Gaon Single Chart

The Gaon Single Chart are a set national charts that ranks the best-selling songs in South Korea, provided by the Korea Music Content Industry Association. The charts are made up of charts tracking streaming content, downloads, background music, ringtones, karaoke and a combine overall singles chart, listing domestic and international sales, in weekly, monthly and year-end format. It started tracking sales on 11 April 2010.^[1] It is complied from online data provided by web-based music providers: Bugs, Dosirak, Melon, Mnet and Soribada.

History

The Gaon Chart was launched in February 2010. It was originally planned to be a bi-annual chart when the Gaon Charts launched in early 2010.^[2] Eventually, the chart covered this and was released weekly and monthly like all the other charts.^{[citation needed]}

Lists of number ones

• List of monthly number-one songs of 2009 (South Korea)
• List of number-one songs of 2010 (South Korea)
• List of number-one songs of 2011 (South Korea)

International chart

• List of number-one songs of 2011 (South Korea International)

Songs with the most weeks at number one

5 weeks

• IU - "Good Day"

4 weeks

• Miss A - "Bad Girl Good Girl"

3 weeks

• Girls' Generation - "Hoot"
• Gain & Jo Kwon - "We Fell in Love"
• Wonder Girls - "2 Different Tears"
• IU & Seulong - "Nagging"
• Davichi - "Don't Say Goodbye"

Year-end number ones

• 2010: Miss A — "Bad Girl Good Girl"^[3]

References

1. ^ "Digital Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/total/list.gaon?nationGbn=T. Retrieved November 24, 2010. 
2. ^ Han, Sang-hee (February 23, 2010). "Korea Launches First Official Music Charts Gaon". The Korea Times. The Korea Times. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/art/2010/06/201_61266.html. Retrieved November 24, 2010. 
3. ^ "2010년 디지털 종합차트 [2010 Digital Chart]" (in Korean). Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association. http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/total/2010.list.gaon. Retrieved May 1, 2011.