SISTAR MOVES UP OF THE GIRL GROUP PYRAMID, LOOKS DOWN ON F(X) AND POMINIT TO NUGU STATUS

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

Remember the girl group hierarchy chart from February that ranked girl groups in order of popularity?

Well, that chart apparently got an update by fans from online community boards recently. It turns out over the past two months, SISTAR made a huge push and put themselves a level up to join Brown Eyed Girls, miss A, and f(x) in the “Socialite Level.” Their recent success with “Alone,” which gave them #1 awards on music shows contributed to their success, according to the chart.





f(x), meanwhile, dropped one level from its original ranking of “Nationwide Level.” It reasoned the members’ individual activities didn’t bring fruitful results, but projected them to step it up once they return with their new album in the first half of this year.

4minute, however, saw its stock dip even further, dropping to “The Maginot Line Level.” Despite their comeback with “Volume Up,” 4minute didn’t see as much success as SISTAR, who returned at the same time, and aside from HyunA, they’re not seeing much star power generated.

Another group to see its popularity wane is Rainbow, according to the chart, as they haven’t really spent much time on Korean promotions. On the other hand, Nine Muses, got upgraded to “The Maginot Line Level” because of their consecutive hit singles and appealing members.

As with the previous chart, this hierarchy is in no way supposed to serve as the official popularity ranking of the girl groups. But it’s a good indicator that represents the true feelings of Korean netizens on each of the top girl groups. But even with all the changes, it’s interesting to see the top 5 remain the same. In particular, the top 2, Girls’ Generation and 2NE1, are still firmly holding on to the “Wall You Can’t Go Over (Untouchable) Level,” reflecting their on-going dominance in the industry.



Do you agree with this chart? What changes would you have made? See the old chart here!



Source: Soompi. 
~=*[[ E X P E R T ]]*=~ Girl Group Name Translation by Me

Comments

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Maybe people are getting tired of Hyuna up front 99% of the time.

[devilsatin.livejournal.com]

the other members don't rly have any appeal or charms either tho. hyuna is boring now but she's still the best thing they have :(

[bmo.livejournal.com]

omg proud of AS!! i thought they'd be at the bottom lol

[drfaith101.livejournal.com]

I don't like your title tbh

[drfaith101.livejournal.com]

But I need f(x) to comeback already :(

[eishastan.livejournal.com]

Go Sistar <3

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

omg, after school is not at the bottom, i still can have hopes TT__TT

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

im surprised tbh.

[woohyun.livejournal.com]

B-E-S-T Sistar \o/

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

YESSSSS THEY ARE. Well, 2nd best bc my twennywan babby's are the best. \♥/

[devilsatin.livejournal.com]

bora and dasom are qt i wish hyorin and soyu would go away
also t-ara rox and wg rox and apink (mostly bomi and namjoo) rox etc

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

ia!!! i think sistar has great music but i just cant have any feels for them especially with hyorin in front all the time.

[dirrtypony.livejournal.com]

yas go nine muses! work your way up! and look at mah girls 2ne1 at the top. just need miss a and beg there with them and ill be a happy camper.

[raviolikenshin.livejournal.com]

for me personally the socialite level is above the nationwide level, just because the girls in the socialite level are actually good live.

[es2pido.livejournal.com]

I liek Chocolat too!!!

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

T-ara and WG are as big as 2NE1 so idk why 2NE1 are higher up than them.

[kuuuchan.livejournal.com]

sorry but no
2NE1 is still more popular than those two groups combined.

[blkjck.livejournal.com]

good 4 sistar nine muses moving on up!!

[thebluemonk.livejournal.com]

[miwa201.livejournal.com]

imo the Wonder Girls should be on top too. But I'm happy for Sistar, I love Alone.

[funkaliciousss.livejournal.com]

wonder girls should be second!

[lasthenia.livejournal.com]

rainbow bumped down for 9 muses... whoever made this decision rot in hell pls

[deaaan.livejournal.com]

love both of them sfm so i'm conflicted!!!!!

rainbow has been inactive though i don't blame them

[goshipgurl.livejournal.com]

yay for sistar, these girls deserve all the love <3

[seines.livejournal.com]

so where is chocolat supposed to be

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

List of groups with 5 fans, they'll join Ukiss and Co-ed.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

They should make a Boy group one and put Suju low, the amount of wank would be hilarious.

[lasthenia.livejournal.com]

oh my god yes

[simplyobessed.livejournal.com]

im happy for Sistar. Im starting to like them a lot. I love Alone and Hyorin CAN fkin sing! Love her voice!

[dbsked.livejournal.com]

Secret should be higher, f(x) should be lower

[sleepless.livejournal.com]

With all of the recent girl group debuts, this chart should be about nine times bigger...

[fallingstarryuu.livejournal.com]

nugus are excluded!

[gorgeouschino.livejournal.com]

Seriously though, I love sistar. Their songs are catchy. Oh and I hope my baby apink can go higher after their comeback with hush :)

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Now I feel weird for not liking Sistar. So Cool was the worst song of last year.

[woohyun.livejournal.com]

ur just weird bb

[cottonowl.livejournal.com]

Yay for my faves moving up!

[janri.livejournal.com]

lol that gif.

I like charts like this only because so many people doubt T-ARA's queen status.

[shocko-o.livejournal.com]

when you have Bo Peep and follow it with Roly Poly, you can't be too low.
and if they're factoring individual activities, they're not doing bad either.