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Posted by panns-labyrinth5,429 pts Wednesday, January 12, 2022

[Pann] Big Bang's impact - 10 male idols with the most roof hits on Melon

Netizens ranked the male idol groups and solos, and their songs that hit the roof of South Korea's biggest music service Melon the most.

What's a roof hit/roof kick?
A Melon roof hit means that the number of people streaming and downloading the song has reached the maximum score on Melon's graph. 
1 roof hit means, a song maintained its maximum score every 5 minutes for 1 hour

Side notes:

*Melon started counting roof hits in late 2010. 

*Overall, Bigbang is the 2nd artist after IU with the most roof hits.

*All of Bigbang's title songs except for Fantastic Baby hit the roof.

*Bigbang is the only artist to hit the roof with two non-title track songs (Girlfriend and Flower Road.)

*Zico's Any Song, which was released in 2020, is the song that hit the roof most. 

*iKON's "My Type" that hit the roof 18 times was a warm-up single that was released before the group's debut.

*Bigbang's Flower Road and Girlfriend; G-Dragon's Having an Affair and Going to Try; Hwang Tae Ji's Mapsosa, iKON's My Type(when hit the roof) g.o.d.'s The Lone Duckling, EXO's Thunder and Moonlight, Baekhyun's The Day are non-title track songs. 

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source: Pann

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1.[+133, -6] If Melon had this roof hit concept in Bigbang's heydays and GD's 'Heartbreaker' era, their current roof hit numbers would be 50 times more. GD's 'Heartbreaker' album was on all domestic charts. He was 22 years old thenㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋLook at the 22-year-old idols now

2.[+103, -5] If I had to pick a group, it would be Bigbang. Every song they released was a hit. GD and Taeyang's solos were also huge hits. TOP, Daesung, and Seungri's solos were also popular. Bigbang is really an unprecedented artist in the Korean music industry.

3.[+94, -4] But really, Bigbang's GoMaHaBulg (Lies, Last Farewell, Haru Haru, Sunset Glow) .. Seriously, 100 times more popular (than the ones on the list). These were their biggest hitsㅠㅠ When Lies was released in August 2008, it ranked #1 2 months in a row on Cyworld which had 20 million users then. Melon wasn't mainstream then. Look at Taeyang's Wedding Dress, GD's Heartbreaker, etc. They are not even on the list. 

4.[+66, -1] If Melon had counted these back then, Bigbang would have been #1 overwhelmingly with their 4 consecutive hits Lies, Last Farewell, Haru Haru, and Sunset Glow. They were Bigbang's peak.

5.[+63, -30] Aside from BTS fans keep manipulating the charts, Bigbang has a lot of hit songs.

6.[+57, -2] Bigbang's songs like Lies, Haru Haru, and Sunset Glow are much more famous than the ones on the list but there wasn't this system on Melon then. 

7.[+53, -3] Bigbang is really an irreplaceable group. I wish they come back soon. I'm a male, so I don't like male idols but I like Bigbang. They are really cool. 

8.[+38, -2] Do you know what's annoying? When EXO released their songs in 2015, 2016, and 2017, they were always #2 on Melon and couldn't take #1 because of those who did sajaegi. 

(sajaegi = chart manipulation)


9.[+37, -7] Let's be honest. When GD's marijuana scandal came up to the light in 2011, he was cursed to death but after he came back, he did so well. Now, he was cursed because of Seungri's scandal but when he comes back he will be #1 on the charts again.

10.[+34, 0] This is Melon+Genie roof hit numbers

1st Bigbang 470

2nd G-Dragon 281

3rd Zico 225

4th Hwang Taeji 93

5th iKON 86

6th EXO 82

7th Baekhyun 39

8th BTS 38

9th g.o.d. 21

10th Beast 18

11.[+29, -7] I was born in 2005. Old songs? I don't know them but I know Bigbang and all of their songs. People around me know a lot about Bigbang but know only Butter from BTS.

12.[+27, 0] Kwon JiYong is crazyㅋㅋ His group is already #1, and he took the #3? Bigbang isn't even a group that makes comeback every year, but even their non-title track songs are on the list.

13.[+25, 0] Wow, iKON! When is your comeback?

14.[+22, 0] My Type is not even a title song, it's a pre-release songㅋㅋㅋㅋ a lot of people don't know it

15.[+22, 0] Looking at this, I can see that the general public doesn't listen to male idols' songs.. No matter if their beat or something is great

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Poroye-Oluwanife
Poroye-Oluwanife338 pts Wednesday, January 12, 2022 0
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Why am I not surprised? Do you think that they are called the kings of kpop for nothing?

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margana
margana8,624 pts Wednesday, January 12, 2022 0
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Just some of my notes based on this article:


-*All of Bigbang's title songs except for Fantastic Baby hit the roof.

Wasn't "Blue" the song that blocked "Fantastic Baby" from reaching #1? Lol. It was an ongoing joke back in the day that Big Bang were the ones responsible for preventing their songs from reaching #1 (because one of their other songs was already at the top of the charts).

-Just imagine if Big Bang were forced to pump out a comeback 2-3x a year like nearly every idol group. I wouldn't expect them to have all of their songs reach #1 on the charts but they'd have a lot more songs that reach the top of the charts overall.

-It's a shame that "Lies", "Haru Haru", and "Last Farewell" weren't released when Melon was around. From what I understand, those songs were HUGE in Korea, which is almost hard to measure bc nearly every Big Bang song was huge. Side note, I didn't know Sunset Glow was as big as those other 3 songs I previously mentioned. I know it triple-crowned and everything, but I always thought that Korea liked the other 3 a lot more.

-I think one of the coolest things about Big Bang is that they were one of the first male idol groups to get a good amount of male fans also. Their music never catered to women exclusively and it was always meant for the general public.

-Despite Big Bang's numerous controversies, it's remarkable how much the public continues to like their music. I'm not saying it's a shame that they aren't larger than they are now or that people shouldn't like their music, but one can only imagine how much larger they'd be if it weren't for the many scandals. Groups have to avoid scandals just for the hopes of reaching a peak like Big Bang's but Big Bang has stayed at the top in spite of their numerous controversies.

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