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The 2009 Soompi Gayo Award Show is upon us. This year it will be held again on New Year's Eve,December 31. In case you don't know the history, this is already the 5th year we are organizing this event to recognize the top performers in Korean music. S Radio Club will broadcast this event live, playing the top hit songs of 2009 and announcing the winners of each category. The show will begin at 7:00 EST and it will last about 2.5 to 3 hours. Be sure to tune in and witness your favorite singers taking home more awards before the new year begins.
There are 3 new awards added this year:
1. Chart Champion Award - given to the one artist who scores the most accumulated points on our weekly music charts in 2009. This is similar to the Dae Sang award in the past or "artist of the year" many shows are calling it now, and is considered very prestigious. All artists, including rookies, are eligible for this award.
2. Best mixed group - there aren't too many mixed groups in Korea now but they should be recognized as well. Like the other artist award categories, there will be 3 awards (gold, silver, bronze) to be presented.
3. Best male-female duets or collaborations - co-ed collaborations have become an increasingly popular trend in today's k-pop music. Unlike the mixed groups, these songs are considered one-off collaborations between artists. One award will be presented.
Voting - Like last year, we’ll announce the top 10 singers of 2009 at the end of the awards show, and you will be voting for this award from a pool of 25 singers. Your vote will count 40% (more details from below) this year. We used to incorporate album sales into consideration. However, album sales figures are no longer readily accessible by the general public now. So we are going to increase the fan voting score. All other awards are based solely on our soompi weekly music chart scores.
Top 10 singers: We select 25 singers (names in alphabetical order) who have been in the music industry for more than 1 year. Newcomers don’t qualify for this award. These 25 singers received the highest scores combined on our weekly music chart in 2009. After adding your votes, 10 of them will become our top 10 singers of 2009:
There are 3 new awards added this year:
1. Chart Champion Award - given to the one artist who scores the most accumulated points on our weekly music charts in 2009. This is similar to the Dae Sang award in the past or "artist of the year" many shows are calling it now, and is considered very prestigious. All artists, including rookies, are eligible for this award.
2. Best mixed group - there aren't too many mixed groups in Korea now but they should be recognized as well. Like the other artist award categories, there will be 3 awards (gold, silver, bronze) to be presented.
3. Best male-female duets or collaborations - co-ed collaborations have become an increasingly popular trend in today's k-pop music. Unlike the mixed groups, these songs are considered one-off collaborations between artists. One award will be presented.
Voting - Like last year, we’ll announce the top 10 singers of 2009 at the end of the awards show, and you will be voting for this award from a pool of 25 singers. Your vote will count 40% (more details from below) this year. We used to incorporate album sales into consideration. However, album sales figures are no longer readily accessible by the general public now. So we are going to increase the fan voting score. All other awards are based solely on our soompi weekly music chart scores.
Top 10 singers: We select 25 singers (names in alphabetical order) who have been in the music industry for more than 1 year. Newcomers don’t qualify for this award. These 25 singers received the highest scores combined on our weekly music chart in 2009. After adding your votes, 10 of them will become our top 10 singers of 2009:
| 2PM 8Eight Baek Ji Young Big Bang Bobby Kim | Brown Eyed Girls Davichi FT Island IU K Will | Kara Kim Tae Woo Lee Seung Chul Lee Seung Ki Lee Ssang | MC Mong Outsider Park Hyo Shin SG Wannabe SHINee | SNSD Son Dam Bi SS501 Super Junior Wheesung |
The calculation method of the Top 10 singers is as follows:
60% from our weekly music chart scores, adjusted for competition, seasonal, and positional factors. (Note: Collaboration song scores will be divided equally between participating artists.)
Competition: The total scores of all 50 songs added up for each week, compared to average score (over 51 weeks) in 2009. The weeks with above average scores mean that the songs in that week are facing stronger competition, and thus are "rewarded" with an adjustment factor to which it is above the average score. Likewise, songs appearing in a week that is under average are "penalized" with an adjustment factor to which it is under the average score.
Seasonal: Albums and songs released towards the end of the year are weighted higher than the beginning of the year because more popular singers and important albums are usually released in the second half of the year. We are using an increment of 0.01 each week, starting from January week 1 with a factor of 0.75. July week 1 is the mid-year point and the factor is 1. December week 3 is our last week and the factor is 1.25.
Position factor: To reward songs that rank higher in the chart, I assign a weight for each song each week. Even though our weekly chart has 50 songs, the focus is still on the top 20 songs. As a result, songs from No. 1 to No. 20 will receive a considerably higher factor than songs from No. 21 to No. 50 each week, as follows:
| 1 - 1.000 2 - 0.965 3 - 0.930 4 - 0.895 5 - 0.860 6 - 0.825 7 - 0.790 8 - 0.755 9 - 0.720 10 - 0.685 | 11 - 0.650 12 - 0.615 13 - 0.580 14 - 0.545 15 - 0.510 16 - 0.475 17 - 0.440 18 - 0.405 19 - 0.370 20 - 0.335 | 21 - 0.300 22 - 0.290 23 - 0.280 24 - 0.270 25 - 0.260 26 - 0.250 27 - 0.240 28 - 0.230 29 - 0.220 30 - 0.210 | 31 - 0.200 32 - 0.190 33 - 0.180 34 - 0.170 35 - 0.160 36 - 0.150 37 - 0.140 38 - 0.130 39 - 0.120 40 - 0.110 | 41 - 0.100 42 - 0.090 43 - 0.080 44 - 0.070 45 - 0.060 46 - 0.050 47 - 0.040 48 - 0.030 49 - 0.020 50 - 0.010 |
40% from fan voting – that’s where your vote comes in, so get on it! [vote here]
You can make a difference! Be sure to vote for your favorite singers or who you think deserves to win the Top 10 singers award. Like last year, each member can vote for 3 singers. Your first choice will receive 5 points, 2nd choice 3 points, and 3rd choice 1 point. Each member can only vote once, and you cannot repeat your choice. Should we discover any foul play, we reserve the right to abandon the results of the voting. The deadline of the voting is December 27, 11:59pm EST.
Because our weekly music charts use sources from all major music charts in Korea (Air Monitor Chart, MNet M!Countdown, Hottracks weekly sales, Chart Korea, SBS Inki Gayo Take 7 plus its internet ranking, MBC weekly singles chart, KBS Music Bank K-Chart, MTV Korea weekly gayo chart, various internet charts, and also gasoo appearances on gayo shows), we expect to get an accurate result for our awards.
Click HERE to check out the nominees list and vote for them !
Credits: edward1849@soompi
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