2010’s half year top 50 songs wrap-up

Melon.com has ranked the top 50 songs of the first half 0f 2010 (January 2010 – June 2010). They ranked the songs based on the amount times the song is streamed (40%) and downloaded (60%). In order to avoid biases based on repeat streaming, for each user, they only counted the first stream of a certain song each day.

The Top 50 songs for the first half of 2010 were as follows:

Won’t Let You Go Even if I Die – 2AM
Unable – 4Men
Oh! – SNSD
I Go Crazy Because of You – T-ara
Lupin – KARA
I’m a Loner – CNBLUE
Love Taught Me To Drink (ft. Baek Chan of 8eight) – Lee Seung Gi
Change (ft. Junhyung of BEAST) – HyunA
Run Devil Run – SNSD
We Fell in Love – Jo Kwon & Ga-In
Bang! – After School
Bubble Love – MC Mong & Seo In Young
I Did Wrong – 2AM
Wonder Woman – SeeYa, Davichi & T-ara
Love Song – Rain
Shock – BEAST
Like the First Time – T-ara
Honesty – December
I’m Sorry I Can’t Smile For You – 2AM
Magic – Secret
It Hurts Because Its Love – Min Kyung Hoon
Because of You – After School
Time, Please Stop – Davichi
Bo Peep Bo Peep – T-ara
Living in the Heart (ft. Narsha of Brown Eyed Girls) – Untouchable
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (ft. Ceejay Of Freshboyz) – Lee Hyori
2 Different Tears – Wonder Girls
Confession – Hot Potato
Have a Drink – ZiA
Scattered – Monday Kiz
Gift (ft. Eun Ji Won) – K.Will
Without You – 2PM
Sunflower (ft. Sunny Side MJ) – Gavy NJ
NU ABO – f(x)
I’ll Move – Brown Eyed Soul
Acquaintance - Outsider
Broke Up Today – Younha
It Has To Be You – Yesung
What a Spiteful Word (ft. Jangyup of Brown Eyed Soul) – Seo Young Eun
Will Love Come – Mighty Mouth & Baek Ji Young
Mystery – BEAST
Love U – Seo In Gook
Follow Me – 2NE1
Stigma – Yim Jae Beom
Like the Beginning, Like Then (ft. Kang Min Kyung of Davichi) – Lee Seung Gi
Hip Song – Rain
Tik Tok – 2PM
Heartbeat – 2PM
HUH – 4minute
Come Back – Vibe


Top 3 Composers each with 5 songs on the top 50 chart were:

Bang Shi Hyuk (aka Hitman Bang) wrote Won’t Let You Go Even if I Die (2AM, 1st), Love Taught Me To Drink (Lee Seung Gi, 7th), I Did Wrong (2AM, 13th), Like the First Time (T-ara, 17th), and collaborated with Kim Tae Yoon for Time, Please Stop (Davichi, 23rd).

Cho Young Soo wrote Bubble Love (MC Mong, 12th), Wonder Woman (SeeYa, Davichi, T-ara, 14th), It Hurts Because Its Love (Min Kyung Hoon, 21st), and collaborated with Kim Tae Hyun to write I Go Crazy Because of You (T-ara, 4th) and Because of You (After School, 22nd).

Lee Sang Ho collaborated for all 5 songs. He collaborated with Kang Ji Won for Mystery (BEAST, 41st) and Living in the Heart (Untouchable, 25th), with Shin Sa Dong Tiger for Shock (BEAST, 16th), and with Kim Do Hoon for I’m a Loner (CNBLUE, 6th) and Like the Beginning, Like Then (Lee Seung Gi, 45th).

Idols Conquest

Idol groups are dominating the charts with a total of 39 artists (and groups) have claimed the top 50 songs on the 2010 half year chart. Of these 50 songs, 26 songs were sung by idol groups (including solo activities). The popularity of these idol groups are quite significant. For instance, 8 of the top 10 songs were sung by idols.

Multi Hit Artists

The top 50 songs came from a total of 47 different singles and albums by 39 artists and groups. There were a handful of artists that had multiple hits on the charts. 2AM, 2PM, and T-ara each claimed 3 songs on the top 50 charts. In particular, 2AM’s songs all placed in the top 20 of the chart. Following these groups were SNSD, After School, BEAST, Lee Seung Gi, and Rain, each with 2 songs in the top 50. Notably, SNSD’s Oh! and Run Devil Run both placed in the top 10.

Credit : Allkpop.