Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2011 - May Week 1
[Listen] Soompi Chart Top 50 – May 2011, Week 1
A trio of girl groups occupied the top three spots of our chart this week, with 4minute’s “Mirror Mirror” repeating as No.1. The new song from F(x), “Pinocchio(Danger)” is closing in quickly, moving up ten spots to No. 2 in just its second week on the chart. It has a very high chance of overtaking 4minute next week.
Rainbow’s “To Me” retreats one spot to No. 3 this week, completing the girl group dominance on the top three, at the expense of Big Bang’s “Love Song” which remained at No. 4 for the third straight week. The top four songs clearly outdistanced themselves from the rest of the chart this week, as the gap between No. 4 and 5 is over 200 points!
Two other new songs in the top 10 this week: At No.7 is 2NE1’s main vocalist Park Bom. Her solo hit “Don’t Cry” rises ten spots to No. 7. This song had a perfect score on the internet rankings. However it is hurt by zero performance on music programs, which unfortunately will limit the position of this song.
At No. 9 is rookie girl group A Pink’s debut single “Don’t Know”. While these days many newer girl groups go with sexy and fierce stage image, A Pink is turning back the clock to a pure and innocent image and has been well accepted by fans and media.
SOOMPI CHART for 2011, Month 5, Week 1
Score: 907
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Shin Sa Dong Tiger, Blue Magic / Lyrics: Shin Sa Dong Tiger, Blue Magic
Album: 4minute Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 882
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Hitchhiker, Cantrall, Watson, Hoeppner / Lyrics: Kenzie, Misfit
Album: F(x) Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 837
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Daishi Dance / Lyrics: Shi Jin, Double K
Album: Rainbow mini-album Vol. 3 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 806
Genre: Hip-hop/R&B
Music: G Dragon, Teddy / Lyrics: G Dragon, Teddy
Album: Big Bang Special Edition | Purchase this Album
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Score: 579
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
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Score: 557
Genre: Pop/Rock
Music: SEI, KOZI / Lyrics: Han Sung Ho
Album: CNBlue Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 555
Genre: R&B Ballad
Music: Teddy / Lyrics: Teddy
Album: Park Bom digital single “Don’t Cry”
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Score: 514
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Lee Hyun Seung / Lyrics: Kim Tae Woo
Album: Kim Tae Woo Vol. 2 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 471
Genre: Pop
Music: Super Changttai / Lyrics: Super Changttai
Album: A Pink 1st EP “Seven springs of Apink” | Purchase this Album
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Score: 461
Genre: Hip-hop
Music: Gilme, Keeproots / Lyrics: Gilmi, Eun Ji Won, Tyfoon
Album: Clover Mini-album – Classic Over | Purchase this Album
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| Rank | Artist | Song | Score |
| 11 | Kim Greem (+4) | 너 밖엔 없더라 (This Is Only You) | 432 |
| 12 | Orange Caramel (-5) | Bangkok City | 425 |
| 13 | Monday Kiz (+9) | 슈루룹 (Shoo roo roop) | 405 |
| 14 | Yangpa (-4) | 아파 아이야 (It Hurts) | 392 |
| 15 | Dal★Shabet (-1) | 핑크 로켓 (Pink Rocket) | 382 |
| 16 | After School (new) | Shampoo | 373 |
| 17 | K.Will (-8) | 가슴이 뛴다 (Heart Is Beating) | 354 |
| 18 | Supreme Team (–) | 배가 불렀지 (I’m Full (feat. GaeKo)) | 341 |
| 19 | Jay Park (new) | Abandoned (feat. Dok2) | 339 |
| 20 | U-Kiss (-4) | 0330 | 288 |
| 21 | Ali (+7) | 별 짓 다해봤는데 (Tried All Different Kinds of Things) | 285 |
| 22 | Big Bang (-3) | Stupid Liar | 267 |
| 23 | San E, Outsider, Chang Min (new) | 가면 안돼 (Can’t Leave) | 266 |
| 24 | Lee Hyun (-11) | 다며 (Although You Said So) | 251 |
| 25 | Wheesung (-14) | 가슴 시린 이야기 (Story of a Cold Heart) | 250 |
| 26 | Tony An (-6) | Topstar | 213 |
| 27 | ERU (new) | 촌스럽고 유치하게 (Unsophisticated and Childish) | 212 |
| 28 | Zi-A (-5) | 들리나요 (Can You Hear Me?) | 209 |
| 29 | Infinite (-4) | Nothing’s Over | 192 |
| 30 | Jung In (-1) | 장마 (Rainy Season) | 162 |
| 31 | Brave Girls (-5) | 아나요 (Do You Know?) | 158 |
| 32 | Gavy NJ (+7) | 애정만세 (Long Live Love) | 156 |
| 33 | Rania (-6) | Dr Feel Good | 147 |
| 34 | Jung Yup (-3) | 아무일도 없었다 (Nothing Wrong) | 145 |
| 35 | Turtles (new) | 주인공 (Hero) | 137 |
| 36 | UV (-12) | 이태원 프리덤 (Itaewon Freedom (feat. JYP)) | 129 |
| 37 | Nam Gyu Ri (new) | 별빛눈물 (Starlight Tears) | 126 |
| 38 | B1A4 (new) | O.K | 109 |
| 39 | NS Yoon Ji (-7) | Talk Talk Talk | 100 |
| 40 | Beast (Yoon Doo Joon, Lee Ki Kwang, Yong Joon Hyung) (new) | 안을까 말까 (To Hug or Not) | 78 |
| 41 | Kim Jin Pyo (-5) | 가지말걸 그랬어 (Shouldn’t Have Left (feat. Joo Young)) | 76 |
| 42 | Jang Jae In (new) | 그대는 철이 없네 (He Is Immature (feat. Kim Ji Soo)) | 67 |
| 43 | Spinel (new) | Chu Chu | 66 |
| 44 | So Yeon (T-Ara) (new) | 널 위해 부르는 노래 (Song Sung For You) | 64 |
| 45 | Kim Jong Min (new) | 오빠 힘내요 (Be Strong Oppa) | 58 |
| 46 | Boo Hwal (-8) | 누구나 사랑을 한다 (Everyone Should Love) | 50 |
| 47 | DBSG (-13) | 이것만은 알고 가 (Before U Go) | 46 |
| 48 | Shayne (new) | 태양을 피하는 방법 (How to Avoid the Sun) | 44 |
| 49 | Handsome People (–) | Crazy | 43 |
| 50 | Dok2 (new) | My Love (feat. Jay Park) | 39 |
THIS WEEK IN 2007:
In this segment we go back in time to re-visit charts of the same week in past years. The Soompi music chart began in January 2005. At first we had only 20 songs and later expanded to 50 songs.
When I went back to research for past charts, it was surprising to see that the same group occupied the top spot of our chart in each year during the first week of may in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Which group is this? Fans may not guess it right. They are SG Wannabe. They hit No. 1 in May first week of 2005 with “Sin And Punishment”, in 2006 May first week with “Partner For Life”, and in 2007 May first week with “Arirang”.
These three songs are all great songs and some of SG’s biggest hits and were all written by famous songwriter Cho Young Soo. Today I want to talk about “Arirang”, the title song of SG Wannabe’s fourth album. At that time (and still now!) SG Wannabe has already established themselves as one of the top vocal groups in Korea and at their peak of their career. However, there are critics saying while their vocals are great, most of their songs sound the same. It is about the same time that songwriter Cho Young Soo was searching for new ideas on his music. What better than to test it out with his top client! As most people know, “Arirang” is a traditional Korean folk song. Cho Young Soo incorporated this idea with a pop ballad song while having traditional background instruments and even vocals. The result is amazing! “Arirang” spent four weeks on top of our chart in 2007.
The music video of “Arirang” features a 22-minute long movie like style which is popular among Korean songs. The MV stars Ok Ju Hyun and Lee Bum Soo. Watch it here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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.
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