How long does it take for idols to reach #1?

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

Recently, idol group TEEN TOP won their very first #1 on a music program with their latest single, “Going Crazy“. For TEEN TOP, who debuted in July of 2010 with their first single ‘Clap‘, the achievement took them exactly 564 days after their debut. This begs the question, how long does it take for idols to reach #1?


On February 4th, an online community posted a topic titled, ‘The time it takes for idols to reach #1 after their debut is...?’

According to the post, the idols who took the shortest time to reach #1 were:

CN BLUE: 15 days after their debut with “I Am a Loner“
miss A: 22 days after their debut with “Bad Girl Good Girl“
2NE1: 40 days after their debut with “Fire“
F.T. Island: 55 days after their debut with “Lovesick“

On the other hand, the idols/singers who took the longest time to reach #1 were:

K.Will: 1,490 days after his debut with “My heart is Beating“
Jewelry: 1,494 days after their debut with “Superstar“
IU: 818 days after her debut with “Good Day“

Netizens responded to the interesting post with comments like, “It truly is difficult to reach #1″, “I remember K.Will crying hard when he won #1″ and “It takes some longer than others, but they always give their all for their fans!”

source:
akp and daum

ETA: some people talked about slay-kiss in the comments, and because im a slay-kiss fan i decided to calculate their days. it has been 1,255 days since their debut (from august 28th, 2008 until february 4th, 2012)

Comments

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

lmao your comment reminds me of this link that i saw in my timeline today
according to some k-netizens tintaps win was bought by their company and mblaq were the real winners
they even had ~proofs~ but unfortunately i cant read korean

[unreal.livejournal.com]

You either need A. A huge amount of fans, B. Small amount of fans who are willing to buy a mass amount or C. A company who buys back their albums.

[audiograms.livejournal.com]

do companies really buy back the albums? People usually say this but is there proof of it? Genuinely curious.

[yangguifei17.livejournal.com]

all about competition

[shortysc22.livejournal.com]

yeah I think it depends on when they debut and who else they're performing against at the same time

[cherrypark.livejournal.com]

didn't IU win with "Nagging"? Or does that not count because it featured another singer?

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

she did idk why it didn't count, she got rly big with that song & that her popularity kept going up & up from then on

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

Most of them didn't get the explosive popularity they have right now. It took them years.

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

it takes the longest for groups who deserve it the most or it just never happens tbh

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

so true

[ms-rancha.livejournal.com]

2NE1: 40 days after their debut with “Fire“

battled against suju's its you, shinee's juliette. hmm... not baaad.

[aures.livejournal.com]

i hope U-KISS will win some day.. they'd make a record with how long it took them to reach number 1, if they ever will

CNBlue was REALLY fast! but i also wonder if it's 'good' for an idol to reach number 1 so fast.. because others have worked SO hard and so many years to reach number 1, while others get it just within a few days..
but what is fair anyway?

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

i hope U-KISS will win some day.. they'd make a record with how long it took them to reach number 1, if they ever will

ETA: some people talked about slay-kiss in the comments, and because im a slay-kiss fan i decided to calculate their days. it has been 1,255 days since their debut (from august 28th, 2008 until february 4th, 2012)

they would beat IU but not jewelry and k.will

[pistachier.livejournal.com]

Jewelry's debut song wasn't Superstar WTF.

[oystersauce87.livejournal.com]

it doesn't say that's their debut song. They won for the first time with that song.

[oystersauce87.livejournal.com]

Most of these fast ones had a lot of hype about them before debut so it's not surprising.

[my-faux-pas.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know how many days DBSK had to wait for their 1st number 1 for HUG? I only know they won, but not the exact day. /curious

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

Their first ever win was back in Mar. 28, 2004. That's roughly around 100 days or so, I think.

I can't embed, but this is their first win video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvL3tp80Wag

[orenji13.livejournal.com]

If you have catchy songs that can capture public listener, you will definetely got no.1.
I think 2NE1 and CN BLUE did that, although CN BLUE is helped with Yonghwa play in You're Beautiful.

[kittycurious.livejournal.com]

U-Kiss will take the cake for length of time before taking first... if they ever take first ;n;

[audiograms.livejournal.com]

You're Beautiful definitely helped CN Blue. 2ne1 had loads of help from the BB duet too, U Kiss will probably never get #1 at this point.

[cottonowl.livejournal.com]

If Brave Brothers buying their albums back is true, I wonder if Tin Tap knows/is embarrassed about it.

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Well people said that that's why Teen Top didn't have hardly and emotions when they won.
But ofcource everything will be over analyzed now.

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

I'm just waiting for the day U-Kiss wins.
and about the Teen Top thing...people, let it go. they won the award.
final.
just because they didn't cried hysterically doesn't mean they knew they would win.
not everyone has the same reactions.

[xkeirafanx.livejournal.com]

this

[swhyeon1991.livejournal.com]

iirc Huh Gak made it fast too!
but anyway, does #1 on M!Cd count? coz some ppl said "yaaay my oppar/unnir won!!!!!"/"LOL YOU STFU M!CD DOESN'T COUNT!!!!!11" :|

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

i think some people dont like mcountdown because its a cable channel?

[rainbowxrae.livejournal.com]

i heard some companies do that?
but not as extreme as teentaps.
uhg.
the whole angel's/a+ war is like >_<
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oh well. teen tap won, and thats that
i'm happy that they won, but sad that they won like this.

[xkeirafanx.livejournal.com]

I wish all Angel and A+ could handle the issue like you.

[xkeirafanx.livejournal.com]

It saddens and at the same time totally doesn't surprise me that K.Will had to wait for so long. 5 years since debut and then he wins with a cheerful, pure love song which wasnt exactly vocally challenging for him, but totally fits the demand for cheesiness of the Korean public. But hey, he had fun promoting it and I've never seen a winner where all other idols were so genuinely happy for him and celebrated him as when K.Will won.

Slay-Kiss huns are going to make it one day. And tell you what, if they NEVER win, they will still be a proof that you can make it as a group in Korea without a win. They aren't the most popular, but they are fairly popular. Haters gone hate.

[asth77.livejournal.com]

A+

[shinobu-k.livejournal.com]

Interesting topic, thanks OP.
I don't care about it myself but I understand why they care and why they want to win so I'm happy for them when they get it, I think it gives them strength to overcome all the hard work they do.
Lol why I'm so serious today xd

[kyten-zstutsuru.livejournal.com]

im so glad they won <3!

[saracupcaked.livejournal.com]

the cnblue/ft one is interesting because they're not part of the big 3 yet they won so quickly

it all really depends on how dedicated one's fanbase is, and obviously bigger companies = larger fanbase = easier wins for the group in question

[steelsigns.livejournal.com]

Really proud of FTI especially. I was pleasantly surprised upon knowing this fact.
I mean, it's not like any of the members were very famous (other than Hongki, but he'd been away from the acting scene for a while).
I wonder how they did it actually. Maybe people were just impressed with the mad vocals and the whole emotions of Lovesick that were done very well by, whoa, idols?

[scubajr.livejournal.com]

Slay-Kiss REALLY needs to win soon.

[tigrexa.livejournal.com]

to win like that is pathetic, tho. so wtv.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

i think that is unfair to say group that won faster to others don't deserve it, jus because the award came early doesn’t mean they worked less from it, people seem to forget all the girls training before the actual debut an what not.