'World star' Psy has jumped up 3 spots on the U.K chart for his song, "Gangnam Style."
Singer Baek Ji Young's new song, "I Hate It" ranked number 1 on music charts.
Psy and Girls' Generation has been showing the power of K-Pop as they take over the iTunes Charts.
Singer Psy's "Gangnam Style" ranked number 6 for the most selling singles in the U.K.
Girls' Generation's new song, "I Got a Boy," has been dominating the music charts.
Singer Kim Hyun Joong has become known as 'Asia's star' this year.
Rookie girl group EXID was ranked number 11 on Billboard's 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2012.
Groups KARA and Girls' Generation ranked number 18 and 25 on the Japan Oricon Yearly album chart.
Groups SHINee and U-KISS have ranked number 3 and 5 on the Japan Oricon Single Weekly chart.
Psy's "Gangnam Style" was revealed to be at number 3 on the U.S. iTunes.
This year, we were able to see that the idol groups did gain as much attention as previous years. With the start of indie group Busker Busker to Psy's global popularity, other genres of music seem to be making their way up to the top. During the last half of the year, solo artists such as Lee Hi, Gain, Naul and more began to gain more and more attention.
'World star' Psy has been ranked number 2 for 2012's 'Top 20 Music Moments'.
Many new rookies have appeared this year. From girl and boy groups to solo singers, there was a variety of different styles and concepts. Lets take a look at the January to November Melon Monthly music chart to see how the rookies did this year.