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

Posted by on December 8, 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.

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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).

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.

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)
-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

Source: AKP

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  • VIP4Daesung

    BAM! That's what I am talking about! Big Bang kicking music butt and taking names! Nobody beats our boys...TOP 5! OH YEAH!

  • http://twitter.com/SMSisita Samantha Mercado

    Big Bang!!!!!! and 2NE1 too :)

  • mz_dong

    That's what I'm talking about ~ Big Bang is awesome <33

  • http://twitter.com/3velynd0an Evelyn Doan

    even though 2011 wasn't the best year for BIGBANG they keep winning awards and are in top lists :)

  • http://twitter.com/Jelline_V Jelline Valentin

    now that's what i'm talking about! BIG BANG rules!!!! 
    love all their songs!!! i can't wait for their future albums!

  • http://tshidi.tumblr.com tshidi

    BIGBANG is a fixture in kpop. No doubt about that.

  • http://twitter.com/MaggieBuena Maggie Buena

    wow .. 3 songs of bigbang and 'i cheated' really got popular . that's the power of bigbang and gd .. YEAH

  • http://twitter.com/adri_adrienne Adriana 아드리아나

    Yes! ending a hard year with more awards and achievements for our boys and a promising new year ^_^
    BigBang Deabak !!!!!

  • VVIPxHOTTEST

    Uh.. I'm very happy and proud for BB, but.. WHERE IS 2PM??

  • leoyb

    the first half of 2011 is really a big success for BB...^^

  • http://twitter.com/magicbang magicbang

    cafe my favorit .....

  • everose

    i have a question.. Do Gaon count the sales from YGe Shop for its yearly and monthly ranking?

  • glamsol

    wow I cheated appears:)) it didn't have much promotion to become a hit

  • http://twitter.com/amyy520 amyy(bigbang!♥)

    YG YG~~~ :D

  • MynameisGDGD

    WOOT! 4 of their songs in top 50! Good job BIGBANG. I'm ALWAYS so proud of you guys...

  • http://tamaraaa.tumblr.com/ Tamara Tran

    OOFT! 
    Our boys being the only boys in the Top 5 baby! That's why they are the best! :D 

  • http://twitter.com/LiZonTOP LiZ 리즈 ♕♤

    BANG BANG BANG!~

  • EelingVIP

    Daebak! There's no others like our boys, get more than one ! BIGBANG&2ne1 daebak! YG family daebak !

  • Baynstalk

    and to think no Superjunior in the list! hahaha it just proves that our boys ,BIGBANG  are really the best...tothink that they even slowed down aftr the daesung n gdragon incident,n yet they maintained their position as the best ever group to beat,,,n no group yet get even closer to them CHEERS to BIGBANG!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1542769398 Leni Delliani

    I have 33 colection song of BIGBANG, and i want add more and more

  • http://twitter.com/KwonJiYong_GD G-Dragon Kwon Ji Yon

    itunes?

  • http://twitter.com/AviWill Avi Will

    Once again GD proves to be a freakin music genius <3
    I'm surprised "I Cheated" did so great :)

  • http://twitter.com/Kadinoona Kadija

    Cafe #47 without being a title track => this is just amazing!! BIGBANG <3

  • Mybigbang

    At least 2011 ended well.. Good job BB and VIPs for endure it awesomely!

  • Kun

    it's not BIG BANG's year yet. But they were still successful!! Keke ~ Let's see them make a BIG BANG next year :))

  • http://twitter.com/syah4brit Syah

    i don't think so.. from what i heard in the past they don't. but i can't confirm..

  • Blacky_slvt17

    whoaaaaaaaaa.. big bang is really awesome.. 2ne1 too. but 2ne1 not ranked as high as big bangg. big bang fighting!!

  • TotoBearTop

    Woots top 5! Big Bang is daebak! 

  • brickbear

    aigoo.. i cant understand the voting status of the 4 questions bcoz its written in hangul...really want to know if top/daesung and bb in the first place or not..!!!

  • Anonymous

    fuck yeah

  • http://twitter.com/Jelline_V Jelline Valentin

    This is a great achievement for YG family! For BIG BANG & 2NE1!!!!
    it just goes to show that they have what it takes to be on top! they have talent and the guts to do everything in their power to keep up with the world right now!

    KEEP IT UP!!!! Looking forward to your future albums!

  • pampeerme

    A Big Bang to all VIP's :)

  • abu

    i think big bang is the only one artist that have many song in the chart...daebakkkk big bang ...

  • http://twitter.com/J0J0_91 Jo

    BigBang forever being on top of the world :D