T-ara and Big Bang turned out to rule the first quarter of the K-pop music industry.

On April 4, music site, Monkey, released the Top 10 for the first quarter of 2012, which was made by adding all the number of download of a song and the number of streaming.

According to the chart, “Lovey-Dovey,” released by T-ara in January, hit the top in January and remained in Top 10 for seven consecutive weeks (From the first week of January to the third week of February) and successfully ranked first for the first quarter.

Among boy group, Big Bang stood dominant. Having released a new mini-album late February of last year, the five versatile boys proved their ability by getting high ranks for their songs—Fantastic Baby (no.2), Blue (no. 4), Bad Boy (no. 9).

“Tracing Back in Time,” from the sound track of MBC’s The Moon that Embraces the Sun, done by female solo Lynn ranked third, and it proved the overwhelming popularity of the series.

“Touch,” done by miss A ranked fifth, “Trouble Maker,” done by 4MINUTE’s Hyun Ah and B2ST’s Hyun Seung 6th, “You’re Like Me” seventh, and “Heaven” done by high-profile rookie Ailee eighth, and a song done by Jeong Joon Ha, member of MBC’s Infinite Challenge.
Source: Starnews