gaon releases their end of the year charts for 2015!
gaon has (finally) released their official end of the year charts for 2015. i decided to just compile the main digital chart (along with the album / physical) chart below because it'd take a loooot of space up to add in the digital, download and streaming charts. if you're interested in the exact number of download / streaming numbers a certain song received just click on the sourced pages below and it should take you directly to what you're looking for! the only other chart released for the year was the background music chart so there's that if you're interested! it's very text heavy behind the cut! (and if there's any mistakes or awkward coding just mention it and i'll try to edit, lmao. the same goes with anyone that i may have missed tagging!).
#1
Bang Bang Bang
Big Bang
#1 dl / #1 s
#2
LOSER
Big Bang
#3 dl / #7 s
#3
같은 시간 속의 너
Naul
#2 dl / #2 s
#4
BAE BAE
Big Bang
#7 dl / #6 s
#5
Eat
Zion.T
#5 dl / #4 s
#6
이럴거면 그러지말지 (feat. Young K)
Baek Ah Yeon
#6 dl / #3 s
#7
Call Me Baby
EXO
#46 dl / #23 s
#8
위잉위잉
hyukoh
#4 dl / #5 s
#9
Sugar
Maroon 5
#12 dl / #8 s
#10
레옹
IU / Park Myung Soo
#9 dl / #13 s
#11
다른 남자 말고 너
miss A
#20 dl / #18 s
#12
Shake It
SISTAR
#13 dl / #14 s
#13
양화대교
Zion.T
#8 dl / #9 s
#14
우연히 봄
Loco / Yuju
#15 dl / #12 s
#15
마음
IU
#10 dl / #21 s
#16
그냥 (Just)
Crush / Zion.T
#14 dl / #10 s
#17
와리가리
hyukoh
#11 d / #16 s
#18
또 다시 사랑
Im Chang Jung
#16 dl / #17 s
#19
심쿵해 (Heart Attack)
AOA
#18 dl / #15 s
#20
Puss (Prod.by 라이머)
Jimin / Iron
#39 dl / #19 s
#21
두사랑 (feat. Mad Clown)
Davichi
#26 dl / #24 s
#22
Me You (feat. Baek Yerin)
San E
#23 dl / #25 s
#23
어머님이 누구니 (feat. Jessi)
JYP
#28 dl / #28 s
#24
아예 (Ah Yeah)
EXID
#29 dl / #30 s
#25
Uptown Funk (Feat. Bruno Mars)
Mark Ronson
#19 dl / #22 s
#26
사월의 눈
Huh Gak
#32 dl / #31 s
#27
음오아예 (Um Oh Ah Yeh)
Mamamoo
#17 dl / #29 s
#28
위아래 (Up & Down)
EXID
#43 dl / #11 s
#29
IF YOU
Big Bang
#24 dl / #39 s
#30
겁 (feat. Taeyang)
Song Mino (of WINNER)
#31 dl / #26 s
#31
I'm Not the Only One
Sam Smith
#25 dl / #20 s
#32
맙소사
G-Dragon / Taeyang + Kwanghee
#22 dl / #40 s
#33
우리 사랑하지 말아요
Big Bang
#27 dl / #42 s
#34
목소리
Noel
#30 dl / #27 s
#35
화 (feat. Jinsil of Mad Soul Child)
Mad Clown
#26 dl / #33 s
#36
그 남잔 말야
MC THE MAX
#42 dl / #34 s
#37
My Type
IKON
#36 dl / #36 s
#38
오늘부터 우리는 (Me Gustas Tu)
G-FRIEND
#35 dl / #35 s
#39
I (feat. Verbal Jint)
Taeyeon
#33 dl / #46 s
#40
Love Me Right
EXO
#37 dl / #67 s
#41
View
SHINee
#78 dl / #65 s
#42
Sober
Big Bang
#36 dl / #57 s
#43
WE LIKE 2 PARTY
Big Bang
#41 dl / #55s
#44
Lion Heart
Girls' Generation
#50 dl / #53 s
#45
Lost Stars
Adam Levine
#44 dl / #32 s
#46
Ice Cream Cake
Red Velvet
#52 dl / #61 s
#47
또 운다 또
Davichi
#40 dl / #47 s
#48
사랑 범벅 (feat. Chancellors of the Channels)
MC MONG
#62 dl / #51 s
#49
스폰서 ($ponsor)
Haha / Zion.T
#37 dl / #66 s
#50
바람이나 좀 쐐 (Feat. MIWOO)
Gary
#38 dl / #48 s
#51
거북선
Andup / Ja Mezz / Song Mino
#44 dl / #45 s
#52
Remember
A Pink
#45 dl / #64 s
#53
오빠차
Incredible / Jinusean / Tablo
#55 dl / #49 s
#54
My Type (Prod. by 버벌진트)
Cheetah / Jessi / Kangnam
#68 dl / #52 s
#55
어깨
Kwon Jeong Yeol / Soyou
#45 dl / #59 s
#56
야생화
Park Hyo Shin
#51 dl / #38 s
#57
Oasis (feat. ZICO)
Crush
#57 dl / #58 s
#58
Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea)
Ariana Grande
#60 dl / #41 s
#59
PARTY
Girls' Generation
#58 dl / #70 s
#60
스물셋
IU
#47 dl / #71 s
#61
멋진헛간
hyukoh / Jung Hyung Don
#48 dl / #88 s
#62
시작이 좋아 2015 (Prod. By 버벌진트)
Jimin / Seulong
#76 dl / #68 s
#63
소녀
Oh Hyuk
#59 dl / #85 s
#64
연예할래
Park Bo Ram
#75 dl / #73 s
#65
환청 (feat. NaShow)
Jang Jae In
#74 dl / #69 s
#66
Zutter (GD&TOP)
Big Bang
#63 dl / #78 s
#67
광화문에서 (At Gwanghwamun)
Kyuhyun
#80 dl / #44 s
#68
너의 의미 (feat. Kim Chang Wan)
IU
#54 dl / #60 s
#69
LUV
A Pink
#89 dl / #43 s
#70
금요일에 만나요 (feat. Yijeong)
IU
#53 dl / #50 s
#71
아무도 모르게 (Prod. by MC몽)
Ailee / Cheetah
#83 dl / #74 s
#72
No Make Up
Zion.T
#61 dl / #72 s
#73
팔베개 (Pillow) (feat. Kihyun)
Giriboy / Soyou
#71 dl / #67 s
#74
한번 더 말해줘 (feat. Jang Hanna)
Jinusean
#88 dl / #86 s
#75
Ring My Bell
Girl's Day
#69 dl / #87 s
#76
I'm So Sexy
JYP / Yoo Jae Suk
#56 dl
#77
Dumb Dumb
Red Velvet
#67 dl / #75 s
#78
사이먼 도미닉
Simon Dominic
#66 dl / #77 s
#79
I Feel You
Wonder Girls
#72 dl / #89 s
#80
꽃이 핀다
K.Will
#81 dl / #93 s
#81
바람기억
Naul
#70 dl / #83 s
#82
사랑에 빠지고 싶다
Jung Seung Hwan
#99 dl / #56 s
#83
바라보기
MC THE MAX
#63 s
#84
가슴 뛰도록
SG Wannabe
#73 dl
#85
새벽 가로수길 (with Song Yoo Bin)
Baek Ji Young
#87 dl / #96
#86
걱정말아요 그대
Lee Juck
#77 dl
#87
품행제로
Bastarz
n/a
#88
슬픔 속에 그댈 지워야만 해
Jung Seung Hwan / Park Yoon Ha
#84 dl / #84 s
#89
사뿐사뿐 (Like a Cat)
AOA
#54 s
#90
I NEED U
Bangtan Boys
n/a
#91
사랑의 시작은 고백에서부터
Kim Bum Soo
#94 dl / #100 s
#92
GOOD BOY
GD x Taeyang
#96 dl / #62 s
#93
보통연애 (feat. Park Bo Ram)
Park Kyung
#79 dl / #82 s
#94
Crazy
4Minute
#90 dl
#95
유리구슬 (Glass Bead)
G-FRIEND
#85 dl / #97 dl
#96
Okey Dokey
Song Mino / ZICO
#93 dl / #76 s
#97
Boys And Girls (Feat. Babylon)
ZICO
#82 dl / #92 s
#98
Apple (feat. Jay Park)
Ga In
n/a
#99
벚꽃 엔딩 (Cherry Blossom Ending)
Busker Busker
#95 dl / #90 s
#100
슈퍼스타 (Prod. by D.O)
Kisum / San E / Tae Wan
#98 s
when you remove the western artists from the overall chart (so, when you're checking the domestic chart instead of that one) most of the korean acts have moved up at least one spot on the chart. the removal also opens a handful of spots for songs that hadn't made the charts otherwise. five spots on the download chart and six on the streaming. those songs were:
★ download: high4 / iu's "not spring, love or cherry blossoms", lim kim / yoo jae hwan's "coffee", ga in's "apple (feat. jay park)", kim yeon woo's "the more i love" and bts' "i need u".
★ streaming: 4minute's "crazy", sg wannabe's "love you", jyp / yoo jae suk's "i'm so sexy", jay park's "mommae (feat. ugly duck)", bastarz's "zero for conduct" and 15&'s "love is madness (feat. kanto)".
observations
★ as per usual, girl groups dominate over boy groups on all of the charts! though i won't list them all off, some groups that had more than one entry on the charts include: a pink, aoa, exid, g-friend, girls' generation, and red velvet who all had two entries a piece.
★ the only boy groups to make all three (digital / download / streaming) charts are: big bang, exo, ikon and shinee. on the side of this, bastarz and bts each made one.
★ ga in, iu, kyuhyun, taeyeon and zico are the only idol soloists to make any of the charts.
★ bastarz, gd x taeyang and jinusean are the only idol duos / subunits to make any of the charts.
★ the only rookie (ie: debuted in 2015) groups to make the chart are: g-friend and ikon.
★ focusing on the digital chart: big bang has the most entries as a full group with seven. (if you include gd&top it'd be eight.) iu has the most entries as a solo artist with four, with zion.t following after her with three. (this isn't including collaborations, osts, ect. for either.) hyukoh has the most entires as a band with two.
★ western artists that made the digital chart include: adam levine, ariana grande, mark ronson, maroon 5 and sam smith.
★ big bang is the best selling male group and group overall of the year digitally. the top five is made up, roughly, of: big bang, hyukoh, exo, iu and either zion.t or davichi. it depends on who you're asking. following big bang, as seen already, exo is the second best selling boy group digitally, then ikon and shinee, respectively. snsd is the best selling girl group digitally, followed by exid, red velvet and aoa. iu is the best selling female solo artist / zion.t the best selling male artist digitally, and hyukoh the best selling band.
★ there were a lot of songs from competition shows and osts that made the digital chart this year. for competition shows: five from infinite challenge, three from show me the money, five from unpretty rapstar, and two from k-pop star. for osts: there were seven altogether from varying dramas.
★ songs that made it onto the digital chart that were released before 2015 include: mark ronson's "uptown funk (feat. bruno mars)", exid's "위아래 (up & down)", sam smith's "i'm not the only one", ariana grande's "problem (feat. iggy azalea)", kyuhyun's "광화문에서 (at gwanghwamun)", iu's "너의 의미 (feat. kim chang wan)", naul's "바람기억", mc the max's "바라보기", aoa's "like a cat", gd x taeyang's "good boy" and zion.t's "양화대교" which were all released in 2014. iu's "금요일에 만나요 (feat. yijeong)" which was released in 2013, and busker busker's "cherry blossom ending" which was released in 2012
#1
EXODUS (Korean Ver.)
EXO
478,856
#2
Sing For You (Korean Ver.)
EXO
318,698
#3
Love Me Right (Korean Ver.)
EXO
299,623
#4
EXODUS (Chinese Ver.)
EXO
281,320
#5
화양연화 pt.2
Bangtan Boys
274,135
#6
화양연화 pt.1
Bangtan Boys
203,664
#7
Sing For You (Chinese Ver.)
EXO
176,239
#8
Odd
SHINee
172,999
#9
DEVIL
Super Junior
167,742
#10
RISE AS GOD
TVXQ!
151,625
#11
Love Me Right (Chinese Ver.)
EXO
151,438
#12
Reality
INFINITE
148,812
#13
Lion Heart
Girls' Generation
145,044
#14
M
Big Bang
134,296
#15
Boys' Be
SEVENTEEN
122,784
#16
I
Taeyeon
119,576
#17
어느 멋진 날
Jung Yonghwa
115,203
#18
Chained Up
VIXX
114,326
#19
E
Big Bang
105,287
#20
MATRIX
B.A.P
98,276
#21
Boys' Record
VIXX
97,649
#22
A
Big Bang
97,390
#23
MAGIC
Super Junior
94,983
#24
MAD
GOT7
91,119
#25
Just Right
GOT7
90,539
#26
D
Big Bang
88,131
#27
Ordinary
B2ST
87,524
#28
Married to the Music
SHINee
87,280
#29
Pink MEMORY
A Pink
84,772
#30
2gether
CNBLUE
82,748
#31
2015 쇼팽 콩쿠르 우승 실황앨범
Cho Seong Jin
80,636
#32
PARTY
Girls' Generation
76,385
#33
4 Walls
f(x)
75,625
#34
27
Sunggyu
75,001
#35
BASE
Jonghyun
72,161
#36
The Beat Goes On
D&E
70,876
#37
Beautiful Liar
VIXX-LR
68,437
#38
Flower
Xia Junsu
67,871
#39
Sweet Girl
B1A4
65,626
#40
Welcome Back (half)
IKON
65,171
#41
NO.5
2PM
62,618
#42
Dear Santa
TTS
60,456
#43
꼭 어제
Xia Junsu
58,870
#44
WE
Shinhwa
57,808
#45
NATURAL BORN TEEN TOP
Teen Top
56,940
#46
Rush
MONSTA X
54,637
#47
17 CARAT
SEVENTEEN
52,738
#48
Welcome Back (full)
IKON
52,312
#49
THE STORY BEGINS
Twice
49,904
#50
Ice Cream Cake
Red Velvet
48,815
#51
I Will
FT ISLAND
47,767
#52
Complete
BTOB
47,638
#53
The Red
Red Velvet
46,571
#54
I Mean
BTOB
46,144
#55
Fall, Once Again
Kyuhyun
45,387
#56
CHAT-SHIRE
IU
43,184
#57
Heart Attack
AOA
42,164
#58
Fly Again
INFINITE-H
41,888
#59
FM302
Hongki
36,925
#60
The Beat Goes On (Special Ed.)
D&E
36,698
#61
Zero for Conduct
BASTARZ
33,137
#62
WORLDWIDE
Jay Park
32,776
#63
Trespass
MONSTA X
31,085
#64
LOVE
Girl's Day
30,212
#65
Skool Luv Affair
Bangtan Boys
27,954
#66
Gallery
ZICO
26,221
#67
I Wish
M&D
26,168
#68
Dark & Wild
Bangtan Boys
26,147
#69
Story. Op.1
Jonghyun
24,264
#70
MAD (Winter Ed.)
GOT7
24,119
#71
XOXO (Kiss Ver.)
EXO
24,062
#72
oNIELy
Niel
23,757
#73
Crazy
4Minute
22,102
#74
So Good
T-ARA
20,695
#75
MY
Hyunseung
19,872
#76
Lovelyz8
Lovelyz
19,850
#77
Boyfriend in Wonderland
Boyfriend
19,789
#78
AH YEAH
EXID
19,534
#79
Shake It
SISTAR
19,396
#80
그리고...
Lee Seung Gi
18,428
#81
Pink LUV
A Pink
18,212
#82
#Real#
Jun Jin
17,842
#83
The Anecdote
E Sens
17,775
#84
BRAVO!
UP10TION
17,536
#85
Best of ...
Kim Kwang Seok
17,449
#86
C'est Si Bon OST
Various Artists
17,331
#87
O! RUL8 ,2?
Bangtan Boys
16,621
#88
25
Adele
16,549
#89
Top Secret
UP10TION
16,249
#90
Hi~
Lovelyz
16,079
#91
I Am a Woman Too
Minah
15,471
#92
Beautiful
Amber
15,099
#93
Overdose (Korean Ver.)
EXO
15,045
#94
시간 참 빠르다
Lee Seung Chul
14,916
#95
MAMA (Korean Ver.)
EXO
14,633
#96
2 Cool 4 Skool
Bangtan Boys
14,501
#97
Identify
GOT7
14,406
#98
FANTASIA
Hyosung
13,376
#99
I am... & I am
Shin Seung Hun
13,335
#100
In Love
KARA
13,220
observations
★ when looking at the domestic, and not overall, chart, four additional albums crept their way into the chart: the korean ver. of exo's miracles in december, infinite's concert album: one great step returns - live, boa's kiss my lips, and g-friend's flower bud.
★ exo has the most entries on the chart with twelve. this includes both "old" and "new" releases. following them is: bts with six (both old and new), big bang with four and got7 with three. besides this there's multiple artists to have two entries on the chart, including: ikon, seventeen, shinee (four if you count jonghyun's solo releases), super junior (six if you count solos / subunits), ect.
★ a pink, girls' generation, lovelyz and red velvet are tied for the girls groups with the most entries on the chart with two a piece each.
★ the only idol subunits to make the chart are bastarz, infinite-h and vixx-lr.
★ taeyeon has the highest charting position for both a female soloist and soloist in general. yonghwa has the highest for a male. jonghyun and xia junsu have the most entries on the chart for a soloist with two a piece.
★ seventeen is the highest selling rookie artist of the year, breaking 175k in sales, followed by ikon and monsta x. twice is the highest selling female rookie of the year, followed by lovelyz.
★ bts is the only non-sm artist to break 200k in sales on the chart this year. cho yong pil was the last non-sm artist to do so in 2013 with 250k sold. (the only other artists to do this in general since the start of the gaon chart in 2010 are: big bang, g-dragon and jyj.)
★ with just over 478k in sales for the korean ver. of exodus, exo is now has the highest selling physical album in gaon history. (like said above: the chart opened only in 2015 and hanteo's sales numbers used to be wild pre-2010, but that's irrelevant for this chart.) girls' generation previously had previously held the spot for four straight years with 460k copies sold of their the boys album in 2011.
source: gaon [album / digital / download / streaming]