In recent times it seems like K-Pop girl groups have been overwhelmingly owning the Korean music charts, with artists like NewJeans, IVE, and (G)I-DLE ranking high on MelOn with pretty much every comeback they have. But is this really a new trend, or have girl groups been successful on the MelOn daily chart for a while? Here’s a look at the girl groups throughout K-Pop history that have had the most days with a song spent at #1 on the MelOn daily chart.
10. Miss A
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Miss A had 4 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 57 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “Bad Girl, Good Girl”, “Only You”, “Touch”, and “Goodbye Baby”.
9. BLACKPINK
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BLACKPINK have had 3 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 63 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “DDU-DU DDU-DU”, “How You Like That”, and “Whistle”.
8. SISTAR
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SISTAR had 9 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 63 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “So Cool”, “Alone”, “Give It To Me”, “Shake It”, “Touch My Body”, “Loving U”, “How Dare You”, “I Swear”, and “I Like That”.
7. Girls’ Generation
Girls’ Generation had 9 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 96 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “Gee”, “Oh!”, “Run Devil Run”, “Hoot”, “The Boys”, “Dancing Queen”, “I Got A Boy”, “Mr. Mr.”, and “Party”.
6. TWICE
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TWICE have had 9 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 99 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “Cheer Up”, “TT”, “Knock Knock”, “Signal”, “Likey”, “Heart Shaker”, “What Is Love?”, “Dance the Night Away”, and “Yes or Yes”.
5. (G)I-DLE
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(G)I-DLE have had 4 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 103 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “TOMBOY”, “Nxde”, “Queencard”, and “Fate”.
4. 2NE1
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2NE1 had 12 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 116 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “Fire”, “I Don’t Care”, “Lollipop”, “Go Away”, “Lonely”, “I Am the Best”, “Ugly”, “I Love You”, “Falling in Love”, “Missing You”, “Come Back Home”, and “Try to Follow Me”.
3. IVE
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IVE have had 5 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 118 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “Love Dive”, “After Like”, “Kitsch”, “I Am”, and “Baddie”.
2. NewJeans
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NewJeans have had 3 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 169 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “Attention”, “Ditto”, and “Super Shy”.
1. Wonder Girls
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Wonder Girls had 8 songs reach #1 on MelOn, which accumulated to 188 days in the top position. Their songs that reached #1 are “Tell Me”, “So Hot”, “Nobody”, “Be My Baby”, “2 Different Tears”, “Why So Lonely”, “Like This”, and “I Feel You”.
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All of these girl groups have a lot to be proud of!
