Which Girl Band Will Rule the Charts in 2011?

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

The year 2010 was the year of girl groups, with over 50 of the manufactured combos including Girls' Generation, Kara, 2NE1, and Wonder Girls competing for the top position. The trend is likely to continue and even intensify in the new year with many new groups such as Dalshabet and 5Dolls waiting in the wings.

The Chosun Ilbo selected 13 girl groups based on music portal Bugs' and KBS2 Music Bank's annual top charts at the end of last year, and analyzed their star power in five categories -- stage presence, fan loyalty, capability of each member, power of management, and performance in 2010 -- to predict what the year 2011 will be like for them. The result showed four strong powerhouses, five in the middle, and four at the weaker end.


◆ The Strong Four -- Girls' Generation, 2NE1, Miss A, Kara









Girls' Generation are the dominant No. 1. They had a series of hit songs last year such as "Run Devil Run," "Oh," and "Hoot" and were widely recognized as the best girl group in Korea. They also scored significantly higher than others in the power of their management agency, fan loyalty and performance in 2010.

But 2NE1 are not far behind. Their stage presence counting singing, dancing and costume, and members' capacity were stronger than Girls' Generation's. And Miss A are also a strong contender. As they made their debut later, they were behind Girls' Generation in terms of fan loyalty but there is not much of a gap between them in terms of stage presence and members' ability. Kara had the best year in 2010 with explosive popularity in Japan and are likely to carry on their success in 2011.



◆ Five in the Middle -- T-ara, After School, SISTAR, f(x), and Brown Eyed Girls











T-ara stood out last year with some of their members expanding their activities to acting as well. They are also expected to begin working in Japan this year.

In addition to sexy icon Uee, After School members Raina, Nana and Lizzy showed off their individual charms last year, and member Kahi's solo debut slated for February is expected to raise the profile of the entire group. f(x) and Brown Eyed Girls will likely have another great year as their members have shown their potential and talent on reality shows and in acting as well as music.



◆ The Weak Four -- Wonder Girls, Rainbow, Secret, and 4minute









To everyone's surprise, Wonder Girls, one of the most popular groups, showed a visible downturn. Their long absence from Korea due to activities in the U.S. allowed them just two weeks to meet Korean fans, and that adversely affected fan loyalty. The retro concept of hit songs "So Hot" and "Nobody" has not changed much, and they have not been able to come up with novel ideas.

Rainbow and Secret are relatively new faces and therefore fall behind in fan loyalty. However, if each member seeks other ways to be recognized by fans, they have great potential to become a force to be reckoned with. 4minute scored relatively high in fan loyalty, but they did not have much success last year. Unless they come up with something of greater impact in the near future, their chances of surviving in the extremely competitive K-pop world look slim.



weirdly enough i agree with everything in the article
» the chosun ilbo

Comments

[bmo.livejournal.com]

after school will take over the world in 2011.

[lobotronic.livejournal.com]

I HOPE SO! I needs moar Bekah and Nana perfection in my life. ;o;

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

I THINK HAM IS MY FAVORITE. GO GO HAM.

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

IA w/ the top 4! :)

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

poor WG, they need to stick around in korea more often. ;_;

[notyourgeisha.livejournal.com]

Miss A moved up there really quickly. But Wonder Girls ;A;
And dear Cube stop promoting Hyuna 24/7 and spread the love to SsangYoon and it would be better.

[crazyxcami.livejournal.com]

excuse me while i kick Miss A out of the list,it should be WG…and i don’t even like WG.

honesly i like MissA. but i still don't think they'r on that level yet where they can replace WG. and it makes me sad...that Korea doesnt seem to think so.

[soheefan.livejournal.com]

I dont think Korea thinks that though. At the JYP Nation concert, WG got the most cheers. Even when Miss A was on the same stage with them.

[clybelle.livejournal.com]

pretty much agree with most of this. :)

[jactay14.livejournal.com]

SNSD, of course. lol

[jactay14.livejournal.com]

Not that I don't like the other groups, too. :D

[yekaste.livejournal.com]

i kinda agree with the article too OP

but WG :(

[rocketjenny.livejournal.com]

I agree to most, but ouch to the weak four.

[jumpsama.livejournal.com]

i feel ouch too. to have a 'weak' label and predict what will happen to 2011 is :( but i would take this as constructive

[crazyxcami.livejournal.com]

2010 SBS Gayo

[soheefan.livejournal.com]

Honestly. If i hear one more person say 2 different tears was a flop. It wasnt. It actually did pretty good. And when WG come back in a couple months, people will see how much the WG still have it.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

it wasn't a flop, the article doesn't even say that, just that they are in the weaker point, which sadly is true, they just didn't have much promotion in korea, hence being kinda left alone by the general public.

[jibegajima.livejournal.com]

4minute no please stay relevant I love you so much ;~;
Poor Rainbow, too. I really quite like them!

[lobotronic.livejournal.com]

Rainbow has a lot of potential but DSP has a horrible marketing team. :(

[jasmineakaiumi.livejournal.com]

WG has hardly been present in Korea, so I'd say that's why they didn't do as well as other groups that promoted here constantly.

[piemin.livejournal.com]

there is not much in this article, tbh.

[piemin.livejournal.com]

but yay for f(x) to be in the middle erhmmm. sistar's place should be wonder girls' imo.

[eliteseal.livejournal.com]

Don't flame me but i don;t think Miss A belongs to the top 4 cat,they belong more to the middle cat.

[lobotronic.livejournal.com]

I'm sad that SISTAR was in the middle and not Secret. I think Secret is more talented overall. plus they just got #1 so thinks should be looking up! and I love Secret's music WAY MORE than SISTAR's.

....wow this was a highly biased comment. :3

[getting-jiggy.livejournal.com]

highly biased, but so accurate!

[mikarella.livejournal.com]

umm i really don't think wg should be considered "weak" since they only released one single compared to the other groups.

2DT did pretty well digitally (in the top 10 of most yearend digital music charts)

[mikarella.livejournal.com]

but ia about the fan loyalty. many wonderfuls have left. :(

[eliteseal.livejournal.com]

IU and her "horny" looking male backup dancer should replace Miss A in the top 4

[notyourgeisha.livejournal.com]

IU's going to be huge this year

[ghost-whisper.livejournal.com]

I liked Lupin, but yeah, nothing else they've ever done musically has registered on my radar...

[xoxoknlove.livejournal.com]

I agree with the whole thing. *nods*

[quietreveries.livejournal.com]

yenny pls go back to dark hair ;~;

[sigrun.livejournal.com]

Why can't there be room on the charts for everybody? :P *sigh* Idealist fangirl is idealist. I love all but 4 of these groups* so the idea of any one of them not being successful sucks. :/ It's 2011- the age of the internet, variety shows, and rabid fangirling/fanboying. As long as the groups keep paying the bills, why can't they all survive? (Idealist fangirl is also delusional, I guess.)

*And I don't dislike the others (Miss A, SISTAR, WG or Rainbow). I just really don't have any emotional investment for anyone who hasn't been on IY or what I've seen of SGB.

[mad-nux.livejournal.com]

I hope f(x) will dominate. I want them to get a #1 ;~;

[awkwardnormalcy.livejournal.com]

THIS.

Also your icon makes my heart happy :3

[sballet06.livejournal.com]

Top 4 makes sense to me
SNSD and Miss A <33333

Sucks for WG's though
The US move really hurt their popularity and the half assed 2DT promotions didn't help.

[meelisch.livejournal.com]

GO POMINIT, U GONNA CHANGE THE WORLD

[poison-cheeks.livejournal.com]

est-ce que tu te souviens de quelle perf il s'agit ds ton icon ?
Elle est vraiment belle <3