PSY reigns atop Gaon chart for the 2nd consecutive week

Korean singer PSY dances on a boat at Han River in Seoul, Korea during his music video shooting for "Gangnam Style" [YG Entertainment]

K-pop solo artist PSY has proved to be the unbeatable winner on Gaon chart by keeping its reign atop the chart for two weeks in a row.

PSY's “Gangnam Style,” the title track of his sixth full-length album "Six Rules, Part. 1," topped the chart after holding off singles by BoA and 2NE1 in the fourth week of July.

The singer and dancer rolled out the album packed with funny lyrics and speedy beats on July 15. He has teamed up with popular musicians of different music genres such as G-Dragon of Big Bang, hip-hop duo LeeSSang, songstress Lena Park and rock band YB .

Additionally, the music video for “Gangnam Style” has already reached over 10 million views on PSY’s official YouTube channel as of Thursday afternoon.

The runner-up honor goes to Korean songstress BoA, who recently returned to the music scene after her two-year-long hiatus.

“Only One,” the title off the same name of her seventh full-length album, instantly debuted at No.2 last week after becoming available online on July 22.

The title track written and composed by BoA herself is expected to rank higher next week as the star is planning to get more active with her singing activities.

Next up is 2NE1’s the cross-genre song of electronic and trot music, “I LOVE YOU,” which was dropped on July 5.

Just behind the “I AM THE BEST” singer, SISTAR’s summer tune “Loving You” landed in the fourth spot.

Additionally, T-ara’s “Day By Day” sat at the No. 5 spot amid their ongoing controversy over Hwa-young's drop out from the team, rounding off the chart's top five.

Other songs in the top ten are CNBLUE’s Lee Jong-hyun’s drama soundtrack “My Love,” boy band BEAST’s “Beautiful Night” and “Midnight," PSY and ballad singer Sung Si-kyung’s duet song “Passionate Goodbye” and KBS’ comedian-group Brave Guys’ “Spring Summer Summer Summer.”

On Gaon’s album chart, meanwhile, BEAST nabbed the first win with their fifth mini-album “Midnight Sun,” released on July 22.

BoA’s “Only One” sat at the second spot, followed by B.A.P’s first mini-album “No Mercy.”

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