Gallup Korea's Song of the Year

Gallup Korea's Song of the Year (Korean: 한국갤럽 올해를 빛낸 노래 1위) is selected annually through multiple public surveys conducted across South Korea by Gallup Korea. From 2020, survey is conducted in two categories on the basis of respondents' age group: 13–39, and 40 and above.[1][2]

List of recipients

2000s

Year Song Artist Vote % Ref.
2007 "Tell Me" Wonder Girls 33.9% [3]
2008 "Nobody" 11.4% [4]
2009 "Gee" Girls' Generation 15.0% [5]

2010s

Year Song Artist Vote % Ref.
2010 "Hoot" Girls' Generation 7.2% [6]
2011 "Good Day" IU 3.9% [7]
2012 "Gangnam Style" Psy 30.7% [2]
2013 "Bounce" Cho Yong-pil 13.6% [8]
2014 "The Meaning of You" IU 7.7% [9]
2015 "Bang Bang Bang" Big Bang 7.2% [10]
2016 "The Love I Committed" Im Chang-jung 7.0% [11]
2017 "Like It" Yoon Jong-shin 8.8% [12]
2018 "Ddu-Du Ddu-Du" Blackpink 5.0% [13]
2019 "Boy with Luv" BTS 5.9% [14]

2020s

Key
‡ Indicates category selected by respondents in age group: 13–39
† Indicates category selected by respondents in age group: 40 and above
Year Song Singer(s) Vote % Ref.
2020 ‡ "Dynamite" BTS 19.6% [1]
† "Drink Makgeolli" Young Tak 12.8%
2021 ‡ "Butter" BTS 26.6% [15]
† "Trust in Me" Lim Young-woong 8.7%
2022 ‡ "Dynamite" BTS 8.5% [16]
† "Love Always Runs Away" Lim Young-woong 6.9%
2023 ‡ "Super Shy" NewJeans 6.8% [17]
† "Love Always Runs Away" Lim Young-woong 6.9%

Gallery

Gallery of singers indicated with year in which their song was selected as Song of the Year.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Hicap, Jonathan (December 21, 2020). "BTS' 'Dynamite,' IU's 'Eight' named top favorite songs in Korea in 2020: Gallup survey". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Baek, Ji-eun (December 28, 2012). 싸이, 2012년을 빛낸 가수 1위! '강남스타일'은 올해의 노래 [Psy, the number 1 singer of 2012! 'Gangnam Style' is Song of the Year]. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Naver.
  3. ^ 2007년 올해의 10대 가수 [The Top 10 Singers of 2007] (in Korean). Gallup Korea. December 12, 2007. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  4. ^ 한국갤럽이 뽑은 올해의 10대 가수 [The Top 10 Singers of the Year] (in Korean). Gallup Korea. December 16, 2008. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  5. ^ "한국갤럽이 뽑은 올해의 10대 가수" [Gallup Korea's Top 10 Singer of the Year] (in Korean). Gallup. November 30, 2009. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  6. ^ Lee, Eun-Jeong (December 21, 2010). "올해 최고 가수는 소녀시대"<갤럽> ["The best singer this year is Girls' Generation" <Gallup>]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  7. ^ Carla, Sun-woo (December 26, 2021). "IU's 'Good Day' named song of the year". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  8. ^ Park, Ji-hoon (December 19, 2013). "올해의 가수는 조용필, 올해의 노래는 '바운스'" ["Singer of the Year is Cho Yong-pil, Song of the Year is 'Bounce'"]. Kookmin Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Naver.
  9. ^ Kwon, Hye-jin (December 18, 2014). "올해를 빛낸 최고의 가수는 아이유" <갤럽> ["IU is the best singer of the year" <Gallup>]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  10. ^ Kim, Yu-jin (December 17, 2015). "Big Bang graces 2015: Gallup". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  11. ^ Park, Ye-seul (December 20, 2012). 올해를 빛낸 가수·노래 2위 ‘트와이스’· ‘치어 업’…1위는? [2nd place for singers and songs that shined this year 'TWICE', 'Cheer Up'... 1st place?]. The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Kim, Mi-hwa (December 19, 2017). 아이유, 올해를 빛낸 가수 1위..올해의 노래는 '좋니' [IU, Singer of the Year, "Like It", Song of the Year]. Star News (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Naver.
  13. ^ Park, Soo-yoon (December 18, 2018). 방탄소년단·트와이스, 올해를 빛낸 가수 1·2위 [BTS and TWICE ranked 1st and 2nd singers of the year]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  14. ^ Park, So-hyun (December 19, 2019). 방탄소년단, 올해를 빛낸 가수·아이돌·노래 '석권' [BTS, singers, idols, and songs that shined this year 'sweep']. SPOTVNews (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021 – via Naver.
  15. ^ Hicap, Jonathan (December 20, 2021). "Gallup Korea's year-end poll selects Korean singers who shined in 2021, best songs". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  16. ^ Lee, Seung-rok (December 19, 2022). 2022 올해를 빛낸 가수, 방탄소년단과 임영웅이었다…신인 뉴진스, 10위권 첫 진입 [The singers who shone this year in 2022 were BTS and Lim Young-woong... Rookie New Jeans enters the top 10 for the first time]. MyDaily (in Korean). Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  17. ^ Hicap, Jonathan (December 18, 2023). "Yearender: NewJeans, BTS, IVE, IU, BLACKPINK top Gallup Korea's favorite singer survey for 2023". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.

External links

  • Gallup Korea