Weekly K-Pop Music Chart 2014 – April Week 3

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A Pink’s “Mr. Chu” comes from outside of the top 10 and moves up 16 spots to become our new No. 1 song this week! 

This song swept all the music shows last week and easily won over Lee Sun Hee’s “Meet Him Among Them.”  Orange Caramel’s “Catallena” rounds out the all female top three this week.

“Mr. Chu” is the title track of A Pink's 4th mini album, “Pink Blossom.”  It is a cute pop dance song about the thrill of sharing the first kiss with one's significant other. The various synth effects and the upbeat rhythm highlight the sweet and lovable qualities of A Pink.  This is A Pink’s second No. 1 song on our chart as they did it last year with “NoNoNo.”  Congratulations to A Pink.

Besides “Mr. Chu,” there are two other new songs in the top 10 this week.  Last year’s K-Pop darling Crayon Pop proves that they are no one-hit wonder as they come back with another cute dance song “Uh-ee,” moving up 21 spots to No. 6.  Crayon Pop went from an unknown group to international stardom with last year’s biggest surprise hit “Bar Bar Bar.”  Now the girls are coming back with a new single “Uh-ee.” Continuing with their trendy costume, this time they get rid of their helmets and put bandanas on.  “Uh-ee” is an upbeat song aims to instill hope and encouragement to those who are under a lot of stress. 

Hip-hop artist Mad Clown is also back in the top 10 with his latest hit “Without You.”  Last year, Mad Clown had a big No. 1 hit “Stupid In Love” featuring SISTAR’s Soyu.  This time he collaborates with another SISTAR's Hyorin on “Without You.”  Written by the same song writing team that wrote Soyu and Junggigo’s “Some,”  “Without You” is an hip-hop ballad about a couple that is going to break up.  Mad Clown’s high pitched rapping and Hyorin’s emotional vocals are a perfect complement to each other.  This week it moves up 15 spots to No. 7.

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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 and the airplay of each song, making it an unbiased and objective tally of what’s going on in the world of K-Pop. Our chart is composed of the following sources:

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

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