The
Gaon Music Chart tabulates the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in
South Korea. It is compiled by the Korea Music Content Industry Association and sponsored by South Korea's
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, with an aim to create a national chart for South Korea similar to the
Billboard charts of the United States and the
Oricon charts of Japan. It started tracking sales since the beginning of 2010. It was officially launched in February 2010 with a launching ceremony held on 23 February 2010 at the
Westin Chosun hotel in Seoul. The launch also included a small awarding ceremony, which awarded
girl group Girls' Generation with top artist of January and
boy band Super Junior with best album of 2009. Meanwhile, Hit single "We Fell In Love", performed by
Jo Kwon of
2AM and
Ga-in of
Brown Eyed Girls, took the title of best weekly mobile ringtone.