Music Cow Selects IU as Artist of the Year... Song of the Year is Jang Duck Cheol's 'You'

Music Cow, a music investment platform, has announced the most popular artists and songs of 2024 through its year-end content 'MuCa Ranking'. This year, IU was named the most popular artist and Jang Duck Cheol's "You" was named the most actively traded song.

Music Cow has released an analysis of various investment trends in its web magazine, Music Cow Notes, including the most popular songs and artists for the year, based on data from January 1 to November 30, 2024.

In the Artist of the Year category, IU took the top spot, reaffirming her position as Korea's top artist. She was followed by Yoonha and GOD, who came in at second and third place, respectively, and were recognized as longtime favorite musicians.

The song of the year was Jang Deok Cheol's "You". In the ranking of songs selected by trading volume, Jeon Sang-geun's "Love Has No Melody" was ranked second, and another song by Jang Deok Cheol, "Like That Day," was ranked third. In particular, Jang's two songs stood out for their high trading volumes despite being newly listed in the second half of the year.

On the other hand, songs with the highest number of additions included Wheesung's "Insomnia," Hwang Chi-Yeol's "Learn To Love," and Lee Chan-Won's "Fate in Time". Songs with the highest price increases included JBJ95's "SPARK," GG (Park Myung Soo & G-Dragon)'s "Having an Affair(Feat. Park Bom)," and Yang Soo Kyung's "Where Are You". The songs with the highest search volume were "Emergency Room" by IZI, "Love Rain" by Kim Tae Woo, and "Aroha" by Cool.

With this year-end settlement, Music Cow summarized its major achievements for the year 2024 and presented various contents that reflected on the trends in the music investment market. A representative from the platform said, "This year, songs from various eras and genres attracted the attention of customers," adding, "We will continue to strive to discover masterpieces and activate investments so that the music industry can grow vigorously."

Music Cow is the world's first music revenue securities platform, providing artists with the opportunity to fund their work and investors with a new revenue experience. According to an analysis by the Korea Intellectual Property Institute, the market size of music revenue securities is estimated to be around KRW 15 trillion, and it is expected to create a large number of songs and employment."

Music Cow is the world's first music revenue bond platform, providing artists with creative funding opportunities and investors with a profitable experience.