With the year coming to an end, many are left wondering: which artists and songs seized the music market in 2011?
Music site Monkey3 has released their Top 40 rankings for 2011, which were compiled by combining the Top 50 weekly charts from January 1st to November 30th, as well as statistics from music streams and downloads. The results showed that this year, T-ara‘s ‘Roly-Poly‘ received the most love.
2011 demonstrated that the power of girl groups was as strong as ever, but there were a few surprising entries from songs performed on survival audition programs like Mnet‘s ‘Superstar K3‘ and MBC‘s ‘I Am a Singer‘.
Check out the lists below!
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Top 10 Most Popular Songs
1. “Roly-Poly” – T-ara
2. “Goodbye Baby” – miss A
3. “So Cool” – Sistar
4. “Good Day” – IU
5. “Starlight Moonlight” – SECRET
6. “Don’t Say Goodbye” – Davichi
7. “I Am The Best” – 2NE1
8. “Pinocchio (Danger)” – f(x)
9. “Ma Boy” – SISTAR19
10. “Hello” – Huh Gak
2. “Goodbye Baby” – miss A
3. “So Cool” – Sistar
4. “Good Day” – IU
5. “Starlight Moonlight” – SECRET
6. “Don’t Say Goodbye” – Davichi
7. “I Am The Best” – 2NE1
8. “Pinocchio (Danger)” – f(x)
9. “Ma Boy” – SISTAR19
10. “Hello” – Huh Gak
Soloists IU and Huh Gak, who finished in 4th and 10th respectively, made a strong impression on the music industry this year. IU stood as the top solo female singer of 2011 with her hit songs “Good Day“, “The Story Only I Didn’t Know“, “Someday“, and “You and I“. Superstar K2 winner, Huh Gak, also hit it big in the charts this year with songs like “Hello“, “Please Don’t Forget Me“, and “I Told You I Wanna Die“.
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Artists with the Most Hit Songs
1. 2NE1 (4 songs)
2. IU (3 songs)
3. f(x), SISTAR, SECRET, B2ST, 4minute (2 songs)
2NE1 took top honors with four songs: “I Am The Best“, “Ugly“, “Lonely“, and Park Bom‘s “Don’t Cry“.
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1st place on weekly charts for 3 consecutive weeks
1. miss A, SISTAR, Davichi
Staying relevant on the charts was particularly difficult this year due to the fierce competition between soloists, idol groups, and new rookies. miss A‘s “Goodbye Baby“, SISTAR‘s ”So Cool“, andDavichi‘s “Don’t Say Goodbye” all showed resilience as they topped the charts for three consecutive weeks.
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Longest duration on Top 10 weekly charts
1. IU’s “Good Day”, T-ara’s “Roly-Poly”, SISTAR’s “So Cool” (9 weeks)
2. SISTAR19′s “Ma Boy”, G.NA’s “Black & White”, SECRET’s “Shy Boy”, miss A’s “Goodbye Baby”, f(x)’s “Pinocchio”, Davichi’s
“Don’t Say Goodbye”, B2ST’s “Fiction” (6 weeks)
2. SISTAR19′s “Ma Boy”, G.NA’s “Black & White”, SECRET’s “Shy Boy”, miss A’s “Goodbye Baby”, f(x)’s “Pinocchio”, Davichi’s
“Don’t Say Goodbye”, B2ST’s “Fiction” (6 weeks)
IU, T-ara, and SISTAR all tied for 1st place, thanks to the longevity of their respective songs. The girls locked down 9 consecutive weeks on the Monkey3 ‘Top 10 weekly charts’.