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Red Velvet: Be Natural

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Be Natural was released on October 13, 2014 as a single on a non-album. The song features future NCT member Taeyong singing the rap of the song. Be Natural was first released by S.E.S. in December of 2000. The song was written, composed, and arranged by Yoo Young-Jin, including the remake by Red Velvet. It had been 71 days since their last release Happiness. The song features Red Velvet members Seulgi, Irene, Wendy, and Joy along with Taeyong (future NCT Member) at the average age of 19.8 years old. Be Natural has a total of 316 words with 81.6% (258 words) versus 18.4% (58 words) in English. About 101 words (32%) were sung by all Red Velvet members in unison, while 215 words (68%) were split among Red Velvet and Taeyong. The average between was 43 words with a standard deviation of 31.3 words and a margin of error of 14 words. Taeyong had the highest number of words, Red Velvet member Wendy had the highest number of words just behind him, while member Irene had the least. Rank...

Red Velvet: Joy

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Red Velvet: Joy Born Park Soo Young on September 3, 1996 in the year of the Rat. A Virgo, she is of Korean nationality. She joined SM Entertainment when she passed the SM Global audition in 2012 in Seoul. Joy is considered the group lead rapper and sub-vocalist. 💚  Songs Ranked by Time: Total Time: 67 seconds  Ice Cream Cak e - 20 seconds  Happiness - 35 seconds  Be Natural -  15 seconds  💚 Discography  Coming Soon...

Girls' Generation: Beginning

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Beginning  by Girls’ Generation is the second track from the single album Into the New World. Released on August 2, 2007, the song is written by Yoon Hyo-sang with composition by Anna-Lena Margaretha Hogdahl, Mattias Lindblom, Anders Wollbeck and arrangement by Hwang Seong-Je. The track features members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona, and Yuri at the average age of 17.6 years old. Beginning has around 237 words with about 61.2% (145 words) in Korean versus 38.8% (92 words) in English. The song is mainly sung in individual sections with 151 words (63.7%) divided amongst the members while 86 words (36.3%)) were sung in unison by all members. The average per member is 19.9 words with a standard deviation of 22.5 words and a margin of error of 7.5 words. Member Jessica had the highest amount of words while member Sunny had the least. Rank Jessica - 60 words Taeyeon - 56 words Tiffany - 35 words Sooyoung - 7 words Yoona, Yuri - 5 words Hyoyeon,...

Girls' Generation: Seohyun

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Girls’ Generation: Seohyun Born Seo Joo-hyun on June 28, 1991 in the year of the Goat. A Cancer, she is of Korean nationality. She was casted after a SM talent agent saw her on the subway and encouraged her to audition. Seohyun is considered the lead vocalist and Maknae. She is one of the members that is no longer under SM Entertainment but is still a part of the group. Subunit: TTS 💖 Songs Ranked by Time Total Time: 29 seconds   Into the New World - 13 Seconds  Honey/Perfect for You - 12 Seconds  Beginning - 4 Seconds  💖 Discography  Coming Soon...

K-Pop Music Show Awards: June 2026, Week 4

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Music Show Awards of the Week: June 23-28, 2026  Key: 🏆(Win) | 👑(Triple Crown)   ‗ Music Show Wins this Week The Show: June 23, 2026 No Show or broadcast Show Champion: June 24, 2026 Rize - Do your Dance 🏆 M Countdown: June 25, 2026 Le Sserafirm, Illit, Kateseye - Iconic by Mistake  Music Bank: June 26, 2026 Rize - Do your Dance 🏆 Show! Music Core: June 27, 2026 I.O.I - Suddenly 🏆🏆 Inkigayo: June 28, 2026 Rize - Do your Dance 🏆 Summary of the Week Rize earned the most awards this week for the song Do your Dance with three wins. Suddenly by IOI took home their second win for Show! Music Core Le Sserafirm, Illit, and Kateseye took home their first win for the collab Iconic by Mistake on M Countdown The Show did not have a broadcast or announced a winner this week. Rank of the Week Rize - 🏆🏆🏆 Le Sserafirm, Illit, Kateseye, I.O.I - 🏆

K-Pop Music Show Awards: 1998 March

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March 1998 In 1998, instead of there being 5 shows, there was only One until June of that year. So instead of doing a weekly update as if it were debuting, I will be doing the month until we have about three music shows a week. So here is March of 1998, the first Music Show Awards program. Inkigayo: March 3, 1998 S.E.S - I’m Your Girl 🏆🏆 Inkigayo: March 8, 1998 JYP - Honey 🏆 Inkigayo: March 15, 1998 JYP - Honey 🏆🏆 Inkigayo: March 22, 1998 Shin Seung-Hun - A Promise I Can’t Follow 🏆 Inkigayo: March 29, 1998 Shin Seung-Hun - A Promise I Can’t Follow 🏆🏆

Hearts2Hearts: The Chase [Debut]

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The Chase  by Hearts2Hearts is the debut single from their single album The Chase. Released on February 24, 2025, the song was written, composed, and arranged by Kenize. Composition and Arrangement are also by No2zcat and Lauren Faith. Hannah Yadi, Jorja Douglas, Renee Downer, and Stella Quaresma also took part in the composition. The Chase features members A-na, Carmen, Ian, Jiwoo, Juun, Stella, Ye-on, and Yuha at the average age of 17.4 years old. The Chase has around 253 words with 161 words (63.8%) in Korean versus 92 words (36.4%) in English. About 25.3% (64 words) sung by all members while 74.7% (189 words) sung in individual sections. The average per member is about 35.9 words with a standard deviation of 16.5 words and a margin of error of 5.8 words. Member Jiwoo had the highest amount of words while member A-na had the lowest amount of words. Rank Jiwoo - 62 words Yuha - 58 words Stella - 43 words Ian - 37 words Ye-on - 31 words Carmen - 22 words Juun - 21 words A...

Hearts2Hearts: A-na

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A-na Born Roh Yu-na on December 20, 2008 in the year of the Rat. A Sagittarius, she is of Korean nationality. She joined the company after auditioning in 2022. She sang the Korean National anthem for her audition. A-na is considered the visual, lead dancer, lead rapper, and vocalist, although the group doesn’t consider themselves to have fixed positions. 🌻 Total amount of Time: 10 Sec  Songs Ranked by Time: The Chase - 10 sec  🌻

AESPA: Black Mamba [Debut]

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Black Mamba  by Aespa was originally released as a solo on November 17, 2020, but later featured as track number 7 on the album Girls. The song is also their debut into the Kpop world. Written by Yoo Young-Jin, and composed by Omega, Ella Isaacson, Gabriela Geneva (Niiva), Jordan Reyes, Shaun Lopez, Scott Chesak, Yoo Young-jin with arrangement by Omega, Jordan Reyes, Shaun Lopez, Scott Chesak, Yoo Young-jin. The song features members: Winter, Karina, Giselle, and Ningning at the average age of 19.25. Overall Black Mamba has around 240 words with the average between members being 37.3 words. The song has a standard deviation of around 6.9 with a margin of error being 3.5. The song is mostly sung in English around 53.3% (128) versus 46.7% (112) in Korean. Around 95 words (39.6%) are sung in unison by the girls, while 145 words (60.4%) make up the individual section. Member Winter had the highest number of words with member Giselle having the least. Rank Winter - 46 words Ningn...

Aespa: Giselle

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 Giselle  Born Uchinaga Aeri on October 30, 2000 in the year of the Dragon. A Scorpio, she is of Japanese-Korean nationality. She entered the company by passing the notorious Saturday weekly open auditions on her fourth try. Giselle is considered the group's Main Rapper and Sub-Vocalist. 🌙 Total amount of Time: 22 Seconds  Songs Ranked by Time: Black Mamba - 22 Seconds  🌙 Discography  Coming Soon... Aespa Main Page

BLACKPINK: Boombayah [Debut]

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Boombayah  was released on August 8, 2016 by BLACKPINK as one of two singles for their debut. Featured as the second track of their single album Square One, lyrics and composition were written by Teddy and Bekuh Boom with the arrangement done by Teddy alone. Boombayah features members Lisa, Jennie, Rose, and Jisoo at the average age of 19.8 years old. Boombayah has a total of 369 words with 39.8% (147 words) in Korean versus 60.2% (222 words) in English. About 162 words (43.9%) sung by all BLACKPINK members in unison with 207 words (56.1%) sung in divided among the four members. The average is 51.8 words with a standard deviation of 21.1 words and a margin of error of 10.5 words. Member Lisa had the highest count of words while member Rose had the least. Rank Lisa - 80 words Jennie - 63 words Jisoo - 38 words Rose - 26 words Boombayah has a track time of 4 minutes with a total sing time of 3 minutes and 27 seconds. 82 seconds (39.6%) sung by all members with 125 seconds (60...

BLACKPINK: Jennie

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Jennie Born Kim Jennie on January 16, 1996 in the year of the pig. A Capricorn, she is of Korean nationality. She auditioned for the company in 2014 in Seoul, after growing up in New Zealand, passing the audition. Although BLACKPINK does not have any official positions, Jennie is considered to be the group's main rapper and lead vocalist. 🐻 Songs Ranked by Time Total Time: 95 seconds  Whistle  - 66 seconds Boombayah  - 29 seconds 🐻 Discography  Coming Soon... 

Red Velvet: Happiness [Debut]

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Happiness  by Red Velvet was their debut song that premiered on August 4, 2014. It is a non-album single that was written by Yoo Young-Jin, with composition and arrangement by Will Simms, Chad Hugo, Anne Judith Wik, and Chris Holsten. Happiness features members Seulgi, Wendy, Irene, and Joy at the average age of 20 years old. Happiness has 465 words with 46.3% (215 words) in English versus 53.8% (250 words) in Korean. About 157 words (33.8%) sung in unison with the remaining 308 words (66.2%) divided between the four members. The average is 77 words with a standard deviation of 5.2 words and a margin of error of 2.6 words. Member Wendy had the highest number of words while member Seulgi had the least. Rank Wendy - 84 words Irene - 80 words Joy - 73 words Seulgi - 71 words Happiness has a track time of 3 minutes and 41 seconds with a total track time of 3 minutes and 39 seconds. 55 seconds (25.1%) were sung in unison while 164 seconds (74.9%) split into individual sections....

Red Velvet: Irene

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Irene  Born Bae Ju-Hyun, on March 29, 1991 in the year of the Goat. An Aries, she is of Korean nationality. She joined after passing an audition in 2009. Irene is considered the leader, main rapper, lead dancer, sub vocalist, visual and center. Sub Unit: Irene & Seulgi 🩷 Songs Ranked by Time: Total Time: 63 seconds  Happiness - 37 seconds  Ice Cream Cak e - 17 seconds  Be Natural -  9 Secconds  🩷 Discography  Coming Soon...

Girls' Generation: Into the New World [Debut]

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Girls’ Generation’s Into the New World was released on August 3, 2007 as their debut single. The song featured on the album Into the New World as the first track and their 2007 album Girls’ Generation as their 11th track. Written by Kim Jeong-bae, with composer and arrangement by Kenzie. The track features members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Yoona, Yuri, Taeyeon, and Tiffany with the average age being around 17.6 years old. Into the New World has around 214 words with 210 words (98.1%) being in Korean and 4 words (1.9%) in English. 45.8% (98 words) is sung in unison with 54.2% (116 words) is sung in individual sections. The average number between members is 13.3 words with a standard deviation of 7.5 with a margin of error is 2.6. Member Taeyeon has the most words with member Yoona having the least. Rank Taeyeon - 33 words Jessica - 18 words Seohyun - 15 words Yuri - 10 words Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Sunny, Tiffany - 9 words Yoona - 8 words The total time of the trac...

Girls' Generation: Hyoyeon

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  Girls' Generation: Hyoyeon Born Kim Hyo-yeon on September 22, 1989 in the year of the Snake. A Virgo, she is of Korean nationality. She earned her place at SM at the age of 11 when she did an impromptu dance when her mother brought her to the office, in hopes to see H.O.T., in the 2000 audition show. Hyoyeon is considered the main dancer, main rapper, and sub-vocalist of the group. Subunit: Oh!GG 💖 Songs Ranked by Time Total Amount: 19 Seconds  Into the New World - 9 seconds  Beginning - 6 seconds  Honey/Perfect for You - 4 seconds  💖 Discography  Coming Soon... -- Girls' Generation Main Page

K-Pop Music Show Awards: 1998 February

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February 1998 In 1998, instead of there being 5 shows, there was only One until June of that year. So instead of doing a weekly update as if it were debuting, I will be doing the month until we have about three music shows a week. So here is February of 1998, the first Music Show Awards program.  🏆 Win | 👑 Triple Crown    Inkigayo: February 1, 1998 Turbo - December 🏆 Inkigayo: February 8, 1998 Turbo- December 🏆🏆 Inkigayo: February 15, 1998 Turbo - December 🏆🏆🏆 👑 Inkigayo: February 22, 1998 S.E.S. - I’m your Girl 🏆

K-Pop Music Show Awards: June 16-21, 2026

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This Week in Music Show Awards the week of Tuesday June 16, 2026 to Sunday June 21, 2026    Key:🏆 Win | 👑 Triple Crown  The Show: June 16, 2026 Winner: (No Broadcast or Winner) Show Champion: June 17, 2026 Winner: No Broadcast or Winner M Countdown: June 18, 2026 Winner: Aespa - Lemonade 🏆 Music bank: June 19, 2026 Winner: BoyNextDoor - Viral 🏆 Show! Music Core: June 20, 2026 Winner: Special Episode, Winner not announce Inkigayo: June 21, 2026 Winner: Illit - It's Me 🏆🏆🏆👑

Breakdown of Points

 Hello, I am Otta.  I like K-pop and I like turning songs into stats.  You may find my YouTube channel where I started to post Time Race videos for the songs and albums I have been dissecting.  I plan on expanding on different types of videos as I grow, but I thought that would be a great place to start.    When coming up with my main point system I did try to get as far and balance as possible.  Removing my opinion on the song to try and see which songs are actually "bops" versus "flops" on a pure data level.  Are the songs fair or unfair to other group members and which song should be graded an A versus a F?  With those questions in mind, I have been trying to figure out a system that helps me be as unbiased as possible using math and data collection.   Firstly why word count and  time count?  Think of it as if paper versus application.  Is the song a good idea on paper versus when it is in application, or is it wo...