Leessang's 'Asura Balbalta' had longest 1st place run on Melon charts this year

According to the Korean chart Melon, Leessang's "Asura Balbalta" has claimed the honor of being the most popular album to be released this year. After crunching the numbers from their daily charts, "Asura Balbalta" was found to have placed first a total of 25 times with its title track, "Turned Off the TV...". Coming in at second place were the Wonder Girls with "Be My Baby" (19 days), followed by a tie between�IU's "Someday" (18 days) and�Park Bom's "Don't Cry" (18 days). In fifth place was G-Dragon and Park Myung Soo's entry for 'Infinity Challenge's duet project, "I Cheated" (15 days). Both JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment grabbed two spots on the top five, re-confirming their success this year as they head into the final stretch of promotions for 2011. Source: OSEN via Nate