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Girls' Generation: Tears

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Tears  by Girls’ Generation is a b-side that was released on November 1, 2007 on the album Girls’ Generation (2007) and it’s reissue Baby Baby as the seventh track. The song was written by Kim Seok-hyun, with composition and arrangement by Park Ki-wan. Tears features members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona, and Yuri at the average age of 17.6 years old. Tears had a total of 199 words with 160 words (80.4%) in Korean versus 39 words (19.6%) in English. About 12.1% (24 words) of the song is sung by all nine members in unison while 87.9% (175 words) were split between them. The average is 22.8 words with a standard deviation of 17.6 words and a margin of error of 5.9 words. Member Teayeon had the highest number of words while members Sooyoung, Sunny, Yoona, and Yuri tied for the least amount of words. Rank Taeyeon - 63 words Jessica - 44 words Seohyun - 23 words Tiffany - 20 words Yuri -15 words Hyoyeon, Sooyoung, Sunny, and Yoona - 10 words T...

Kpop Music Show Awards: August 2026, Week 4

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Music Show Awards of the Week: August 25 - August 30, 2026 Key: 🏆(Win) | 👑(Triple Crown) 👑🏆👑🏆👑 The Show: August 25, 2026 No broadcast or winner announced  Show Champion: August 26, 2026  Enphyen - Bloody Paradise 🏆 M Countdown: August 27, 2026  Enphyen - Bloody Paradise 🏆 Music Bank:  August 28, 2026  Enphyen - Bloody Paradise 🏆 Show! Music Core: August 29,  2026  Enphyen - Bloody Paradise 🏆 Inkigayo: August 30,  2026  Stray Kids - This or That 🏆 👑🏆👑🏆👑 Summary of the Week There were only 5 chances out of 6 this week for a chance to win.  Enphyen was one win away from having a clean sweep.   Rank of the Week  Enphyen - 4 wins  Stray Kids - 1 win 

History K-Pop Music Show Awards: September 1998, Week 2

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September 1998 Week 2 - September 8-13, 1998 In 1998, instead of there being 5 shows, there was only one until June. As we have reached the point where there are three or more shows going forward, I will be posting just the week update once a week. We will go back to monthly history posts in 1999 when it drops down below three shows. Music Bank - September 8, 1998 Sechs Kies - Reckless Love 🏆 Live Music Camp - September 12, 1998 Uhm Jung-hwa - Poison 🏆 Inkigayo - September 13, 1998 Fin.K.L. - To my Boyfriend 🏆🏆 Summary of this Week This is Uhm Jung-hwa’s first win of the year and first win every for a music show award. This is Sechs Kies 7th win of the year, bumping them up into second place for the highest number of wins. Wins of the Year (So far): Kim Hyun-Jung 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| (8) Yu Seung-Jun 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑 👑 | Sechs Kies 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆| (7) Kim Min-Jong 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| (5) Cool 🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| (4) Turbo 🏆🏆🏆👑 | Shin Seung-Hun 🏆🏆🏆👑- | S.E.S 🏆🏆🏆 | (3) JYP 🏆🏆 | I...

Hearts2Hearts: Focus EP

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Focus EP was released on October 20, 2025 as the first Korean EP by Hearts2Hearts. Released under the label SM and Kakao, the album has a total of 6 tracks with 2 being lead singles, 3 B-sides, and 1 previously released lead single prior to the promotions for the album as an additional b-side. It had been 238 days or 7 months and 26 days since their previous album release, The Chase - single album. Focus EP features members A-na, Carmen, Ian, Jiwoo, Juun, Stella, Ye-on, and Yuha at the average age of 17.4 years old. Focus EP has a total of 6 tracks featured on the album, with no previous releases from other albums. The B-side Style had been released as a lead single for a single release but no albums featured. The single is not considered a lead single for this EP. The tracks are: Lead Singles: Focus | Pretty Please || B-side: Apple Pie | Flutter | Blue Moon | Style || Focus EP has a total of 1,719 words with the majority of the album being sung in English at 53.5% (920 words...

Aespa: Savage EP

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Savage EP Savage EP  by Aespa is their first Korean EP released on October 5, 2021 by the label SM,Dreamus. Lee Soo-Man was the sole producer with the album having 1 lead single and 5 b-sides for a total of 6 tracks. It had been 202 days since their last release. The album features members Winter, Ningning, Giselle, and Karina at the average age of 20.3 years old. Savage’s track listing is: Lead Single: Savage B-side: Aenergy | I’ll Make you Cry | Yeppi Yeppi | Iconic | Lucid Dream Savage EP has a total of 2,347 words with 44.2% (982 words) in Koran versus 55.8% (1,310 words) in English. 666 words (28.4%) were sung by all, while 1,681 words (71.6%) were divided between the members. The average was 420.3 words per member with the average standard deviation over the six songs was 15.4 words and an average margin of error of 7.7 words. Aespa member Winter had the highest word count while member Ningning had the least. Rank Winter - 437 words Giselle - 451 words Karina - 419 wor...

BLACKPINK: Playing with Fire (Japanese Version)

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Playing with Fire (Japanese Version)  by BLACKPINK was released on August 30, 2017 as a b-side as the third track from their Japanese album BLACKPINK. Written and arranged by Teddy with Emyli taking part in the lyrics. R.Tee participated in composition and was the sole arranger for the song. Playing with Fire features Jennie, Jisoo, Rose, and Lisa at the average age of 20.8 years old. Playing with fire has a total of 270 words with 6 words (2.2%) in Korean, 155 words (57.4%) in English, and 109 words (40.4%) in Japanese. The song is sung entirely divided between the members with no part singing in unison. The average was 63.5 words with a standard deviation of 32.6 words and a margin of error of 16.3 words. Member Lisa had the highest number of words while member Jisoo had the least. Rank Lisa - 119 words Jennie - 54 words Rose - 44 words Jisoo - 37 words Lisa - Highest Word Count Playing with Fire, the Japanese version, had a time of 3 minutes and 17 seconds with a total sing...

Red Velvet: Dumb Dumb

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  Dumb Dumb  is a lead single from Red Velvet released on September 9, 2015 for their first studio album The Red as the first track. Written by Seo Ji-eum and Kim Dong Hyun, with composition and arrangement by LDN Noise, Deanna Dellacioppa, Taylor Parks, and Ryan S. Jhun. It had been 184 days since their last single release of Ice Cream Cake in March of the same year. Dumb Dumb features members Irene, Joy, Seulgi, Wendy, and Yeri at the average age of 20 years olds. Dumb Dumb has a total of 470 words with 31.7% (149 words) in Korean versus 68.3% (321 words) in English. The song is broken down majority sung by All, on paper, with 256 words (54.5%), versus 214 words (45.5%) divided between the members. The average is 44.2 words with a standard deviation of 12.2 words and a margin of error of 5.5 words. Member Irene has the highest number of words while member Yeri has the least. Rank Irene - 57 words Joy - 54 words Wendy - 49 words Seulgi - 37 words Yeri - 24 words Irene...

Girls' Generation: Merry-Go-Round

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Merry-Go-Round  was released as a b-side on the album Girls’ Generation (2007) and it’s reissue Baby Baby as the sixth track. Released on November 1, 2007, the song was written by Kim Jeong-Bae with composition and arrangement by Kenzie. Merry-Go-Round features members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona, and Yuri at the average age of 17.6 years old. Merry-Go-Round had a total of 188 words with 132 words (70.2%) in Korean versus 56 words (29.8%) in English. About 44.7% (84 words) of the song is sung by all nine members in unison while 55.3% (104 words) were split between them. The average is 12.6 words with a standard deviation of 7.2 words and a margin of error of 2.4 words. Member Jessica had the highest number of words while member Sooyoung had the least. Rank Jessica - 24 words Tiffany - 23 words Taeyeon - 18 words Yuri - 14 words Seohyun - 11 words Sunny & Yoona - 7 words Hyoyeon - 5 words Sooyoung - 4 words Jessica - Highest time cou...

Kpop Music Show Awards: August 2026, Week 3

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Music Show Awards of the Week: August 18 - August 23, 2026 Key: 🏆(Win) | 👑(Triple Crown) 👑🏆👑🏆👑 The Show: August 18, 2026 No show or Broadcast announced  Show Champion: August 19, 2026  Stray Kids - This or That 🏆 M Countdown: August 20, 2026  Stray Kids - This or That 🏆 🏆 Music Bank:   August 21, 2026  Stray Kids - This or That  🏆 🏆 Show! Music Core: August 22,  2026  Ateez - Bad 🏆 Inkigayo: August 23,  2026  Stray Kids - This or That 🏆 👑🏆👑🏆👑 Summary of the Week Stray Kids is one win away from a triple crown on This or That on M Countdown and Music Bank. This week there were only 5 out of 6 chances to win a trophy. Rank of the Week  Stray Kids - 4 Wins Ateez - 1 Win 

History K-Pop Music Show Awards: September 1998 Week 1

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September 1998 Week 1 - September 1-6, 1998 In 1998, instead of there being 5 shows, there was only one until June. As we have reached the point where there are three or more shows going forward, I will be posting just the week update once a week. We will go back to monthly history posts in 1999 when it drops down below three shows. Music Bank - September 1, 1998 Kim Hyun-Jung - Love Alone 🏆 Live Music Camp - September 5, 1998 Bijou - Love Love 🏆 Inkigayo - September 6, 1998 Fin.K.L. - To my Boyfriend 🏆 Summary of this Week Kim Hyun-Jung, Bijou, and Fin.K.L. each won 1 win this week. This is Bijou, and FinK.L.’s first win of the year, and first win ever. This is Kim Hyun-Jung’s eight win of the year, putting them in first place for highest wins of the year so far. Wins of the Year (So far): Kim Hyun-Jung 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑 (8) Yu Seung-Jun 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑 👑 | (7) Sechs Kies 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆(6) Kim Min-Jong 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| (5) Cool 🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| (4) Turbo 🏆🏆🏆👑 | Shin Seung-Hun 🏆🏆...

Hearts2Hearts: Style

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  Style  was released on June 18, 2025 by Hearts2Hearts as a non album lead single. The song would later go on to be featured as a B-side on their EP Focus as the sixth track. The song is written by Kenzie, with composition and arrangement by Mike Daly and Mitchell Owens. Adrian McKinnon and Sara Forsberg also took part in the composition of the song. It had been 114 days, or 3 months and 25 days since their previous release of The Chase. Style features members A-na, Carmen, Ian, Jiwoo, Juun, Stella, Ye-on, and Yuha at the average age of 17.4 years old. Style has a total of 401 words with 43.1% (173 words) in Korean versus 56.9% (228 words) in English. 170 words (42.4%) were sung in unison by all members while 231 words (42.4%) were split between them. The average was 41.1 words with a standard deviation of 14.7 words and a margin of error of 5.2 words. Member Carmen had the highest number of words while member Jiwoo and Juun had the least. Rank Carmen - 70 words Yuha ...

Aespa: Lucid Dream

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Lucid Dream  by Aespa was a b-side released on October 5, 2021 as the 6th track of the EP Savage. The song was written by Ellie Suh with composition and arrangement by Kill Dave, Pat Morrissey. Hayley Kiyoko, Paul Phamous, and Marcus Lomax took part in the composition of the song while IMLAY participated in the arrangement of the song. Lucid Dream features members Winter, Karina, Giselle, and Ningning at the average age of 20.3 years old. Lucid Dream has a total of 327 words with 56.6% (185 words) in Korean versus 43.4% (142 words) in English. About 73 words (22.3%) were sung by all members with 254 words (77.7%) split between the members in solo sections. Lucid Dream has an average of 63.5 words between the four members with a standard deviation of 19.9 words and a margin of error of 10 words. Member Giselle had the highest number of words while member Karina had the least. Rank Giselle - 97 words Winter - 60 words Ningning - 50 words Karina - 47 words Giselle - Highest...

Kpop Music Show Awards: August 2026, Week 2

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      Music Show Awards of the Week: August 11 - August 16, 2026  Key: 🏆(Win) | 👑(Triple Crown) 👑🏆👑🏆👑 The Show: August 11, 2026 Kiss of Life - Sweat 🏆 Show Champion: August 12, 2026  Red Velvet - Surfin' Boy 🏆 M Countdown: August 13, 2026  Stray Kids - This or That 🏆 Music Bank:  August 14, 2026  Stray Kids - This or That 🏆 Show! Music Core: August 15,  2026  Rescence - Pretty Girl 🏆🏆🏆👑 Inkigayo: August 16,  2026  Rescence - Love Attack 🏆🏆 👑🏆👑🏆👑 Summary of the Week Rescence is one win away from earning a triple crown on Inkigayo for Love Attack. Rescence earned a triple crown for the song Pretty Girl on Show! Music Core Stray kids earned two show wins for their song This & That this week. Kiss of Life and Red Velvet each earned 1 trophy this week. Out of the 6 shows, there were 6 wins given. Rank of the Week  Rescence- 3 wins Stray kids - 2 wins Kiss of Life | Red Velvet - 1 Win

BLACKPINK: Whistle (Japanese Version)

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Whistle (Japanese Version)  by BLACKPINK was released as a b-side on their first Japanese EP, BLACKPINK as track #2 on August 30, 2017. This version was written, composed, and arranged by Teddy, Bekuh Boom, with Future Bounce participating in composition and arrangement. Lyrics were also written by Sunny Boy and Kim Han-bin. Whistle features members Lisa, Rose, Jisoo and Jennie at the age of 20.8 years old. Whistle, the Japanese version, has a total of 371 words with 10.2% (38 words) in Korean, 67.9% (252 words) in English versus 21.8% (81 words) in Japanese. About 16 words (4.3%) sung in unison with 355 words (95.7%) divided between the members. The average was 88.8 words with a standard deviation of 50.6 words and a margin of error of 25.3 words. Member Jennie had the highest number of words while member Jisoo had the least. Rank Jennie - 160 words Lisa - 112 words Rose - 50 words Jisoo - 33 words Jennie - Highest Word Count Whistle has a track time of 3 minutes and 31 seco...

Red Velvet: Ice Cream Cake - EP

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Ice Cream Cake EP  was their first extended play released by Red Velvet on March 17, 2016. The album has six tracks and was the first release to feature new member Yeri. Released under the label, SM and Dreamus the album was produced by Hayley Aitken, Trinity Music, Daniel “Obi” Klein, Charli Taft, Kenzie, Teddy Riley, Cha Cha Malone, and Monotree. The track features two lead singles and four b-sides. It had been 155 days since their previous release of the non album single Be Natural. The album features members Seulgi, Irene, Wendy, Yeri, and Joy at the average age of 20 years old. The album features a total of six new songs: → Lead Singles: Ice Cream Cake | Automatic → B-sides: Something Kinda Crazy | Stupid Crazy | Take it Slow | Candy To see the breakdown of the individual songs, see previous chapters. Ice Cream Cake EP had a total of 1,518 words with 962 words (63.4%) in Korean versus 556 words (36.6%) in English. About 585 words (38.5%) sung in unison with 933 words (...

Girls' Generation: Kissing You

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Kissing You by Girls’ Generation was a lead single for the album Girls’ Generation (2007) and was on the reissue album Baby Baby as the fifth track. Released on November 1, 2007 the song was written, composed, and arranged by LeeOn with Kwon Yoon-Jung taking part in the writing of the lyrics. It had been 73 days since their previous single, Girls’ Generation had been released, also featured from the same album. Kissing You features members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona, and Yuri at the average age of 17.6 years old at its initial release time. Kissing You has a total of 233 words with 182 (78.1%) sung in Korean versus 51 words (21.9%) sung in English. About 50.2% (117 words) sung by all members in unison with 49.8% (116 words) sung in individual sections. The average between the nine members is 12.9 words with a standard deviation of 8.7 words and a margin of error of 2.9 words. Member Seohyun had the highest amount of words while member Yoon...

Girls' Generation: Jessica (Former)

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Into the New World - Mr. Mr.  Former Girls’ Generation: Jessica Born Jessica Jung on April 18, 1989 in the year of the Snake. A Aries, she is of Korean-American nationality. She was casted when she was scouted in 2000 on vacation at a mall along with her sister Kyrstal (who later debuted under F(x)). Jessica is considered the main vocalist of the group. She left SM and the group on September 30, 2014. Jessica had spent a total of 2,614 days in the group (7 years, 1 month, and 26 days). Her last comeback with the group was Mr. Mr. 💖 Songs Ranked by Time Total time: 95 seconds  Beginning - 4 2 seconds Honey / Perfect for You - 35 seconds  Into the New World -  18 seconds 💖 Discography Coming soon...

History Music Show Awards: August Week 4 1998

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1998: August Week 4 In 1998, instead of there being 5 shows, there was only One until June of that year. August is the first month where there are three shows airing at the same time. From here until the rest of the year, I will be posting “Weekly” historical updates rather than monthly. In 1999 we will go back to doing only Monthly History posts. Inkigayo: August 23, 1998 Sechs Kies - Road Fighter 🏆 Music Bank: August 25, 1998 Kim Hyun-Jung - Breakup with Her 🏆🏆 Live! Music Camp: August 29, 1998 Kim Hyun-Jung - Breakup with Her 🏆🏆🏆👑 Inkigayo: August 30, 1998 Sechs Kies - Road Fighter 🏆🏆 Summary of Wins this Week Sechs Kies, Kim Hyun-Jung - 🏆🏆 2 wins Wins of the Year (so far): Yu Seung-Jun 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑 👑 | Kim Hyun-Jung 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑 (7) Sechs Kies 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆(6) Kim Min-Jong 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| (5) Cool 🏆🏆🏆🏆👑| (4) Turbo 🏆🏆🏆👑 | Shin Seung-Hun 🏆🏆🏆👑- | S.E.S 🏆🏆🏆 | (3) JYP 🏆🏆 | Im Chang Jung 🏆🏆(2) Diva 🏆| Im Chang-Jung 🏆(1)

Hearts2Hearts: Blue Moon

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Blue Moon  by Hearts2Hearts was released on October 20, 2025 as a b-side on the album Focus (track #5). Written by Jo Yoon-kyung and Kang Eun-yu, the song was composed by Rasmus Gregersen, Daniel Michael Victor, Amanda Thomesen, and Haventseenyou with arrangement by DMV & Ras, and Haventseenyou. Blue Moon features members Carmen, Jiwoo, Yuha, Stella, Juun, A-na, Ian, and Ye-on at the average age of 17.4 years old. Blue Moon had a total of 166 words with 61.4% (102 words) in Korean versus 64 words (38.6%) in English. 38.6% (69 words) were sung in unison by all members while 58.4% (97 words) were divided between individuals. The average was 13.4 words between the members with a standard deviation of 4 words and with a margin of error of 1.4 words. Member Yuha had the highest number of words while members Ian and Jiwoo had the least. Rank Yuha - 22 words Ye-on - 18 words A-na, Carmen, Juun - 12 words Stella - 11 words Ian, Jiwoo - 10 words Yuha - Highest word count  B...

Hearts2Hearts: Yuha

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The Chase - Lemon Tang Hearts2Hearts: Yuha Born Yu Ha-ram on April 12, 2007 in the year of the Pig. An Aries, she is of Korean nationality. She was street casted by SM Entertainment on three separate occasions before passing the auditions. She is considered the group's Main vocalist and lead dancer, although the group doesn’t consider themselves to have fixed positions. 🎀 Songs Ranked by Time: Total Amount: 204 seconds  Flutter   - 36 seconds Style   - 33 seconds  The Chase - 31 seconds  Butterflies  - 29 seconds  Focus  - 26 seconds  Pretty Please - 24 seconds Blue Moon   - 16 seconds  Apple Pie  - 9 seconds  🎀 Discography Coming soon...

Aespa: Iconic

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Iconic  by Aespa was released as the fifth track b-side from their EP Savage on October 5, 2021. The song is written by Jo Yoon-kyung with composition by Sophie Curtis, Val EDel, and Timothy Tan, with Timothy Tan doing the arrangement. Iconic features members Karina, Giselle, Winter, and Ningning at the average age of 20.3 years old. Iconic has a total of 420 words with 37.4% (157 words) in Korean versus 62.6% (263 words) in English. About 82 words (19.5%) sung in unison while 338 words (80.5%) in individual sections. The average was 84.5 words with the standard deviation being 4.8 words and a margin of error of 2.4 words. Member Winter had the highest amount of words, while member Ningning had the least. Rank Winter - 90 words Karina - 88 words Giselle - 82 words Ningning - 78 words Winter - Highest word count  Iconic has a track time of 3 minutes and 11 seconds and a total singing time of 3 minutes and 7 seconds. 21 seconds (11.2%) are sung in unison, while 166 second...

BLACKPINK: Boombayah (Japanese Version)

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Boombayah, Japanese Version   was the first Japanese Lead Single from BLACKPINK released on August 8, 2017. Written, composed, and arranged by Teddy, Bekuh Boom helped with the lyrics and composition, and Sunny Boy participated in the lyrics. It had been 280 days since their last releases, of the Korean Single Playing With Fire & Stay. Boombayah, the Japanese version, featured members Jennie, Jisoo, Rose, and Lisa at the average age of 20.8 years old. Boombayah, the Japanese version, had a total of 418 words with 78.2% (327 words) in English, 0.7% (3 words) in Korean verses, 88 words (21.1%) in Japanese. 166 words (39.7%) sung by all in unison with 252 words (60.3%) divided into individual sections. The average is 63 words with a standard deviation of 29.8 words with a margin of error of 14.9 words. Member Lisa had the highest amount of words while member Rose had the least. Rank Lisa - 96 words Jennie - 88 words Jisoo - 43 words Rose - 25 words Boombayah, the Japane...

Red Velvet: Candy

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Candy  by Red Velvet was released on March 17, 2015 as a B-side on the EP Ice Cream Cake (Track #6). Written by Hong JI-Yoo, with composition by Claire Rodrigues Lee and Kevin Charge, and arrangement by Score. The B-side features red velvet members Yeri, Seulgi, Joy, Wendy, and Irene at the average age of 20 years old. Candy has a total of 250 words with 80.4% (201 words) in Korean versus 19.6% (49 words) in English. About 41 words (16.4%) were sung by all members in unison while the five members split the remaining 209 words (83.6%) amongst themselves. The average is 44.2 words with a standard deviation of 8.1 words and a margin of error of 3.6 words. Member Seulig had the highest amount while member Irene had the lowest. Rank Seulgi - 58 words Wendy - 48 words Joy - 42 words Yeri - 37 words Irene - 36 words Seulgi - Highest word Count  Candy had a track time of 4 minutes and 22 seconds while the total singing time was 4 minutes and 15 seconds. 55 seconds (21.6%) sung ...

Girls' Generation: Complete

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  Complete  by Girls’ Generation is the fourth track from the studio album Girls’ Generation and the repackaged album Baby Baby. Released on November 1, 2007, the song is written by Jo Yoon-Kyung, with composition by Ingrid Skretting, and Jan Lysdhal. The arrangement was by Hong-Seok. The track features members Hyoyeon, Jessica, Seohyun, Sooyoung, Sunny, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yoona, and Yuri at the average age of 17.6 years old. Complete has a total of 140 words with 107 words (76.4%) in Korean versus 33 words (23.6%) in English. About 30% (42 words) sung in unison while 98 words (70%) split between the members. The average is about 10.8 words with a standard deviation of 7.8 words and a margin of error of 2.6 words. Members Jessica had the highest amount of words while members Hyoyeon & Sooyoung had the least. Rank Jessica - 26 words Taeyeon - 22 words Tiffany - 13 words Seohyun, Sunny - 10 words Yoona - 6 words Yuri - 4 words Hyoyeon, Sooyoung - 3 words Jessica - Highe...