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BLACKPINK won no.1 trophy of SBS' "Inkigayo" aired on July2. With its new song "As if it's your last", the girl group topped the chart show. By the way, BLACKPINK members burst into tears when their name was called. Yeah, they burst into tears because they were so moved. But that's not all. There's a story behind it. BLACKPINK released "As if it's your last" on June 22. And on the same day, MAMAMOO also made a comeback with its new song "Yes I am". Great attention was focused on the competition between the two popular girl groups, but, it seemed that MAMAMOO won the competition. MAMAMOO reached the top of a variety of online music charts, while it's notable that the girl group ranked higher than BLACKPINK on Melon, the biggest Korean music site. In addition, BLACKPINK's "As if it's your last" is a single, which means, the girl group can't get any album sales points on music chart shows. ...

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Who is your favorite k-pop idol group? Have you ever voted for the group to help the members win No.1 of the week on k-pop chart shows? Well then, do you know how k-pop chart shows such as “M Countdown,” “Music Bank,” “Show! Music Core” and “Inkigayo” choose their No.1 of the week? Here's how the big 4 k-pop chart shows give marks to k-pop idols to choose their No.1 of the week. Well, so, it’s that simple? No, it’s not. There is another thing affecting how the k-pop chart shows choose their No.1 of the week. Broadcasting companies need to maintain good relations with big k-pop agencies because they need the agencies’ popular idols. However, at the same time, the broadcasting companies do not want to be defeated in the power struggle with k-pop agencies. Barely a decade ago broadcasting companies had absolute authority over k-pop agencies, but the agencies became much more powerful now. So, before determining their No.1 of the week, broadcasting companies have to do a...

Big Bang appeared on SBS' 'Inkigayo' aired on May 3. On the show, Big Bang caught eyes of people showing high quality performance with its new songs 'Loser' and 'BAE BAE'. By the way, it was the group's first appearance on kpop chart show in about 3 years, and there were some simple incidents. Did you watch this scene? Yeah, Seungri and Daesung played the rock-paper-scissors game to decide which one will appear on the show as a special MC next week. Then, what is TOP doing? I think TOP wanted to be a special MC. :) By the way, he lost the game..Oh, TOP. Anyway, it's good to see he's happy. :) And after the announcement of the chart show's winner, the members were startled at the ceremony. I think it has been too long since they appeared on kpop chart show. On May 4, I interviewed the Big Bang members and could hear story about the broadcast. Here are the members' comments about it. Taeyang: Actually, for GD, Seungri an...

VIXX topped SBS' 'Inkigayo'. At 'Inkigayo' aired on June 8, the 6-member boy group took over the first place of the chart show, pushing Jungin & Gary and Infinite back to second and third place. After receiving the award, the members were so moved that they couldn't even speak. Member Ravi stated, "Thank you, Starlight. It's so happy to receive the award that is given by you. I want to say thank you to the head of our agency and the VIXX members." Congratulations, VIXX!