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The Gaon Digital Chart of Gaon Music Chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs in South Korea. The data is collected by the Korea Music Content Association. It consists of a weekly chart, listed from Sunday to Saturday, and a monthly chart.

Weekly charts

Psy earned the year's best-performing single with " Gangnam Style".
Busker Busker scored two number-one hits in 2012, with " Cherry Blossom Ending" and "If You Really Love Me".
Big Bang scored two monthly number-one singles in 2012, the most out of any act.
2NE1's " I Love You" was the best performing song of July.
Girls' Generation-TTS's "Twinkle" was the best performing song of May.
Key
Indicates best-performing single of 2012
Source: Gaon Weekly Digital Chart [1]
Week end date Song Artist Total Downloads
January 7 " Lovey-Dovey" T-ara 540,458
January 14 "The Story of a Tall Bachelor" (키 큰 노총각 이야기) Jeong Jun-ha 623,496
January 21 "Lovey-Dovey" T-ara 354,144
January 28 "I Knew It" (이럴 줄 알았어) Beast 372,501
February 4 "When I Can't Sing" (내가 노래를 못해도) Se7en 493,651
February 11 "Back in Time" (시간을 거슬러) Lyn 353,903
February 18 "I Need You" (니가 필요해) K.Will 396,678
February 25 " Blue" Big Bang 833,233
March 3 537,161
March 10 348,535
March 17 "I Wonder If You Hurt Like Me" (너도 나처럼) 2AM 662,901
March 24 [2] "Sherlock (Clue + Note)" Shinee 520,204
March 31 "Hey You" CN Blue 350,176
April 7 " Cherry Blossom Ending" (벚꽃 엔딩) Busker Busker 522,232
April 14 [3] 358,823
April 21 "Alone" (나 혼자) Sistar 447,718
April 28 323,422
May 5 " Twinkle" Girls' Generation-TTS 604,870
May 12 [4] "Voice" (목소리) Baek Ji-young featuring Gary of Leessang 529,920
May 19 " Every End of the Day" (하루 끝) IU 415,891
May 26 275,146
June 2 "Twinkle" Girls' Generation-TTS 163,646
June 9 " Monster" BigBang 757,501
June 16 " Electric Shock" f(x) 630,510
June 23 "If You Really Love Me" (정말로 사랑한다면) Busker Busker 388,510
June 30 388,784
July 7 [5] "Loving U" Sistar 440,960
July 14 " I Love You" 2NE1 469,850
July 21 " Gangnam Style" (강남스타일) Psy 816,868
July 28 473,372
August 4 333,592
August 11 289,995
August 18 261,797
August 25 "I Need You" Huh Gak featuring Zia 365,872
September 1 "All for You" Jung Eun-ji and Seo In-guk 409,284
September 8 " That XX" (그 XX) G-Dragon 428,762
September 15 "All for You" Jung Eun-ji and Seo In-guk 280,745
September 22 "Memory of the Wind" (바람기억) Naul 452,899
September 29 432,591
October 6 244,051
October 13 "It's Cold" Epik High featuring Lee Hi 532,868
October 20 "Becoming Dust" (먼지가 되어) Jung Joon Young and Roy Kim 525,881
October 27 " Ice Cream" Hyuna 454,650
November 3 "1, 2, 3, 4" Lee Hi 667,549
November 10 351,747
November 17 237,719
November 24 "Return" (되돌리다) Lee Seung-gi 420,958
December 1 480,759
December 8 301,153
December 15 "Because It's Christmas" (크리스마스니까) Sung Si-kyung, Park Hyo-shin,
Lee Seok-hoon, Seo In-guk and VIXX
272,901
December 22 "You Are Attractive" (매력있어) Akdong Musician 226,223
December 29 " Dancing Queen" Girls' Generation 263,376

Monthly charts

Source: Gaon Monthly Digital Chart [1]
Month Song Artist Aggregate points Total Downloads Year-end Chart Ref
January "Lovey-Dovey" T-ara 142,691,767 1,903,727 7 [6]
February "Blue" BigBang 102,380,663 1,351,429 10 [7]
March " Fantastic Baby" 105,296,671 1,229,518 5 [8]
April "Cherry Blossom Ending" Busker Busker 169,546,447 1,570,146 2 [9]
May "Twinkle" Girls' Generation-TTS 119,415,981 997,122 11 [10]
June "Like This" Wonder Girls 138,592,996 1,444,339 18 [11]
July "I Love You" 2NE1 151,627,608 1,522,263 6 [12]
August "Gangnam Style" Psy 150,855,485 1,280,050 1 [13]
September "All for You" Jung Eun-ji and Seo In-guk 113,858,049 1,037,911 8 [14]
October " Bloom" Gain 115,479,048 1,182,829 42 [15]
November "1, 2, 3, 4" Lee Hi 132,391,547 1,210,297 23 [16]
December "Return" Lee Seung-gi 110,364,099 896,196 37 [17]

References

  1. ^ a b "This links to current week - select the week from drop down menu" Archived 2015-01-12 at the Wayback Machine Gaon Digital Chart. Retrieved 2014-10-24
  2. ^ "SHINee's Sherlock debuts at No. 1 on Gaon's chart" Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine 10Asia. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-05
  3. ^ Suk, Monica (19 April 2012). "Busker Busker's "Cherry Blossom Ending" continues to bloom on Gaon chart". Asiae. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  4. ^ Hong, Lucia (17 May 2012). "Baek Ji-young raises her 'voice' to No. 1 spot on Gaon chart". 10 Asia. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  5. ^ Ho, Lee Tae (12 July 2012). "SISTAR reclaims top spot on Gaon chart after edging out 2NE1, T-ara". 10 Asia. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Digital Chart – January" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  7. ^ "Digital Chart – February" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  8. ^ "Digital Chart – March" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  9. ^ "Digital Chart – April" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  10. ^ "Digital Chart – May" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  11. ^ "Digital Chart – June" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  12. ^ "Digital Chart – July" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  13. ^ "Digital Chart – August" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  14. ^ "Digital Chart – September" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  15. ^ "Digital Chart – October" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on June 25, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  16. ^ "Digital Chart – November" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on May 8, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  17. ^ "Digital Chart – December" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

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