Why the hell are songs that are so old, so high in that list i.e. Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You?

 

SuperStar K2 (think X-Factor/American Idol). It was covered by 2 singers in the Elimination Stage.

 

 

It was on a cable station running from August to November of 2010. Typical rating for Mnet is about 1% but for this singing competition, its rating was around 17-20%. Think of it as E4 getting ITV/BBC type of rating.

 

The second girl who sang that didn't make it to the Live Show but she covered Because of You. It was a hit and led to a music contract with Sony Music Korea.

 

 

 

 

and her debut single is a success in Korea right now (Top 10 in the Gaon Chart for the last 3 weeks). It's a gorgeous song even though I don't understand a word of it LOL.

 

 

Edited February 25, 201114 yr by Dust2

p.s. This is the video that got me into Kpop.

 

 

 

31,959,130 views as of today

http://popseoul.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/girls-generation-oh-oh-oh1.jpg

 

Visual Galore!!!!!!!!!

 

Oh oh oh oh, oppa sarangae :wub: Brilliant :D

 

Do you read Korean Dust2? It would be great if someone can post the Gaon chart weekly, I'd like to see more Asian charts here (I was posting the Japanese Billboard Hot 100 at one point, but it's hard to find now :()

Oh oh oh oh, oppa sarangae :wub: Brilliant :D

 

Do you read Korean Dust2? It would be great if someone can post the Gaon chart weekly, I'd like to see more Asian charts here (I was posting the Japanese Billboard Hot 100 at one point, but it's hard to find now :()

 

Nope. Can't read Korean at all.

 

Here's their weekly Download Chart. It has the sale figures starting this week

 

http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/on...nload/list.gaon

 

Top 5 downloaded songs this week:

 

Big Bang Tonight 357,126

Big Bang Cafe 261,290

Big Bang What is right 247,804

IU The Story I didn't know 229,276

Big Bang Somebody to Love 209,502

 

 

Keep in mind that each song cost about $0.25. Hence, the high figures.

Edited March 10, 201114 yr by Dust2

Since they started releasing sale figures, here's the tally for some songs so far

 

http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/on...nload/list.gaon

 

BigBang "Tonight"

Week 1 (#1) sales unknown (let's assume 400,000)

Week 2 (#1) 357,126

Week 3 (#3) 271,224

Week 4 (#6) 216,947

Week 5 (#16) 166,634

 

 

Total: 1,411,931

 

 

 

Song Ji Eun "Going Crazy"

 

Week 1: 123,337

Week 2: 330,488

Week 3: 270,244

Week 4: 203,706

 

Total; 927,775

 

 

 

K Will "Heartbeat"

 

Week 1: 190,675

Week 2: 419,671

Week 3: 296,753

 

Total: 907,099

Edited April 2, 201114 yr by Dust2

http://musicandcopyright.wordpress.com/201...pricing-update/

 

A la carte services dominate

Globally, a la carte is the dominant business model for music services. For Japan and Belgium, over 90% of music services are a la carte. The countries with the lowest proportion of a la carte services are Spain, Poland and Hungary. Single tracks cost close to US$0.99 for most services. In several European countries, this is the lowest price that can be paid for a single track. In the UK, where several new entrants are large companies from other industries, some tracks cost only US$0.46.

 

South Korea and Russia are the countries in which single track cost the least: between US$0.11 and US$0.52 in South Korea and between US$0.28 and US$0.79 in Russia.

 

Album prices range between just over US$6 in Russia and more than US$30 in the Netherlands. The most common low price for albums is between US$7 and US$8. There is no single price point for which the majority of albums can be bought for globally.

 

No homogenous price for subscription services

Subscription services are the second-most-popular service type in many countries. France has the largest number of subscription services relative to total available services, while the US has the largest number of subscription services overall.

 

In contrast to Japan, where a la carte is the prevalent business model, over half of South Korean online music services are subscription-based. These services offer prices between US$2.18 for 40 songs to just under US$27 for unlimited downloading.