Posts by chartslover

Quote from Disevidence

How is 2021 more exciting?

We're halfway through 2022.

Using Weekly Top 5 Melon as a yardstick to see what people were listening to

Measuring from Feb 01 2021 to 12th July 2021 and comparing to Jan 31 2022 to 11th July 2022

These artists were in the top 5 in that period. 14 of them -

Brave Girls, IU, Rose, Yoseob Yang x Jang, BTS, Bieber, Oh My Girl, Heize, Aespa, MSG Wannabe, Lee Mujin, Kyungseo, Mushvenom et.al , Jang Beom Jun

In 2022 there's been 18 artists in the top 5 -

Kim MinSeok, Sokodomo, LYW, Got the Beat, Taphyeon, IVE, Taeyeon, Kassy, MSG Wannabe, Jay Park, Idle, Red Velvet, Melomance, Big Bang, PSY, Big Naughty, Naeyeon, WSG Wannabe

There's been more artists occupying the top 5 in the active periods (excluding January for obvious reasons) then there were last year. The most stable(boring) periods are -

6 Weeks in 2022 (02/05/2022 to 12/06/2022) with the same top 5 artists

5 Weeks in 2021 (05/04/2021 to 16/05/2021) with the same top 5 artists

So I'm not seeing how 2021 was fireworks compared to 2022. They seem utterly similar to me. The only key difference is many of the 2021 artists have not entered the top 5 in 2022, and maybe that's boring to some people? Oh My Girl, BTS, Brave Girls, Heize, Aespa have all had releases and not entered (yet).

People expected them to shake up the charts and so the perception was it's boring when they didn't?

Even if we count strictly "kpop" artists it's 6 in 2021 to 8 in 2022

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I mean early in 2021 IU had her full album smash and that made the charts alive

Then we had brave girls coming out of nowhere and smashing which was also exciting

we also had the competition between butter, next level and happen for #1, heize rising on rainy days and aespa slowly overcoming BTS

Lee Mujin coming with an unpected hit and Bieber with one big and two ok songs

This year we saw Lee Mujin and Heize flop vs last year, they couldve shook up the charts

Looks like the charts are gonna be stagnant until the august gg bloodbath

am i missing any non kpop artist release?

maybe aespa can enter top 10 but its been a week and it barely moved

Quote from Bpsosoro

Oh so it’s pretty much the same

I thought sneakers had some substantial hype with Koreans the way people were talking.

Hopefully it rises

None of the teasers trended on yt korea tho so not really

Quote from killingtime1934

So tomorrow jhope ran itzy

Will wsg or whatever drop more songs later? I remember pass MBC show groups drop some other songs after their debut

ran?

Quote from Disevidence

Don't think WSG makes much of a difference.

If Girls at it's current UL's had released almost anytime previous to when it did, until say mid March, it wouldn't have made top 10.

They've had really fortunate timing, in a way, to claim top 10 with the UL's they had. Of course it may rise and make top 10 or further with stronger UL's, but the charts are actually still fairly weak all things considered (even with WSG).

Yea without WSG they wouldve been 10 so its not groundbreaking but its a solid debut, have they start the promotions already? Its been almost a week...

Quote from TikiTiki

your best example for good kpop raps was likey?

Objectively speaking the rap is very ordinary but i think that it fits very great with the song and is a crucial part

Idk why you acting dense on purpose

Quote from monalisalove

GUCCI GANG, GUCCI GANG, GUCCI GANG, GUCCI GANG, GUCCI GANG Kkkkkkkk

say lalisa call me lalisa call me lalisa

there's ton of good american rap, I reccomend Jay-Z

Quote from ramde0916

hm i wonder how many days will it take for nayeon to overtake love dive.

tbh im not sure it will happen, the gap is closing but slower than before and the promotions stopped a while ago

maybe the twice august cb can give it a boost but otherwise im not sure, she needs a viral moment

Quote from ripia

I agree trash

The song is not trash its catchy but its definetly not a good example to use lol

kpop rap is just a silly little thing that's been going on and even though it doesnt feel like american rap for example I like it because it changes the tempo for a while as kpop songs can be quite repetitive

There's some raps that i actually love, like the one in Likey, I think it does a very good job at building momentum for the dance break

Quote from ripia

fair enough but dismissing rap in kpop is just stupid, look at money by Lisa

Really?

Dollar bills dollar dropping on my ass tonight Lisa?

Money is catchy and had it's moment but we're still very far from true rap, especially looking at the lyrics but just with the flow too, shes not rapping that quickly

Girls really grew on me, i still feel like some parts are lackluster but it's definetly good

If they promote it well this week it could rise

Quote from spark

Hmm that could be true, but wouldn't that make sense for songs that were just released or within the first few days after release? These songs have all had about at least a week since they were released and they are all suddenly rising at the same time. Like I could understand if it was just one song because it's suddenly gaining attention, but it's just interesting to see five different songs all rise that much.

It could also be due to trot and bg songs rising on weekends cause of ULs drop and then falling back on Monday when ULs rise back

Top 10 is certainly more competitive with 3 new entries, Pop! that is still rising and Love Dive which is still holding strong

Quote from bbgc

Come on.. charts-love should be secondary to music-love.

If the song is good, it should not matter where it comes from. After all SMTM pretty much takes up a month of so, every year now, so why not YJS projects.

I am glad that talents like Jinjoo are getting an opportunity, which Kpop agencies don't provide them.

im not mad and im glad that jinjoo is getting that oppurtinity, im just stating a fact.

I havent even listened to these WSG songs but im sure they're good

Quote from BlackpinkHouse

I hate these musty temp groups with a burning passion. I STILL remember how they fucked with HYLT's glorious charting two years ago.

Now they're cheating Ive and Nayeon out of the top spot and jeopardizing Ive and Idle's run on the Top 10 Melon Weekly Chart. I wanted to see how far Tomboy and Love Dive would go in challenging the Next Level/Dynamite records for the most weeks in Melon Top 10 Weekly Chart.

Nayeon wouldve hit #1 on both genie and melon this morning if it werent for their songs

Nayeon passed IVE on melon top 100 which means she would've been 1 if it werent for wsg...

im gonna need some time to cope

imma be honest, these reality show groups are pissing me off lol

coming out of nowhere and stacking up the charts

well it looks like nayeon bagged a hit; shes n.2 uls based which means that she would've been #2 on daily chart if it werent for wsg wannabe coming out of nowhere

its a pity they stopped the promotions so quickly cause imo she could've gone #1 since Aespa is not smashing straight out of the park

For me which absolutely loved Savage and NL, Girls is a big let down and i think its a reason why its underperfoming