Big Bang and Busker Busker have staying power

Big Bang and Busker Busker have been staying on music charts for two or three months.

On June 1, music site Melon said that 3 songs from Big Bang’s mini album, which was released on February 29, entered the Top 50 list on May chart. 8 songs from Busker Busker’s first regular album, which was released on March 29, also entered the Top 50 list.

Big Bang’s “Fantastic Baby” ranked 15th, “Blue” ranked 39th, and “Bad Boy” ranked 46th. Busker Busker’s  ”Cherry Blossom Ending” ranked 3rd, “First Love” ranked 9th, “Yeosu Night Sea” ranked 13th, “Loneliness Amplifier” ranked 25th, “Ideal Type” ranked 26th, “Calling You” ranked 34th, “An the Entrance to the Alley” ranked 43rd, and “Perfume” ranked 49th.

Big Bang made March their month. “Blue” ranked 1st, “Fantastic Baby” ranked 4th, “Bad Boy” ranked 5th, “Love Dust” ranked 8th, “Ain’t No Fun” ranked 15th, and “Wings” ranked 21st.

The group also ranked high in April. “Fantastic Baby” ranked 4th, “Blue” ranked 17th, “Bad Boy” ranked 21st, and “Love Dust” ranked 39th.

However, April was Busker Busker’s month. “Cheery Blossom Ending” ranked 1st, “First Love” ranked 2nd, and “Yeosu Night Sea” ranked 3rd. Then “Ideal Type” ranked 7th, “The Flower” ranked 9th, “Loneliness Amplifier” ranked 10th, “Calling You” ranked 16th, “At the Entrance to the Alley” ranked 20th, and “Perfume” ranked 23rd.

Source: Starnews

Sistar ranks at the top of chart on Monkey 3

Sistar’s new track “Alone” ranked at the top of a weekly chart.

According to the music site Monkey 3 on April 23, the title track “Alone” of Sistar’s first mini-album is placed no.1 for the third week of April (from the 16th to the 23rd).

As a result, 4Minute’s “Volume Up” which was placed at the top last week ranked down to second. Third ranking went to “As Time Goes By” by Lee Hai from SBS’s K-pop Star.

Busker Busker still shows strong potential. Its songs “Cherry Blossom Ending” and “Yeosu Night Sea” are ranked fourth and ninth, showing off constant popularity and support from its fans.

A new song appeared on the fifth, “Leaving” by Noel.

“Love Is All The Same” by Yangpa, Davichi, and Hannah ranked sixth while Huh Gak’s “The Person Who Once Loved Me” and the soundtrack “Missing You Like Crazy” for MBC’s TV series The King 2 Hearts by SNSD’s Taeyeon are ranked consecutively.

A staff member of Monkey 3 says, “As girl groups and Busker Busker are competing with each other for a better ranking, it entertains fans in guessing the winner of next weekly chart.”

Source: Starnews

Busker Busker sells over 50,000 copies of its album in just three weeks

The popularity of the band Busker Busker is still heating up.

On April 19, Hanteo chart which sums up record sales of artists reported that by April 18, Busker Busker has sold over 50,476 copies of its first album which was released on March 29.

It is a remarkable figure to be achieved in just three weeks. Because the album’s supply and demand fell short and resulted scarcity of item, the achievement surprised fans even more.

Last year, there were only fifteen singing groups who had sold over 50,000 copies of album. Those groups were mostly “idols,” such as Super Junior, SNSD, TVXQ, JYJ, and Big Bang. So as a rookie band, Busker Busker has achieved something very remarkable, showing off its potential.

The band is also remaining strong in music market. Its title track “Cherry Blossom Ending” has ranked at the top of Billboard K-pop chart as well as on Melon and M.net for 12 days in a row. Even after four weeks since the release, it is firmly staying at the top of various music charts such as Naver Music and Cyworld Music.

The band is planning on giving an exclusive concert “Youth Bus” at Yonsei 100th Memorial Hall on May 5 and 6.

Source: Starnews

This week’s ranking on M-Countdown for April 19, 2012

This week’s ranking on M-Countdown for April 19, 2012

This week’s first ranking : Shinhwa “Venus”

And nominees for first place
-Busker Busker “Cherry Blossom Flower”
-4minute “Volume Up”

Comeback Stage
-Nell “The Day Before”
-Girl’s Day “Oh My God”
-Baek Chung Kang “Missing U”

Debut
-Soriso “Heroin”

Goodbye Stage
-SHINee “Stranger”, “Sherlock”

Today MC : Tony Ahn & Bora(SISTAR)

This week’s cast were Shinhwa, SHINee, Noel, 4minute, SISTAR, EXO-K, BTOB, Huh Gak, Seo In Guk, Bae Chi Gi, Girl’s Day, Tritops, Soriso and Baek Chung Kang.

Shinhwa “Venus”

4minute “Volume Up”

Nell “The Day Before”

Baek Chung Kang “Missing U”

Soriso “Heroin”

SHINee “Stranger”, “Sherlock”

BTOB “Insane”

Seo In guk “Tease Me”flth

Tritops “I am Bad Boy”

Huh Gak “A Someone Who Loved Me”

Bae Chi Gi “To. Mary”

EXO-K “MAMA”

Source : Korea.com

SISTAR replaces Busker Busker at the top on Billboard

Girl group SISTAR, composed of 4 members, recently ranked first on the US Billboard K-pop chart.

On April 20, according to the latest US Billboard chart (third week of April), SISTAR’s song “Alone” from the first mini album, which was released on April 12, ranked first on K-pop Hot 100.

The song has ranked first on a Korean music chart and now it is ranked first on the Billboard K-pop chart as well.

Busker Busker, who appeared on Super Star K3, ranked first for the last two weeks. Their song “Cherry Blossom Ending” was relegated to second place. 4minute’s “Volume Up” ranked third.

Emotional band Nell returned performing in 4 years and their song “The Day Before” followed them by ranking fourth. Busker Busker entered the Top 10 list with “Yeosu Night Sea” and “First Love.”

SISTAR’s title song “Alone,” including dream like and addictive melodies, is written by songwriter Brave Brothers.

Source: Starnews

Busker Busker is popular because they are lucky?

Band Busker Busker has become popular but they are still modest.

Busker Busker took a pictorial for May edition of fashion magazine Cosmopolitan. When they were asked how they could become popular, they said, “Because we were lucky.”

According to the magazine, Busker Busker jokingly said, “We should change our team name as Luckyker Luckyker.”

When they were asked about their ideal woman, three members of the group answered differently. Jang Beom Joon said he likes a woman who can be his soul mate, Kim Hyung Tae said he like a beautiful girl, and Brad said when he finds a girl who he likes, he asks her to go out no matter what.

Busker Busker released their debut album and is keeping busy with their title song “Cherry Blossom Ending.”

Source: TV Report

4Minute and SISTAR are coming back!

Will 4Minute and SISTAR, coming back next week, calm the enthusiasm for Busker Busker?

As of April 6, Busker Busker are topping all major music charts. Releasing their first album on March 29, Busker Busker have been topping the charts for nine days.

According to Melon’s real-time chart, Busker Busker’s title song “Cherry Blossom Ending” ranked first. “First Love” is fourth, “Yeosu Night Sea” is fifth, “Ideal Type” is seventh, “Loneliness Amplifier” is ninth, “The Flowers” is eleventh, “Calling You” is14th, “At The Entrace To The Alley” is 15th, and “Perfume” is 20th, “The Alley” is 22nd, and “Spring Breeze” is 25th.

Because of Busker Busker, it’s now hard to find girl groups’ songs on the charts. Miss A’s “Touch” is 27th and T-ara’s “Lovey-Dovey” is 51st. Taeyeon (of SNSD)’s “Missing You Like Crazy,” the soundtrack of MBC TV’s drama series The King 2 Hearts, ranked eighth and is relatively doing well.

As 4Minute and SISTAR are coming back to the music scene on April 9 and 12, respectively, people are paying attention to how they will compete against Busker Busker.

4Minute are releasing a third minialbum Volume Up on April 9. It’s their first album released in a year. “Volume Up” was co-composed by the hit song maker Shinsadong Horaengi and Rado.

SISTAR are releasing a new minialbum on April 12, Their title song “Alone” was composed by Brave Brothers. It’s their first album released in eight months.

Source: Starnews

This week’s ranking on M-Countdown for March 29, 2012

This week’s ranking on M-Countdown for March 29, 2012

This week’s first ranking : SHINee “Sherlock”

And nominees for first place : 2AM “I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me”, BigBang “BAD BOY”

Comeback Stage :

CNBLue “Still In Love”, “Hey You”

Shinhwa “Hurts”, “Venus”

New Song : SPICA “Pain Killer”

Debut Stage : Noh Young Ho “The Words That I Can’t”, Busker Busker “Cherry Blossom Ending”

Today MC : Tony Ahn, Mir, Lee Joon(MBLAQ)

This week’s cast were SHINee, CNBLue, Shinhwa, SPICA, Busker Busker, Noh Young Ho, Taw  HAHA, NU’EST, Nine Muses, BTOB, TONY  Smash, LED Apple , C-REAL, Ailee and K.will.

SHINee “Sherlock”

CNBLue “Still In Love”, “Hey You”

Shinhwa “Hurts”, “Venus”

SPICA “Pain Killer”

Busker Busker “Cherry Blossom Ending”

Noh Young Ho “The Words That I Can’t”

Taw  HAHA “One Who admired my arms”

NU’EST “FACE”

Nine Muses “Ticket”

BTOB “Insane”

TONY  Smash “Get Your Swag On”

LED Apple “SADNESS”

Source : Korea.com