Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2015 – January Week 3

Nearly five months after its release, EXID’s “Up And Down” finally moves up to the top spot on our chart this week. It is the group’s first ever No. 1 song. As mentioned last week, this song became popular after a fancam of member Hani went viral on the internet. “Up And Down” also won on M!Countdown, Music Bank, and Inkigayo last week. Congratulations to EXID!

G-Dragon and Taeyang’s “Good Boy” moves up to a distant second behind “Up And Down” this week. “Good Boy” has been “up and down” the top 10 in the past few weeks, but has never been higher than No. 3 until this week. Rounding out the top three is A Pink’s former No. 1 hit “LUV.”

This is no brand new song in the top 10 this week. As usual, January is the slowest month of the year in K-pop. But looking ahead to next week, there are at least two new songs that should crack into the top 10. SHINee’s Jonghyun has released his first mini-album “Base.” The title song “Deja-Boo” debuts at No. 13 this week. Also, rapper Mad Clown has his latest hit “Fire” debuting at No. 17 this week. Watch out for these two songs next week.

About the Soompi Music Chart:

Soompi Music Chart is unlike any other music chart or television ranking. It takes into account rankings by various major music charts in Korea as well as the hottest trending artists on Soompi, making it a unique chart that reflects what’s going on in K-Pop not only in Korea but around the world. Our chart is composed of the following sources:

GAON Music Chart – 20%
Various Internet charts (Olleh, Bugs, Melon, Soribada, Genie) – 15%
Soompi Airplay – 20%
TV Music Show charts (SBS Inkigayo, KBS Music Bank, MBC Music Core, MNet M!Countdown) – 45%