Singing Got Better
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{{Infobox song
| name = Singing Got Better
| cover = Ailee - Singing Got Better cover.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Ailee
| album =
| language = Korean
| released = January 6, 2014
| recorded = 2013
| studio =
| genre = * Rock ballad
| length = 3:21
| label = YMC
| writer = Wheesung
| producer = * Wheesung
- Moonha
- Duri
| prev_title = Rainy Day
| prev_year = 2013
| next_title = Don't Touch Me
| next_year = 2014
| misc =
}}
"Singing Got Better" ({{Korean|노래가 늘었어||Noraega Neureosseo}}) is a song by Korean-American singer Ailee. It was released for digital download and streaming through YMC Entertainment on January 6, 2014. Musically, "Singing Got Better" is an R&B and rock ballad that primarily utilizes piano and guitar instrumentations. Its subject matter revolves around the notion pushed by netizens that singers should settle down and forgo their careers once they become older; in the track, Ailee pushes her ideal instead.{{cite web |last1=Benjamin |first1=Jeff |title=Ailee Explains How Her 'Singing Got Better' in Empowering New Single |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ailee-explains-how-her-singing-got-better-in-empowering-new-single-5862634/ |website=Billboard |access-date=December 27, 2021 |date=January 9, 2014}}
Following the song's release, it was met with positive reception both commercially as well as from fellow celebrities in the music industry. It peaked at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart, becoming her second chart-topper following "U&I" the previous year. It sold over 1,240,000 digital units by the end of 2014, and was the 18th most-downloaded track of the year in South Korea.
Background and music
"Singing Got Better" is a rock ballad that infuses elements of contemporary R&B, and utilizes instrumentations of piano and guitar.
Reception
"Singing Got Better" experienced commercial success in South Korea upon its release. It opened at number one on the Gaon Digital Chart in the chart issue dated January 5–11, 2014. The following week, it descended to number three on the chart,{{cite web |title=2014년 04주차 Digital Chart |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=04&hitYear=2014&termGbn=week |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |access-date=December 27, 2021 |language=ko |date=January 18, 2014}} and ranked at the same position on the monthly digital chart issue for January.{{cite web |title=2014년 01월 Digital Chart |trans-title=January 2014 Digital Chart |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=01&hitYear=2014&termGbn=month |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |access-date=December 27, 2021 |language=ko}} By the end of the year, it garnered a total of 1,244,448 digital downloads, and was ranked the 18th best-selling single in the country during 2014. Factoring together digital downloads, streams, and instrumental track sales, "Singing Got Better" placed at number 36 on the year-end Gaon Digital Chart for 2014. The following year, the track received an additional 221,847 digital downloads according to the year-end issue for 2015, raising its cumulative sales figure to 1,466,295 units.{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=2014&hitYear=2014&termGbn=year|title=2014 Download Chart|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|access-date=September 2, 2018|language=ko|archive-date=May 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521025239/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=S1020&targetTime=2014&hitYear=2014&termGbn=year|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2015&targetTime=15&nationGbn=K&pageNo=4|title=2015년 Download Chart (국내)|trans-title=2015 Download Chart (Domestic)|page=4|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|access-date=November 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816172536/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?serviceGbn=S1020&termGbn=year&hitYear=2015&targetTime=15&nationGbn=K&pageNo=4|archive-date=August 16, 2016|url-status=dead|language=ko}}
Accolades
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|+Awards and nominations !Year !Award !Category !Result |
| rowspan="4" |2014
| rowspan="2" |Melon Music Awards |Best Ballad | {{nom}} |
| Song of the Year
| {{nom|Longlisted}} |
| rowspan="2" |Mnet Asian Music Awards
|Best Vocal Performance – Female | {{won}} |
| UnionPay Song of the Year
| {{nom|Longlisted}} |
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|+ Music program awards |
| width="200" | Program
! width="140" | Date ! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| Show Champion (MBC M)
| January 15, 2014 |
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
=Monthly charts=
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|+ |
| scope="col"| Chart (January 2014)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| South Korea (Gaon){{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=01&hitYear=2014&termGbn=month|title=Gaon Digital Chart (January)|publisher=Gaon Music Chart|access-date=April 10, 2015|archive-date=January 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103110540/http://www.gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=01&hitYear=2014&termGbn=month|url-status=live}}
| 3 |
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=Year-end charts=
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|+ |
| scope="col"| Chart (2014)
! scope="col"| Position |
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| scope="row"| South Korea (Gaon){{cite web |title=2014 Gaon Year-End Digital Chart |url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=2014&hitYear=2014&termGbn=year |publisher=Gaon Music Chart |access-date=October 11, 2020 |archive-date=July 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730023101/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=2014&hitYear=2014&termGbn=year |url-status=live }}
| 36 |
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{Ailee}}
{{MAMA Award for Best Vocal Performance}}
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