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Edward1849's Recommended Top 20 Songs Of 2011 →

Hi everyone, I am back once again to countdown my personal top 20 K-pop songs of 2011. Previously this segment was called “Staff Recommended Top 20 K-pop Songs.” Since we have a lot more staff members now and this only represents my choices, I am renaming this annual segment to “Edward1849’s Recommended Top 20 K-pop Songs.”

For those of you who are familiar with this countdown, I post backward from No. 20 to No. 1 to literally fulfill the countdown status and to increase suspense when you read on. For song selections, I usually go for my favorite ballad and rock genres but you will find a mixture of different genres throughout the countdown.

I feel that 2011 is a bit of an improvement from 2010 in terms of song quality. I had considered over 40 songs for this list before narrowing it down to 20. Still, it pales when compared to a few years ago. There are too many singers now, which mean a lot more songs to listen to. Even though my top 20 is not based on a song’s popularity, I have less time than before to listen to each song carefully before forming an opinion. While I probably missed some great songs, I am still quite satisfied on the 20 that I have selected for this year.

As usual, there will be a lot of songs on my list that you probably have not listened to. Some of those had appeared as the featured bonus track on the weekly music chart post. My goal is to introduce some of these underrated songs to you. You may not see a lot of idol singers on my list, but as the countdown moves closer to the top, more familiar names will appear. Let’s begin!

20. 4minute – Heart To Heart

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Genre: Pop/Dance
Album: 4minute Vol. 1
Watch: MV

Comment: We started out with a song that many people are familiar with and is one of my favorite up-tempo songs in 2011 from a girl group. While the group opted for the more fierce, sexy “Mirror Mirror” to promote, and they received both success and criticism. “Heart To Heart” is a much safer pick with catchy melody. This song actually fared better on internet charts than “Mirror Mirror”. When 4minute went to Japan to promote their album later in the year, they chose “Heart To Heart” as the title song. One of the 4minute members will appear two more times later in the countdown. You probably already have an idea which member I am talking about.

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How Stars are Reacting to the Death of North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il →

Along with the rest of the world, celebrities are reacting to the death of former North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il. They expressed curiosity on how things will turn out in the future in terms of politics for not only North Korea but for South Korea as well.

Here are a some tweets by Yoon Do Hyun, Super Junior’s Choi Siwon, 2PM’s Ok Taecyeon, Brian Joo, Simon D, Defconn, Daniel Henney and more:

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Current stars who are active in the military right now are Hyun Bin, Rain, Wheesung, Jung Tae Woo, Lim Joo Hwan, T-Max’s Kim Jun, Paran’s Ryan and more. None of these celebrities are currently assigned to a front-line combat sector.

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Soompi Gayo Awards [Revisited] - Top 10 K-Pop Songs of 2007

In celebrating our sixth year of the annual Soompi Gayo Awards, we are looking back the past top 10 songs from each year. With K-Pop growing in popularity around the world and evolving every year, it is nice to see what kinds of trends brought us to where we are today.

Our year end awards use the results from our weekly Soompi Music Charts. They take into account sales, air plays and many other factors to give an accurate look at how popular a song really is.

2007 was the beginning of the “Idol Revolution” as various groups became more popular and took stronger positions on charts. Both Big Bang and Wonder Girls had a breakout year, and fought a very close battle for the top song of the year. For the previous two years, ballad songs had taken the #1 spot. There were still a few ballads within this year’s Top 10.

If you want to learn more about the singers and see more background info about their song on the chart, check out the original news post from 2007 and the nominees topic. In the news post, you can see what the top 50 songs of 2007 were.

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Also be sure to look at  [Soompi Gayo Awards 2005] and  [Soompi Gayo Awards 2006]

Brown Eyed Girls’ “Sixth Sense” takes #1 for a third week in a row! Will they be able to hold on for another week? Wheesung’s “They Are Coming” is at #2 this week and only came 33 points short of the top spot.

Six new songs get into the top-10 this week. Check out the full countdown article to see more in depth information such as new songs, chart movements and their actual scores.

[00:00] 001 Brown Eyed Girls - Sixth Sense
[00:34] 002 Wheesung - Here They Come
[01:06] 003 FT Island - Like The Birds
[01:36] 004 Infinite - Paradise
[02:14] 005 Orange Caramel - Shanghai Romance
[02:44] 006 Kim Hyun Joong (SS501) - Lucky Guy
[03:14] 007 Secret - Love Move
[03:44] 008 Huh Gak - Hello
[04:14] 009 Simon D - Cheerz
[04:47] 010 Lee Seung Ki - Dating Generation
[05:17] 011 SNSD - The Boys(English ver )
[05:47] 012 Kara - Step
[06:17] 013 Jung Yup - Cry
[06:47] 014 Davichi - Don’t Say Goodbye
[07:24] 015 Tablo - Airbag (feat. NaUl)
[08:00] 016 Clover - Oppa I Know
[08:30] 017 Ali - How Can There Be Such A Thing
[09:00] 018 Boy Friend - Don’t Touch My Girl
[09:30] 019 Sung Shi Kyung - I Like
[10:00] 020 Baek Ji Young - Hurts Here
[10:30] 021 Kim Kyu Jong - Yesterday
[11:06] 022 Zi-A - The Way I Am (Feat. Ha Dong Kyun)
[11:36] 023 Hyo Rin (Sistar) - To Me It’s You
[12:06] 024 Super Junior - A-Cha
[12:36] 025 Kan Mi Yeon - Not Meeting
[13:14] 026 B1A4 - Beautiful Target
[13:44] 027 JJ - Must Be A Fool Part 2 (feat. Mighty Mouth)
[14:14] 028 Lee Hae Ri (Davichi) - The Person I Love
[14:44] 029 Lee Young Hyun (Big Mama) - Write Love And Call It Pain
[15:14] 030 Kim Gun Mo - Today That Is Sadder than Yesterday
[15:44] 031 Maybee - Goodbye Valentine
[16:14] 032 Park Ji Hun - Only You (feat. Ji Young Sun)
[16:44] 033 Sistar - So Cool
[17:14] 034 Suh Young Eun - Because That’s You
[17:52] 035 Kim Jang Hoon - Breakup Is So Like Me
[18:24] 036 Alex, Horan - Flower Is Blooming
[18:54] 037 Oh Yoon Hye - One Person
[19:25] 038 Lee Ssang - Turn Off The TV
[20:00] 039 Verbal Jint - You Look Happy (feat. Black Skirts)
[20:30] 040 YB - Find The Culprit Who Stole The Dream
[21:00] 041 T-ara - Roly-Poly
[21:31] 042 U-Kiss - Neverland
[22:01] 043 AB Avenue - Bye Bye
[22:33] 044 Monday Kiz - To The Next Person
[23:03] 045 2Boram - 2love
[23:40] 046 Cho PD - Family Man
[24:10] 047 Ibadi - Father And The Girl
[24:40] 048 Cream (M.I.B) - Do U Like Me
[25:10] 049 BNR - Learned Love Through Writing (feat. Lyn, Verbal Jint)
[25:40] 050 G.Na - Top Girl