I did a search in the data published by Gallup Korea to see which songs were the most popular each year and found some surprises. This is the top 5 songs with the highest % of votes from 2007 to 2019 (each representing the amount of people that considered such song as the most popular of the year): *"Tell me" (2007) by Wonder Girls - 33.9 % *"Gangnam Style" (2014) by PSY - 30.7 % [Kinda surprised this not had the most share of votes; this shows how dominant "Tell me" really was]. *"Lies" (2007) by Big Bang - 17.2 % [Another song from 2007, it only got the second place in it's year of publication but it's the top 3 song with most share votes surpassing by a lot most of the other songs that were the most popular in it's year] *"Gee' by SNSD - 15% [As a SONE I thought Gee was bigger] *"Bounce" by Cho Yong Pil - 13.6 % [I have never heard of this man nor his song] The former paragraph compares the songs with the highest share of votes during the period, independently of the year of the poll Gallup poll could reflect a bit better the opinion of the Korean population because Fandoms cannot disproportionately manipulate this data as they do with streams and awards. Although it's probably not perfectly objective. I don't know exactly what question was asked in the interviews but some people probably answered which was their favorite song rather than the most popular; anyways I think is useful enough. Big missings from the list, I found that 2ne1 neither Twice, neither T-ara had ever the most popular song of the year (kinda surprised as a Once). Red flavor by Red Velvet, Cheer Up by Twice, Bar Bar Bar by Crayone Pop, Growl by Exo, Some by So you (sistar) were not, in fact, the most popular song in their realese year according to Gallup. I stay corrected as I thought these songs were more popular. Also happen to I am the Best by 2ne1 that is not even in the top 5 songs of it's year. And Sorry, sorry by Super Junior is just the number five song in 2009 (Even Genie by SNSD was more popular, the second SNSD song in the top 5). However, It seems, Idols in general were really popular during these years, as more years than not, the most popular song was by an Idol. Wonder Girls, SNSD, and IU were the only ones with a number one song in two years or more during the analyzed period. IU is the only one to do it in not consecutive years. Twice, BTS, SNSD and IU had more than one song in the top 5 in the same year. Of this group, Twice is the only one without a number one song in any year, because Boy With Luv by BTS was the number one in 2019. DDD by Black Pink is their only song in the top 5 of any year analyzed (it was the top song in 2018), surprising as I thought their debut songs were very impactful in 2015. This come to mind that Gallup list is not a perfect example of the most impactful songs. There's other stuff that should be considered to name a song as the most popular or more impactful, but it's very difficult to take into account with cuantitative analysis all variables and we will need a cualitative approach for other analysis more complete. For example, Some by SoYou introduced a brand new slang term to the Korean vocabulary, and Gee singlehandedly made every young person in Korea to dress with colorful jeans during 2009. What can be more culturally impactful than that? There's to be considered longevity as well, as some songs that were not even voted in the top five in their year of release are still making wave today and still seems to be very much loved by the Korean GP. For instance, I am the best seems today more popular than Gee according to current streams (although from different years) Also, for instance Spring Day by BTS was not in the top five songs in it's year of release. Maybe it has gained massive popularity after it or there's possibility it's streams every march are mostly fan driven? This list does not consider impact outside of Korea as well. Hence Gangnam Style being just as impactful/popular than Tell Me in this analysis. The poll was exclusive for Korean residents. And I cannot address how realible it's the poster although sample size seem acceptable. Also, there are idols that were considered the most popular singer of the year without having the most popular song: BTS, SNSD, IU achieved this. Other things to consider is that according to the data from 2020 onwards, young people vote differently to older people (water is wet). This means it's possible that a song had a big cultural impact in an age range and was completely ignored by most of the population. This is my guess to what happened to Growl and other songs, popular among teenagers only. Sadly I don't have that kind of data segregation for the years analyzed (2007-2019). But it's a nice reminder that Koreans are in fact not a hive mind as some Koreaboos like to think. Trends can seem more prominent than they are when you are observing from the other side of the wolrd getting your information through eco chambers. Remember that. The data in the source from 2020 onwards changed the methodology of publication and the data seems no comparable with the years before, but I can guess no idol has won the most popular song in the total population group from 2020 onwards. A harsh contrast with the 15 years before that, when Idols were dominat. This post is manly a self check I am doing after saying something stupid about Cheer Up popularity the other day in the subreddit. I did research and stand corrected, based on data. I wanted to share my results, since I know Kpop fans are very data driven like me, so I will enjoy reading your insights as well, Source: https://www.allkpop.com/article/2024/12/gallup-korea-poll-data-reveals-the-most-popular-singers-and-songs-of-2024 submitted by /u/taeyang31 [link] [comments]
