Only one hour after G-Dragon's newest song "That XX" was released on September 1, it already ranked 1st on major music sites' real-time charts and achieved an "all-kill". (See screencaps here.) As of 12 noon today in Korea, it's still on top:
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According to Star News, this is the first time for a "voluntary" rated R song to get an all-kill on music charts.
In addition to topping domestic real-time charts, the music video for the song now has more than 1 million views on Youtube, only 12 hours after its release:
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Extra info: On YG Music's website, they placed That XX under "G-Dragon 1st Mini Album". However, no announcement has been made yet regarding the release date of the other songs from the EP.
The #1 Political Video of 2011 (not from a candidate) came from Iowa
House Democrats concerning marriage equality and a stirring speech from a
19-year-old raised by 2 mothers:
Coming in at #1 for News is aerial footage of the Japanese earthquake and the tsunami waves destroying a town:
The #1 How-To video? How to wear a scarf, of course, from Wendy's Lookbook:
The
"iPhone 5 concept" video was the #1 science/technology video, and even
though that's not what we got ultimately, it's the future:
Somehow,
a movie that ended up only doing middling box office nabbed the #1 most
watched movie trailer of the year on YouTube. It was The Immortals:
And the #1 top sports video is this amazing footage of a mountain biker getting creamed by a buck:
This inordinate amount of cuteness was uploaded on May 26 and racked up over 37 million views:
9.The Force: Volkswagon Commercial
This ad
came out during the Super Bowl, posted on February 2 and it's the
ultimate in parents making their kids feel special without them knowing
it. It amassed over 45 million views:
8. Maria Aragon - Born This Way (Cover) By Lady Gaga
This talented
girl piggybacked on a popular Lady Gaga song and rode it over 45
million views beginning February 16.. It makes one wonder with all the
legislation being thrown around in Congress if we'll see many of these
in the future:
7. The Creep (feat. Nicki Minaj & John Waters)
This video from The Lonely Island, easily the top
comedy/pop music group headlined by SNL's Andy Samberg, was released
January 29 and went over 48 million views. And it's not the only one in
the Top 10:
6. Look At Me Now - Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes (Cover by @KarminMusic)
Another cover, this one taking a Chris Brown tune, but the woman in this video can kick out some major Busta Rhymes flow and that's the amazing draw to this video uploaded April 12 and collecting over 49 million views:
5. Nyan Cat [Original]
One of the most inexplicable Internet memes of the past year, it
basically contained everything a little girl dreams about: cats, Pop
Tarts, and rainbows. Uploaded April 5 and nabbing over 53 million
views, here's the most repetitive hit of the year. Try getting that
theme song out of your head, it might require banging:
4. Talking Twin Babies - PART 2 - OFFICIAL VIDEOThis is
as basic as it gets. Baby cuteness involving gibberish and laughter.
It carries on like a real conversation, though, and that's the great
part. Uploaded February 14, this one gathered over 56 million:
3. Jack Sparrow (feat. Michael Bolton)Lonely Island's 2nd entry into the YouTube Top 10 this year features Michael Bolton in a great self-mockery/redemption kind of video. Bolton has had it hard since the days of Office Space, and this is a great nonsense musical mash-up involving an overboard love of movies. Uploaded May 7, this one got 60 million views:
2. Ultimate Dog Tease In this very
simple video (I think with little or no effects), a dog's actions and
mouth movements are used for dubbed dialogue where the owner teases him
with delicious food descriptions. Uploaded on May 1, this video grabbed 74 million views:
1. Rebecca Black - Friday - Official Music Video No video summed up ironic entertainment more than Rebecca Black's "Friday," which collected an astounding
167 million views before being taken off the site, then re-entered
three months ago and hammering home another 12 million or so. Not a
good song, but catchy, and it led to uncountable spoofs and accidental singings in the shower:
The world's largest video site, Youtube, has released a list of the top 10 K-Pop music videos for the first half of 2012 counting international and domestic (in Korea only) views.
In the first half of this year for international views, the most
popular K-Pop music videos came from Big Bang. They recorded the highest
number of hits for Fantastic Baby, Blue (2nd), Bad Boy (4th) and Monster (6th). Girls' Generation's subunit debut single, Twinkle, followed in at third.
In June, Big Bang's special edition album "STILL ALIVE" was released and their title song Monster
also ranked sixth on the global ranking. Big Bang has set a record for
having 4 music videos in the top 10 global list. Included also in the
rankings is f(X)'s Electric Shock which was released in early June, and only a month later, ranked fifth on the chart. Next are SHINee's Sherlock, the Wonder Girls' Like This, and 4Minute's Volume Up.
For the domestic views, the list is slightly different. Most domestic users during the first half of this year watched Sistar's Alone. Their sensual images and choreography received attention helping their domestic hit. Taetiseo's (Girls' Generation subunit) Twinkle, was second on the list, followed by the Wonder Girls Like This. Big Bang's Blue and Fantastic Baby ranked 4th and 5th respectively on the national chart, and f(x)'s Electric Shock followed in 6th. T-ara's Lovey Dovey was also included in the ranking, while rising group Busker Busker's Cherry Ending ranked ninth.
Google Korea's managing director Seo Hwang Guk said, "K-Pop has
already established itself as a genre worldwide that people enjoy. A
variety of K-pop and other genres are being introduced on Youtube, and
this allows for more domestic and foreign users to exchange content and
spread the influence of K-pop. This steady wave is expected to be
sustained."
