Every year, KPOP music is growing and becoming more impacted not just in South Korea, but all over the world. With 2011 almost coming to an end, the groups were “graded” based on their album and digital sales from January 2nd to October 1st.

– Idol groups’ impact on the music industry

Gaon Chart shared results on the digital chart of idols who have 51 songs out of the top 100.

The groups that were on the chart includes: T-ara, 2NE1, Big Bang, f(x), CNBLUE, B2ST, miss A, SECRET, SISTAR, etc.

The album chart had a stronger influence in sales with 69 albums out of the top 100 ranking from 1st to 10th all from idol groups.

When it comes to online sales (mp3) the girl groups dominated with 61%; however the boy groups dominated in offline sales (CD). With the top 10 being taken over with boy groups, aside from KARA taking 8th place, Super Junior, TVXQ, and JYJ were placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respectively on this year’s album sales.

A director who runs Gaon Charts, Choi Kang Ho stated, ‘For offline or album sales, the majority of the consumers are made up of loyal fans of idol groups rather than regular music fans… Boy groups, who have more intimate fans compared to girl groups, have been showing high album sales.”

– Girl groups to dominate the rest of the year

Top girl groups such as SNSD, Wonder Girls, T-ara, and SECRET will making their comeback, aside from SNSD, in November. They will be dominating the rest of 2011 because boy groups will be heading out to overseas to promote, leaving a wider space for girl groups to take over.

(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

(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)

(1/2/2011 ~ 10/1/2011)
1. “I Cheated”(Feat. 박봄) – 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 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

(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)