Category: Weekly Charts

I am back with another edition of the Weekly KPOP Charts. This time, it is on time per the posting schedule I had outlined a few posts back. Once again, it has been a busy week for me, as I explained in yesterday’s post for the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 1st Week of March 2021. But that won’t stop me from finally making a start on getting on top of the many reviews I have flagged on my ‘Coming Soon’ page, which I have been updating as much as possible. Before I can make a start of those reviews, lets have a look back on the 2nd Week of March 2021 covering 7th to 13th March.

NEW RELEASES OF THE WEEK

In addition to releases by BDC, GHOST9 and ROSÉ (which I have reviewed), we also saw a new release from Soyou and the debut of MAJORS. Cravity also returned with follow-up promotions after wrapping up their My Turn promotions.

THROWBACK CORNER

The throwback song for this week is Brave Girl’s Rollin’, which has been trending in South Korea for the past few weeks. During this past week, their 2017 song managed to hit the top of the charts, scoring an all-kill (the first group of 2021 to achieve this feat). It was reported a week ago the group was considering disbandment. But what a turn around within just one week, as the now four-member group is now actively promoting Rollin’ due to its newfound popularity. And it seems like their 2020 single, We Ride, will be joining Rollin’ at the top end of the chart shortly. Congratulations to Brave Girls!

THE CHARTS

Congratulations once again to ONF for their really addictive single, Beautiful Beautiful. For the past three weeks, the song has not budged from the top spot despite strong competition from other artists. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

SONGS LEAVING THE CHARTS

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and will be removed to make way for new songs:

• What I Said – VICTON
• MY TREASURE – TREASURE
• HWAA – (G)I-DLE
• ASURABALBALTA – T1419
• Perfume – Yubin
• PLAYLIST – BRANDNEW MUSIC ARTISTS
• Used To This – Jang Hanbyul
• Write A Letter – Kim Jeong Uk
• I Can’t Wait – N.O.M
• Never Let You Go – Alexa
• Cough Syrup – Kangta
• Dangerous – E’LAST

Sorry about the delay for the Weekly KPOP Charts post for the 1st Week of March 2021. I was on holiday last weekend and I couldn’t find time to actually write up the post this past week. It has been one busy week. So without any more delays, here is the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 1st Week of March 2021.

Before I proceed with actual charts (it will be another short post today), I just wanted to touch on the recent blip (Spotify vs. Kakao M) that caused about half of the KPOP songs on Spotify to disappear without a trace. It had an effect on the chart below, given that many songs on the charts ended up vanishing from my playlist. It is quite disappointing that such an event could occur, and I wish there is better protection in the future for the artists (as they easily could have dragged out for months or even years!). I tried to compensate by actively ensuring I listen to them on YouTube so they had a fair go at being on the charts. I am glad the situation has been rectified. However the songs only reappeared on my playlist yesterday, so I suspect that blip will still have an effect on the past week’s chart as well (i.e. 2nd Week of March 2021). Okay, now back to the charts.

THE CHARTS

Congratulations ONF’s Beautiful Beautiful for continuing to sit on the throne of 1st place for the second week in a row. For more of the charts, continue scrolling down below.

SONGS LEAVING THE CHARTS

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and will be removed to make way for new songs:

• In The Dark – Jeong Sewoon
• Luxury Big House – BOYHOOD
• Crush – MCND
• ON&ON – Hong Eunki
• Fallin’ (Adrenaline) – AB6IX & Why Don’t We
• Fav Boyz (Gold Star Remix) – A.C.E & Steve Aoki ft. Thutmose

It has been a while since I have prepared a full post for the Weekly KPOP Charts segment. But today is the day to return to normality. As things are returning to normal, I will be starting a slightly modified posting schedule which will start tomorrow. The new posting schedule will be as follows:

This move will hopefully free up time during the week, so I can focus on song reviews. On the weekends, I hope I can move forward with the album reviews. There is still a fair bit of hold up to get through, so please be patient, especially when it comes to the album reviews. They will be out soon! I am hoping to make better use of the ‘Coming Soon‘ page, which I am hoping to continually update and on a more regular basis.

Enough with the boring housekeeping stuff. Let’s move onto the recap of the past week and the song from the past that I am really digging lately, before moving back to the focus of this post – the Weekly KPOP Charts.

Throwback corner

This week throwback corner is actually a recent-ish live performance of an old song. Back in 2020, Lovelyz performed Now, We with a live band. And this has been on my replay list for pretty much the entire week. Check out the video below!

The charts

We have a new number one song this week! Congratulations to ONF for topping the Weekly KPOP Charts for the fourth week of February 2021 with Beautiful Beautiful. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

Songs leaving the charts

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and will be removed to make way for new songs:

• Chandelier – BRANDNEW YEAR 2020
• Last of Us – K-TIGERS ZERO
• WE STILL (BE WITH YOU) – ASTRO
• Switch To Me – Rain & Park Jin Young

Sorry for this very delayed posting of the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 3rd Week of February 2021. I have just been busy with some other stuff on the side, which lead to posts being shifted around and this particular segment being delayed for almost a week. In more happier news, this weekend will be a reviewing blitz weekend, as I don’t any plans on. I am hoping to catch up on necessary reviews, such as album reviews from January. The normal posting schedule will restart on the 1st of March, with Past Album Reviews being published on Wednesdays now and the more recent albums released on the weekend (instead of the previously scheduled Fridays and Sundays). As this is delayed, it will be a quick one once again. On with the post!

The charts

Congratulations to IU for another Weekly KPOP Chart win with Celebrity! IU previously topped the charts with Celebrity three weeks ago when the song was first released. For the last two weeks, IU has been steady in the second position, so she was bound to get to the top again eventually.

Leaving the charts this week

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and will be removed to make way for new songs:

• Amusement Park – Baekhyun (EXO)
• Beautiful Love – Oh Sae Beom
• Camellia – Jukjae & Hyuk (VIXX)
• Hop In – Uhm Jung Hwa ft. Hwasa (Mamamoo)& DPR LIVE
• Cheese – Laboum

Onto the next review post!

Happy Lunar New Year! It has been a wild week for me. I managed to get back to spend some time with my family. But due to the ongoing pandemic, I had to cut that trip short. So, I will be posting the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 2nd week of February 2021 per the usual schedule (i.e. today/Sundays), rather than how I had planned for it to be published a day late in last week’s post. Furthermore, because this is being posted quite late in the day, it will be another quick one today.

Remember that I have posted the 2020 KPOPREVIEWED Awards – Winner Announcement post the other week. If you haven’t found out who won in the various categories and which song was crowned the Best Song of 2020, then make sure you click on the post here.

The Chart

Congratulations to BOBBY and his solo comeback song, U MAD, for topping the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 2nd Week of February 2021. U MAD also achieved the massive feat of jumping up 42 spots to jump into the top spot for this week. Congratulations to BOBBY!

Leaving the charts this week

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and will be removed to make way for new songs:

• I’m Cold – Kim Sung Kyu (Infinite)
• What Do I Call You? – Taeyeon (SNSD)
• Cry For Me – TWICE
• Eternal Flame – Pentagon
• Just Can’t Stop Loving You – Jang Hyunseung

On with the album review scheduled for today!

As promised (and on time) is the next edition of the Weekly KPOP Charts. This time it is for the previous week, which was the 1st Week of February 2021. As I want to focus on writing an album review for publication later tonight, I have decided to make this a slightly quick one, following a similar format as the previous one that I just published a few hours ago. Once again, I would like to remind you that I have published the 2020 KPOPREVIEWED Awards – Winner Announcement post. So do check out whether the artists, songs, performances and concepts that you voted for won!

Also just a heads up, next week’s Weekly KPOP Chart will be a day late. I will be absent from the blog for the majority of the weekend due to the Lunar New Year, which I am hoping to spend with family. I am hoping to have reviews set up for the weekend to cover my absence. Hopefully, I pull through this time around.

The charts

Congratulations to Golden Child who has managed to come out on top of the charts this past week with their new song, Burn It. Golden Child has also taken out a few awards in the 2020 KPOPREVIEWED Awards, so do check it out to see which categories they managed to clinch victory in.

Leaving the charts this week

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and will be removed to make way for new songs:

• Panorama – IZ*ONE
• Christmassy! – The Boyz
• W.ALL – GHOST9
• A Book In Memory – ONEWE
• 30 Seconds Might Be Too Long – Jun.K (2PM)

On with the album review!

Apologies for the week’s delay for this edition of the Weekly KPOP Charts. As this isn’t the formal Weekly KPOP Chart for the week, I won’t write out a whole post with the new mini-segments. Instead, I will just focus on the simplified version of the Weekly KPOP Charts (which is essentially the older version). For clarification purposes, this Weekly KPOP Charts is for the 4th Week of January 2021, which included the 24th of January through to the 30th of January.

But before we can proceed to the Weekly KPOP Charts, make sure you check out the 2020 KPOPREVIEWED Awards – Winner Announcement post that went live on Wednesday (and is the partial reason to why this post is a week late). Congratulations to all the winners and the nominees. Thanks again to all the fans and readers of this blog for voting!

The Charts

Further to winning the Best Female Soloist, Best Vocalists and Best Collaboration with Eight (which featured Suga from BTS), congratulations to IU for topping the charts for the 4th Week of January with her new pre-release single, Celebrity. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

Leaving the charts this week

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and will be removed to make way for new songs:

• Last Piece – GOT7
• Given-Taken – ENHYPEN
• Mmmh – Kai (EXO)
• Better – BoA
• BBUSYEO – ONEUS
• Resonance – NCT

Coming up next is the Weekly KPOP Chart post for this past week, the 1st Week of February 2021.

We have zipped by another week in 2021 and have just started another. Time is already flying. But before this new week escapes us entirely, it is time to quickly have a run through the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 2nd Week of January 2021. And then we can proceed with the reviews of this week’s new tracks, which includes AB6IX, Yunho from TVXQ, Epik High, Chungha, CRAVITY, ONEUS, Cherry Bullet agmonst others.

New releases of the week

Last week, I teased the return of (G)I-DLE, TREASURE, VICTON and the debut of T1419 in the Weekly KPOP Chart posts for the 1st Week of January 2021. In addition to these four releases (which I have all reviewed throughout the week), we also saw the return of Yubin, E’LAST (though their comeback track was part of their latest mini-album released back in November), N.O.M, Kangta and AlexA. I am hoping to get through some of these song this week, on top of the already heavy load scheduled for this week. Not sure how I will do, only time will tell.

‘Non-KPOP release by a Korean artist’ of the week

This past week’s pick for non-KPOP release by a Korean artist (of the week) is SEVENTEEN’s 24H, which I have been hooked on again. The catalyst for enjoying their release this past week is due to their performance of the Korean version of the song at the SBS End of Year Music Festival. Linked below is the performance.

The Charts

The top song for the past week was (G)I-DLE’s HWAA, the group’s latest comeback single. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

Leaving the charts this week

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and will be removed to make way for new songs:

• Happening – AKMU
• Show Your Love – BTOB 4U
• Then, Now, Forever – CN BLUE
• Black Mamba – aespa
• BUMP BUMP – WOODZ
• Ready or Not – MOMOLAND
• Radio – Henry
• Crush On You – BAE173
• Life Goes On – BTS

And now we move onto 2021. We are already a week down with another slow week in the KPOP industry. Elsewhere though, the week was quite eventful and filled with shocking surprises. But this is a KPOP blog, so we will focus on the former. The good news is that we are expecting many comebacks this upcoming week, with majority of them occurring tomorrow. These include the return of (G)I-DLE, TREASURE, VICTON and the debut of T1419. It is going to be an intense day tomorrow. But before we can proceed, we shall reflect upon the past week that was the 1st Week of January 2021.

New releases of the week

As mentioned earlier, it was a slow week in KPOP. We saw comebacks from Jeong Sewoon and MCND, which I have reviewed. There were a few additional comebacks including Hong Eunki’s (former member of Rainz) comeback single, ON&ON, AB6IX’s collabroative remix single Fallin’ (Adrenaline) with Why Don’t We, another single (Luxury Big House) from BOYHOOD (Nam Donghyun), and A.C.E’s Fav Boyz (Favourite Boy (Goblin)) remix with Steve Aoki and Thutmose.

Non-KPOP release by a Korean artist

I want to give a shout out to songs that are described as non-KPOP, but are by someone with roots in the Korean music industry. So I will be dedicating a segment in the Weekly KPOP Charts posts each week to the showcase the non-KPOP song that I was tuning into for that week. For this week, I have been returning to Chungha’s Dream of You with R3HAB. It will be featured in an upcoming International Song Review segment.

The Charts

And here we are, the main centrepiece of the Weekly KPOP Charts segement, the charts. Congratulations to TWICE’s Cry For Me surprise single release for coming out on top of the charts for the 1st Week of January 2021. For more of the charts, see below!

Leaving the charts this week

The following songs have wrapped up their nine week run on the charts and will be removed to make way for new songs:

• Forbidden Island – Ha Sung Woon
• MAGO – GFriend
• Idea – Taemin (SHINee)
• So Bad – STAYC
• Teddy Bear – NATTY
• Tears of Chaos – E’LAST
• Pit-A-Pat – Junsu (JYJ)

Wait? 2020. Wasn’t that 10 days ago? Well, yes. It was 10 days ago. But as I was on my break, I wasn’t able to post the Weekly KPOP Charts segment for the 5th and final week of 2020. Hence, it will be posted today, before we get into 2021 any further. The 5th Week of December, which consisted of the dates 27th December to 2nd January (inclusive), consisted of a lot of food eating, time with the family (though very limited due to the re-introduction of restrictions), a lot more mask wearing and the New Year Countdown. It also consisted of the first two days of the new year which reminded us that 2020 is still lurking around us. But there is still hope for 2021, with many more days in the year to come! For this post, I will be going through the Top 5 breakdown and straight into the charts after that (aka. a quick one post).

Starting from the bottom of the Top 5 for the 5th Week of December 2020, we have GOT7’s pre-release single Breath. In the fourth position, we have GFRIEND’s answer to retro, MAGO. In the third position, we had Kai’s solo debut single, Mmmh. In the second position, we had GOT7’s Last Piece, which remained steady from the previous week. And in the first position this week, we have WOODZ’s Bump Bump! WOODZ’s single came out on top, as I spent a lot of the 5th Week of December playing some of my favourites directly and Bump Bump was one of those songs. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

Songs that left the charts at the end of the 5th Week of December 2020 are:

• Love Killa – MONSTA X
• SALUTE – AB6IX
• AYA – Mamamoo
• GOTCHA – Park Ji Hoon
• Dancing Cartoon – BOL4
• Red Lipstick – BOL4
• MMM – Treasure
• The Melody – Super Junior
• ACCIO – Berry Good
• Got That Boom – SECRET NUMBER
• Bad Blood – DAHYE

And that is it for the 2020 Weekly KPOP Charts! The next Weekly KPOP Chart segment post will be for the 1st Week of January 2021 and that will be posted later today!

As you may know, I decided to take a break over Christmas and New Years. This meant that I wasn’t able to post my usual Weekly KPOP Charts on Sundays over this break and hence wrap up 2020. But I still kept my records and I will still be posting the Weekly KPOP Charts for both the 4th and 5th week of December 2020 in the coming days. Today, I will be posting the Weekly KPOP Charts for the 4th Week of December, with the dates ranging between 20 December to 26 December. For these two charts, I will only do the Top 5 breakdown, post the charts and recap the song leaving the charts for that week.

Strating from the bottom of the Top 5 is Mamamoo’s AYA, which rose into the fifth position from the 31st position last week (3rd Week of December 2020). IZ*ONE’s Panorama falls slightly into the fourth position. Taeyeon’s solo comeback, What Do I Call You?, rises into the Top 5 and sits in the 3rd position, while GOT7’s Last Piece also dipped slightly and fell into the second position. The victorious song of the 4th Week of Demember 2020 was BoA’s Better, the title track that marked her 20th year in the industry. Congratulations BoA! For more of the charts, scroll down below.

Songs that left the chart this particular week included:

• I Can’t Stop Me – TWICE
• Work Hard – DKB
• Blue Hour – TXT
• Jungle – CIX
• Nostalgia – DRIPPIN’
• Siren – P1Harmony
• Jasmin – JBJ95
• +HWA+ – CL
• Run Away – Mino

The Weekly KPOP Charts for the 5th Week of December 2020 will be published in the coming days. And then we can start looking at the 2021 charts!

Make sure you vote in the 2020 KPOPREVIEWED Awards! Voting closes in just over a week on the 31st of December 11:59 AEST. Click here to vote now so you don’t forget.

It is going to be another quick one today, as I am smashing out album reviews and other posts to be posted whilst I am taking time off over the Christmas break. There is a bit coming your way, so make sure you keep tuned into the blog between Christmas meals and other festive activities. But out of all honesty, enjoy the time off if you can over the next week or so. We all deserve it during this hectic and chaotic year. And if you don’t celebrate Christmas, make sure you take a breather regardless. You deserve it as well!

As for this Weekly Chart segment, the 3rd Week of December 2020 (this post) will be the final one of the year. The posts for the 4th Week of December 2020 and 5th Week of December 2020 will be posted in 2021 once I am back from my break.

This week, I will be focusing on the Top 5 only. Starting form the bottom of this arrangement, we have NCT U’s 90’s Love rising back into the Top 5 into the fifth position. Also rising into the Top 5 are Christmassy! by The Boyz and Show Your Love by BTOB 4U, occupying the fourth and third positions this past week. Last week’s number 1 song, Panorama by IZ*ONE drops down into the second position, making way for GOT7’s Last Piece to rise back into the top position. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

The song leaving the charts this week are:

• HOME:RUN – SEVENTEEN
• Like A Movie – B1A4
• Why Not? – LOONA
• From Home – NCT U
• Dingga – MAMAMOO
• Let Me Go – Crush ft. Taeyeon (SNSD)
• Across The Universe – D-CRUNCH
• Revolution – AleXa
• Ooh Ahh – CRAVITY
• Every Day – MVP
• BLOOM – Song Ji Eun
• MIMEW – Yezi

Merry Christmas and I will see you in the upcoming reviews that I am writing/scheduling for the rest of the year!

It is time for another Weekly Chart Post. But before that, have you voted in the 2020 KPOPREVIEWED Awards yet? Make sure you vote for your favourite group, soloist, concepts, performances, album and songs of 2020 before the 31st of December. I know it is a long way away, but it can come faster than you expect! You can vote if you haven’t yet by clicking here.

With that out of the way now, let’s move forward with the chart post. There was only one big jump this week and that was experienced by Weeekly’s Zig Zag.

And now, we have the Top 5 summary (for those folks who are eager to know who is in the top end of the charts). In the fifth position this week, we have GFriend’s MAGO. Last week’s top song, GOT7’s Last Piece, dropped down into the fourth position. LOONA’s Why Not remain steady for the second week in a row in the third position. Rising into the top five this week (more specifically, the second position is NCT’s Resonance. And finally, the top song for this week is IZ*ONE’s latest single, Panorama. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

The following songs have left the charts and won’t appear on the Weekly KPOP Charts from next week:

• Daisy – Pentagon
• Make A Wish (Birthday Song) – NCT U
• Zig Zag – Weeekly
• Memories – Kim Woo Seok & Lee Eun Sang
• G.B.T.B – VERIVERY
• Hello – Chen (EXO)
• Alien – Suhyun (AKMU)
• Tonight – Blackswan

Check back in a few hours for some other reviews!

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As of this week, we are officially on the home stretch to the end of 2020. There is officially fours weeks left of the year. But there are still going to be a lot of action in these final few weeks. I will continue to push out reviews as I have been saying for the last six months. And our beloved KPOP idols will continue to release music to keep us on our toes. But before we can move forward, let’s wrap the past week with the Weekly KPOP Charts post!

No massive jumps this week, so I am jumping right into the Top 5 summary. From the bottom of this section of the chart, we have two new releases of this week. In the fifth position, we have ENHYPEN’s with their debut title track, Given-Taken. They were one-upped by BoA’s 20th year anniversary comeback, Better. LOONA’s Why Not? experiences a resurgence, rising back into the Top 5 by landing into the third position. GFriend’s MAGO remains consistent by maintaining its position in the Top 5 by rising to the second position. And finally, GOT7’s Last Piece is the final piece of the Top 5 this week, making its start on the charts at the very top.

Songs leaving the charts this week are:

• Shine Together – SF9
• Twilight – WEi
• Hmph! – WJSN CHOCOME
• Pump It Up – Golden Child
• Cool – Weki Meki
• DAWNDIDIDAWN – Dawn ft. Jessi
• Poison – DAHYE

See you all in the next review! And make sure you vote in the 2020 KPOPREVIEWED Awards (link above!

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Last week, I decided to focusing on finalising everything related to the 2020 KPOPREVIEWED Awards so I could get everything finalised before December 1st. As a result, I had to drop the Weekly KPOP Charts temporarily on Sunday. And then I forgot about it during the week. Until today! Without any further delay, here is the Weekly KPOP Chart for the final week of November 2020.

But first, the big jumps of the week. A lot of them today. The most notable jump was the song that ended up topping the charts for the 4th Week of November 2020, BTS’s Life Goes On. However, this was not the biggest jump. That goes to BOL4’s Red Lipstick. Other songs that experienced a large jump includes SECRET NUMBER’s Got That Boom, NCT U’s Make A Wish (Birthday Song), Weeekly’s Zig Zag, NCT U’s From Home and NATTY’s Teddy Bear.

As for the Top 5, let’s start from the top. You already know who topped the charts as I mentioned it earlier, BTS’s Life Goes On. Following BTS is GOT7 with their pre-release single, Breath. One of NCT U’s newest songs, 90’s Love, debuts in the third position. MOMOLAND’s rises to the Top 4 with Ready or Not, while GFriend’s Mago continues their Top 5 streak, placing fifth this week. For more of the charts, scroll down below.

Songs leaving the charts this week are:

• No Love – Super Junior D&E
• Lovesick Girls – BLACKPINK

Thank you once again. I will get back on the reviewing train tomorrow with an album review and a song review.