Top 20 - March week 2

Finally! Finally! After 60 weeks (starting from the beginning of last year), a female artist finally hits #1 on this chart. In fact, both #1 and #2 are female artists. It takes 2 mega stars, and good friends, to break this dry spell. Lee Soo Young and Lee Hyori are #1 and #2 respectively this week. I don’t think neither of them mind who’s #1 as they are close friends. It is certainly a welcome change of scene. Overall, it is a very competitive week in terms of chart scores.

Only 3 new songs this week, but 2 debut into the top 10, led by Super Junior’s 2nd hit "Miracle" at #6. Let see if they can surpass the popularity of their first hit "Twins" which ended up at #4 a few weeks ago.

Remember to check out soompi’s main site where you can find this post, plus a lot of new features on dramas, movies, and music.

1. (+1) Lee Soo Young – Grace *** 1 week No. 1 ***
Album: Lee Soo Young Vol. 7 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Hwang Sung Je / Lyrics: Lee Soo Young
Score: 936

2. (+3) Lee Hyori – Get Ya`
Album: Lee Hyori Vol. 2 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Kim Do Hyun / Lyrics: Maybee
Score: 912

3. (+1) Lee Seung Ki – 하기힘든말 (Words hard to tell)
Album: Lee Seung Ki Vol. 2 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample 
 Music: Choi Kap Won + Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Kim Do Hyun
Score: 802

4. (-1) KCM – 태양의눈물 (Tears of the Sun)
Album: KCM Vol. 3 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Cho Young Soo / Lyrics: Ahn Young Min
Score: 713

5. (+1) SS501 – Fighter
Album: SS501 2nd single Track 5 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Cho Young Soo / Lyrics: Ahn Young Min
Score: 704

6. (New) Super Junior – Miracle * HOT SHOT DEBUT *
Album: Super Junior Vol. 1 Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music + Lyrics: Yoon Ho Sang
Score: 589

7. (–) Bada – Find The Way
Album: Bada Vol. 3 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: 외국곡 / Lyrics: Bada
Score: 555

8. (-7) Fly To The Sky – 남자답게 (Like a Man)
Album: Fly To The Sky Vol. 6 Track 3 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Cho Eun Hee
Score: 542

9. (+10) Epik High – 사진첩 (Photo Album) * BIGGEST MOVER OF THE WEEK *
Album: Epik High Vol. 3 Repackage Track 17 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: DJ Tukutz / Lyrics: Tablo
Score: 527

10. (New) MC The Max – 아쉬워서 (Because it’s so close)
Album: MC The Max Vol. 4 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music + Lyrics: Jun Hae Sung
Score: 485

11. (+1) Chae Yeon – 세 번째 사랑 (Third Love)
Album: Chae Yeon Vol. 3 Track 5 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Im Chang Jung / Lyrics: Kim Chang Hwan
Score: 428

12. (-4) Lee Ssang (featuring BMK) – 광대 (Crown)
Album: Lee Ssang Vol. 4 Track 4 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Park Sang Hyuk / Lyrics: 개리,길
Score: 423

13. (+1) Bubble Sisters – 사랑먼지 (Love Dust)
Album: Bubble Sisters Vol. 2 Track 5 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Hwang Sung Je / Lyrics: Kim Tae Yoon
Score: 386

14. (-5) K – 웃어요 (Smile)
Album: K Vol. 2 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Hwang Se Joon / Lyrics: Cho Eun Hee
Score: 372

15. (+1) Howl & J – Perhaps Love (사랑인가요) (MBC Drama "Goong" OST)
Album: Goong OST Track 1 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Park Keun Chul / Kim Lee Na
Score: 370

16. (+1) Jang Hye Jin – 마주치지말자 (Let’s Don’t Meet Again)
Album: Jang Hye Jin Vol. 7 Track 10 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Kim Do Hoon / Lyrics: Choi Kap Won
Score: 354

17. (-7) Gavy NJ – 눈사람 (Snowman)
Album: Gavy NJ Special Single – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Kim Se Jin / Lyrics: Seo Jung Jin
Score: 350

18. (-5) Han Kyung Il – 사는동안사랑은없어도 (Even if there’s no love while I’m Living)
Album: Han Kyung Il Vol. 4 Track 8 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Park Se Joon / Lyrics: Lee Young Joon
Score: 304

19. (-8) Jang Yoon Jung – 꽃 (Flower)
Album: Jang Yoon Jung Vol. 2 Track 4 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Im Kang Hyun / Lyrics: Jung In
Score: 297

20. (New) Noel – 전부 너였다 (It was all You)
Album: Noel Vol. 3 Track 2 – Listen here for 1 minute sample
 Music: Kwon Tae Eun / Lyrics: Yang Jae Sun
Score: 268

Dropped out from last week:
15. Seo Ji Young – 몸살 (Fatigue)
18. Shim Eun Jin – Oopsy
20. VOS – 시한부 (Time Limit)

Sources of the top 20

The sources of this top 20 chart is pretty much the same but the weight assigned to each source may be different each week because some charts do not update weekly (e.g. MNet M!Countdown) and I assign fewer percentage when it happens. From now on, I’ll list my chart sources each week. For March week 2:

ChartKorea – 20%
Hanteo Weekly Album Sales (2 weeks lag) – 20%
MNet M!Countdown – 20%
SBS Inky Gayo Top 50 (1 week lag) – 12%
Various Internet charts (Melon, Jukeon, MaxMP3, Dosirak, SBS Music Park, MBC Gayo top 50) – 12%
MTV Kountdown – 8%
MTV Poll – 3%
Gasoo appearance on gayo shows (Music Core, Inky Gayo, Music Bank, M!Countdown, MTV Live Wow, MTV Most Wanted, Pops In Seoul) – 5%