Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2012 - March Week 4
Big Bang continues their chart dominance this week. Even though they do not have more top 10 songs, they now have two of the top three songs. “Blue” repeats as No. 1 this week and “Fantastic Baby” moves up five spots to No. 3. “Fantastic Baby” has actually outscored “Blue” in many of our chart sources, but “Blue” still has a big edge in major TV stations. In addition, Big Bang also has “Bad Boy” at No. 8.
Denying Big Bang for the unprecedented top two spots is miss A’s “Touch,” which remains at No. 2. Big Bang’s songs competing against each other may have actually benefited miss A. The gap between “Blue” and “Touch” is only 20 points this week. Lets see if “Touch” will be able to recapture the top spot next week.
There is only one new song in the top 10 this week and it is a good one. 2AM, who had a very successful 2010 and was our chart champion that year, finally comes back after a year of hiatus. 2AM’s new mini-album titled, “F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Way of Love”. As the title suggests, the boys have come before fans with songs as beautiful as deep novels. The title track “I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me” is composed by Kim Do Hoon and co-written by Kim and 2AM’s main producer Hitman Bang. The music video stars 2AM member Jin Woon, who recently appeared on the KBS drama “Dream High 2”. This song has already overtaken Big Bang’s flurry of hits and became No. 1 on many internet charts. It will certainly challenge for the top spot on our chart next week.
SOOMPI CHART for 2012, Month 3, Week 4
Score: 907
Genre: R&B
Music: Teddy, G Dragon / Lyrics: Teddy, G Dragon
Album: Big Bang Mini Album Vol. 5 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 886
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Park Jin Young / Lyrics: Park Jin Young
Album: Miss A mini-album “Touch” | Purchase this Album
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Score: 828
Genre: R&B
Music: Teddy, G Dragon / Lyrics: G Dragom
Album: Big Bang Mini Album Vol. 5 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 816
Genre: R&B
Music: Wheesung / Lyrics: Wheesung
Album: Ailee digital single “Heaven”
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Score: 753
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Min Yeon Jae, Kim Ina, Kim Do Hoon
Album: K.Will Mini Album Vol. 3 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 728
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Andy Platts, Jodie May Seymour / Lyrics: John Park
Album: John Park Mini Album Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 679
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Hitman Bang, Kim Do Hoon
Album: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Way Of Love | Purchase this Album
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Score: 655
Genre: R&B
Music: G Dragon, Choice 37 / Lyrics: G Dragom
Album: Big Bang Mini Album Vol. 5 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 605
Genre: Pop Rock
Music: Kim Do Hoon, Lee Sang Ho / Lyrics: Han Sung Ho
Album: FT Island mini-album “Grown Up” | Purchase this Album
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Score: 491
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Jun Hae Sung / Lyrics: Jun Hae Sung
Album: Davichi digital single “Love Call With Davichi”
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Rank | Artist | Song | Score |
11 | December (+14) | 이 노랠 빌려서 (With This Song (feat. Elou, Irene)) | 431 |
12 | Big Bang (-1) | 사랑먼지 (Love Dust) | 407 |
13 | Se7en (-3) | 내가 노래를 못해도 (When I Can’t Sing) | 378 |
14 | Kim Soo Hyun (new) | 그대 한 사람 (The Only Person) | 337 |
15 | Yang Yo Sub (Beast) & Jung Eun Ji (Apink) (new) | Love Day | 312 |
16 | T-Ara (-2) | Lovey Dovey | 303 |
17 | Big Bang (-5) | 재미없어 (Ain’t No Fun) | 288 |
18 | CNBlue (new) | 아직 사랑한다 (Still In Love) | 287 |
19 | Block. B (-3) | 난리나 (Nanrina) | 280 |
20 | Lee Seung Chul (+1) | 잊었니 (Did You Forget) | 279 |
21 | B1A4 (new) | Baby I’m Sorry | 277 |
22 | Lyn (new) | 곰인형 (Teddy Bear (feat. Hae Geum)) | 274 |
23 | Brave Girls (-3) | 요즘 너 (Lately You) | 270 |
24 | Fat Cat (+24) | 꿈만 같아요 (Like A Dream) | 259 |
25 | Kim Tae Woo (new) | 그래서 달린다 (So I Run) | 247 |
26 | Dal★shabet (-8) | Hit U (feat. Bigtone) | 198 |
27 | Sunny Hill (-5) | 베짱이 찬가 (The Grasshopper Song) | 197 |
28 | Big Bang (-11) | 날개 (Wings (Dae Sung solo)) | 192 |
29 | Park Jae Bum (-14) | Know Your Name (feat. Dok2) | 183 |
30 | Monday Kiz (+10) | 그랬나봐 (It Was Just Like That) | 182 |
31 | M4 (+3) | 사랑이 떠나가도 (Even If Love Leaves) | 180 |
32 | Jin Woon (2AM), Jr., Kim Ji Soo, Kang Sora (-13) | B급인생 (Level B Life) | 169 |
33 | Trouble Maker (-3) | Trouble Maker | 150 |
34 | Song Hye Gyo & John Park (+15) | Switch | 139 |
35 | Nine Muses (new) | 티켓 (Ticket) | 135 |
36 | Spica (-12) | 러시안 룰렛 (Russian Roulette) | 131 |
37 | Ji Yeon & JB (new) | Together | 130 |
38 | Lee Ki Chan (-12) | 아니기를 (Not To Be) | 124 |
39 | C-REAL (+6) | Joma Joma | 123 |
40 | MBLAQ (-5) | Run | 120 |
41 | 10cm (-5) | 애상 (Sorrow) | 101 |
42 | Geeks (new) | 그냥 가요 (Just Go (feat. Jo Hyun Ah of Urban Zakapa)) | 98 |
43 | WE (-5) | Party | 95 |
44 | L (Infinite) & Ye Rim (Two Months) (new) | Love U Like U | 92 |
45 | Na Yoon Kwon (-3) | 겁이 나서 (Because I Got Scared (feat. Baek Ji Young)) | 82 |
46 | EXID (-17) | Whoz That Girl | 81 |
47 | Jung Yup (new) | Beautiful Lady | 75 |
48 | IU (-11) | 너랑 나 (You And I) | 74 |
49 | Tony & Smash (new) | Get Your Swag On | 66 |
50 | LEDApple (new) | Sadness | 55 |
BONUS TRACK:
Newskal – Only U (feat. Erin, Soo Sung)
Genre: Hip-Hop Ballad
Album: Newskal digital single “Only U”
Listen To: Full Song
Comment: Haven’t featured a hip-hop ballad on this segment for a while and found a good one recently. Newskal releases a single titled, “Only U,” a medium-tempo hip-hop rap number about a man promising to always protect and love his lover. The song features Erin and Su Seong. (credits to motoway065 for translations)
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 airplays 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 – 15%
Various Internet charts (Olleh, Bugs, Melon, Soribada, Naver, Daum) – 15%
Billboard Korea – 15%
SBS (Inky Gayo Take 7 + voting list) – 10%
MBC Inky Top 100 Chart – 10%
KBS Music Bank K-Chart – 10%
MNet Chart – 10%
Thanks to Mardi09 for helping on this week’s internet chart research.
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