No Rapping, No Autotune, Just 2NE1 Giving Life to Their New Hit "Lonely"

credit Cutie_JaeHwa @soompi A mere three weeks since Park Bom's last hit single 'Don't Cry', YG unveils the second song to hit our collective eardrums... LONELY. Described as refreshing by will.I.am, no doubt it gives us a new kind of breeze, unusual to Kpop these days. "Lonely" the Concept(s)

After School's "Shampoo" Ranking on Online Music Charts

After School’s new song titled “Shampoo” is steadily climbing online music charts. After working with Daishi Dance, expectations for the group was high and they have delivered a title song and music video that happily surpassed many fans anticipations. After hearing the song ‘Shampoo’ netizens left comments like, “The song is really good” and “I want to see the stage (performance) asap”. Fans are now looking forward to After School’s first comeback stage today on KBS’s Music Bank.

Current Music Chart Rankings for Shampoo

Bugs – #1
Naver – #2
Mnet – #1
Melon – #2

Chart info via AS_UieFacts + Sources: Cnbnews + Newsen

Blurb: AfterScolDaze

Don't Cry is a "Perfect All Kill" for April 23, 2011

Yesterday, YGLife reported that Park Bom was Certified as a regular All-Kill on Instiz' ichart. What is a regular all-kill?

A regular AllKill is when a song has the #1 Daily Ranking on the Top 7 Korean Digital Music Sites (Soribada, Dosirak, Melon, Mnet, Naver, Daum, Cyworld, Bugs apparently Monkey3 is not included in the Top 7). That alone is an impressive feat for any artists.

However, in the 24 hours since then, Don't Cry has managed to become a PERFECT ALLKILL.

credit: near @DC2ne1

A Perfect Allkill is when, in addition to being #1 on the Top 7 Korean Digital Music Sites (Daily), the song ALSO has the best streaming "glade." According to DC2NE1, "[y]esterday was an all-kill just on music sites~ Today, it was an all-kill on music sites, ringtones, and caller ringtones!^^" WOW!!!

In addition, as you can see below, Don't Cry has been consistently number 1 on Melon since the first few hours of its release, showing remarkable strength as a single despite the tough competition.

Credit: DC2NE1

Don't Cry is #1 on all Digital Real-Time charts, #1 on the Daily Charts and #1 on the Mobile charts.. after three days its grasp on #1 just gets stronger and stronger.

Source: DC2NE1, Instiz, Melon, Soribada, Mnet, Daum, Naver, Bugs, Monkey3, Cyworld, Dosirak,
Thanks to @DCOpar, @DCLovely, and @DCpinkMic for explanations.
Translations by kimchi hana @ygladies.com
Article by tazanya@ygladies.com

Big Bang vs. 4Minute for #1 spot on the last week of April 'Digital Download Chart

BIGBANG and 4minutes has had a fierce battle over the 1st spot of digital download chart for the last week of April. On 21st, according to Gaon chart, ‘Love Song’ has already captured 1st spot (Gaon Index: 5265422) of the last week of April’s ‘Gaon Digital Integrated TOP 100 Chart’ and the second place went to 4minutes ‘s ‘Mirror Mirror’ which has jumped up 8 places. (Gaon Index: 50,240,351).

Another title song from BIGBANG’s special edition album, ‘Stupid Liar’ (Gaon Index: 33,741,937) captured the 3rd place which demonstrated their power. Moreover, the 4th and 5th place went to Kim Bum Soo’s ‘Please’ which has risen up 3 positions (Gaon index: 33,242, 276) and CNBLUE’s ‘Intuition’ (Gaon Index: 32,944,759).

Concerning getting the top spots in the download chart, it is still a competition between BIGBANG and 4minutes. BIGBANG’s 'Love Song' (Download hits: 413645) which is followed by 4Minutes' ‘Mirror Mirror’ (Download hits: 402145) which is similar to the case of the digital integrated chart. In the mean time, 4Minutes claimed the mutizen of ‘M!Countdown’ with their new title song’ Mirror Mirror’ in the music programme on 21st.

Source: NTN news via naver
Translated by: Rice @ bigbangupdates

CNBlue – Tops Music Charts in Japan, Korea and Taiwan

CN Blue has topped one of Japan’s most prestigious album charts today to become the top album seller in all three of Asia’s leading music markets, following Korea and Taiwan earlier this month. According to CN Blue’s management agency FNC Music, the boy band’s first regular album, “First Step” was the top selling album on the online pre-order sales charts of Japan’s Tower Records, the country’s largest record store. The Korean band surpassed pre-order sales of AKB48, Japan’s most popular idol group, reflecting their growing popularity all over Asia.

CN Blue’s new album has already been a smashing hit in Korea as it ranked #1 on various local online charts and weekly music shows such as KBS “Music Bank,” SBS “Inkigayo,” and Mnet “M! Countdown!” Also, “First Step” was the number one album on Taiwan’s “G-Music: J-Pop Weekly Chart” last week. The feat was all the more impressive because the group didn’t even release the “First Step” album in Taiwan yet, and had not run a single album promotion for it either.

“After the release of ‘First Step,’ we sold a total of 130,000 copies so far, including the special limited edition. If you add the license albums sold in overseas markets, the figure is expected to be a lot higher,” FNC Music said. “CN Blue members are very happy that fans from abroad are showing so much love,” it added.

CN Blue went as high as number two on Japan’s Oricon Chart last year, and became the first Korean artist to record double platinum in Taiwan with their two mini albums, “Blue Tory” and “Blue Love.” With “First Step,” CN Blue became only the third artist in Korea to reach the 100,000 milestone in album sales this year.

Source: Soompi News
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Big Bang overpowers TV music chart 3 weeks in a row

Five-member male group Big Bang dominated televised music charts for three straight weeks as of yesterday.

Big Bang's "TONIGHT," the title track to their fourth mini-album released in late February, again scored the highest rank on the K-pop chart of weekly KBS music program "Music Bank" for the third time followed on SBS' music show "Inkigayo," for the third week as well.

"Thank you for awarding us with this prize. That's all I wanted to say," said member Daesung during his group's acceptance speech on "Music Bank" held last Friday.


"Words can't describe how thankful we are for this award. We'll work harder to repay you with a stage that could truly touch your heart," said Big Bang members upon receiving the Mutizen Award on "Inkigayo" on Sunday.

This is Big Bang's ninth win in total including their three consecutive wins on music cable network Mnet's weekly music program "M! CountDown" which is being aired every Thursday.

Other singers that appeared on "Inkigayo" on Sunday included TVXQ, Wheesung, K.Will, MBLAQ, INFINITE, Lee Hyun, Kim Hyun-jung, ZE:A, Flower, CHI CHI, MF and Girls Day.


source : asiae via Big Bang Haven

Weekly Music Charts - Last week of February

The waiting is over, Big Bang has made their long-awaited comeback with "TONIGHT" as their title track,
with only a few days of having been released, how has their 4th mini album impacted last week's charts?

SORIBADA

Artist Ranking

Song Ranking


14 - SeungRi – "What can I do" | V.V.I.P

20 - GD&TOP – "High High" | GD&TOP

24 - GD&TOP – "Don't go Home" | GD&TOP

25 - BIG BANG – "Intro (Thank You and You)" |

MELON

Album Ranking

[SeungRi still in the Top 10]

BUGS

TOP 5

6 - BIG BANG – "What is Right" |
9 - BIG BANG – "Somebody to Love" |
10 - BIG BANG – "Hands Up" |

HANTEO

Album Ranking

We're aware that there are more charts and categories, however, we will be posting results from Soribada, Melon, Hanteo, Bugs and Gaon.

*Gaon chart will be up later in the week.

C:bigbangupdates

2AM album grabs No. 1 spot on Taiwan music chart

Korean ballad group 2AM’s first full-length album “Saint o’clock” has landed on the No. 1 spot on a music chart in Taiwan.

The website for the prestigious G-Music chart showed Wednesday that 2AM’s latest album “Saint o’clock” topped its weekly K-J POP chart as of November 18, just a week after the album's release in the country on November 12.

The album is 2AM's first full-length release in Korea after several singles but their first-ever release in Taiwan. The record has also gone on sale in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

Over 20 media outlets from neighboring Asian countries had turned up at the showcase for the album in Korea on October 20 where 2AM introduced the newest release and announced their plans to expand their singing career into markets overseas.

Meanwhile, “Saint o’clock” has fared well in Korea as well, with its title track “You Wouldn’t Answer My Calls” taking the top slots of numerous major music charts for several weeks straight.

The group is currently preparing for a nationwide tour which kicks off at University's Hwaseong Tiger Dome on December 24. 

2AM composed of members Jo Kwon, Jinwoon, Seulong and Changmin, debuted in 2008 with single “This Song" which immediately topped Korea's music charts. 

They are known for their hit ballads including "Can't Let You Go Even If I Die" and "I Did Wrong" as well as having branched out into various facets of the entertainment industry such as hosting radio shows and appearing on variety programs. 


Credits: Asiae