YoonA has emerged as the no.1 ‘First Love Icon’.

Music site ‘Monkey3′ carried out a survey entitled ‘Who is the everlasting first love icon?’ from March 29th to April 4th on 259 participants. From the result published, YoonA, who played both YoonHee and HaNa in KBS 2TV’s drama ‘Love Rain’ took the no.1 spot with a total of 103 votes.

Suzy of miss A who played the role of a university student, Seoyeon in the movie ‘Introduction to Architecture’ came in 2nd garnering 18% of the total votes. Han Ga-In took the 3rd spot with 13%, followed by Lee MinJung in 4th (11%), Son HyeJin in 5th (10%) and Shin SeKyung in the 6th spot with 9%.

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Netizens picked Taeyeon as the ‘OST Queen’.

From a survey entitled ‘Queen of Drama OST’ conducted by Monkey3 from May 19th to May 25th, Taeyeon took the no.1 spot while Baek JiYoung came in 2nd.

Out of a total of 740 participants of the survey, Taeyeon garnered 52% (385 votes) and was crowned as the ‘Queen of Drama OST’. Baek JiYoung who took the 2nd spot received 26% of the total votes. Among other singers in the list were IU, who came in 3rd with 7%, Gummy in 4th with 5% and Seo YoungEun in 5th with 4%.

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SNSD picked as the idol whose comeback is the most anticipated.

Recently, SNSD, whose popularity transcends beyond Asia and is widely spreading into other continents like Europe and South America topped a survey conducted by an online music site, Monkey3 entitled ‘Which idol group’s comeback is anticipated?’. The survey was conducted from April 28th to May 4th involving a total of 530 participants.

Out of that total, SNSD received 36% (252 votes) to secure the no.1 spot. 2NE1 came in 2nd with 19% (132 votes), followed by 2PM in 3rd with 17% (117 votes), Beast in 4th with 15% (103 votes), miss A in 5th with 8% (54 votes) and 2AM in 6th with 7% (46 votes).

SNSD’s impressive success on the Oricon charts with 3rd Japanese Single ‘Mr.Taxi/Run Devil Run’ is an indication that the girls’ popularity is on the rise. Commentors of the site stated, “Hopefully the day I get to see them on stage in Korea will come very soon”.

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Netizens selected SNSD’s ‘Himnae (Way To Go)’ as the best song that could provide hope as well as courage to people who are feeling down, depressed or suffering from disasters like the massive earthquake that shook Northeastern Japan recently.

Music site, Monkey3 conducted a survey entitled ‘What are the songs that provide hope and courage?’ from March 17th to 23rd. SNSD’s ‘Himnae’ received overwhelming support from netizens where it was ranked 1st with 253 votes (40%). ‘Himnae’ was released in 2009 and it was one of the songs in SNSD’s 1st Mini Album ‘Gee’. The song is special such that it could provide ‘energy’ and brighten up the mood of a depressed or disheartened person.

Kim Soohyun’s ‘Dreaming’, the OST of KBS drama ‘Dream High’ took the 2nd spot with 181 votes (29%) while In SoonI’s ‘Goose’s Dream’ came in 3rd with 71 votes (11%). Big Bang’s ‘Oh My Friend’ secured the 4th spot with 55 votes (9%), followed by Jaurim’s ‘Ha Ha Ha Song’ in 5th with 44 votes (5%) and Roller Coaster’s ‘Cheer Up, Mr Kim’ in 6th with 31 votes (5%).

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SNSD who transformed into lovely spies following the “Retro Power” concept for the new mini album “Hoot” have received interest from various parties, especially with the release of the title track “Hoot” which took the Korean music industry by storm immediately after it was unveiled by securing the no.1 spot on major online real-time music charts.

Prior to the release of title track “Hoot” via various music sites at 10.00am KST on October 25th, teaser MV and photos which were released earlier have increased the expectation and anticipation towards the 3rd mini album.

As soon as it was unveiled, “Hoot” had surpassed songs from the likes of 2PM, Psy, Supreme Team and SG Wannabe in terms of online real-time chart ranking where it secured the no.1 spot on Monkey3, Melon and Soribada. Such achievement is an early indication that “Hoot” has a huge potential to take the country’s music scene by storm.

Title track “Hoot” boasts a blend of lively retro feel rythm and each member’s unique voices which adds more varieties and charms to the song. “Hoot” represents the sound of laughter and the lyrics is about a girl conveying a warning to her boyfriend who often hurts her.

With the release of the mini album, the girls are expected to create a new “syndrome” where the public and music industry would take notice of their fashions and performances, especially during their promotional activities of the new mini album.

SNSD will be officially releasing the mini album on October 27th and they be making a comeback on KBS 2TV’s “Music Bank” at 5.50pm KST on October 29th with “Hoot”.

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Oh! grabbed #1 spot within 10 minutes after release

SNSD's 'Oh!' climbed to 4th on Bugs! as of 7.30 pm KST

10 minutes is all it takes for SNSD’s ‘Oh!’ to grabbed the #1 spot on online music chart, Monkey3. I have been playing ‘Oh!’ repeatedly (I lost count on the no. of times and it’s still playing as I’m typing now) and yes! it will be the song of the year. The chorus “Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! man i man i” is contagious! Due to the explosive comeback, there are always some jealous people who are always there to spoil the party. Who cares? We’re partying with ‘Oh!’ and to those jealous people out there, well, get a life! I couldn’t help but to check the online music charts such as Melon, Bugs!, Mnet, Soribada, etc as soon as i got off from work and WOW! ‘Oh!’ is now 4th on Bugs!. Hopefully, it will get into the other charts as well. I will keep clicking on the refresh button every hour to check on the progress…hee hee. My CD will arrive on the 4th of February, so, I’m really excited about the rest of the tracks in the album. For those who has not pre-order the album, you MUST do so, otherwise you’ll regret it! Every SNSD albums are really precious to me. Not only it has lots of pretty photos in there, it also makes you feel as if you’re buying more than just a CD. It’s like a collection kind of thing. Well, if you’re wondering where to preorder, you can click on the banner on right panel of this blog. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!….here I go again..lol