The Gaon Digital Chart is the music industry standard record chart in South Korea for singles, provided by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and published weekly by the Gaon Music Chart.[1] The chart provides rankings on a weekly, monthly, and yearly basis, which are based on an aggregate of downloads, streaming and background music.[2] In addition to rank ranking all songs, it also supplies separate rankings for domestic and international releases. It started tracking sales in 2009, which were published the following February.[3][4] It is compiled from online data provided by web-based music providers Bugs, Genie, KakaoMusic, Melon, Mnet, Naver Music, Olleh Music, and Soribada.[5]
History
The Gaon Music Chart was launched on February 23, 2010, by the domestic Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Music Content Industry Association. It was originally planned to be a bi-annual chart when the Gaon Charts launched in early 2010.[4] Eventually, the chart covered this and was released weekly and monthly like all the other charts.
Songs with the most weeks at number one
Artist with most weeks at number one
The current holder who has spent the most weeks at number one is IU with 33 weeks. She is followed by, BIGBANG (18 weeks), TWICE (14 weeks), 2NE1 and SISTAR (11 weeks), Girls' Generation, Davichi (10 weeks).
Year-end chart
2010
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs
# | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate score | Yearly Sales
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1 | "Bad Girl Good Girl" | Miss A | JYP Entertainment | 805,177,964 | 3,119,784 |
2 | "Nagging" | IU & Seulong | LOEN Entertainment | 760,005,040 | 3,008,795 |
3 | "Sick Enough to Die" | MC Mong | IS Entermedia Group | 667,681,012 | 2,698,185 |
4 | "Go Away" | 2NE1 | YG Entertainment | 620,931,026 | 2,444,933 |
5 | "Oh!" | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment | 615,916,330 | 3,316,889 |
6 | "2 Different Tears" | Wonder Girls | JYP Entertainment | 612,819,160 | 2,790,298 |
7 | "Still Eating Well" | Homme | JYP Entertainment | 608,648,207 | 2,533,104 |
8 | "Then Then Then" | Supreme Team | Amoeba Culture | 583,746,890 | 1,973,089 |
9 | "Confession" | Hot Potato | Daeum Entertainment | 578,141,618 | 2,331,998 |
10 | "Hoot" | Girls' Generation | SM Entertainment | 563,799,214 | 2,138,179 |
2011
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs
# | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate score | Yearly Sales
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1 | "Roly Poly" | T-ara | Core Contents Media | 364,153,533 | 4,826,000 |
2 | "Having An Affair" | GG | MBC | 351,036,352 | 3,625,939 |
3 | "Please" | Kim Bum-soo | MBC | 336,397,420 | 2,848,317 |
4 | "Lonely" | 2NE1 | YG Entertainment | 320,954,351 | 2,935,930 |
5 | "Don't Cry" | Park Bom | YG Entertainment | 320,214,905 | 2,512,950 |
6 | "Pinocchio (Danger)" | F(x) | SM Entertainment | 316,835,223 | 2,603,271 |
7 | "I Am the Best" | 2NE1 | YG Entertainment | 316,657,233 | 3,467,674 |
8 | "Tonight" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment | 315,062,421 | 2,314,355 |
9 | "On Rainy Days" | Beast | Cube Entertainment | 309,357,651 | 2,588,038 |
10 | "A Story Only I Didn't Know" | IU | LOEN Entertainment | 300,332,766 | 2,118,880 |
2012
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs
# | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate score | Yearly Sales
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1 | "Gangnam Style" | PSY | YG Entertainment | 422,421,666 | 3,842,109 |
2 | "Cherry Blossom Ending" | Busker Busker | CJ E&M | 345,286,318 | 3,399,202 |
3 | "Alone" | Sistar | Starship Entertainment | 328,241,151 | 3,203,685 |
4 | "Loving U" | Sistar | Starship Entertainment | 319,781,095 | 3,017,035 |
5 | "Fantastic Baby" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment | 289,919,209 | 3,339,871 |
6 | "I Love You" | 2NE1 | YG Entertainment | 286,364,520 | 2,777,520 |
7 | "Lovey-Dovey" | T-ara | Core Contents Media | 273,723,497 | 3,758,864 |
8 | "All For You" | Jung Eun-ji & Seo In-guk | Jellyfish & A Cube Entertainment | 269,049,917 | 2,499,273 |
9 | "Heaven" | Ailee | YMC Entertainment | 265,436,439 | 3,227,917 |
10 | "Blue" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment | 262,850,290 | 3,365,275 |
2013
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs
# | Song | Artist | Label | Aggregate score | Yearly Sales
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1 | "Gentleman" | PSY | YG Entertainment | 241,561,865 | 1,604,778 |
2 | "Shower of Tears" | Beachigi ft Ailee | YMC Entertainment | 214,989,454 | 1,880,676 |
3 | "Gone Not Around Any Longer" | Sistar19 | Starship Entertainment | 210,610,064 | 1,723,704 |
4 | "Bom Bom Bom" | Roy Kim | CJ E&M | 209,513,707 | 1,490,031 |
5 | "Tears" | Leessang | Jungle Entertainment | 204,199,418 | 1,806,317 |
6 | "What's Your Name?" | 4Minute | Cube Entertainment | 199,657,346 | 1,477,832 |
7 | "Monodrama" | Huh Gak | Cube Entertainment | 196,088,511 | 1,645,880 |
8 | "Turtle" | Davichi | Core Contents Media | 190,020,576 | 1,439,190 |
9 | "Give It to Me" | Sistar | Starship Entertainment | 169,597,316 | 1,486,661 |
10 | "Be Warmed" | Davichi | Core Contents Media | 162,985,325 | 1,316,544 |
2014
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs
# | Song | Artist | Label | Yearly Sales |
1 | "Some" | Soyou & Junggigo | Starship Entertainment | 2,212,895 |
2 | "Eyes, Nose, Lips" | Taeyang | YG Entertainment | 1,613,109 |
3 | "Wild Flower" | Park Hyo-shin | Jellyfish Entertainment | 1,736,507 |
4 | "A Midsummer Night's Sweetness" | San E & Raina | Pledis Entertainment | 1,537,798 |
5 | "The Meaning of You" | IU feat Kim Chang-wan | LOEN Entertainment | 1,570,757 |
6 | "Your Scent" | Gary feat Jung-in | Jungle Entertainment | 1,346,118 |
7 | "Not Spring, Love or Cherry Blossoms" | IU & High4 | LOEN Entertainment | 1,403,026 |
8 | "Mr. Chu (On Stage)" | A Pink | Cube Entertainment | 1,290,794 |
9 | "200%" | Akdong Musician | YG Entertainment | 1,436,302 |
10 | "Friday" | IU feat Yijeong | LOEN Entertainment | 1,460,219 |
2015
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs
# | Song | Artist | Label | Yearly Sales |
1 | "Bang Bang Bang" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment | 1,581,284 |
2 | "Loser" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment | 1,505,163 |
3 | "Living in the Same Time" | Naul | CJ E&M Music | 1,510,162 |
4 | "Bae Bae" | Big Bang | YG Entertainment | 1,421,715 |
5 | "Eat" | Zion.T | Amoeba Culture | 1,461,722 |
6 | "Shouldn't Have" | Baek A-yeon feat Young K of DAY6 | JYP Entertainment | 1,454,361 |
7 | "Call Me Baby" | EXO | SM Entertainment | 951,930 |
8 | "Wi Ing Wi Ing" | Hyukoh | Cashmier Record | 1,493,141 |
9 | "Sugar" | Maroon 5 | Interscope Records | 1,346,468 |
10 | "Leon" | IU & Park Myung Soo | MBC Entertainment | 1,381,196 |
2016
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs
# | Song | Artist | Label | Yearly Sales |
1 | "Cheer Up" | Twice | JYP Entertainment | 1,839,566 |
2 | "Anywhere" | MC the Max | 325 E&C | 1,702,444 |
3 | "Rough" | GFRIEND | Source Music | 1,903,126 |
4 | "This Love" | Davichi | Music&NEW | 1,671,196 |
5 | "I Don't Love You" | Urban Zakapa | MakeUs Entertainment | 1,613,745 |
6 | "You Are My Everything" | Gummy | Music&NEW | 1,600,720 |
7 | "I Am You, You Are Me" | Zico | Seven Seasons | 1,573,331 |
8 | "Making a New Ending for this Story" | Han Dong Geun | Pledis Entertainment | 1,321,706 |
9 | "The Love I Committed" | Im Chang-jung | NH Media | 1,261,063 |
10 | "Always" | Yoon Mi-rae | Music&NEW | 1,454,125 |
2017
Yearly Top 10 Best-Charting Songs
# | Song | Artist | Label | Yearly Sales
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1 | "I Will Go to You Like the First Snow" | Ailee | YMC Entertainment | 2,488,341 |
2 | "Through the Night" | IU | LOEN Entertainment | 2,181,372 |
3 | "Like It" | Jong Shin Yoon | CJ E&M | 1,780,037 |
4 | "Shape of You" | Ed Sheeran | Atlantic | 1,936,653 |
5 | "You, Clouds, Rain" | Heize feat Shin Yong Jae | CJ E&M | 1,725,668 |
6 | "Tell Me You Love Me" | Bolbbalgan4 | Shofar Music | 1,777,488 |
7 | "Palette" | IU feat G-Dragon | LOEN Entertainment | 1,817,177 |
8 | "Knock Knock" | Twice | JYP Entertainment | 1,627,915 |
9 | "Last Goodbye" | AKMU | YG Entertainment | 1,806,453 |
10 | "Really Really" | Winner | YG Entertainment | 1,632,127 |
References
- ↑ Kim, Jae-heun (June 27, 2016). "EXO, GFriend sweep local K-pop charts". The Korea Times. Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ↑ Park, Chun-ok (May 23, 2016). 응답하라 추억의 스타! 6권. Munpia. p. 39. ISBN 9791101644729.
- ↑ Lee, Eun-jeong (February 3, 2010). 한국판 빌보드 '가온차트' 이달 출범. Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 25, 2017.
- 1 2 Han, Sang-hee (February 23, 2010). "Korea Launches First Official Music Charts Gaon". The Korea Times. Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ↑ 가온차트 사용 및 제휴 안내. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. August 25, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
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