Report Cards for idol groups revealed, which groups have been dominating this year?

Much like last year, thus far in 2011, the Korean music industry has been dominated by idols. With top idol groups promoting overseas as part of the Hallyu wave, their influence has spread beyond Asia into Europe and South America as well.

With that said, the “report cards” (aka the album and digital sales) of boy groups and girl groups for this year were compared.

–> Idol groups’ impact on the music industry

According to the results of Gaon Chart this year (from January 2nd to October 1st), idols have placed 51 songs out of the top 100 songs on the digital chart.

The idols that make up the top ranks include Hallyu’s top idol groups: T-ara, 2NE1, Big Bang, f(x), CNBLUE, B2ST, miss A, SECRET, SISTAR, etc.

When the album chart was reviewed, it was clear that idols had a stronger influence on album sales than in digital sales. For the album charts from the same period, idol groups had 69 albums out of the top 100, and the entire top 10 (from 1st to 10th) were all albums belonging to idol groups.

<Idols vs Non-idols Digital Market Share>

(Survey period: 1/2/2011 ~ 10/1/20112011, Digital Chart Top 100)

Idols: 56% (11,079,642,386 Gaon points)
Non-idols: 44% (8,750,954,178 Gaon points)

※Gaon points: streaming + MP3 download + BGM sales + mobile sales

<Idols vs Non-idols Album Market Share>

(Survey period: 1/2/2011 ~ 10/1/20112011, Album Chart Top 100)

Idols: 81% (3,063,899 copies sold)

Non-idols: 19% (707,498 copies sold)

<2011 Digital Sales Ranking>(1/2/2011 ~ 10/1/2011)

1. “I Cheated”(Feat. Park Bom) – Infinity Challenge GG (G-Dragon & Park Myung Soo)

2. “Please” – Kyung Yeon 2. “Singing Each Others’ Songs” – Kim Bum Soo

3. “Roly Poly” – T-ara

4. “Don’t Cry” – Park Bom

5. “Pinocchio (Danger)” – f(x)

6. “Lonely” – 2NE1

7. “Tonight” – Big Bang

8. “The Story Only I Didn’t Know” – IU

9. “I am The Best” – 2NE1

10. “Intuition” – CNBLUE

11. “Rainy Days” – B2ST

12. “My Heart is Beating” – K.Will

13. “Ma Boy” SISTAR

14. “Starlight Moonlight” – SECRET

15. “Good Bye Baby” – miss A

<2011 Album Sales Ranking>(1/2/2011 ~ 10/1/2011)

1. ‘Mr. Simple’ – Super Junior

2. ‘Keep Your Head Down’ – TVXQ

3. ‘In Heaven’ – JYJ

4. ‘Big Bang 4th Mini Album’ – Big Bang

5. ‘Fiction And Fact’ – B2ST

6. ‘Break Down (EP)’ – Kim Hyun Joong

7. ‘First Step’ – CNBLUE

8. ‘STEP’ – KARA

9. ‘Mr. Simple The 5th Album Repackage (A-Cha)’ – Super Junior

10. ‘Hands Up’ – 2PM

11. ‘Big Bang Special Edition’ – Big Bang

12. ’2NE1 2nd Mini Album’ – 2NE1

13. ‘Infinity Challenge West Coast Highway’ – Various Artists

14. ‘Take A Deeper Look (EP)’ – Jay Park

15. ‘Pinocchio’ – f(x)

Source + Photo: Herald Biz via Naver 

Credits: Allkpop