol. 2 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 724
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: E-Tribe / Lyrics: E-Tribe
Album: DalShabet mini-album Vol. 3 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 636
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Choi Gyu Sung, Shin Sa Dong Tiger / Lyrics: Choi Gyu Sung, Shin Sa Dong Tiger
Album: John Travolta Wanna Be | Purchase this Album
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Score: 507
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Scott, Belle, Richard / Lyrics: Seo In Kook
Album: Seo In Kook digital single “Shake It Up”
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Score: 485
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Oh Sung Hoon / Lyrics: Oh Sung Hoon
Album: December & J-Cera digital single “Love Harmony”
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Score: 479
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Wontag, Ji In, Rado / Lyrics: Wontag, Ji In, Rado, Dok2
Album: MBLAQ mini-album Vol. 3 | Purchase this Album
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| Rank | Artist | Song | Score |
| 11 | G.na (new) | Top Girl | 448 |
| 12 | Koyote (new) | Good Good Time | 427 |
| 13 | Teen Top (-4) | 향수 뿌리지마 (Don’t Spray Perfume) | 418 |
| 14 | 10cm (-2) | 안아줘요 (Give Me A Hug) | 417 |
| 15 | Lee Ssang (new) | 나란 놈은 답은 너다 (Guy Like Me’s Answer Is You (feat. Harim)) | 397 |
| 16 | Bi (-3) | 부산여자 (Busan Woman) | 382 |
| 17 | Park Jung Hyun, So Hyang, Lee Young Hyun (new) | Mermaid | 303 |
| 18 | Homme (-4) | 남자니까 웃는 거야 (Laughing Because I’m A Guy) | 296 |
| 19 | Jaurim (+10) | Idol | 285 |
| 20 | Kim Jun Su (-2) | You Are So Beautiful | 272 |
| 21 | Kim Bum Soo & Park Jung Hyun (-6) | 사람, 사랑 (Person, Love) | 221 |
| 22 | Hwan Hee (+4) | 죽을 것만 같아 (Feels Like Dying) | 220 |
| 23 | Hyuna (-7) | Bubble Pop | 212 |
| 24 | Kim Tae Woo (-2) | 사랑에 빠지다 (Falling In Love) | 211 |
| 25 | Defconn (-8) | 랩퍼들이 헤어지는 방법 Part.Ⅱ (The Way Rappers Break Up Part.Ⅱ) | 199 |
| 26 | CSJH (Dana & Sunday) (+6) | 나 좀 봐줘 (One More Chance) | 197 |
| 27 | Kim Jae Joong (+3) | 지켜줄께 (Will Protect You) | 192 |
| 28 | Zi-A (new) | 그리고 사랑해 (And I Love You) | 186 |
| 29 | Baek Ji Young (+8) | 오늘도 사랑해 (Love You Today Too) | 185 |
| 30 | Namolla Family JW & D.Haven (+1) | 보고 싶어 (Thinking Of You) | 173 |
| 31 | Bang Yong Kook (-10) | I Remember | 160 |
| 32 | Nine Muses (+10) | 휘가로 (Figaro) | 157 |
| 33 | Brave Girls (-10) | 툭하면 (Easily) | 147 |
| 34 | NS Yoon Ji (-6) | 또 보고 싶어 (Want To See You Again) | 144 |
| 35 | Ha Dong Kyun & Lee Jung (-2) | 기다릴게 (Will Wait) | 144 |
| 36 | Suki (new) | 긴 사랑 (Long Love) | 137 |
| 37 | JK Kim Dong Wook (new) | 버킷리스트 (Bucket List) | 119 |
| 38 | Lee Young Hyun (Big Mama) (-13) | 화답 (Reciprocate) | 106 |
| 39 | Sunny Hill (-20) | 기도 (Prayer) | 98 |
| 40 | After School (Red) (+1) | 밤 하늘에 (In The Night Sky) | 95 |
| 41 | Ali (new) | 밥그릇 (Rice Bowl) | 91 |
| 42 | Kim Jo Han (new) | 내겐 너무 예쁜 그녀 (The Girl Who Is So Beautiful To Me) | 84 |
| 43 | Urban Zakapa (+5) | Just A Feeling | 78 |
| 44 | f(x) (-6) | Hot Summer | 74 |
| 45 | Secret (-10) | 별빛 달빛 (Starlight Moonlight) | 73 |
| 46 | Stellar (new) | Rocket Girl | 72 |
| 47 | Jang Ki Ha & Faces (-4) | 그렇고 그런 사이 (Be In Such A Relationship) | 67 |
| 48 | Chi Chi (-21) | Longer | 61 |
| 49 | 2PM (-15) | Hands Up | 58 |
| 50 | Yi Sung Yol (new) | 돌아오지 않아 (Not Coming Back) | 48 |
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE:
Lee Moon Sae – 붉은 노을 (Sunset Glow)
Genre: Pop Ballad
Album: Lee Moon Sae Vol. 5 (1988) Track 7
Watch: Live Performance
Comment: Most of our readers are familiar with Big Bang’s remake version of this song but we are going way back to 1988 to find the original version, which is a classic hit song by legendary singer Lee Moon Sae. Lee started his career in 1983 (when many of the K-pop singers today wasn’t even born yet!). His first two albums did not generate too many attentions. On his third album in 1985 teaming up with producer Lee Young Hoon, Lee had his first big hit “I Don’t Know Yet”. He had his highest popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. “Sunset Glow” was from his fifth album in 1988. Despite not being the album title song, this song went on to become a classic hit. Nearly twenty years after the song was first released, Big Bang remade the song with an R&B/Hip-Hop flavor and it became popular again and introduced this classic to younger generations.
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 airplays of each song, 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 Mill 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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