TWICE’s “YES or YES” repeats as our No. 1 song for the second week in a row! This song picked up another music show win in “Show Champion” last week. Overall, “YES or YES” remains strong in all chart sources and is far ahead of the competitions. Congratulations again to TWICE!

Holding on to the second spot is EXO’s former No. 1 song “Tempo.” This song is also steady on all fronts but had to settle for No. 2 again this week.

We have two new songs in the top 10 this week and they are just below the top two songs.

Moving up nine spots to No. 3 is BTOB’s “Beautiful Pain,” the title song from BTOB’s special album “HOUR MOMENT.” BTOB again shows why they are the top ballad group in Korea with this emotional ballad. The lyrics are beautiful but sad, describing the pain we feel when we realize our present moment will not return again. “Beautiful Pain” won on “Music Bank” last week.

Moving up seven spots to No. 4 is the first solo hit song from BLACKPINK’s Jennie, appropriately titled “SOLO.” It is a hip hop track with a trendy pop and electronic sound. The lyrics describe a young woman who feels more comfortable when she is single. “SOLO” won on “Inkigayo” last week and also dominated various internet charts.

Singles Music Chart - December 2018, Week 1 1 (–) YES or YES Album: TWICE 6th Mini-Album Artist/Band: TWICE Music: Amber, Love Lyrics: Shim Eun Ji Genres: Pop/Dance Chart Info 1 Previous rank 3 Number of week on chart 1 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

2 (–) Tempo Album: EXO Vol. 5 Artist/Band: EXO Music: Chammas, Kali, Jasper, Mckinnon, MZMC Lyrics: JQ, PENOMECO, Yoo Young Jin Genres: Pop/Dance Chart Info 2 Previous rank 4 Number of week on chart 1 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

3 (+9) Beautiful Pain Album: BTOB Special Album “HOUR MOMENT” Artist/Band: BTOB Music: Im Hyunsik, Eden Lyrics: Im Hyunsik, Eden, Lee Minhyuk, Peniel, Jung Ilhoon Genres: Pop Ballad Chart Info 12 Previous rank 2 Number of week on chart 3 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

4 (+7) SOLO Album: JENNIE Digital Single “SOLO” Artist/Band: Jennie Music: Teddy Lyrics: Teddy Genres: Hip-Hop Chart Info 11 Previous rank 2 Number of week on chart 4 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

5 (-2) La Vie en Rose Album: IZ*ONE 1st Mini-Album Artist/Band: IZ*ONE Music: MosPick Lyrics: MosPick Genres: Pop/Dance Chart Info 3 Previous rank 4 Number of week on chart 2 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

6 (-2) BBIBBI Album: Digital Single “BBIBBI” IU Digital Single “BBIBBI” Artist/Band: IU Music: Lee Jong Hoon Lyrics: IU Genres: R&B Chart Info 4 Previous rank 7 Number of week on chart 1 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

7 (-2) Me After You Album: Paul Kim Digital Single “Me After You” Artist/Band: Paul Kim Music: Paul Kim, Donnie J, Joseph K Lyrics: Paul Kim Genres: Pop Ballad Chart Info 5 Previous rank 4 Number of week on chart 3 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

8 (-2) Fall In Fall Album: Vibe Vol. 8 Artist/Band: Vibe Music: Ryu Jae Hyun Lyrics: Ryu Jae Hyun, Min Yeon Jae Genres: Pop Ballad Chart Info 6 Previous rank 10 Number of week on chart 3 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

9 (+1) IDOL Album: BTS Vol. 3 Repackaged Artist/Band: BTS Music: Pdogg, Supreme Boi, Hitman Bang, Tamposi, Campolo, RM Lyrics: Pdogg, Supreme Boi, Hitman Bang, Tamposi, Campolo, RM Genres: Hip-Hop Chart Info 10 Previous rank 14 Number of week on chart 1 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

10 (-1) There Has Never Been A Day I Haven’t Loved You Album: Lim Chang Jung Vol. 14 Artist/Band: Lim Chang Jung Music: Lim Chang Jung, Wild Boar, Shin Hyung Sup Lyrics: Lim Chang Jung Genres: Pop Ballad Chart Info 9 Previous rank 10 Number of week on chart 3 Peak on chart Buy Buy the single

Rank Song Artist/Band 11 (-4) 고백 (Sorry) Yang Da Il 12 (new) 봄바람 (Spring Breeze) Wanna One 13 (–) 열애중 (Love, ing) Ben 14 (-6) 멋지게 인사하는 법 (Hello Tutorial (feat. Seulgi)) Zion.T 15 (-1) 시간이 들겠지 (It Takes Time (feat. Colde)) Loco 16 (+7) 북향 (Hemi’s Room) Dynamic Duo 17 (-1) 우리 그만하자 (The Hardest Part) Roy Kim 18 (-1) 사이렌 (Siren) Sunmi 19 (-1) 뚜두뚜두 (DDU-DU DDU-DU) BLACKPINK 20 (+1) Power Up Red Velvet 21 (new) 알러뷰 (I LOVE YOU) EXID 22 (-3) 이별길 (Goodbye Road) iKON 23 (-8) Shoot Out MONSTA X 24 (new) 사랑했나봐 (Loved) Highlight 25 (-5) 내 생에 아름다운 (Beautiful Moment) K.Will 26 (-4) 헤어지는 중 (Good Bye) Punch 27 (–) 꿈처럼 내린 (Falling In Love) Davichi 28 (+1) 너는 어땠을까 (How about you) Lee Sang Gon (Noel) 29 (-4) 소년점프 (Shonen Jump (feat. Bae Gisung)) Mommy Son 30 (+3) 이별하러 가는 길 (The Way To Say Goodbye) Im Han Byul 31 (+3) Goodbye Wendy 32 (+3) IndiGO JUSTHIS, Kid Milli, NO:EL, Young B 33 (-7) 너나 해 (Egotistic) MAMAMOO 34 (-3) 하루살이 (dayfly (feat. Sulli, Rad Museum)) Dean 35 (new) My Trouble Bolbbalgan4 36 (+2) flex Giriboy, Kid Milli,NO:EL, Swings 37 (new) Learn To Love Hwang Chi Yeol 38 (new) 신용재 (Shin Yong Jae) Haeun 39 (new) Simon Says NCT 127 40 (-8) 1도 없어 (I’m So Sick) Apink 41 (new) It’s You (Feat. ZICO) Sam Kim 42 (+1) 잘 지내요 (Fine) Jung Seung Hwan 43 (-1) Good Old Days Jang Deok Cheol 44 (-7) HOME JBJ95 45 (-21) Not That Type gugudan 46 (-10) 한 (Alone) (G)I-DLE 47 (-3) Tale Melomance 48 (-18) I Am YOU Stray Kids 49 (-3) SoulMate (feat. IU) Zico 50 (-10) 셋 셀테니 (1,2,3!) Seungri

About the Soompi Music Chart

Soompi Music Chart is unlike any other music chart or television ranking. It takes into account rankings by various major music charts in Korea as well as the hottest trending artists on Soompi, making it a unique chart that reflects what’s going on in K-pop not only in Korea but around the world. Our chart is composed of the following sources:

GAON Singles+Albums+Social Chart – 25%

Various Internet Charts (Olleh, Bugs, Melon, Soribada, Genie) – 15%

Soompi Airplay – 20%

TV Music Show Charts (SBS Inkigayo, KBS Music Bank, MNet M!Countdown, MBC Music Core, MBC PLUS Show Champion) – 40%