‘Music Bank’ side made a statement regarding the controversy over Lim Young-woong’s second place. Photo｜KBS Broadcast CaptureWhat is the reason why singer Young-woong Lim took the 2nd place in ‘Music Bank’ despite having sold 1.1 million albums?
On the 18th, the production team of KBS2’s ‘Music Bank’ gave an answer to the viewers’ request for a clear explanation of ‘the number of broadcasts’, one of the criteria for selecting the first place in ‘Music Bank’.
‘Music Bank’ CP Han Dong-gyu said, “As announced on the homepage, the ‘Music Bank’ k-chart counting method is ‘digital sound source (60%) + number of broadcasts (20%) + viewer preference (10%) + album (5%). ) + social media (5%)’,” he said.
One CP said, “‘Music Bank’ uses data from various external professional organizations to collect scores and determine rankings to ensure fairness in score calculation.” We are working hard to improve accuracy.”
One CP said, “The counting period for this ranking is ‘May 2-8, 2022′” and “During that period, Young-woong Lim’s song ‘Can We Meet Again’ was not broadcast on KBS TV, radio, and digital contents that are being counted during that period.” said.
Judging from the description, Lim Young-woong did not appear in the broadcast program in the first week of his comeback. On the other hand, Le Seraphim, who made his debut on the same day, appeared in a number of KBS YouTube contents such as ‘Music Bank’, ‘Idol Human Theater’, and ‘Limousine Service’ and got a high score in the number of broadcasts.
He also expressed his position on the ‘popular song preference’ survey. One CP said, “In the ‘Popular Song Preference’ survey of 17,609 people of the ‘KBS National Panel’ conducted by the ‘KBS Public Media Research Institute’, the response rate for the song was 0%. ‘Believe me’ and ‘My Love Like the Starlight’ recorded 2.63% and 2.52% response rates, respectively, so the preferred songs were dispersed. It can be understood,” he explained.
Lim Young-woong competed with Le Seraphim’s ‘Pearless’ for the first place with the new song ‘Can We Meet Again’ on ‘Music Bank’ broadcast on the 13th. As Young-woong Lim’s new album showed a strong record power of over 1.1 million copies, many viewers expected it to take first place, but Le Seraphim was controversial because it took the first place.
On this day’s ‘Music Bank’, Le Seraphim received 7881 points with 544 digital music scores, 5348 broadcast scores, 1955 album scores, and 34 social media scores. Young-woong Lim was pushed down to second place with a score of 7035 points with 1148 digital music scores, 5885 physical album scores, and 2 social media scores.
‘Music Bank’ unveiled new ranking selection criteria in February, which were 60% for sound sources, 20% for broadcasts, 10% for viewer preference, 5% for albums, and 5% for social media.
Existing digital music sources, music charts (Hanteo), number of broadcasts (TV/radio), and viewer preference surveys were reflected. After the change, the album chart counting criteria changed from Hanteo to Gaon, and a new SNS index was added. In addition, digital was newly included in the number of broadcasts.
The reason that Le Seraphim got a high score in the number of broadcasts seems to be because it showed an overwhelming number of views on digital content provided through YouTube. In the case of ‘Idol Human Theater’, it was viewed 850,000 times in 11 days after it was released, and ‘Limousine Service’ starring Le Seraphim Kim Chae-won recorded 970,000 views in two weeks. It is an overwhelming number compared to other idol contents.
However, some Lim Young-woong fans claim that this explanation is “false” and do not accept it. According to fans, it is difficult to convince them that the number of broadcasts is 0 because Lim Young-woong’s new song is included in the radio selection table.
Meanwhile, Lim Young-woong released his first full-length album ‘IM HERO’ on the 2nd. He is currently meeting fans through a nationwide tour concert ‘IM HERO’.
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