Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2012 - February Week 1
T-Ara repeats once again as No. 1 with “Lovey Dovey“. It is their third straight week on top of our chart and it is still going strong with 969 points. “Lovey Dovey” also won the Triple Crown on SBS Inkigayo last week. That means “Lovey Dovey” will be off the Take 7 for next week, and a more significant drop in points is expected. Will this song hold on for the fourth week on top? We’ll find out next week.
MBLAQ moves up two spots at No. 2 with “This Is War“. This ties their highest chart ranking song “Mona Lisa” which also went to No. 2 last year. MBLAQ will not be satisfied with being second this time and they are looking for their first ever No. 1 song on our chart. “This Is War” has already been No. 1 on M!Countdown for two straight weeks and it has the best shot to finally break the female chart dominance on our chart next week.
Moving up six spots to score their first top three hit is mixed group Sunny Hill’s “The Grasshopper Song.“ This song is written by Lee Min Soo and Kim Ina, the same combo that created so many of the Brown Eyed Girls’ uptempo songs. This song did have some traces of early BEG dance hits. The unique melody and catchy lyrics made this song easy to sing along to.
Only one new song in our top 10 this week, as there isn’t too many new releases on the first week after Lunar New Year. At No. 10, female soloist J-Cera scores her first solo top 10 hit “Love City Confession District Happiness Town“. J-Cera previously got into the top 10 with December on the CS Numbers collaboration “Cry With The Heart“. This mid-tempo song, as its creative title implies, is with a happy theme.
SOOMPI CHART for 2012, Month 2, Week 1
Score: 969
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Gyu Sung / Lyrics: Shinsadong Tiger, Choi Gyu Sung
Album: T-Ara mini-album Vol. 5 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 862
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: / Lyrics:
Album: MBLAQ Mini Album Vol. 4 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 818
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Lee Min Soo / Lyrics: Kim Ina
Album: Sunny Hill Maxi Single Album | Purchase this Album
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Score: 798
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Brave Brothers / Lyrics: Brave Brothers
Album: Teen Top Mini Album Vol. 2 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 736
Genre: Hip-Hop
Music: Dynamic Duo / Lyrics: Dynamic Duo
Album: Dynamic Duo Vol. 6 – Digilog 2/2 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 629
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Lee Min Soo / Lyrics: Kim Ina
Album: IU Vol. 2 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 619
Genre: Pop/Dance
Music: Shinsadong Tiger, Rado / Lyrics: Shinsadong Tiger, Rado
Album: Trouble Maker mini-album | Purchase this Album
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Score: 575
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Hitman Bang / Lyrics: Hitman Bang
Album: Lee Hyun Vol. 1 | Purchase this Album
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Score: 570
Genre: Folk
Music: Yoon Il Sang / Lyrics: Lee Seung Ho
Album: Yoon Il Sang 21st (digital single) Part 1
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Score: 520
Genre: Pop Ballad
Music: Oh Sung Hoon / Lyrics: Oh Sung Hoon
Album: J-Cera digital single “Love City”
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| Rank | Artist | Song | Score |
| 11 | Davichi & T-Ara (-1) | 우리 사랑했잖아 (We Were In Love) | 497 |
| 12 | Koyote (-1) | 했던 말 또 하고 (Repeat The Same Words) | 488 |
| 13 | Lyn (+7) | 시간을 거슬러 (Back In Time) | 430 |
| 14 | Hyo Rin (Sistar) (+11) | 널 사랑하겠어 (I Choose To Love You) | 429 |
| 15 | Rainbow Pixie (–) | 호이 호이 (Hoi Hoi) | 409 |
| 16 | Beast (new) | 이럴 줄 알았어 (I Knew This Would Happen) | 391 |
| 17 | Wanted (new) | 너에게로 간다 (Going To You) | 387 |
| 18 | Young Joon (Brown Eyed Soul) (new) | 잊어요 (Forget It) | 351 |
| 19 | Jessica & Kim Jin Pyo (+13) | 어쩜 (What To Do) | 301 |
| 20 | NS Yoon G (-4) | 미녀가 된 이유 (The Reason I Became A Witch) | 291 |
| 21 | A Pink (-8) | My My | 290 |
| 22 | Fat Cat (-5) | 예쁜게 다니 (Is Being Pretty Everything) | 265 |
| 23 | Heora (+1) | 달빛이 지고 (Under The Moonlight) | 250 |
| 24 | Noel (-3) | 살기 위해서 (Just To Live) | 242 |
| 25 | M Signal (+16) | 둘이서 (Two Of Us) | 238 |
| 26 | Huh Gak & LE (-7) | 그 노래를 틀때마다 (Every Time That Song Is Turned On) | 232 |
| 27 | Boy Friend (-1) | 내가 갈게 (I’ll Be There) | 230 |
| 28 | Skull (new) | 나 이러고 살아 (I Live Like This (with Park Hyo Shin)) | 223 |
| 29 | Nine Muses (-7) | 뉴스 (News) | 213 |
| 30 | Wheesung (new) | 눈물길 (Road Of Tears) | 206 |
| 31 | Dal★shabet (new) | Hit U (feat. Bigtone) | 201 |
| 32 | Wonder Girls (-9) | Be My Baby | 201 |
| 33 | Brian (new) | 너 따윈 버리고 (Let This Die (feat. Tiger JK)) | 200 |
| 34 | Song Ji Eun (Secret) (+8) | 추워요 (It’s Cold) | 197 |
| 35 | Zi-A (-17) | 속상해서 (술 한잔 해요 Part 2) (Depressed (Have A Drink Part 2)) | 179 |
| 36 | Monday Kiz (-3) | 미행 (Follow) | 140 |
| 37 | Electroboys (-9) | Ma Boy 2 (feat. Sistar Hyo Rin) | 139 |
| 38 | Spica (-3) | 독하게 (Potently) | 125 |
| 39 | Ali (-10) | 촌스럽게 굴지 마 (Don’t Act Countrified) | 120 |
| 40 | Super Junior KRY (+3) | 회상 (Reminiscence) | 111 |
| 41 | SNSD (-5) | The Boys | 89 |
| 42 | Kim Jin Yup (-4) | 이별없는 사랑 (Love Without Separation) | 78 |
| 43 | J-Symphony (+7) | 까짓 사랑을 (Such A Love) | 78 |
| 44 | As One (-17) | Only U (feat. Super Junior’s Dong Hae) | 76 |
| 45 | Ran (+2) | 세상의 오직 단 한사람 (The Only One Of The World) | 68 |
| 46 | B.A.P (new) | Warrior | 66 |
| 47 | Baby Soul + Yoo Jia (-10) | 그녀는 바람둥이야 (She Is A Flirt (feat. Dong Woo of Infinite)) | 59 |
| 48 | Soul Dive (new) | AOAOA | 56 |
| 49 | Hwan Hee (-19) | 가지마 (Don’t Go) | 41 |
| 50 | Six Bomb (new) | 치키치키밤 (Chiki Chiki Bomb) | 30 |
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.
ERU is the son of legendary trot singer Tae Jin Ah. He attended the famous Berkley School Of Music in the USA before coming back to Korea to debut as a ballad singer. ERU debuted in 2006 without much fanfare. That makes it even more amazing that he became an overnight sensation with his second album in 2007 “Level II.” The title song “Black Glasses” became a big hit and won many awards at year end. All of a sudden, ERU became a household name. The follow up hit “White Snow” was released in early 2007 and hit No. 1 on many charts including ours on this week five years ago. The piano arrangement, the melody and the lyrics makes “White Snow” a perfect winter ballad. With these two mega hits, “Level II” was one of the best ballad albums in the last decade.
Let’s revisit the MV of “White Snow” here.
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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