perfect all-kill

{{Short description|South Korean music chart achievement}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}}

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Perfect all-kill ({{Korean|퍼펙트 올킬}}; abbreviated as PAK) is a music chart achievement in South Korea where a song simultaneously reaches number one on the real-time, daily, and weekly components of iChart, a music chart ranking aggregator operated by the South Korean web entertainment publisher Instiz Corporation, the operator of the {{interlanguage link|Instiz|ko|인스티즈}} web forum.{{Cite web |last=Assis |first=Tassia |date=2023-12-15 |title=2023 In Review: 5 Trends That Defined K-Pop |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-in-review-5-trends-in-k-pop |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=Grammy |quote=Perfect All-Kill, meaning it charted at No. 1 on real-time, daily and weekly charts on all major South Korean music streaming platforms}}{{cite web |last1=Chin |first1=Carmen |date=24 March 2022 |title=(G)I-dle achieve their first Perfect All-Kill with 'Tomboy' |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/gi-dle-achieve-first-perfect-all-kill-tomboy-3189233 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326190051/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/gi-dle-achieve-first-perfect-all-kill-tomboy-3189233 |archive-date=March 26, 2022 |access-date=8 April 2023 |website=NME |language=en}}

The term "perfect all-kill" was first used when the song "Nagging" by IU featuring Seulong ranked at number 1 on all Korean music charts in June 2010.{{cite web|script-title=ko:2010년 24주차 Digital Chart|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=24&hitYear=2010&termGbn=week|work=Gaon Music Chart|language=Korean|access-date=May 4, 2021|archive-date=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125050200/http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/online.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=24&hitYear=2010&termGbn=week|url-status=live}} Although Instiz iChart was launched in March 2010, it does not list 2010 records. The artist that holds the record for the most number of songs to achieve a PAK is IU with 22 songs. The song with the most hourly PAKs is "Ditto" by NewJeans with 655 PAKs.{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Sanghoo |date=2023-02-20 |script-title=ko:최초 기록·차트 롱런… 신드롬 넘어선 뉴진스 광풍 |trans-title=First record and long chart run… New Jeans craze beyond the syndrome |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=437&aid=0000332855 |access-date=2024-02-12 |website=JTBC |language=ko |via=Naver}} "Celebrity" by IU holds the record for a solo act with 462 PAKs.

iChart

The Instiz iChart is the first and only South Korean online music chart that aggregates the rankings of all major music streaming services in South Korea, including Melon, Genie, Bugs!, Vibe, Flo, and YouTube Music which provide real-time, daily, and weekly data.{{cite web |title=iChart |url=https://www.instiz.net/spage/8 |work=instiz.kr |date= September 20, 2009|access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511111207/http://www.instiz.net/spage/8 |url-status=live }} The iChart has its own real-time and weekly rankings based on points given to songs. The iChart is considered transparent as it calculates scores based on various agencies' ranking data, and updates its real-time and daily charts accordingly. The users can also visit the source agencies' websites directly to compare rankings. The records may be accessed by the public for three months.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

=History=

Before 2015, the iChart aggregated scores from 10 music service providers. These 10 agencies were Melon, Mnet, Bugs!, Olleh, Soribada, Genie, Naver, Daum, Cyworld, and Monkey3. In February 2017, major domestic music distributors such as Melon, Bugs Genie, Mnet, Soribada, Naver Music, and Monkey3 changed their streaming calculation to real-time graphics only between 12pm and 6pm.{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Young-woong |date=February 15, 2017 |title=[단독] 음원차트 개혁, '0시 줄세우기' 사라진다 |trans-title=[Exclusive] Music chart reform, ‘line up at 0 o’clock’ disappears |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/076/0003050373 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=Sports Chosun |language=ko}} This meant that anything that was released outside of this time period would not count towards the chart until 1pm the following day. This major change was reported as a measure in music chart searches largely reflecting a song's popularity.{{Cite web |date=March 30, 2017 |title=IU continues to dominate Korean music charts - Entertainment |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2017/03/30/iu-continues-to-dominate-korean-music-charts.html |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=The Jakarta Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Soo-jeong |date=February 15, 2017 |title=[음원차트 바꾸기③]"개혁 반대" 아이돌 팬덤의 목소리 |trans-title=[Change the music chart ③] Idol fandom’s voice “opposes reform” |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/112/0002894117 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=Herald POP |language=ko}} In May 2017, Olleh and Monkey3 were excluded from the Instiz iChart ranking calculation and Naver Music's score doubled. In February 2019, Flo was added to iChart. In October 2019, Mnet discontinued its service and merged with Genie, and was later removed from the chart. Naver Music has also been removed and replaced with Naver VIBE.

In May 2020, Melon made some changes to its real-time ranking calculation. The chart changed from rankings based on hourly usage per song to a chart calculated based on the number of unique listeners.{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Mi-ji |date=May 20, 2020 |title=지니뮤직 측 "실시간차트, 순기능 살리며 유지할 예정"[공식입장] |trans-title=Genie Music side “We plan to maintain real-time charts while maintaining their positive function” [Official statement] |url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/311/0001149057 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=Xports News |language=ko}} Streams and downloads from the last 24 hours were calculated instead of the last hour.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Min-ji |date=May 19, 2020 |title=멜론, 실시간 차트 없앤다 "여름 적용 목표"(공식입장) |trans-title=Melon eliminates real-time charts “Summer application goal” (official position) |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000278896 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |website=Newsis |language=ko}}

=Mechanic=

The iChart gathers the data and attributes points to each song.{{cite news |last1=Vasquez |first1=Dinna Chan |date=May 25, 2019 |title=Music charts and how they work…sort of |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/05/25/music-charts-and-how-they-work-sort-of/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513035531/https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/05/25/music-charts-and-how-they-work-sort-of/ |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=May 12, 2021 |work=BusinessMirror}} The Instiz iChart attributes bonus points for more popular and widely used platforms than others. It applies a multiplier to the accumulated points that a song gets from certain charts. This multiplier only applies on daily charts.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}} The following table shows the maximum points for every chart.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" | Streaming
service

! scope="col" | Multiplier

! scope="col" | Points

! scope="col" | Description

scope="row" | Melon

| style="text-align:center;" | 6x

| style="text-align:center;" | 12,480

| the largest of the major digital music providers in South Korea, which has a market share of around 40% online subscribers.{{cite news |last1=Peoples |first1=Glenn |title=South Korea's Biggest Music Subscription Service Acquired by Mobile Messaging Company |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/melon-south-korea-biggest-music-subscription-service-acquired-kakao-6836589/ |work=Billboard |date=January 11, 2016 |access-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513041025/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6836589/melon-south-korea-biggest-music-subscription-service-acquired-kakao/ |url-status=live }} It provides real-time (24Hits) and daily (Daily Top 100) rankings. Its criteria are 40% streaming (for accounts verified by Korean phone number) and 60% downloads for the past 24 hours.{{cite news |last1=Jeong |first1=Ji-won |date=July 9, 2018 |script-title=ko:[공식입장] 주요 음원사이트, 실시간 차트 일부 폐지 '초강수'…"사재기 근절" |trans-title=[Official position] Major music sites, abolishing some of the real-time charts, 'super strong'... 'Eradication of hoarding' |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=109&aid=0003819445 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513035525/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=109&aid=0003819445 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=May 13, 2021 |work=Osen |language=ko |via=Naver}}

scope="row" | Genie

| style="text-align:center;" | 4x

| style="text-align:center;" | 9,120

|a subsidiary of KT Corporation, is the 2nd largest music service provider in South Korea and has 24% market share. It provides real-time (Top 100 Realtime) and daily (Top 100 Daily) rankings. Its chart calculation is based on 50% streaming and 50% downloads. Genie chart freezes from 1 AM KST until 7 AM KST daily but the streams are still counted during this period.{{cite news |last=Shin |first=Hyeji |date=July 9, 2018 |script-title=ko:"사재기 시도 차단" 11일부터 '심야 실시간 차트' 운영 중지 |trans-title='Block hoarding attempts' 'Late night real-time chart' operation suspended from the 11th |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=005&aid=0001112808 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513035527/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=005&aid=0001112808 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |access-date=May 13, 2021 |work=Kookmin Ilbo |language=Korean |via=Naver}}

scope="row" | Vibe

| style="text-align:center;" | 2x

| style="text-align:center;" | 3,360

| created by Naver in partnership with YG, and accounts for 10% market share.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} It provides real-time (Today Top 100) chart data.

scope="row" | Flo

| {{N/A|No daily chart}}

| style="text-align:center;" | 5,040

| a relatively new service provider that was created by SK Telecom in partnership with JYP, SM, and Big Hit. It accounts for 18% market share. It provides real-time data only.{{cite web |title=Flo Official Site |url=https://www.music-flo.com/|date= |access-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-date=April 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416121204/http://www.music-flo.com/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | YouTube Music

| {{N/A|Weekly chart only}}

| style="text-align:center;" | 5,040

| developed by YouTube and held the third-largest market share in Korea (19.22%).{{cite news |last1=Dong |first1=S. |date=January 17, 2022 |title=YouTube Music emerges as leading streaming platform in Korea |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2022/02/732_322406.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404070749/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2022/02/732_322406.html |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |work=The Korea Times}} It provides weekly data only.{{cite web |title=YouTube Music charts: South Korea |url=https://charts.youtube.com/charts/TopSongs/kr?hl=ko |work=YouTube Music |date= |access-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117171049/https://charts.youtube.com/charts/TopSongs/kr?hl=ko |url-status=live }}

scope="row" | Bugs!

| style="text-align:center;" | 1x

| style="text-align:center;" | 4,080

| a Korean digital music streaming service and accounts for 5% market share. It provides real-time (Song Chart Realtime) and daily (Song Chart Daily) rankings. Similar to Genie, its chart also freezes from 1 AM KST until 7 AM KST.

Related terms

Other "all-kill" categories on the Instiz iChart include Real-time All-Kill (RAK) and Certified All-Kill (CAK). RAK is achieved when a song becomes number 1 on all iChart real-time charts while CAK is achieved when a song becomes number 1 on all iChart real-time and daily charts. For a song to achieve a PAK, it needs to become number 1 on iChart weekly chart as well.{{cite web|title=Sistem Chart Musik di Korea|url=https://tirto.id/sistem-chart-musik-di-korea-perbedaan-antara-rak-cak-dan-pak-diym|work=tirto.id|language=Indonesian|date=|access-date=May 4, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513035524/https://tirto.id/sistem-chart-musik-di-korea-perbedaan-antara-rak-cak-dan-pak-diym|url-status=live}}

Achievements

=Top 10 songs with the most hourly perfect all-kills=

The following table lists the top 10 Korean songs with the highest number of perfect all-kills (in hours), from 2010 to present.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! Rank

! Song

! Artist

! Album

! PAK
(hours)

! Year

! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

align="center" | 1

| "Ditto"||NewJeans||OMG|| style="text-align:center;" | 655 || align="center" | 2023

| rowspan="10"|{{cite web |title=PAK (Perfect All Kill) |url=https://www.instiz.net/popup_ichart.htm?mode=3&type=2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110125100/https://www.instiz.net/popup_ichart.htm?mode=3&type=2 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |access-date=2024-02-12 |work=iChart}}

align="center" | 2

| "Dynamite" ||BTS||Be|| style="text-align:center;" | 610 || align="center" | {{Date table sorting|2020}}

align="center" | 3

| "Celebrity" ||IU||Lilac|| align="center" | 462 || align="center" | {{Date table sorting|2021}}

align="center" | 4

| "I Am" || Ive|| I've Ive|| align="center" | 359 || align="center" | {{Date table sorting|2023}}

align="center" | 5

| "Love Wins All" ||IU||The Winning|| align="center" | 339 || align="center" | {{Date table sorting|2024}}

align="center" | 6

| "Any Song" ||Zico||Random Box|| align="center" | 330 || align="center" | 2020

align="center" | 7

| "Supernova" ||Aespa||Armageddon|| align="center" | 317

| {{Date table sorting|2024}}

align="center" | 8

| "Apt." ||Rosé||Rosie|| align="center" | 282 || {{Date table sorting|2024}}

align="center" | 9

| "Rollin'" ||Brave Girls||Rollin'|| align="center" | 262 || align="center" | {{Date table sorting|2017}}

align="center" | 10

| "Butter" ||BTS||{{N/A|Non-album single}}|| align="center" | 239 || align="center" | {{Date table sorting|2021}}

colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | As of November 23, 2024

= Artists with the most songs to achieve a perfect all-kill =

The following table lists the top Korean artists with the highest number of songs that achieved a perfect all-kill from 2010 to present.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" | Rank

! scope="col" | Artist

! scope="col" | Number

! scope="col" style="width:34em;" | Songs

! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row" | 1

| IU

| 22

| {{hlist|"Nagging"|"Good Day"|"The Story Only I Didn't Know"|"You & I"|"The Red Shoes"|"Friday"|"My Old Story"|"Leon"|"Twenty-Three"|"Through the Night"|"Can't Love You Anymore"|"Palette"|"Autumn Morning"|"Bbibbi"|"Love Poem"|"Blueming"|"Give You My Heart"|"Eight"|"Celebrity"|"Lilac"|"Strawberry Moon"|"Love Wins All"

}

| rowspan="23" |{{cite web |script-title=ko:가수별 PAK 달성곡 |url=https://www.instiz.net/popup_ichart.htm?mode=3&type=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110124546/https://www.instiz.net/popup_ichart.htm?mode=3&type=3 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |access-date=2024-02-12 |work=iChart}}

|-

! scope="row" | 2

| Big Bang

| 7

| {{hlist|"Tonight"|"Blue"|"Loser"|"Let's Not Fall in Love"|"Fxxk It"|"Flower Road"|"Still Life"}}

|-

! scope="row" | 3

| Ive

| 5

| {{hlist|"After Like"|"Kitsch"|"I Am"|"Baddie"|"Rebel Heart"}}

|-

! rowspan="4” scope="row" | 4

| Twice

| rowspan="4” | 4

| {{hlist|"Cheer Up"|"TT"|"Knock Knock"|"Yes or Yes"}}

|-

| BTS

| {{hlist|"Fake Love"|"Boy with Luv"|"Dynamite"|"Butter"}}

|-

| (G)I-dle

| {{hlist|"Tomboy”|"Nxde"|"Queencard"|"Fate”}}

|-

|G-Dragon

| {{hlist|"Having an affair"{{efn-lr|name=GG|Credited under GG, a collaboration between G-Dragon and Park Myung-soo.{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Jeong-hyuk |title=GG '바람났어', 공개와 동시에 대박 예고 |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/07/02/2011070200773.html |website=Chosun Ilbo |access-date=10 April 2025 |language=ko |date=1 August 2020}}}}|"That XX"|"Untitled, 2014"|"Too Bad"}}

|-

! rowspan="4” scope="row" | 5

| Busker Busker

| rowspan="4”| 3

| {{hlist|"Cherry Blossom Ending"|"If You Really Love Me"|"Love, At First"}}

|-

| Blackpink

| {{hlist|"Whistle"|"Ddu-Du Ddu-Du"|"How You Like That"}}

|-

| Bolbbalgan4

| {{hlist|"Some"|"Travel"|"Workaholic"}}

|-

| Park Myung-soo

| {{hlist|"Having an affair"{{efn-lr|name=GG}}|"I Got C"|"Leon"}}

|-

! colspan="5" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%;" | As of April 10, 2025

|}

Notes

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