Topic summary
Gaon Chart
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Circle Chart.
History
Gaon Chart was launched in February 2010 by the Korea Music Content Association, under the sponsorship of the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with the aim to create a domestic national chart similar to the Billboard charts of the United States and the Oricon charts of Japan. The word gaon, which means 'middle' or 'center' in Korean, was chosen to represent fairness and reliability. The chart started tracking sales from the beginning of that year. A small awards ceremony was held in conjunction with the launch ceremony on February 23, at the Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. Girl groupGirls' Generation was awarded the Top Artist of January, boy bandSuper Junior won Best Album of 2009, and Jo Kwon and Ga-in's "I Happen to Love You" won Best Weekly Mobile Ringtone.