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Naver unveils 2011′s top search words ranking

With just a few weeks left until the year’s end, one of Korea’s biggest search portal sites, Naver, has revealed their list of 2011′s most popular search terms.

In the overall category, some of the entertainment-related rankings included singing variety show ‘I Am a Singer‘ at 3rd, ‘Dream High‘ coming in at 4th, ‘Superstar K3‘ in 7th, and Lee Ji Ah and Im Jae Bum ranked 9th and 10th respectively in the top 10. Coupon distribution site ‘Coupang‘ topped the ranking by coming in at 1st.

In the category of movies, the rankings are as follows:

1. Sunny
2. Transformers 3
3. Dogani (The Crucible)
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2
5. Sector 7
6. War of the Arrows
7. Black Swan
8. The Front line
9. Children…
10. Kung Fu Panda 2

For dramas, the rankings are as follows:

1. Dream High
2. Secret Garden
3. Smile, Donghae
4. City Hunter
5. The Greatest Love
6. Princess’ Man
7. All My Love
8. Sign
9. 49 Days
10. Warrior Baek Dong Soo

For entertainment/variety shows, the rankings are as follows:

1. Our Sunday Night
2. Superstar K3
3. Infinity Challenge
5. Birth of a Great Star 2
5. Music Bank
6. Inkigayo
7. Happy Sunday
8. Good Sunday
9. We Got Married
10. Gag Concert

For concerts and musicals, the rankings are as follows:

1. Jekyll & Hyde
2. Varekai
3. Heaven’s Tears
4. 2011 Big Bang Concert ‘Big Show’
5. Kim Yuna’s Ice Show, ‘All That Skate’
6. Im Jae Bum Concert
7. Aida
8. Jump
9. Incheon Hallyu Music Wave
10. Jo Yong Pil & Birth of a Great Star

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Search categories were also divided by age group. Entertainment-related results for teens included popular ulzzang star ‘Han Ahreumsongyi‘ in 3rd, cable variety show ‘Ulzzang Generation 4‘ in 6th, and IU in 10th.

There were no entertainment-related results for the 20′s, 30′s, 40′s, and 50′s age groups.

As an interesting comparison, the top search for males was ‘Baseball 9‘, a popular sports news site, while for females, it was idol group SHINee. Males also had no entertainment-related searches in the top 10, while females had SHINee, Big Bang (ranked at 3rd) and B2ST (ranked at 4th).

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Monkey3 reveals yearly ranking of songs for 2011

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

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)

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’.

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Who were the top digital sellers in K-POP for 2011?

With 2011 counting down to a close, the industry is slowing down to look back at its achievements over the past year. Following a list of the most successful producers, Star News has followed up with a ranking of the most popular digital tracks over the past months.

The list was compiled by Olleh Music and ranks the top 50 songs this year which performed the best in the digital form. The number was determined by combining the number of downloads + the number of streams the song received on its website.

The honors for first place went to G.NA with her January title, “Black & White“. The song fared well, not only because of its early January release – which gives it a head-start advantage – but also for an easy melody that was accepted by both young and old alike.

IU also proved her title as one of this year’s hottest stars by landing three tracks on the top ten, including last year’s “Good Day” at #2 and “Someday” and “The Story Only I Didn’t Know” at #7 and #9, respectively.

Girl group T-ara also had a noteworthy year with one of this year’s most popular songs, “Roly Poly“, at #3.

The top ten was rounded out by Big Bang with “Tonight” (#4), SECRET with “Shy Boy” (#5), f(x) with “Pinocchio” (#6), CN BLUE with “Intuition” (#8), and B2ST with “Fiction” (#10).

Among the rookie groups to debut this year, Girls’ Day performed the strongest with “Twinkle Twinkle” at #11.

2NE1 also had a strong year with 4 songs on the top 50, including “Lonely“, “Don’t Cry“, “I Am the Best“, and “Ugly” at #14, 16, 22, and 39, respectively.

MBC‘s ‘Infinity Challenge’ also shook the charts with their ‘West Coast Highway Music Festival’challenge, where each member teamed up with a songwriter to pen their own duet track. Park Myung Soo and G-Dragon‘s collaboration track, “I Cheated“, landed at #20 while Yoo Jae Suk and Lee Juk‘s “Apgujeong Nallari” was positioned at #42.

Among the numerous OST (soundtrack) tracks released for dramas this year, Hyun Bin‘s “That Man” for SBS‘s ‘Secret Garden’ scored the highest (#21), apart from IU’s “Someday” which demolished the competition at #7.

Despite being heavily disadvantaged with late-year releases, both SNSD and Wonder Girls performed strongly with “The Boys” and “Be My Baby“, at #24 and #35, respectively.

Counting by individual months, the top songs for each month this year were Hyun Bin’s “That Man” (January), G.NA’s “Black & White” (February), Big Bang’s “Tonight” (March), Orange Caramel‘s “Bangkok City” (April), Sistar19‘s “Ma Boy” (May), SECRET‘s “Starlight Moonlight” (June), GG‘s “I Cheated” (July), 2NE1′s “Ugly” (August), Davichi‘s “Don’t Say Goodbye” (September), Lee Seung Gi‘s “Love Time” (October), and Wonder Girls’ “Be My Baby” (November).

You can see the full list below of the top-selling digital songs for 2011. Do you see your favorite artist?

• 1. ‘”Black & White” – G.NA
• 2. “Good Day” – IU
• 3. “Roly Poly” – T-ara
• 4. “Tonight” – Big Bang
• 5. “Shy Boy” – SECRET
• 6. “Pinocchio” – f(x)
• 7. “Someday” – IU
• 8. “Intuition” – CN BLUE
• 9. “The Story Only I Didn’t Know” – IU
• 10. “Fiction” – B2ST
• 11. “Twinkle Twinkle” – Girls’ Day
• 12. “My Heart is Beating” – K.Will
• 13. “Ma Boy” – Sistar19
• 14. “Lonely” – 2NE1
• 15. “Goodbye Baby” – Miss A
• 16. “Don’t Cry” – Park Bom
• 17. “Please” – Kim Bum Soo
• 18. “On Rainy Days” – B2ST
• 19. “Mirror Mirror” – 4minute
• 20. “I Cheated” – GG (feat. Park Bom)
• 21. “That Man” – Hyun Bin
• 22. “I Am the Best” – 2NE1
• 23. “Tok Tok” – Mighty Mouth (feat. Soya)
• 24. “The Boys” – SNSD
• 25. “Well Done” – Navi
• 26. “You Are the Best of My Life” – Lee Hyun
• 27. “Going Crazy” – Song Ji Eun (feat. Bang Yong Guk)
• 28. “Heart to Heart” – 4minute
• 29. “So Cool” – Sistar
• 30. “Starlight Moonlight” – SECRET
• 31. “Day By Day” – Kim Bo Kyung
• 32. “Bangkok City” – Orange Caramel
• 33. “Hot Summer” – f(x)
• 34. “Don’t Forget Me” – Huh Gak
• 35. “Be My Baby” – Wonder Girls
• 36. “Turned Off the TV…” – Leessang (Feat. T Yoon Mi Rae, Kwon Jung Ryeol)
• 37. “Don’t Say Goodbye” – Davichi
• 38. “For First-Time Lovers” – Jung Yong Hwa
• 39. “Ugly” – 2NE1
• 40. “Words That Freeze My Heart” – Wheesung (feat. Yong Jung Hyung)
• 41. “Love Song” – Big Bang
• 42. “Apgujeong Nallari” – Drooping Snail
• 43. “Tokyo Girl” – Busker Busker
• 44. “Hello” – Huh Gak
• 45. “Hold My Hand” – IU
• 46. “Bubble Pop!” – HyunA
• 47. “Cafe” – Big Bang
• 48 “I Miss You” – Noel
• 49. “Americano” – 10cm
• 50. “To Me” – Rainbow
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