On December 17th, Naver Music released their lists of the chart-topping hits this year. As it was a busier year than most for K-Pop, their lists do a great job of wrapping up 2011 and providing anticipation for 2012.

All songs are ranked according to information and research gathered from January 1st through December 7th.

Check them out below!

Chart 1: Naver Music Overall

1. T-ara’s Roly Poly – 12.8%
2. Davichi’s Don’t Say Goodbye – 12.3%
3. SISTAR’s So Cool – 10.9%
4. miss A’s Good-bye Baby – 10.5%
5. Busker Busker’s Tokyo Boy – 9.4%
6. Huh Gak’s Hello – 9.3%
7. 2NE1′s Ugly – 9.2%
8. Leessang’s Turned Off the TV… – 9.1%
9. KARA’s Step – 8.5%
10. GG (Feat. Bom)’s I Cheated – 8.1%

Chart 2: Naver Music Streaming

1. T-ara’s Roly Poly – 12.7% **TIE**
1. Davichi’s Don’t Say Goodbye – 12.7% **TIE**
3. SISTAR’s So Cool – 11.0%
4. miss A’s Good-bye Baby – 10.3%
5. Busker Busker’s Tokyo Boy – 9.7%
6. Huh Gak’s Hello – 9.6%
7. 2NE1′s Ugly – 9.0%
8. Leessang’s Turned Off the TV… – 8.9%
9. KARA’s Step – 8.6%
10. Wonder Girls’ Be My Baby – 7.3%

Chart 3: Naver Music Download

1. Kim Bum Soo’s Please – 11.3%
2. GG (Feat. Bom)’s I Cheated – 10.9%
3. T-ara’s Roly Poly – 10.8%
4. Lazy Snail’s Apgujung Rascals – 10.1%
5. Hyun Bin’s That Man – 9.9%
6. 2NE1′s Lonely – 9.6%
7. Park Jung Hyun’s If It Were That Way – 9.5%
8. miss A’s Good-bye Baby – 9.3% **TIE**
8. Big Bang’s Tonight – 9.3% **TIE**
10. IU’s Good Day – 9.2%

Chart 4: Naver Music BGM

1. Hyun Bin’s That Man – 22.5%
2. IU’s Good Day – 14.2%
3. Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours – 12.6%
4. Big Bang’s Tonight – 8.4%
5. Lee Sora’s Wind Is Blowing – 8.1%
6. Kim Bum Soo’s Please – 7.9%
7. IU’s Someday – 7.4%
8. Boohwal’s I Remeber – 6.4%
9. SECRET’s Shy Boy – 6.3% **TIE**
9. IU’s Story Only I Didn’t Know – 6.3% **TIE**

Chart 5: Naver Music Live Album Chart Domination

1. Leessang’s Asura BalBalTa – 55 hours
2. IU’s Last Fantasy – 52 hours
3. Infinity Challenge’s Seohae Ahn Highway Song Festival – 12 hours

Chart 6: Naver Music Albums of the Year

Albums are selected based on a combination of votes by music critics and a netizen music panel.

1. Garion’s Garion 2 **TIE**
1. Lee Seung Yeol’s Whe We Fail **TIE**
3. Jang Giha and Faces’ Jang Giha and Faces
4. The Black Skirts’ Don’t You Worry Baby (I’m Only Swimming)
5. Jung Cha Shik’s Precipitous Man
6. The Moonshiners’ Blue Night’s BEAT!
7. Hwang Bo Ryung’s Mana Wind
8. The Koxx’s Access Ok
9. Park Joo Won’s Fiesta of Sorrow
10. MC Meta & DJ Wreckx’s DJ and MC

Source + Photos: Naver Music

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Singer Lee Hyori greeted viewers on an entertainment program for the first time in quite a while.

Hyori made a special guest appearance on the December 17th airing of KBS 2TV ‘Birth of a Family‘. This marked her first entertainment program appearance after serving as an MC on ‘College Song Festival‘ last November.

The singer who actively supports the rights of animals met with the girls of A Pink who are serving as temporary guardians of abandoned animals on ‘Birth of a Family’.

A Pink met Hyori and her dog, Soonshim, at an event to raise funds for animal shelters. Hyori was happy to see ‘Dali‘, one of the dogs under A-Pink’s care, and remarked that she had met Dali before during a photoshoot to offer aid and support for abandoned dogs.

The girls received some good advice from Hyori who is a knowledgeable veteran when it comes to the well-being of animals.

The A-Pink members were reportedly moved at how Hyori informatively advised them on what to look out for and what the most difficult part of taking care of animals, and how to heal their scarred hearts.

The girls also cautiously asked Hyori if she had ever seen their performance. To their surprise, Hyori went above and beyond their expectations by emulating the butterfly hand motion in their choreography for “I Don’t Know“.

Source & Image: StarNews via Nate

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On December 17th, B2ST‘s main rapper, Junhyung uploaded a photo taken in an airplane with fellow labelmate, Doojoon on his twitter.

Along with the photo, the idol wrote, “We safely arrived in Japan“.

As the year is about to end, there has been an increase in the workload on idols which is reflected through Junhyung’s tired looking eyes. To compensate for the long working hours, Cube seems to be accommodating their idols to the best of their ability as Junhyung and Doojoon are seen chilling in wide business class seats.

Netizens commented, “The mood inside the plane feels too sexy“, “I want to be the flight stewardess for that plane“, and “Doojoon oppa, aren’t you cold?”

Source + Photos: TVdaily via Nate

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A photo of f(x)‘s Sulli in school uniform has recently surfaced online!

An online community board uploaded this photo and tagged it with, “Sulli, at school. Looks friendly with her school uniform on.”

The young idol is seen wearing a mustard colored school jacket with her long, pin-straight hair flowing past her shoulders. Comments flew in about how she looked like a model, even though she wasn’t wearing any make-up.

“Can’t hide star quality”, “She’s tall but look at her small face”, and “She looks like she could be class president”, netizens said.

Source: TV Daily via Yahoo! Korea

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Big Bang has announced that they’ll be releasing a new album in March!

On December 16th, representatives of YG Entertainment confirmed, “Big Bang has decided to hold their ‘Big Show‘ concert in March of 2012. Ahead of the concert, they’ll be releasing a new album. They had halted their activities this year because of unpredicted accidents, but they’ll be returning to their official activities for the first time in nearly a year through their ‘Big Show’ next year.”

Big Bang will also be performing at the YG Family concerts next month in Osaka and Saitama.

According to representatives, G-Dragon is currently concentrating on the production of the songs for the new album. Without rest, he is at the company recording studio every day to ensure it’s prompt release.

Source + Photos: Donga via Naver

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