Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2011 - April Week 5

We were predicting two prominent boy bands CN Blue and Big Bang battling for No. 1 this week.  CN Blue’s “Intuition” was still leading by a large margin despite staying on top for three weeks already.  Big Bang’s “Love Song” was our hot shot debut at No. 4 and already won the top spot in various TV and internet rankings.  However, these two songs had to settle for No. 3 and No. 4 respectively.

To the surprise of many fans, it was two girl groups ending up at the top two spots this week, and both groups have never had a top song on our chart before.  4minute’s “Mirror Mirror” moves up one more spot to become their first chart topping hit here in soompi.  It was not totally a surprise as they did win in M!Countdown.  Rainbow’s “To Me” is more of a shocker at No. 2 as they moved past CN Blue and Big Bang.  This song has very strong showing in all our sources, easily become Rainbow’s biggest hit to date. 

The top 10 is still the same ten songs this week with not much movements.  It is almost guaranteed to be different next week as F(x) has the highest debut at No. 12 with “Pinocchio (Danger)”.  This song already won the Music Bank K-Chart this week and tops nearly all internet charts.  If airplay scores come in good next week they will certainly be a challenger for No. 1 soon.

Also, 2NE1’s main vocalist Park Bom debuts at No. 17 with her solo hit “Don’t Cry”.  This is another song that is expected to be in the top 10 next week, along with F(x) and rookie group Dal Shabet’s second hit “Pink Rocket”.

[Listen] Soompi Chart Top 50 – April 2011, Week 5

SOOMPI CHART for 2011, Month 4, Week 5

1. (+1) 4 minute – 거울아 거울아 (Mirror Mirror) ***1st Week @ No. 1***
Score: 878
Genre: Pop/Dance

Music: Shin Sa Dong Tiger, Blue Magic / Lyrics: Shin Sa Dong Tiger, Blue Magic
Album: 4minute Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

2. (+7) Rainbow – To Me(내게로…)
Score: 845
Genre: Pop/Dance

Music: Daishi Dance / Lyrics: Shi Jin, Double K
Album: Rainbow mini-album Vol. 3 | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

3. (-2) CNBlue – 직감 (Intuition)
Score: 746
Genre: Pop/Rock

Music: SEI, KOZI / Lyrics: Han Sung Ho
Album: CNBlue Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

4. (–) Big Bang – Love Song
Score: 723
Genre: Hip-hop/R&B

Music: G Dragon, Teddy / Lyrics: G Dragon, Teddy
Album: Big Bang Special Edition | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

5. (–) Girl’s Day – 반짝반짝 (Twinkle Twinkle)
Score: 606
Genre: Pop/Dance

Music: Nam Ki Sung / Lyrics: Nam Ki Sung, Park Gun Ho, Jang Joon Myung
Album: Girl’s Day single – Girl’s Day Party #3
Watch: MV

6. (-3) Kim Tae Woo – 메아리 (Echo)
Score: 585
Genre: Pop Ballad

Music: Lee Hyun Seung / Lyrics: Kim Tae Woo
Album: Kim Tae Woo Vol. 2 | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

7. (+3) Orange Caramel – Bangkok City
Score: 554
Genre: Pop/Dance

Music: Daniel Barkman, Jorgen Rinkqvist / Lyrics: Won Tae Yeon
Album: Orange Caramel single – Bangkok City | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

8. (-1) Clover – La Vida Loca
Score: 521
Genre: Hip-hop

Music: Gilme, Keeproots / Lyrics: Gilmi, Eun Ji Won, Tyfoon
Album: Clover Mini-album – Classic Over | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

9. (-3) K.Will – 가슴이 뛴다 (Heart Is Beating)
Score: 517
Genre: Pop Ballad

Music: Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Kim Ina
Album: K.Will 2nd mini-album | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

10. (-2) Yangpa – 아파 아이야 (It Hurts)
Score: 511
Genre: Pop Ballad

Music: Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Wheesung
Album: Yangpa Mini Album – Elegy Nouveau | Purchase this Album
Watch: MV

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE:

 Solid – 이밤의 끝을 잡고  (Holding Onto The End Of This Night)     
Genre: R&B Ballad
 
Album: Solid Vol. 2 (1995) Track 3
Watch: MV
Comment: Solid was an R&B trio in the 1990s formed by three Korean Americans Kim Jo Han, Jung Jae Yoon, and Lee Joon.  They were all from California.  Perhaps one of the very first musicians to inject R&B elements into Korean pop music, Solid had a brief but memorable career that paved the ways for many vocal groups afterwards.  They released four albums from 1993 to 1997.  After Solid disbanded, Kim Jo Han pursued a solo career and is still active today.  Jung Jae Yoon became a producer and is well known all over Asia.  Lee Joon went back to the States.  “Holding Onto The End Of This Night” is Solid’s most well known song and has become a classic oldie.  Many of today’s artists, including Fly To The Sky, Yoo Hee Yeol, 2AM, and SHINee has performed this song live on stage as a tribute to Solid.

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 (Dosirak, 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.