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Aespa: Dreams Come True

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Dreams Come True  Released on December 20, 2021, by Aespa is the number 1 track off of the winter album 2021 Winter SMTown: SMCU Express a part of SM Entertainment winter company album. The song is written by Bada, Yoo Young-Jin, and BoA. Dreams Come True is composed by Yoo Young-jin, BoA, Risto Armas Asikainen, with arrangements by Yoo Young-jin, BoA, Shaun Kim, and BXN. The song is a remake of the 1998 song Dreams Come True sung by former girl group S.E.S., SM’s first girl group. The song features members Ninging, Giselle, Karina, and Winter at the average age of 20.25 years old. Dreams Come True has about 356 words with the song being the majority in English at 66.9% (238 words) versus 33.1% (118 words) in Korean. About 49 words (13.8%) were sung by all members while 307 words (86.2%) were sung in individual sections. The average per member is around 81 words, with a standard deviation of 11.8 and a margin of error of 5.9. Member Ninging sang the most amount of words with...

BLACKPINK: Stay (Japanese Version)

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Stay (Japanese Version)  by BLACKPINK was released on August 30, 2017 as the fourth track of their Japanese album BLACKPINK as a b-side rather than a lead, as it previously had been. Teddy was the writer, composer and arrangement while Emyli helped with the lyrics and Won Jin Seo participated in the composition and arrangement of the song. Stay features members Jennie, Jisoo, Rose, and Lisa at the average age of 20.8 years old. Stay, the Japanese version has 386 words with 149 words (38.6%) in Japanese with 237 words (61.4%) in English. About 28% (108 words) were sung in unison while 72% (278 words) divided between them. The average was 69.5 words with a standard deviation of 20.9 words and a margin of error of 10.4 words. Member Jennie had the highest number of words while member Jisoo had the least. Rank Jennie - 98 words Rose - 77 words Lisa - 62 words Jisoo - 41 words Jennie - Highest Word Count  Stay, Japanese version, has a track time of 3 minutes and 50 seconds wi...

Red Velvet: Huff N' Puff

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Huff N Puff a b-side from Red Velvet was the second track from their first studio album The Red. Written by Kenzie, with arrangement and composition by Alex G, Anne Preven, Will Gray, and Jaden Michaels. Huff N Puff features members Irene, Joy, Seulgi, Wendy, and Yeri at the average age of 20 years old. Huff N Puff has a total of 266 words with 63.2% (168 words) in Korean versus 36.8% (98 words) in English. Further splitting the song it breaks down to 114 words (42.9%) sung by all members while 152 words (57.1%) are split between the five members. The average is 35.6 words with a standard deviation of 20.7 words and a margin of error of 9.3 words. Member Wendy had the highest number of words while member Yeri had the least. Rank Wendy - 65 words Seulgi - 51 words Joy - 35 words Irene - 19 words Yeri - 8 words Wendy - Highest Number of Words Huff N Puff has a track time of 3 minutes and 1 second and a total singing time of 3 minutes and 7 seconds, giving the percentage of total ti...

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...